William Saroyan contributed regularly to the publications of the Armenian Hairenik (Fatherland) Association of Boston: Hairenik Daily, Hairenik Weekly (now the Armenian Weekly), and the Armenian Review. This volume contains four plays, five verses, and 97 short stories, their original publication ranging from 1933 to 1963, culled from the pages of these three periodicals. These pieces are quintessential Saroyan. They reflect an all-pervasive consciousness of his Armenian heritage, populated with portraits of his own colorful relatives and neighborhood acquaintances, distinguished by a wry outlook on the vagaries of human existence.