[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Sindya Bhanoo and Thrity Umrigar
Sindya Bhanoo, Thrity Umrigar, Shruti Swamy
[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Sindya Bhanoo and Thrity Umrigar

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Authors Sindya Bhanoo (Seeking Fortune Elsewhere) and Thrity Umrigar (Honor) will join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop this March to read from and discuss their work. Their haunting, intimate, and unforgettable fiction illuminates the lives of women in India and the wider the Indian diaspora, from Tamil Nadu to Pittsburgh. This event will be moderated by author Shruti Swamy (The Archer).

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This event will be streamed on Zoom Webinar. Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link via email in advance of the event. The event will be uploaded to the AAWW YouTube channel the following week.

// NOTE ON ACCESSIBILITY //
This event will be captioned, and will include ASL Interpretation by Pro Bono ASL.

Sindya Bhanoo’s fiction has appeared in Granta, New England Review, Glimmer Train, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of an O. Henry Award, the Disquiet Literary Prize and scholarships from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee writers conferences. A longtime newspaper reporter, she has worked for The New York Times and The Washington Post. She is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and Carnegie Mellon University. She lives in Austin, TX.

Thrity Umrigar is the bestselling author of eight novels, including The Space Between Us, which was a finalist for the PEN/Beyond Margins Award, as well as a memoir and three picture books. Her books have been translated into several languages and published in more than fifteen countries. She is the winner of a Lambda Literary Award and a Seth Rosenberg Award and is Distinguished Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University. A recipient of the Nieman Fellowship to Harvard, she has contributed to the Boston Globe , the Washington Post, the New York Times and Huffington Post.

[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Sindya Bhanoo and Thrity Umrigar

Sindya Bhanoo, Thrity Umrigar, Shruti Swamy
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
8:00 PM
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