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May 02, 2005
Sex and the Suitor - New York
I'll be in New York on Saturday, May 21st, for "Sex and the Suitor," a reading sponsored by the South Asian Women's Creative Collective, at Queens Museum of Art. If you're in town and want to meet up, let me know -- I may have some time available. And of course, I encourage you to come to the event -- there may also be some additional events scheduled for that Sunday with other S. Asian women authors. More details soon.
Posted by Mary Anne Mohanraj at May 2, 2005 08:57 AM
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Here are some details about the Saturday event: Queens Museum of Art
Writing the City: South Asian Authors Today
A panel of renowned authors addressing urban life in their writing will discuss and read their work. Invited writers include Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie, Kamila Shamsie, Suketu Mehta, Vikram Chandra, Tahira Naqvi and Meena Alexander. An evening reception featuring Sex and the Suitor, a sultry poetry reading by the South Asian Women's Creative Collective, will follow.
I will be moderating a panel on Sunday (location TBD). More details about that:
Publishing Panel Discussion, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Are true South Asian American stories—with all their nuances, connections and subcultures—making it to bookstores? Join agents, editors, and writers as they discuss the mango-spices-sari-mendhi novel, the rapid rise of Desi "chick-lit", genre-bending literature, the marketing of the female writer, and what this all means for
emerging South Asian women writers.
Moderated by Pooja Makhijani (editor, Under Her Skin, Seal Press, 2004)
Panelists:
Anna Ghosh (literary agent)
Abha Dawesar (Babyji, Anchor Books, 2005)
Neesha Meminger (writer and co-founder of See it Be it)
Mary Anne Mohanraj (Bodies in Motion and founding editor, Clean Sheets
magazine)
Posted by: Pooja at May 2, 2005 02:42 PM
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