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Warp and Weft
Saturday October 26, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Et Al
A multi-genre group of South Asian writers—poets, journalists, short story writers, and novelists—navigate migration, history, belonging, authenticity, and identity in their lived experiences and work. In this session, these writers will weave these concepts together as they explore the nuances of South Asian storytelling and the challenges and opportunities it affords.

Speakers
avatar for Anita Felicelli

Anita Felicelli

Anita Felicelli is the author of the forthcoming short story collection How We Know Our Time Travelers (December, 2024). Her books include Chimerica: A Novel and the award-winning Love Songs for a Lost Continent. Anita edits Alta Journal‘s California Book Club. She served on the... Read More →
avatar for Devi Laskar

Devi Laskar

Devi S. Laskar is a poet, novelist, photographer, former newspaper reporter and lifelong TarHeel. She is the author of the award-winning The Atlas of Reds and Blues, and recently, Circa. Her third novel, Midnight, At The War is forthcoming from Mariner Books.
avatar for Shikha Malaviya

Shikha Malaviya

Shikha Malaviya is a poet, writer & mentor. Her book of historical persona poetry, Anandibai Joshee: A Life in Poems (HarperCollins India, 2023) is a unique retelling of the life of India's first female medical doctor and the first Indian woman to study medicine in the United States... Read More →
avatar for Sophia Naz

Sophia Naz

Sophia Naz has authored Bark Archipelago (Weavers Press, San Francisco & Red River India 2023), Open Zero (Yoda Press 2021) Shehnaz, (Penguin Random House 2019), Pointillism (Copper Coin 2017), Date Palms (City Press 2017), Peripheries (Cyberhex 2015). She is a Pushcart Prize nom... Read More →
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Jaya Padmanabhan

Jaya Padmanabhan is an editor at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and a journalist with bylines in The New York Times, PBS Next Avenue, The San Francisco Examiner, and more. Jaya is the author of “Transactions of Belonging,” a collection of short stories published... Read More →
Saturday October 26, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Et Al 2831A Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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