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Cat Links Events, Literature

Beyond Gossip Girls: An Evening With Young Adult Authors

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7pm

Join SAWCC for a reading and discussion with young adult novelists Neesha Meminger and Sheba Karim. Meminger and Karim deal with issues ranging from the Sikh experience post-9/11 and single parenthood to body image and Muslim American identity, while providing cohesive narratives of South Asian American adolescences and their growing pains. … Continue readingBeyond Gossip Girls: An Evening With Young Adult Authors

Cat Links Events, Visual Art

Tell Me a Story

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In collaboration with the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), SAWCC is proud to present a panel on queer South Asian art. Panelists elaborate on their practice and various narrative strategies. Whether on the dance floor or gallery walls, practitioners dismantle and re-envision imagined borders between myth and reality. Conversely, artists also turn to personal anecdotes and project beyond their immediate relevance – be it through performance or film. … Continue readingTell Me a Story