| |
May 19-21, 2006
M I X E D M E S S A G E S
Marymount Manhattan College
221 East 71st Street
New York, NY 10021
A literary festival celebrating South Asian writing crossing boundaries between cultures, genres and media.
The South Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC) and Marymount Manhattan College invite you to SAWCC's fourth annual literary event, celebrating the works of South Asian writers. A three-day series of readings, panels and workshops, "Mixed Messages" will explore non-mainstream genres, highlight writers who use new media, and focus on writing communities.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday, May 19: Kick-Off Reading and Reception
7PM, $15 Readings by:
Amitav Ghosh (Incendiary Circumstances, Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
Vijay Seshadri (The Long Meadow: Poems, Graywolf Press, 2005)
Sara Suleri Goodyear (Boys Will Be Boys: A Daughter's Elegy, University of Chicago Press, 2003)
Moderated by Amardeep Singh (Assistant Professor of English at Lehigh University) Saturday, May 20: Panels and Workshops
10AM, FREE
Continental Breakfast 11AM-1PM, FREE
Panel Discussion: South Asian Youth Literature
[Co-sponsored by South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!).]
Ruth Jeyaveeran (The Spectacular Adventures of Sophie and Sebastian, Houghton Mifflin, 2005)
Mitali Perkins (The Not-So Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen, Little, Brown, 2005)
Marina Budhos (Ask Me No Questions, Atheneum, 2006)
Monika Jain (editor of Kahani, a South Asian literary magazine for children)
Pooja Makhijani (Mama's Saris, Little, Brown, 2007) (moderator) 11AM-3PM, $75
Workshop: Screenwriting Master Class with Sabrina Dhawan (Monsoon Wedding, 2002)
Writing sample and reservation required. Addtional $10 for boxed lunch. 3PM-5PM, FREE
Panel Discussion: Supporting Your Habit: Making a Writing Life
Sejal Shah (fiction writer, poet, and Assistant Professor of English, Marymount Manhattan College)
Ravi Shankar (Poet-in-Residence, Central Connecticut State University, Instrumentality, Cherry Grove, 2004)
Joseph Legaspi (Founding member of Kundiman, a non-profit organization serving Asian American poets)
Geeta Dayal (freelance writer and journalist)
Mahmud Rahman (fiction writer and Bay Area coordinator for DesiLit) (moderator) 3PM-5PM, FREE for teens (13-17)
A Writing Workshop with Marina Budhos
[Co-sponsored by South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!).]
Reservation required. 6:30PM, $10
Dance and Music Performance
"Mustard Seed" - Bharatnatyam by Malini Srinivasan. Music composed and performed by Ilari
Kaila
Tabla solo by Sejal Kukadia
Piano solo by George Mathew
Sunday, May 21: Panels and Workshops
10AM, FREE
Continental Breakfast 11AM-1PM, FREE
Panel Discussion: The Business of Writing
Anjali Singh (Senior Editor, Houghton Mifflin)
Ayesha Pande (Agent, Lyons & Pande International LLC)
Rajni George (Editor, Hippocrene Books)
Joel Ariaratnam (Assistant Editor, The New Press)
Samantha Edussuriya (Managing Editor, Hippocrene Books) (moderator) 11AM-3PM, $50
Workshop: The Good Life: Writing about Food
Led by Vikas Khanna (Master Chef, The Spice Story of India, Xlibris, 2006), Ramin Ganeshram (Sweet Hands: Island Cooking from Trinidad
and Tobago, Hippocrene Books, 2006) & Julia Moskin (feature writer and food critic, The New York Times)
Reservation required. Additional $10 for boxed lunch. 3PM-5PM, FREE
Panel Discussion: Mixed Messages: South Asian Literature and New Media
Anna John (SepiaMutiny)
Ravi Shankar (editor of DrunkenBoat.com)
Yesha Naik (podcaster and performer)
Ram Devineni (filmmaker and publisher of Rattapallax Press)
Amitava Kumar (Husband of a Fanatic, New Press, 2005) (moderator) 5:30PM, $5
Showcase for South Asian Women Writers
Emcee'd by Bushra Rahman Featuring:
Beena Ahmad
Alka Bhargava
Shahnaz Habib
Sheba Karim
Kavita Mokha
Yesha Naik
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Sejal Shah
For workshop reservations or other questions, email sawcclitfest@gmail.com. For updated information on events, bookmark this page. A special thank you to our co-sponsors: Marymount Manhattan College, South Asian Youth Action (SAYA!), and Sholay Productions. | |
