SAJA/SAPAC joint effort? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:52:17 -0800 (PST) From: S. Mitra Kalita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: students <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [SAJAChicago] Readings of Suburban Sahibs
Hi, everyone: Writing to you from Urbana, but hoping to see you in Chicago or Evanston over next two nights as I read from my book, "Suburban Sahibs: Three immigrant families and their passage from India to America." Here are the details of both: Thursday, Nov. 13, Evanston, IL Northwestern University 8 p.m. University 121 Reading and discussion sponsored by South Asian Students Association - Northwestern chapter Friday, Nov. 14, Chicago, IL 7:30 p.m. Barbara's Bookstore 1350 N. Wells Reading and discussion sponsored by South Asian Journalists Association - Chicago chapter The book was just featured on NPR�s �Talk of the Nation� on Monday (check out www.npr.org for transcript or to listen) and is getting some good press. Details below. Hope to see you. Please forward this to everyone you know and bring friends. If you are a fellow journalist and interested in reviewing the book or interviewing me, please contact publicist Jennifer Zatorksi, by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your support means more to me than I can express, and I thank you for it. Best always, S. Mitra Kalita Author, �Suburban Sahibs: Three Immigrant Families and their Passage From India to America� Reporter, The Washington Post President, The South Asian Journalists Association www.desiwriter.com Suburban Sahibs: Three immigrant families and their passage from India to America by S. Mitra Kalita (Rutgers University Press, Penguin-India) About the book: In so many ways, Middlesex County, New Jersey, represents the quintessential American suburb, under an hour from New York by train, subdivided neatly into houses with identical floor plans, dotted with mini-malls and gas stations and monster movie theaters. Named after the famous inventor of the light bulb, Edison township officials often boast it is the place "where tomorrow was born." Suburban Sahibs tells us that still might ring true. As immigration has continuously redefined America, it also has radically transformed the American suburb. Through the migration of three families from India to Central New Jersey, this book sheds light on the broader South Asian diaspora, imparting lessons about the struggles and victories of immigrants everywhere. About the author: S. Mitra Kalita is an education reporter at The Washington Post and president of the South Asian Journalists Association. She has won numerous awards for her work. She previously worked at Newsday and The Associated Press. She has lived in New York City, Long Island, Puerto Rico, New Jersey and Washington. This is her first book. Praise: �... a wonderfully crafted story. ... Beautifully written - it's a book that would be enjoyed by all." - Bill Bradley, former U.S. senator from New Jersey �Kalita ... sheds light on the struggles faced by these families, whether working class or professional - a strength of her book is that she does not ignore the former. ... Throughout, she succeeds admirably in portraying their stories sympathetically yet dispassionately.� - Library Journal UPCOMING APPEARANCES Thursday, Nov. 13, Evanston, IL Northwestern University 8 p.m. University 121 Friday, Nov. 14, Chicago, IL 7:30 p.m. Barbara's Bookstore 1350 N. Wells Reading and discussion sponsored by South Asian Journalists Association - Chicago chapter Sunday, Nov. 16, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 2 p.m. Bryn Mawr College Reading and discussion Stay tuned for details at www.desiwriter.com Sunday, Nov. 16, Philadelphia 6 p.m. Robin�s Bookstore 108 S. 13th St. Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-735-9600 Reading and discussion Tuesday, Nov. 18, New York, NY 6 p.m. Corner Bookstore 1313 Madison Ave at 93rd Street Reading and discussion Wednesday, Nov. 19, New York, NY 6:30 p.m. Maharaja Restaurant, 230 E. 44th St. between 2nd and 3rd aves. Reading and discussion sponsored by South Asian Journalists Association Saturday, Nov. 22, Edison, N.J. 1 p.m. BAPS Swaminarayan Temple 2500 Woodbridge Avenue Keynote speech at career fair, books will be on sale Sunday, Nov. 23, Princeton, N.J. 6 p.m. Private reception and reading. Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for location. Monday, Nov. 24, New Brunswick/Piscataway, NJ 11 a.m. Luncheon discussion, books on sale afterward Rutgers University Student Center Graduate Student Lounge College Avenue Campus Sponsored by Rutgers history department, honors program and office of the dean 1 p.m. Rutgers University Journalism Department Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston campus Panel discussion on careers in journalism Monday, Nov. 24, New York, NY 7:30 p.m. Columbia University Club Zamana (South Asian students group) Lerner Hall, Satow room Panel discussion among Asian-American writers, books on sale afterward Monday, Dec. 1, Washington, D.C. Reading and panel discussion with other Asian American writers Sponsor: DC chapters of Asian American Journalists Association, South Asian Journalists Association Wednesday, Dec. 3, Washington, DC 7 p.m. Project Impact-DC, reading and discussion Teaism, Penn Quarter Wednesday, Dec. 10, Edison, NJ 7 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Menlo Park Mall Reading and discussion Sunday, Jan. 4, Washington, DC 5 p.m. Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse 5015 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Reading and discussion ===== S. Mitra Kalita Order your copy of my upcoming book, "Suburban Sahibs," today! Details at www.desiwriter.com. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. 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