Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street, San Francisco
7:30pm
Free

Bollywood, Bullets, and Beyond: The Poetry of South Asian America
Featuring Summi Kaipa, Pireeni Sundaralingam, Ravi Shankar, Bhanu Kapil, Subhashini Kaligotla, and Monica Ferrell

What do a sestina, 9/11, and Amitabh Bachchan have in common? Popular, political, and poetic themes all appear in Indivisible (University of Arkansas Press, 2010), the first anthology of contemporary South Asian American poetry. The collection features emerging and established poets who can trace their ethnic heritages to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Six extraordinary writers from this collection read from their work.

Thursday, April 7, 2010
Associated Writing Program Conference, Denver 2010
Colorado Convention Center, Street Level, Rooms 102-104
10:30am to 11:45am

From Bombs to Bindis: Stereotypes, Trends & Tensions in South Asian Writing

Join us to hear an engaging panel of South Asian authors—Minal Hajratwala, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Summi Kaipa, Ramola D, and Roohi Choudry—facilitated by Sangeeta Reddy.

Friday, April 9, 2010
Highlands Ranch Library in Denver
6:30pm
Registration Required

Re-writing America: Complicating the Poetics of Identity
Featuring Neelanjana Banerjee, Hayan Charara, Samantha Thornhill, Ching-In Chen, Tim Hernandez, and Summi Kaipa.

Even as the minority surges towards the majority in making up the New America, poets seek out the nurturing spaces of ethno-literary organizations like Kundiman and Cave Canem. Popular ethnic-specific anthologies are being published each year. Yet the work coming out of these cultural boundaries is incredibly diverse in style and influence. This panel examines the ways in which hyphenated American poets are rethinking the concept of identity and, in turn, shaping the national zeitgeist.

Saturday, April 9, 2010
Associated Writing Program Conference, Denver 2010
Colorado Convention Center, Street Level, Room 201
10:30am to 11:45pm

Indivisible: South Asian American Poetry Anthology LA Launch
Monday, April 12, 2010
Machine Project, Los Angeles

Featured poets include Ro Gunetilleke, Vandana Khanna, Bhargavi Mandava, Amar Ravva and editor Pireeni Sundaralingam.

Special musical performance by FIELD: Walter Kitundu & Robin Sukhadia.

Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry
The Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives
Editors: Neelanjana Banerjee, Summi Kaipa, and Pireeni Sundaralingam
Featuring contributors Tanuja Mehrotra and Minal Hajratwala
Two readings on Thursday, April 22, 2010

3:30 pm
The Poetry Center, San Francisco
HUM 512, San Francisco State University
Free

7:30 pm at The Green Arcade
1680 Market (at Gough)
San Francisco
Free

Indivisible at the United States of Asian America Festival
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Mission Cultural Center
More details to come

Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry
Wednesday, May 5
The Poetry Project
at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th Street, New York
8pm