Dear Friends and Family,

Happy December! My virtual book ends this month with two final events I’m looking forward to and wanted to let you know about. And then I’m looking forward to not seeing myself on Zoom or anything til 2021. 🙂

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 7:00 PM EST: “Racing the Essay: Asian American Women and the Essay,” hosted by the Asian American Writers Workshop. I will be in conversation with Cathy Park Hong, and Aimee Nezhukumatathil. The event will be moderated by Piyali Bhattacharya. You can register to attend here.

December 7, 2020: I’ll be part of the Indo American Arts Council (IAAC) Lit Festival in conversation with my longtime friend & one of my favorite writers, Geeta Kothari. Find more information and listen to the event here.

News:

“All My Life, I Have Been Biking with Brakes on”: an interview by Kelly Sundberg in Guernica

“Dancing in Plain Sight”: a review in India Currents Magazine

This Is One Way to Dance was featured on a list of “Nine Picks from the Editors of the South Asian Avant-Garde” in The Margins

Holiday Gift:

You can buy signed copies of This Is One Way to Dance as holiday presents from me directly! Reply to this newsletter with if you’d like a copy sent as a holiday gift. I’m on Venmo as fictionalsejal and also take Zelle & Paypal. $25.00 covers book, mailer, and postage.

What I’ve Been Reading:

Familiars by Holly Wren Spaulding (poetry)
Migritude by Shailja Patel (mixed-genre)
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatatathil (essays with illustrations)

There was a beautiful full moon on Sunday and earlier that day it was sunny. So that was good. And the election results. I’d love to know something that made you feel happy recently. Write if you have a moment.

Warmly,
Sejal

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