This is the panel I’ll be on tomorrow evening at MLA, just fyi.
“Sri Lankan American Women and Non-binary Writers: Contemporary Investments and Future Directions”
THURSDAY, 9 JANUARY, 7.00 PM-8.15 PM, SKAGIT 4 (Washington State Convention Center)
While examining investments in human rights, transgenerational memory, and alternative forms of justice, panelists investigate the current trends and future directions of the work by Sri Lankan American women and non-binary writers.
Respondent
Sonali Perera (Hunter C, City U of New York)
Speakers
V. V. Ganeshananthan (U of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Maryse Jayasuriya (U of Texas, El Paso)
Mary Anne Mohanraj (U of Illinois, Chicago)
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Independent scholar)
Sinduja Sathiyaseelan (U of Toronto)
Presider
Dinidu Karunanayake (Centre C, KY)