NEA Big Read: An Afternoon with Samrat Upadhyay

WE WELCOME award-winning Nepalese-American author Samrat Upadhyay in honor of the NEA Big Read.

Upadhyay will share his experience as an immigrant writer through his latest collection of short stories Mad Country. The author of seven books including Arresting God in Kathmandu and The Guru of Love, Upadhyay is known for his smart and compelling stories about culture, race, and how those ideas contribute to one's identity. A signing will follow the talk and copies of Upadhyay's novels will be available for purchase.

NEA Big Read 2019
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Events at Champaign Public Library:
• Feb 3, NEA Big Read: An Afternoon with Samrat Upadhyay, 3 pm
• Feb 14, NEA Big Read Book Club: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1:30 pm @ Douglass
• Feb 18, The History of Henna, 6:30 pm (reservations required)
• Feb 21, NEA Big Read Book Club: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 1:30 pm
• Feb 24, In Concert at CPL: Indian Classical Music and Dance, 2pm
• Feb 28, Trivia Night: Big Read Battle of the Books, 6:30 pm

Part of the NEA Big Read Champaign-Urbana, a partnership among the Spurlock Museum, the International & Area Studies Library, the Urbana Free Library, the Champaign Public Library, and the Art Theater. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. go.illinois.edu/TheNamesake

Adults | Author Visit

Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

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