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6 South Asian novelists to speak at MSU
UPPER MONTCLAIR, N. J.
A day-long conference, ³Partition, Exile and Memory: A
Literary Exploration of 50 Years of Indian and Pakistani Independence,² will be held at Montclair
State University on Thursday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The conference, free and open to the
public, will be held in Dickson Hall: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 178; 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Brantl
Lecture Hall.
Highlighting the conference will be a series of readings and discussions by six prominent
South Asian novelists and poets: Agha Shahid Ali, Susham Bedi, Amitava Kumar,
Tahira Naqvi, Vijay Seshardi and Bapsi Sidhwa. There will also be film screenings and dance
performances. Refreshments will be served.
The conference is sponsored by the Visiting Writers Committee of the English Department;
the Honors Program, and the Global Education Center.
For additional information, call Tim Watson at (973) 655-7960 or email him at
watson@saturn.montclair.edu. Information is also available from Fawzia Afzal-Khan at (973) 655-
7309; email afzal@saturn.montclair.edu.
MSU is located at the intersection of Valley Road and Normal Avenue in Upper Montclair.
The campus is one mile south of the junction of routes 3 and 46, 14 miles west of New York City.
More information on the University is available on its comprehensive website:
www.montclair.edu.