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[PAST EVENT] AARON ROBERTSON & ARUNI KASHYAP
Location
Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Memorial Hall, Studio Theater601 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Free food
- Open to the public
AARON ROBERTSON & ARUNI KASHYAP
Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 PM, PBK Hall Studio Theatre, Free
Reception & Book Sale to Follow
ABOUT AARON ROBERTSON
Aaron Robertson is a writer, editor, and translator of Italian literature. He is the author of The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon (Two Lines Press) was shortlisted for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
ABOUT ARUNI KASHYAP
Aruni Kashyap is the author of the story collection The Way You Want To Be Loved (Gaudy Boy Press 2024) and How to Date a Fanatic (Harper Via 2026). His poetry collection, There is No Good Time for Bad News, was nominated for the 58th Georgia Author of the Year Awards 2022, among other accolades. His translation projects have been finalists for the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation 2023 and VOW Book Awards 2024. His work has appeared in Catapult, Bitch Media, The New York Times, The Guardian UK, and others. He has also published a novel and three novellas in Assamese. He is an Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing and the Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Georgia, Athens.
Sponsored by: W&M Creative Writing Program