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Literary Tue Jun 02 2009
Book a Ticket to the Kriti Festival
Read all about it: The Kriti Festival, a biennial celebration of South Asian and diasporic literature and arts, takes place June 11-14 at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Roosevelt University. Hosted by the national non-profit organization DesiLit, the Kriti (pronounced "kree-thee") Fest offers an action-packed schedule of readings, panels, live performances, writing workshops, and Q&As with literary agents and editors.
Special guests at the 2009 Kriti Fest include acclaimed authors Romesh Gunesekera, Bapsi Sidhwa, and Amitava Kumar. Among the 30 or so participants--including poets, novelists, actors, editors, and agents--are four major Sri Lankan diaspora authors (one of whom is Romesh Gunesekera). These participants will discuss, among other topics, the decades-old Sri Lankan civil war, which ended on May 18, 2009.
This year's fest also includes the Rasaka Theatre Company's performance of a monologue cycle called Yoni Ki Baat (loosely based on Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues) and a performance by Mithya (the Indian Dramatics Group from UIUC) of Chimeras, an adaptation of Shashi Deshpande's short stories.
To register for the four-day literary extravaganza, visit the festival website or email info@desilit.org. You may also call (312) 846-6878. And be sure to follow DesiLit's Twitter updates.
