We Have Arrived: From Bollywood to Badass | Festival Talks

Saturday, May 21 | Festival Talks | 12 PM - 8 PM

South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) presents its 8th annual Literary Festival We have Arrived: From Bollywood to Badass, a two-day interdisciplinary public event in New York City.

Festival Talks will begin with panel discussions on Saturday May 21 at 12 PM and conclude with a keynote at 6:30 PM by Mira Jacob. All Saturday sessions will take place at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, the go-to destination for Asian American literary events in New York.

The festival will feature writers and changemakers who use the written word as tools to tell powerful stories, challenge stereotypes, build movements, survive trauma, find community, and heal. At a time when anti-immigrant sentiment and Islamophobia are at a peak, the 2016 Lit Fest serves as a powerful convening where the pen is celebrated as a tool of radical activism and democracy-making.

To learn more, please visit sawcc's website.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | A Craft of Poetry: Storytelling and Movement Building

Aurora Masum-Javed, Adeeba Afshan Rana, Purvi Shah. Moderated by Anisa Rahim

Ticket: $5

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Writing Politics Across Genres

Marina Budhos, Yashica Dutt, Deepa Iyer, Chaitali Sen. Moderated by Swati Khurana

Ticket: $5

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Writing Where it Hurts, Writing to Heal

Ashwak Fardoush, Muna Gurung

Ticket: $5

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Keynote Reading & Signing

Mira Jacob

Ticket: $10

or $20 for a DAY PASS for all Saturday events!

All events are open to the public. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For questions, please email litfest@sawcc.org. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.