Description: While examining the writers’ investments in human rights, transgenerational memory, and alternative forms of justice, panelists investigate the current trends and future directions of Sri Lankan American women’s writing.

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Speakers

V. V. Ganeshananthan, U of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Maryse Jayasuriya, U of Texas, El Paso

Mary Anne Mohanraj, U of Illinois, Chicago

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, independent scholar

Sinduja Sathiyaseelan, Florida State U

Presider

Dinidu Karunanayake, Centre C, KY

Respondent

Sonali Perera, Hunter C, City U of New York