Jafreen Uddin's guest appearances

Jafreen Uddin

AAWW Radio: New Asian American Writers & Literature

Rahul Mehta

Will Harris

Fatimah Asghar

Yiyun Li

Charles Yu

Kamila Shamsie

Mariam Ghani

Vivian Lee

Sadia Shepard

Akhil Sharma

Elif Batuman

Gish Jen

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Alexander Chee

Ted Chiang

OwlTail

Kavita Das

Lakshmi Shankar

Author Kavita Das joins Jafreen Uddin, Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in conversation about her book, Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar. Shankar, who was Grammy-nominated, was the most prominent Indian female musician in the movement that brought Indian music to the West in the late 1960’s. This event, co-presented by Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the South Asia Institute in Chicago, explores Shankar’s musical evolution and more-than-seventy-year career creating within both South and North Indian musical traditions, as well as pop and fusion, and celebrate her life, legacy, and impact on South Asian diasporic communities.

Author Kavita Das joins Jafreen Uddin, Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in conversation about her book, Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar. Shankar, who was Grammy-nominated, was the most prominent Indian female musician in the movement that brought Indian music to the West in the late 1960’s. This event, co-presented by <a href="https://aaww.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Asian American Writers’ Workshop</a> and the <a href="https://www.saichicago.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">South Asia Institute</a> in Chicago, explores Shankar’s musical evolution and more-than-seventy-year career creating within both South and North Indian musical traditions, as well as pop and fusion, and celebrate her life, legacy, and impact on South Asian diasporic communities.

The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar ft. Kavita Das, Jafreen Uddin

We're launching a new virtual event series at AAWW. Presented quarterly, these virtual “fireside chats” will feature a renowned Asian diasporic author in conversation with our Executive Director Jafreen Uddin, sharing updates from AAWW, and discussing AAWW from a writer’s perspective. This series will kick off with a conversation led by R. O. Kwon, activist, NEA Fellow, and bestselling author of The Incendiaries.

We're launching a new virtual event series at AAWW. Presented quarterly, these virtual “fireside chats” will feature a renowned Asian diasporic author in conversation with our Executive Director Jafreen Uddin, sharing updates from AAWW, and discussing AAWW from a writer’s perspective. This series will kick off with a conversation led by R. O. Kwon, activist, NEA Fellow, and bestselling author of The Incendiaries.

Fireside Chat: R.O. Kwon with AAWW E.D. Jafreen Uddin