New Writing Series Fall 2020 - via Zoom

Aamer Hussein -- Wednesday, November 18, 2020 -- Zoom at 5:00 pm

Aamer Hussein was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, but has lived in the UK since the 1970s. Hussein’s legendary output in poetic prose fiction includes the short story collections Mirror to the Sun, This Other Salt, Turquoise, The Blue Direction, Insomnia and 37 Bridges and Other Stories as well as the novels Another Gulmohar Tree and The Cloud Messenger. His work has also been anthologized and he has edited numerous anthologies and collections by other Pakistani writers. He currently works at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, where he teaches Urdu.

Zoom link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/95323921154?pwd=UFdqWGdHYTVDajdwc0lxL3hlc0ZUQT09

Meeting ID: 953 2392 1154

Password: aamer

Randa Jarrar -- Wednesday, December 9, 2020 -- Zoom at 5:00pm

Randa Jarrar is the author of the memoir Love Is An Ex-Country, the novel A Map of Home, and the collection of stories Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. She is also a performer who has recently appeared in Hulu’s award-winning series Ramy, as well as the short films Got Game and Finjan. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon, Bitch, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. She is a recipient of a Creative Capital Award and an American Book Award, as well as awards and fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, Hedgebrook, PEN, and others. A professor of creative writing, Jarrar is Executive Director of RAWI, a literary nonprofit that serves Arab American writers. She lives in Los Angeles.

Zoom link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/98862654340?pwd=TDR2OVYzOWRzL2MwU2ZTdUlwNy9kUT09

Meeting ID: 988 6265 4340

Password: randa