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THE COMMON IN THE CITY: MUMBAI

A Literary Celebration
 

Featuring SUKETU MEHTA in conversation with PARUL SEHGAL.
Postcard auction, cocktails / canapes, and music inspired by a night in India.

Suketu Mehta is the New York-based author of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, which won the Kiriyama Prize and the Hutch Crossword Award, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, the Lettre Ulysses Prize, the BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize, and the Guardian First Book Award.

 

Parul Sehgal is an editor at the New York Times Book Review. She is the recipient of the Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle, and her work appears in the New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, Tin HouseThe Literary Review, among other publications. She is currently teaching at Columbia University.

 

Thursday, May 14, 2015
7:00–9:00 p.m.
VIP reception for honorees and sponsors 6:00–7:00 p.m.

 

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Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
New York University
20 Cooper Square
New York

While I can't attend, I'd like to support The Common.
 

 

  
 
The Common's Luxuries Auction is NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR BIDDING. Bid on Indian-inspired luxury items and experiences, including a private tour of the Rubin Museum plus cocktails, Indian jewelry and dance classes, and more.
 

BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Harold Augenbraum
Melissa Bilski
Sarah Funke Butler
Ryan Chapman
Alexander Chee
Bill Clegg
Ted Conover
Isaac Fitzgerald
Katie Freeman
Werner Gundersheimer
Esmond Harmsworth
Becky Kraemer
Lisa Lucas
Janice Luo
Paul Morris
Kevin Nguyen
Steph Opitz
Niko Pfund
Benjamin Samuel
Liz Van Hoose
Jill Schoolman
John Siciliano
Renee Zuckerbrot
 

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Food and Drink Sponsors

Brooklyn Brewery Old Bridge Cellars

 

Sponsors

Brooklyn Brewery  Old Bridge Cellars

Wine graciously provided by Old Bridge Cellars. Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery. Catering graciously provided by Graffiti.

To discuss premier sponsorship, please contact Jennifer Acker at editor@thecommononline.org.

 
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