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Sindya Bhanoo

Sindya Bhanoo Oregon

Sindya Bhanoo is fiction writer and journalist. Her debut collection Seeking Fortune Elsewhere won the New American Voices Award. In 2021, she won an O. Henry Prize. She has worked for The New York Times and The Washington Post and currently teaches creative writing and journalism at Oregon State University.

Events, Classes, and Seminars

Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

Wednesday

Mar 29

Tuesday

May 23

Free Events   In-person   Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships   Oregon Book Awards Author Tour  

Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Sindya Bhanoo and Eric Tran

Featuring Sindya Bhanoo, 2023 winner of the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction for Seeking Fortune Elsewhere and Eric Tran, 2023 winner of the Stafford/Hall prize for Poetry for Mouth, Sugar, and Smoke. Readings by the authors followed by a Q&A. Presented in partnership with Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.

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Sunday

Aug 6

Tuesday

Mar 19

Saturday

Apr 20

Free Events   Oregon Book Awards Author Tour  

NW AUTHOR SERIES: SINDYA BHANOO

Oregon Book Award winner Sindya Bhanoo will be appearing in Cannon Beach library as part of their NW Authors Series. Seeking Fortune Elsewhere features intimate stories of South Indian immigrants and the families they left behind center women’s lives and ask how women both claim and surrender power. Traveling from Pittsburgh to Eastern Washington to

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