JLF Seattle | 3 Days To Go! #shorts #literature #seattle @JLFInternational

Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

3 Days To Go!

Starting Thursday Seattle becomes a global stage for stories and ideas 💡

Hear from Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai, Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, historian William Dalrymple, creator and author Prajakta Koli, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam, and many more.

📅 September 18-21st
📍 Town Hall Seattle, SAM, Viya Contemporary
🎟️ Tickets on sale now (link in bio) | Free for youth 22 & under

The countdown is ON! Just #3Days until the magic begins. Be there to experience it.

JLF Seattle | 3 Days To Go! #shorts #literature #seattle

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$The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny | Kiran Desai in conversation with Kimberly A.C. Wilson Booker Prize-winning author Kiran Desais latest book, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, weaves a powerful story of modern love, fractured families, and generational longing. Writing across continents and cultures, Desai, with great nuance, examines her characters’ struggles with class, race, memory, and legacy, mirroring the complexities of our globalized world. In conversation with Kimberly A.C. Wilson, Executive Director, Hedgebrook, she discusses the means by which such intersections are manifested across her work. Kiran Desai is the award winning author of three novels, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, The Inheritance of Loss (winner of the Booker Prize), and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, her latest work, has been long-listed for the 2025 Booker Prize. Among her other honors are a National Book Critics Circle Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, a fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, and a Columbia University Medal of Excellence. Follow us on – Website - https://jlflitfest.org/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JLFInternational/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JLFInternational Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jlfinternational/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/JLFLitfest #literature #loneliness #love$

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