Poets & Writers Theater
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In this Brooklyn Public Library event, four poets read from their newest books: Tina Chang, author of Lion (Norton, 2026); Tishani Doshi, author of Egrets, While War (Copper Canyon Press, 2026); Nathalie Handal, author of Roma Roam (Barrow Street Press, 2026); and Erika Meitner, author of Assembled Audience (Milkweed Editions, 2026). Chang’s collection is featured in Page One in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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“We are cheating death, all the time, passing one overcrowded town, then another, and another.” This short animated film offers a preview of Tishani Doshi’s novel Small Days and Nights (Bloomsbury Circus, 2019), which is shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2020.
Tags: Fiction | Tishani Doshi | Small Days and Nights | Bloomsbury | 2019 | Royal Society of Literature | Ondaatje Prize | 2020 -
Babe Elliott Baker brings poet Tishani Doshi’s poem "The Dream," from Everything Begins Elsewhere (Copper Canyon Press, 2013), to the small screen in the latest Motionpoem.
