Alka Kurian leads book chats at Columbia City Library

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian led a book chat on Mohsin Hamid's novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist on October 19 at Columbia branch library and moderated a film-screening program at Rainier Arts center on October 20.

These programs were part of the annual Arts Gumbo series hosted by SEEDArts that featured this year South Asian/Indian immigrants' experiences. Kurian will lead another book chat on November 16, discussing Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri.