Share the Stage With Jhumpa Lahiri

We’re pleased to announce an opportunity for students to share the stage with Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Jhumpa Lahiri on April 13, 2016. Those interested should submit poetry or fiction on the theme of “Cultural Translations: What happens when the values of home clash with the values of a new environment?” There is no hard length requirement or limit, but writers should be advised that they should submit something long enough to read for a substantial amount of time and that if a chosen piece is very long we will ask the writer to read only a selection. Submissions are due at midnight on Sunday, April 3, and should be sent to nasslit@princeton.edu. Please include your submission as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file — do not paste it into the body of your email.

The event itself will take place on Wednesday, April 13 at 4:30pm, and it will feature a reading by Lahiri herself followed by shorter readings by the winners of this contest.