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X-WR-CALNAME:Egrets\, While War: An Evening with Tishani Doshi
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DESCRIPTION:Tishani Doshi has spent two decades refusing to choose between 
 disciplines. A Forward Prize–winning poet\, novelist\, and Fellow of the
  Royal Society of Literature\, she is also a dancer: for fifteen years she
  was lead dancer under Chandralekha\, the choreographer who redefined Indi
 an dance as an act of rebellion against its own classical tradition.\n\n \
 n\nThis appearance marks the inaugural event of Doshi's residency as the 2
 026–2027 Raman Family Visiting Scholar in India Studies at the Roundglas
 s India Center.\n\n \n\nIn a 30-minute performance\, Doshi brings poems fr
 om her new collection Egrets\, While War (forthcoming in the US from Coppe
 r Canyon Press) into a live convergence of film\, spoken word\, and moveme
 nt. The collection is shortlisted for both the 2026 Forward Prize for Best
  Collection and the 2026 PEN Heaney Prize. Moving between birds and bomb s
 ites\, myth and extinction\, the piece unfolds in dialogue with a film of 
 three masked women who echo and multiply the lone performer on stage. It p
 resents plurality as a condition of survival: one body continually reflect
 ed\, fractured\, and returned through another. This is a signature of Dosh
 i's practice. She stages her readings as full theatrical works\, not podiu
 m events.\n\n \n\nFollowing the performance\, Doshi will join Sonora Jha\,
  Loyola Endowed Professor and novelist\, for a conversation and audience Q
 &A. The evening closes with a book signing\; copies of Doshi's work will b
 e available for purchase courtesy of Elliott Bay Book Company.\n\n \n\nThe
  evening opens with a reading by Jaykumar Shah curated by Mehfil Stories\,
  a new storytelling and spoken-word platform from the Mehfil Nights team. 
 Rooted in Seattle\, Mehfil Stories spotlights South Asian voices through p
 oetry\, personal stories\, and performance\, bringing together emerging an
 d established artists to share intimate\, thoughtful\, and deeply human st
 ories. At its heart\, it is about creating a space where stories are heard
 \, shared\, and remembered.\n\n \n\nDate: Tuesday\, October 13\n\nLocation
 : Raisbeck Auditorium (inside Ivey Tower Building)\, 2017 Boren Avenue\, C
 ornish College of the Arts\, Seattle University\n\nParking: Parking | Corn
 ish Facilities | Cornish College of the Arts | Cornish Campus Parking Map\
 n\nDoors open: 6:00pm\n\nProgram:\n6:20pm: Opening performance by Mehfil S
 tories\n\n6:30–7:30pm: Performance by Tishani Doshi (30 min) → Convers
 ation & Q&A with Prof. Sonora Jha → Book signing with Elliott Bay Book C
 ompany
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LOCATION:Raisbeck Auditorium
SUMMARY:Egrets\, While War: An Evening with Tishani Doshi
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.seattleu.edu/event/tishanidoshi
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
CATEGORIES:Concerts & Performances
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