Thursday, October 17, 2024
4:30-6:30pm: Screening of The Children of Troumaron (2012), directed by Harrikrisna Anenden (Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union 242). To watch the film online, click here (password: Harri). The Comeback, a 2019 comedy directed by Sharvan Anenden and co-written by Ananda Devi, can also be viewed here (password: Renukathecomeback1).
Monday, October 21, 2024
10:00-10:45am: “Heavy Lies the World on the Pen”: The 2024 Neustadt Prize keynote by Ananda Devi (Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union 301)
10:45-11:30am: Ananda Devi and Julie-Françoise Tolliver in Conversation (Ballroom)
2:00-3:00pm: Ananda Devi’s office hour (Scholars Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union 315)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
3:00-4:15pm: Ananda Devi in conversation with Dr. Andreea Marculescu from OU’s Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, discussing gender relationships in her work and in fiction generally (Scholars Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union 315)
4:30-5:30pm: Making the Film The Children of Troumaron: A discussion with director Harrikrisna Anenden and screenwriter/producer Ananda Devi (Scholars Room)
7:00-8:30pm: Neustadt Night at the Union: Kathy Neustadt announces the winner of the 2025 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, plus book signings by Devi, the NSK jurors, and other visiting writers (Beaird Lounge, Oklahoma Memorial Union 201)
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
9:30-10:45am: “Understanding the Work of Ananda Devi”: Kazim Ali, Julie–Françoise Tolliver, and Jeffrey Zuckerman take part in a roundtable discussion moderated by Will Evans (Molly Shi Boren Ballroom, Oklahoma Memorial Union 301)
11:00am-12:15pm: Readings by the 2025 NSK Prize Jury: Nidhi Chanani, Susan Fletcher, Guadalupe García McCall, Varian Johnson, Magdalena Mora, Kate Rafiq, Sabaa Tahir, and Lauren Tamaki read from their work and sign books (Ballroom)
1:30-4:30pm: A Workshop on Translation by Kazim Ali (Crimson Room, Oklahoma Memorial Union 156) [by application only]
Free parking will be available in the union parking garage on Asp Avenue on Wednesday evening from 6-9pm.
