| M. G. Vassanji: On April 30 at 6:30 in the Gillard Auditorium (66-110), M. G. Vassanji will read from his new books 'A Place Within' and 'The Assassin's Song.' Born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1950 and raised in Tanzania, at age 19 Vassanji won a scholarship to MIT, where he studied physics. He went on to complete a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania, before immigrating to Canada, where he became a full-time writer. His award-winning books, which include The Gunny Sack, The Book of Secrets, and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, have been honored for their treatment of migrant Indian communities in East Africa, Europe, and North America, and for their reflections on how complex histories of cultural exchange and conflict affect present generations.
Thursday, April 30 (For directions, go to: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg) Free and open to the public - no tickets/reservations required. For information call 617-253-3581. |  |
