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DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Once a month\, the World Area Book Awards\n(Ameri
 cas Award\, Children’s Africana Book Awards\, Freeman Book Award\, Middle\
 nEast Book Awards\, and the South Asia Book Award) sponsor a 60 minute web
 inar on\na book recognized by one of the awards.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;You Bring th
 e Distant NearBy\nMitali Perkins\n&nbsp\;May’s webinar is presented by the
  South\nAsia Book Award. Please join us in learning more about the book\, 
 You Bring the\nDistant Near by Mitali Perkins. Five girls. Three generatio
 ns. One great American\nlove story. You Bring the Distant Near explores si
 sterhood\, first loves\,\nfriendship\, and the inheritance of culture--for
  better or worse. Ranee\, worried\nthat her children are losing their Indi
 an culture\; Sonia\, wrapped up in a\nforbidden biracial love affair\; Tar
 a\, seeking the limelight to hide her true\nself\; Shanti\, desperately tr
 ying to make peace in the family\; Anna\, fighting to\npreserve her Bengal
 i identity.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;You Bring the Distant Near won the 2018 S
 outh Asia\nBook Award.The South Asia Book Award is sponsored by the South 
 Asia C\, The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, and the South Asia\nNa
 tional Outreach Consortium (SANOC)\, a national network comprised of seven
 \nSouth Asia National Resource Centers\, and funded in part by Title VI Gr
 ants.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;For\nmore information or to request accessibility arran
 gements\, please contact\nEmera Bridger Wilson at elbridge@syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:Global Reads Webinar Series - SAC
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/Sitefi
 nity/Public/Services/ICalanderService/file.ics/internationalizingsocialstu
 dies.blog"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp\;</p>Once a month\, th
 e World Area Book Awards\n(Americas Award\, Children’s Africana Book Award
 s\, Freeman Book Award\, Middle\nEast Book Awards\, and the South Asia Boo
 k Award) sponsor a 60 minute webinar on\na book recognized by one of the a
 wards.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>You Bring the Dis
 tant Near</em><br>By\nMitali Perkins</strong>\n</p><p>&nbsp\;</p>May’s web
 inar is presented by the South\nAsia Book Award. Please join us in learnin
 g more about the book\, You Bring the\nDistant Near by Mitali Perkins. Fiv
 e girls. Three generations. One great American\nlove story. You Bring the 
 Distant Near explores sisterhood\, first loves\,\nfriendship\, and the inh
 eritance of culture--for better or worse. Ranee\, worried\nthat her childr
 en are losing their Indian culture\; Sonia\, wrapped up in a\nforbidden bi
 racial love affair\; Tara\, seeking the limelight to hide her true\nself\;
  Shanti\, desperately trying to make peace in the family\; Anna\, fighting
  to\npreserve her Bengali identity.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<p>&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p
 ><p><em>You Bring the Distant Near</em> won the 2018 South Asia\nBook Awar
 d.</p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inher
 it\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; tex
 t-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret
 -color: auto"></span><br></p><p>The South Asia Book Award is sponsored by 
 the South Asia C\, The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, and the Sout
 h Asia\nNational Outreach Consortium (SANOC)\, a national network comprise
 d of seven\nSouth Asia National Resource Centers\, and funded in part by T
 itle VI Grants.</p><p>&nbsp\;</p><p>&nbsp\;</p><strong>For\nmore informati
 on </strong>or to request accessibility arrangements\, please contact\nEme
 ra Bridger Wilson at <a href="mailto:elbridge@syr.edu">elbridge@syr.edu</a
 >.
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