Edison, by Pallavi Sharma Dixit | Novel
Wednesday, January 29 | 6:30 p.m.
Rondo Community Library | 461 North Dale Street, Saint Paul
OR via Zoom | REGISTER HERE

About the Book

Prem Kumar leaves New Delhi to chase his filmmaking dreams in America. Though life does not go according to script, Prem finds contentment working at a gas station in Edison, New Jersey. When Leena Engineer bursts onto the scene, she upends Prem’s short-term plan to do as little as possible, launching him on an epic adventure to make something of himself.

About the Author

Pallavi Sharma Dixit was born in India and raised in New Jersey. She was a winner of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s Pages in Progress Prize. Pallavi holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

About the Fireside Reading Series

Great authors by the fireside.

FREE
Wednesdays | January 8 – January 29, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Rondo Community Library | 461 North Dale Street, Saint Paul

or via Zoom
thefriends.org/fireside

Cozy up for four weeks of readings with great writers. In partnership with Saint Paul Public Library, Fireside Reading Series highlights some of Minnesota’s finest writers who have published new work.

Captioning will be provided for all four livestreamed events. ASL interpretation is available upon request with at least seven days’ notice. Contact [email protected] or 651-222-3242.

These programs are made possible in part through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature to The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library as the Minnesota Center for the Book.

All Fireside Events

Wednesday, January 8^th
Taiyon Coleman, Traveling Without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America
Memoir

Wednesday, January 15^th
Jokeda “JoJo” Bell, Red Stained: The Life of Hilda Simms
Nonfiction

Wednesday, January 22^nd
Naomi Cohn, The Braille Encyclopedia
Poetry/Memoir

Wednesday, January 29^th
Pallavi Dixit, Edison
Novel