Axton Reading Series: V.V. Ganeshananthan

Schedule

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville | Louisville, KY

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Join us September 4th for our first Axton Reading of the Fall 2025 semester at UofL! These events are 100% free to the public and free to attend, so come hear a reading and participate in some valuable literary discussion!
About the Author: V. V. Ganeshananthan is the author of the novel, Brotherless Night, winner of the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction and the 2024 Carol Shields Prize. Her other novel, Love Marriage, was longlisted for the Women's Prize and named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among other publications.
This reading was made possible by the generous support of William and Anne Axton.
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Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, 2301 S 3rd St, Louisville, KY 40208-1838, United States

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