Sunday, 6 February Off-site reading for AWP (Associated Writing Programs Conference)    The Writer's Center,    4508 Walsh Street,    Bethesda, MD Featured Contributors: Dilruba Ahmed, Sachin B. Patel, Ravi Shankar Featured Poet/Editor: Pireeni Sundaralingam Hosted by The Writer's Center Free admission Thursday, 3 February 12:00-1:15pm AWP (Associated Writing Programs Conference) Curating Literature: Five Editors of Literary Anthologies Discuss their Process    Virginia A Room,    Marriot Wardman Park,    Washington, DC Including editor Pireeni Sundaralingam & contributor/WWNorton editor, Ravi Shankar An AWP event Saturday, 22 January 2:00-5:00pm "When the Mango Hits the Fan: Battle of the Asian Poets"    National Center for the Preservation of Democracy,    Japanese American National Museum,    369 East 1st Street    Los Angeles, CA 90012 A team of INDIVISIBLE contributors duke it out line break by line break against an eminent team of East Asian American poets (Sesshu Foster, Viet Le, Karen Anhwei Lee & Amy Uyematsu) Anthology Poets: Vandana Khann, Bhargavi Mandava, Amar Ravva & Pireeni Sundaralingam. Hosted by Japanese American National Museum $15 Friday, 21 January 7:30-9:00pm Beyond Baroque    681 Venice Boulevard    Venice, CA 90291 Featured Contributors: Amar Ravva, Bhargavi Mandava & Vandana Khanna Featured Editors: Pireeni Sundaralingam. Hosted by Beyond Baroque $15 2010