Sunil Yapa

author of Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

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Events

Events

October 18. NYC. PAPERBACK LAUNCH. In Conversation with Lee Boudreaux, PJ Mark, & Amitava Kumar.  McNally Jackson. 7pm

October 19. NYC. Double Take with Tiphanie Yanique (& more)  291 Church St. 7pm.

October 21. NYC.  Civil Violence: New Sri Lankan Lit with Sunil Yapa, Nayomi Munaweera, Hasanthika Sirisena, Anuk Arudpragasam, Sunila Galappatti moderated by Kitana Ananda. AAWW. 6:45pm. 

October 23. Woodstock, NY.  Word Cafe Duets hosted by Nina Shengold with Amitava Kumar and Sunil Yapa. The Golden Notebook. 4pm.

November 3.  Pacific University Portland, OR. Class visit and reading. TBD.   

November 4. Seattle.  Reading and Signing.  Third Place Books Seward Park. TBD.

November 5. WORDSTOCK. Portland, OR.  Midge Smith, Alexis Smith, & Sunil Yapa, eco-fiction & activism.  The Old Church. 10am.

November 6. Austin, TX. TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL.  Making Art Out of Chaos, with Claudia Salazar, Karan Mahajan. Capitol Extension Room E2.036  3:45pm

November 8-15. Hong Kong.  Hong Kong International Literary Festival.  check festival schedule for full details.

December 5. San Francisco, CA.  Green Apple Books on the Park.  7:30p.

December 7. Los Angeles, CA.  Vromans.  TBA.

  • A literary molotov cocktail to light up the dark.

    —Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin
  • Stunning…the best novel I’ve read in a long time.

    —Karen Maeda Allman, Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)
  • Noteworthy, capital-I Important

    —Library Journal (Starred Review)>
  • An absorbing, multi-faceted, acutely hopeful novel.

    —Patrick deWitt, author of Undermajordomo Minor and The Sisters Brothers
  • Glorious…an open-armed love letter to humanity

    —Tiphanie Yanique, author of Land of Love and Drowning
  • Chilling...A memorable, pulse-pounding literary experience.

    —Publisher's Weekly
  • Stunningly orchestrated…this novel marshals all the vital forces of our existence.

    —Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our Names
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