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Ariel Saramandi is the author of an essay collection I adore, called Portrait of an Island on Fire. It is about her home of Mauritius, language and race politics, the material conditions of writing and motherhood, and climate change. I asked her if she’d be interested in chatting with me and my readers for the Salon Series, and I’m thrilled that we will be able to talk about what it is to live on and love islands that bigger nations colonize, discard, and destroy through consumption. Join fellow readers as I (Alicia Kennedy) lead a 20-30 minute discussion before we open to Q&A.
From the Desk Members join free using the code at this link and will have access to the full archived video.
WHEN
Tuesday, May 26, 11 a.m. EST
WHERE
Zoom
You will receive the link 30 minutes before the event begins. Please sign up using the email where you’d like to receive information.
WHO
Ariel Saramandi is a Mauritian writer. Her debut essay collection, Portrait of an Island on Fire, was published in 2025 by Fitzcarraldo Editions. She has new fiction in The Stinging Fly’s Climate Issue.
Alicia Kennedy is a writer from Long Island. She is the author of No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating and On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites. She is the publisher of From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, a food and culture newsletter that hosts events, community, and more.
Ariel Saramandi is the author of an essay collection I adore, called Portrait of an Island on Fire. It is about her home of Mauritius, language and race politics, the material conditions of writing and motherhood, and climate change. I asked her if she’d be interested in chatting with me and my readers for the Salon Series, and I’m thrilled that we will be able to talk about what it is to live on and love islands that bigger nations colonize, discard, and destroy through consumption. Join fellow readers as I (Alicia Kennedy) lead a 20-30 minute discussion before we open to Q&A.
From the Desk Members join free using the code at this link and will have access to the full archived video.
WHEN
Tuesday, May 26, 11 a.m. EST
WHERE
Zoom
You will receive the link 30 minutes before the event begins. Please sign up using the email where you’d like to receive information.
WHO
Ariel Saramandi is a Mauritian writer. Her debut essay collection, Portrait of an Island on Fire, was published in 2025 by Fitzcarraldo Editions. She has new fiction in The Stinging Fly’s Climate Issue.
Alicia Kennedy is a writer from Long Island. She is the author of No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating and On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites. She is the publisher of From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, a food and culture newsletter that hosts events, community, and more.