An Evening with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
I promised I would tell you about my exciting event! You see, the community college I work for sponsored a weekend creative writing seminar, and they asked Chitra to come and do one of the workshops. This event also kicked off her book tour for Before We Visit the Goddess. I was not able to attend the seminar, but there was a reception and book reading the night before. I figured my mom and I would go in and be part of the audience, and I could get my book signed. When we arrived, though, my co-worker--who helped coordinate the whole thing--grabbed me and took us right over to Chitra, explaining that I am one of the college librarians. We then had several minutes of happy conversation, as Chitra told us about her love and appreciation for libraries, and we traded stories about our various times studying at Berkeley. I asked her something I've always wondered about her early book of poems, Leaving Yuba City , and she explained how she got to know t...