Reading and Discussion: The Unbroken Coast, by Prof. Nalini Jones

The Arts Institute presents a Conversation in the Arts:

 Nalini Jones, assistant professor of English, will read from her novel The Unbroken Coast (August 2025), followed by a discussion with Sean Norton, English/Creative Writing major, Class of 2026.

On the night his granddaughter is born in America, an emeritus professor rides a bicycle through his quiet Catholic neighborhood in Bombay. A few streets from his home, in the heart of a Koli fishing village, he encounters a young mother praying for her baby daughter at the shrine of Our Lady of Navigators. Nearly a decade later, an accident brings their families together.

Spanning the turbulent years when Bombay became Mumbai, at a time when environmental and economic pressures are beginning to change the fortunes of indigenous fisherfolk, The Unbroken Coast follows the friendship between a young girl finding her place in the world and an aging historian reckoning with his past.

Beverages, and light appetizers will be served.

Co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute, the Asian Studies Program, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and the English Department.