Short Reads Book Club & Ft. Author Q&A | Library's UEP & AARCC

Name: Short Reads Book Club & Ft. Author Q&A | Library's UEP & AARCC
Start: 2026-10-23T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-10-23T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Asian American Resource and Cultural Center

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Fri, Oct 23, 2026

5:30 PM – 7 PM CDT (GMT-5)

Asian American Resource and Cultural Center

723 W. Maxwell St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States

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Join the Library's Undergraduate Engagement Program (UEP) and the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC) for a session of the Short Reads Book Club, featuring a live Q&A with the author!

We will read and discuss Mrinal Gokhale's short story collection, Taboo: South Asian Mental Health Stories. Free copies will be provided in session on a first come first served basis.

Please note that there is a content warning for sensitive content, including, but not limited to domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, self-harm, and substance abuse.

Tues., Oct. 23 from 5:30-7 p.m.
Asian American Resource and Cultural Center
723 W. Maxwell St.

Access needs or questions: aarcc@uic.edu

More information about AARCC: aarcc.uic.edu
More information about the UEP: library.uic.edu/about/students/uep

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Where

Asian American Resource and Cultural Center

723 W. Maxwell St., Chicago, IL 60607, United States

Speakers

Mrinal Gokhale

Author, writer, and speaker

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrinal-gokhale-14a19b46/

"Mrinal Gokhale is an author, writer, and speaker based in Wisconsin. Her writing explores the intersectionality of South Asian identity and mental illness, neurodivergence, disability, model minority myth, intergenerational trauma, and sexuality. View her work at linktr.ee/mgokhale."

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