P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Chaitali Sen to celebrate her new story collection, A New Race of Men from Heaven, with a talk, audience Q&A, and book signing. A New Race of Men from Heaven is a collection of stories about characters who wander but are never truly lost. Chaitali will be joined in conversation by author Abeer Hoque. After the talk, Chaitali will sign copies of her books.

A lonely man on a business trip finds himself in the middle of a search party for a missing boy; a grieving widow leaves India to join the family in the United States; a writer finds renewed success when an unknown imposter begins publishing under his identity. In these quiet yet deeply knowing stories of migration, power, and longing, A New Race of Men from Heaven offers us, above all else, stories of enduring love and hope.

Praise for “A New Race of Men from Heaven”

“The stories in A New Race of Men from Heaven move elegantly between the ache of loneliness and the grace of connection, however fleeting.” —Danielle Evans, author of The Office of Historical Corrections

“A New Race of Men from Heaven is a stunning and masterful collection. With great insight and compassion, Chaitali Sen explores characters as they negotiate issues of displacement and connection; her vision is wise and expansive.” —Karen E. Bender, author of The New Order

“Chaitali Sen’s beautiful, tender, absorbing stories grapple with minor and major complications in the lives of Indian men, women, and children, traveling across continents in full exploration of the contemporary immigrant experience. Lyrical, nostalgic, tragic, and sometimes understatedly funny, these stories are as heart-wrenching as they are clever, and will resonate with me for a very long time.” — Chinelo Okparanta, author of Harry Sylvester Bird

Pre-order your signed edition of a new race of men from heaven

Available to ship to most places

• This is a free in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
• We encourage all guests to wear masks.
• The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship to most places!

About the author

Chaitali Sen’s story collection A New Race of Men from Heaven was selected by Danielle Evans as the winner of the 2021 Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction. She is also the author of the novel The Pathless Sky (Europa Editions, 2015) and short stories and essays which have appeared in Boulevard, Colorado Review, Ecotone, LitHub, Los Angeles Review of Books, New England Review, Shenandoah, and many other publications. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Hunter College and lives in Central Texas. Her website

About the moderator

Abeer Hoque is a Nigerian-born Bangladeshi American writer and photographer. She likes sweet peas, hard outs, and acts of service. Her books include a coffee table book (The Long Way Home, 2013), a linked collection of stories, poems, and photographs (The Lovers and the Leavers, 2015), and a memoir (Olive Witch, 2017). She has won fellowships from the NEA, Queens Council on the Arts, NYFA, and the Fulbright Foundation hold BS and MA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and an MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco. See more at olivewitch.com.

Time: 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM EST

Free!

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