Vijay Seshadri, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of 3 Sections, Wild Kingdom, and The Long Meadow, will read from his work at the People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos annual spring benefit at the Princeton Nassau Club at 7:30 p.m. on April 20. Proceeds will support People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos, a reading and discussion program offered in English or Spanish for adults and young adults who have had limited opportunities to experience the transformative power of enduring literature.

In Jonathan Franzen’s words, Seshadri displays “an extraordinary naked modern consciousness, an intensely experienced dislocation, a beautiful intelligence.” Seshadri was born in Bangalore, India, and in the United States has lived on the East and West Coasts, as well as in the Midwest. He has worked as a biologist, commercial fisherman, and editor at The New Yorker. Currently professor of Writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Seshadri is the 2018 Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Poet-in-Residence.

For reservations, call Pat Andres at (609) 882-4864. Ticket prices start at $100, with dessert reception included. Sponsors join the author for dinner before the reading for $250. Additional sponsorship opportunities and benefits are also available. For more information, visit peopleandstories.org.