Sep 17 2025 @ 7:00PM
Meet our second storyteller and come to the show to learn the origin story behind the name Vegas K Jarrow!
Vegas K Jarrow is the rebirth of Vijay R. Nathan, who is the pen name of Vijay Ramanathan. This particular stream of human consciousness grew up in Staten Island in New York City. He is a two-time Master’s degree earning poet and is a full-time PhD student at Saybrook University. His published books include Escape from Samsara, Celebrity Sadhana, and Breakdown Dancer, the last published by Poets of Queens Press. He worked for 15 years with Queens Public Library and appreciates the diverse flavors of all the neighborhoods in Queens. Go to his linktree, handle Vegas Jarrow, to explore the rabbit holes that represent what he has become.
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THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.
This project is made possible (in part) with public funds from the Queens Arts Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts.
This organization is funded in part by the Howard Gilman Foundation administered by Flushing Town Hall.
