Writer Karan Mahajan received The New York Public Library’s 2017 Young Lions Fiction Award for his novel The Association of Small Bombs. The ceremony was held at the Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman building. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy read a moving passage from the book, which Mahajan began writing during his time in the  Library’s Frederick Lewis Allen Room. Hosted by actor and Young Lions Committee Co-Chair Vincent Piazza, stars Carla Gugino, Teyonah Parris, Jussie Smollett and Logan Browning also performed passages from works of other finalists.