Katherine Boo won the 2012 National Book Award for non-fiction last night for her three-year study on a slum on the outskirts of the Mumbai, India airport.

A memorial service for the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai will be held this afternoon on the American University campus. The event, hosted by three Washington based Jewish organizations along with AU’s South Asian Student Association and School of International Service, invites the public to “join the Indian and Jewish communities in expressing solidarity with the people of India.” The memorial service is scheduled to run from 4:45-5:45 at the school’s Mary…