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March 12, 2009
Readings by
Afghan and
Iranian American
Writers
A New Day:
Readings by
Afghan and
Iranian American
Writers
Friday, March
12, 2010
7 PM
Asian American
Writers’
Workshop
16 W32nd St,
Suite 10A
New York, NY
10001
Celebrate Now
Ruz, our common
New Year, with
an evening of
fiction and
memoir by
ground-breaking
writers from the
Afghan and
Iranian American
diasporas. Acknowledging
the deeply
entwined
histories of our
peoples and the
overlapping
richness of our
literary
traditions, this
reading is
inspired by our
desire to forge
new artistic
collaborations
in the US, where
the breadth and
insight of our
many stories are
most urgently
needed.
Join
contributors to
the forthcoming
Anthology of
Contemporary
Afghan American
Literature–Naheed
Elyasi,
Sedika Mojadidi
and Sahar
Muradi–along
with
best-selling
novelist Dalia
Sofer, debut
novelist
Firoozeh
Kashani-Sabet
and poetic prose
writer
Aphrodite
Desiree Navab
for readings and
conversation to
welcome in the
new year.
This event will
be hosted by
Zohra Saed,
co-director of
the
Association of
Afghan American
Writers,
and Manijeh
Nasrabadi,
co-director of
the
Association of
Iranian American
Writers.
Sponsored by the
Asian American
Writers’
Workshop (aaww.org),
the Association
of Iranian
American Writers
(www.iranianamericanwriters.org),
the Association
of Afghan
American Writers
(www.afghanamericanwriters.wordpress.com)
and Arte East (arteeast.org)
$5 cover charge.
A collection
will also be
taken to support
the Committee to
Protect
Journalists.
cpj.org
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