Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2-4 pm
San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
Bay
Area writers from the
Association of Iranian American Writers (AIAW) will share their literary
work at a reading at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium on
Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 2-4:00 pm. The event will bear
witness to the extraordinary courage of the Iranian people on the six-month
anniversary of the contested elections, which took place on June 12, 2009.
Bay Area novelists, poets and essayists will read
from published and recent work in recognition of those in Iran who are
struggling for democracy and human rights. Among the writers who will share
their work are authors of recently published books: Laleh Khadivi (The
Age of Orphans, 2009), Elizabeth Eslami (Bone Worship, 2010), and Angella
Nazarian (Life as a Visitor, 2009). Other writers and poets include:
Tissa Hami, Katayoon Zandvakili, Esther Kamkar, Farnoosh Seifoddini,
Anahid Hojjati, and Ari Siletz.
Association of Iranian American Writers (AIAW) co-director and editor of the
anthology Let Me Tell You Where I've Been: New Writing by Women of
the Iranian Diaspora and Anita Amirrezvani,
author of the novel, The Blood of Flowers, will
co-host the event. Books will be available for sale and authors will be
available to sign copies.
www.iranianamericanwriters.org
This literary reading honors
International Human Rights Day and is part of United4Iran's
"Global Celebration of Human Rights through Arts & Culture" which
is sponsoring hundreds of art and cultural events around the world to highlight
the issues of human rights in Iran.
The reading is sponsored by AIAW and United for Iran,
with the support of the San Francisco Public Library. AIAW is a
national organization dedicated to promoting the work of fiction and non-fiction
writers, poets, journalists, photojournalists and artists who work with words.
Address: San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
www.united4Iran.org
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