ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS' WORKSHOP EVENTS

Widening the Margins
(a New York Is Book Country event)
Thursday, September 24, 7:00pm
In conjunction with New York Is Book Country, AAWW hosts a reading of editors from our anthologies. Sunaina Maira (Contours of the Heart), Bino Realuyo (NuyorAsian), Eileen Tabios (Black Lightning) and Monique T.D. Truong (Watermark).
@ AAWW, $5 suggested donation.

New York Stories
Thursday, October 8, 7:30pm
Exit Art and AAWW join forces in an evening of readings with Ameena Meer (Bombay Talkie), Thaddeus Rutkowski (Roughhouse) and John Yau (My Symptoms) in the current exhibition featuring New York artists.
@ Exit Art (548 Broadway btwn. Prince & Spring, 2nd Floor) $5 general, $3 members.

Lara Stapleton & Eileen Tabios
Book Launching
Friday, October 23, 7:00pm
Filipina author Lara Stapleton (The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing) joins Eileen Tabios (Beyond Life Sentences) for a reading and reception for their newest publications.
@ AAWW, $5 suggested donation.

Indran Amirthanayagam
Tuesday, October 27, 7:00pm
Black Lightning presents Indran Amirthanayagam, poet and diplomat for a reading and live interview with Eileen Tabios. Q&A with audience about poetry and diplomacy follows.
@ Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street btwn. West 4th and Bleecker) One drink minimum.

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Book Party
Thursday, October 29, 7:00pm
Winner of the 1997 Asian American Literary Award for Poetry, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge reads and celebrates the release of her newest poetry collection Four Year Old Girl.
@ AAWW, $5 suggested donation.

Border Raids & Treaties of the Heart
Friday, November 6, 6:00pm
AAWW collaborates with PEN American and NYU Africana Studies for a reading with Junot Diaz (Drown), Cornelius Eady (Autobiography of a Jukebox) and Kimiko Hahn (The Unbearable Heart). Made possible by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund.
@ Tishman Auditorium, NYU. (40 Washington Square South) Free.

The First Annual Asian American Literary Awards
Monday, November 16, 8:00pm
Hosted by David Henry Hwang and Jessica Hagedorn, AAWW honors excellence in Asian American literature. Readings from 1997 recipients Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Lois-Ann Yamanaka. Additional readings by 1998 published authors Lawrence Chua, Indira Ganesan and Timothy Liu.
@ The Joseph Papp Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street at E. 6th St. and Astor Place), $30 VIP, $15 general, $10 stud. & members.

WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS

Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Memoir Workshop - Peter Ong
Mondays, November 2-December 14, 7:00pm
Need to talk about your favorite subject...yourself? Peter Ong's memoir workshop returns. No experience necessary.
10 max. $100.

Children's Book Workshop - Sheila Hamanaka
Wednesdays, Sept. 23-Nov. 11, 7:00pm
Writing and/or Illustrating for Children: a holistic approach to the picture book, both fiction and nonfiction. The goal of the course is to create a manuscript and/or „dummy‰ suitable for submission to a publisher. Author of The Journey, Sheila Hamanaka won the American Book Award in 1992. No requirements or experience necessary.
12 max. $160.

Advanced Poetry Workshop - Timothy Liu
Tuesdays, October 6-November 10, 7:00pm
Award-winning author of Vox Angelica and Say Goodnight instructs an advanced poetry workshop focusing on lyric poetry in America at century's end. Timothy Liu has taught poetry at Hampshire College, Cornell University, UC Berkeley and William Paterson University. Requirements: submit 8 pages by 9/21. Notification: 9/28. 12 max. @AAWW. $200.

CreateNow Youth Writing Program
Saturdays, Oct. 17-Dec. 19, 11:00am-3:00pm
Read, create and publish Asian American literature in a supportive community of emerging writers. No experience necessary. High School students only.
Requirements: application due 9/24. Notification: 10/5. Free!

All workshops and seminars are held at AAWW. Space is limited so reserve your space today!

Call for info or workshop reservations.
Events and readers are subject to change.

Asian American Writers' Workshop
37 St. Mark's Place, New York City, NY 10003-7801
tel: 212-228-6718 / fax: 212-228-7718
aaww@panix.com