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Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture Hosts a Day-Long Workshop and Discussionto Inaugurate ASSOCIATION for IRANIAN AMERICAN WRITERS (IAWA) May 3, 2008 (9a.m. – 5 p.m.) University of California, Irvine, in the Humanities Instructional Building Room 100. Iranian-American writers represent one of the most recent arrivals in ethnic American literature. Drawing on a rich Persian heritage and a vibrant American literary scene, Iranian-American writers give voice to the complex histories that have shaped their community. A representative group of novelists, poets, fiction and nonfiction writers will come together for a day-long workshop and discussion about what it means to be a writer in the United States, and more specifically, in a place like California. More information:http://www.humanities.uci.edu/persianstudies/events/

ADMISSION IS FREE AND THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

or contact Nasrin Rahimie, UC Irvine nrahimie@uci.edu

or Persis Karim, San Jose State University, persisk@yahoo.com

From: Persis Karim