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Tablet & Pen: The 2010 Words without Borders Benefit

Monday, November 15, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)

New York, NY

Tablet  & Pen: The 2010 Words without Borders Benefit

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
VIP Ticket Ended $500.00 $9.95
VIP Table for 10 Ended $5,000.00 $9.95
General Admission Ticket Ended $250.00 $5.99
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Event Details

To support Words without Borders in our ongoing efforts to publish and promote the best literature in translation, including the creation of a new education program, we invite you to join us on November 15, 2010, in celebration of the release of our newest anthology Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. The evening will feature readings from Tablet and Pen by Shohreh Aghdashloo, Reza Aslan, and Najla Said and music by Stephen Said.

Location: The Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
Date:
November 15, 2009
Time:
7-10 p.m.
Tickets:

-VIP Table for 10: $5,000
-Individual VIP Table Seat: $500
-General Admission Ticket: $250

All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by the law. After you purchase your ticket a member of our staff will contact you regarding your guest list and if you require a vegetarian meal. Questions should be sent to giving@wordswithoutborders.org.

Chair

Alane Salierno Mason

Honorary Chair
Azar Nafisi

Host Committee
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Dominick Anfuso
Reza Aslan
Lila Azam Zanganeh
Sarah Burnes
Joan Bingham
Maria B. Campbell
Susan Gillespie
Judith Gurewich
Winfrida Mbewe
Ambassador Richard W. Murphy
Edward Orloff
Mary Pope Osborne
James H. Ottaway
Michael Pietsch
The Reed Foundation
Samantha Schnee
Jonathan Schorr
Domna Stanton
Margo Viscusi
Bruce Westwood

Honorary Host Committee F. Murray Abraham
Diana Abu-Jaber
Rabih Alameddine
Elif Batuman
Andre Dubus III
Francisco Goldman
Edith Grossman
Mohsin Hamid
Hooman Majd
Tom Perotta
Richard Russo
Adania Shibli
Gary Shteyngart
Goli Taraghi

Benefit Committee
Pat Ewert
Linda Rondinelli
Winfrida Mbewe

When & Where


Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street
Between 1st and 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10021

Monday, November 15, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (ET)


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Words without Borders



 

Words without Borders is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the translation, publication, and promotion of the finest international literature. Since 2003 WWB has published more than 1,200 pieces from writers in more than 111 countries and 90 languages. We’ve curated five acclaimed anthologies, Literature from ‘“The Axis of Evil,” Words Without Borders: The World through the Eyes of Writers; The Wall in My Head: Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain, The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry, and Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East. In 2012 we will launch an education program with resources and materials that enable high school and college educators to bring contemporary international literature into the classroom.