I got some information sent out to me from Ken Chen down at the The Asian American Writers' Workshop, and this December 8th they'll be holding their Annual Asian American Literary Awards (now in its 11th year) -- and if you can make it out, you definitely shouldn't miss this.
In addition to reuniting Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang and Law & Order actor B.D. Wong in a special reading to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of M. Butterfly, they'll also be honoring novelist Mohsin Hamid, poet Sun Young Shin, and professor Vijay Prashad.
Here's all the details:
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents The Eleventh Annual Asian American Literary Awards CeremonyB.D. Wong, David Henry Hwang and a ton of other cool folks for only $30?
Featuring David Henry Hwang and B.D. Wong in a special celebration of M. Butterfly
Since 1998, The Asian American Writers’ Workshop has presented the Annual Asian American Literary Awards to some of the preeminent writers in the country, such as Amitav Ghosh, Ha Jin, Chang Rae-Lee, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, and Meera Nair.
This year, The Workshop presents a Lifetime Achievement Award to Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking play M. Butterfly. We’ll reunite Mr. Hwang with Law & Order actor B.D. Wong in a special reading and conversation with Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director of The Public Theater.
We will also honor Fiction award-winner Mohsin Hamid for The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Nonfiction award-winner Vijay Prashad for The Darker Nations, and Poetry Award-winner Sun Yung Shin for Skirt Full of Black.
All guests will receive a free paperback of M. Butterfly, published by Plume.
Event Details
Monday, December 8, 2008
VIP Reception 6-7:30 pm
Deutsches Haus at NYU
2 Washington Mews, New York
$100
Awards Ceremony 7:30-9 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center at NYU
36 East 8th Street, New York
$20 members, $30 non-members
Tickets may be purchased online at http://aaww.org/awards_2008.html.
Sponsored by The NYU Creative Writing Program, HSBC, Plume, Edelman, Verizon, Loeb & Loeb, Paradigm Talent Agency, Singha Beer, and The Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.
Christmas definitely comes early this year people, so get on out and support the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and all that they do.
