Literary Night At Tillies at Clinton Hill

Literary Night At Tillies

Published by arZan October 17th, 2006 in Neighborhood. Closed

Literary Night to Benefit Develop Don’t Destroy

Wednesday, October 18 7:30 p.m.

Tillies – 248 DeKalb Ave, corner of Vanderbilt.

718-783-6140

Donation suggested.

Jhumpa Lahiri : Pulitzer Prize winning author of Interpreter of Maladies and The Namesake

Jennifer Egan : National Book Award Finalist and author of Look At Me and The Keep

Susan Choi : Award winning author of The Foreign Student and American Woman

Diana Son : Acclaimed author of Stop/Kiss and Satellites and head writer for Law and Order SVU.

Sheri Holman : Bestselling author of The Dress Lodger and The Mammoth Cheese

This is a benefit to raise funds for the legal defense of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. Come show your support and listen to some of New York’s best writers read their work.

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