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DESCRIPTION:<a> </a> <span />\nSeventeen Syllables: Sharing Stories of Inte
 rnment\n\nFeaturing Roger Shimomura and others! \n Wednesday\, November 17
 \, 6-7pm  \n Flomenhaft Gallery\, 547 W 27th St #200\, NY\, NY\n\nWe're th
 rowing a special reception to present our fourth Lifetime   Achievement Aw
 ard to Hisaye Yamamoto\, the legendary author of Seventeen   Syllables\, a
 n edgy and sexual short story collection about how hard it   can be for th
 e Nisei and Issei generations to understand one another.   Born in 1921\, 
 Hisaye wrote part of the collection while written in   internment camps in
  Poston\, Arizona.\n\nAt dinner\, Smithsonian-recognized painter Roger Shi
 momura presents a   special artist talk featuring paintings depicting his 
 childhood in  Idaho  internment camps during the Second World War. At cock
 tails\, Roger  will  present the award to a member of Hisaye's family and 
 prominent  Asian  American community members will share stories from their
  family  about  internment. In honor of the title story of Hisaye's collec
 tion\,  which  features a mother's obsession with haiku\, we'll have well-
 known  literary  figures sell you personalized haikus at ten bucks a pop. 
 Join  us for an  eclectic night\, at the intersection between art and poli
 tics\,  as we  honor the stories that pass between one generation to anoth
 er.\n\n<em>Dinner &amp\; intimate artists talk 6-7pm $200 (comes with AAWW
   membership\, cocktail tickets &amp\; listing as Benefit Committee member
 ) </em>\n<em>Special dinner package 3 for $500 (comes with AAWW membership
 \, cocktail tickets &amp\; listing as Benefit Committee </em>\n<em>Cocktai
 ls &amp\; readings 7-9pm $50 (comes with membership) </em>\n<em>Special co
 cktail package 3 for $100 (comes with membership) </em>\n<em>If you buy or
  raise $200 in cocktail tickets\, you will be listed in the Benefit Commit
 tee. </em>\n<em>Benefit Committee members will be honored on the Workshop 
 and PAGE TURNER websites\, as well as the event program.</em>
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SUMMARY: Honoring Hisaye Yamamoto
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