Brooklyn Book Festival
Sunday, September 14
5:00 pm
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza
Center Stage/International
www.brooklynbookfestival.org
State by State
Thursday, September 18
7:00 pm
New York University
Cantor Film Center
36 E. 8th Street
Saïd, Rick Moody, Joshua Ferris and others attend the
book launch and screening of the film about the fifty
contributing writers. Followed by a Q&A and signing.
www.mcnallyjackson.com
Tuesday, September 23
7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street
Saïd reads about what it’s like to travel to South Dakota.
www.barnes&noble.com
Wednesday, October 1
6:30 pm
Minneapolis Central Library
Pohlad Hall
300 Nicollet Mall
Saïd reads with Susan Orlean, Matt Weiland and
Phillip Connors. Tickets $25. Reservations required.
www.friendsofmpl.org/events
Authors for Obama
Wednesday, September 17
7:30 pm
Happy Ending Lounge
302 Broome Street
Saïd joins Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead
and Meg Wolitzer for a fundraiser and reading.
Reservations required.
www.actblue.com
Previous Events
New York is Bleeding
City University of New York, May 2007
South Coast Repertory, March 2006
New York Theatre Workshop, February 2006
Sundance Theatre Lab, July 2005
Autobiography of a Terrorist
New Group Theater, February 2006
The Public Theater, September 2005
“Most Livable City”
The Paris Review
Mo Pitkin’s, January 2007
Coenties Slip Park, July 2006
“Iran”
The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup
Mo Pitkin’s, May 2006
McNally Robinson Bookstore, May 2006
“When Skateboards Will Be Free”
Granta
Council of Literary Magazines & Presses, April 2007
Ignite Theatre Festival, October 2006
Madison Square Park, June 2006
Madison Square Park, September 2005
Upcoming Events
The Moth
Saïd tells a story about his trauma during the
Iran hostage crisis as part of The Paris Review’s
evening with The Moth.
The Players Club, January 2008
Writers in New York
The Paris Review Summer Salon at NYU
June 24, 2008
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Sirenland Writers Conference
Positano, Italy
March 2008
