support this (especially if you’re a writer)!
Posted on | April 7, 2008 | No Comments
Rather than paraphrase I copied this from Tayari Jones’ blog. The auction still has between 5 and 6 days to run. Help if you can:
Let’s Help The Dunbar Village Survivors!
The ebay auction is up
! Go there now to bid on manuscript critiques by me, George Saunders, Nichelle Tramble, Sarah Schulman, Laila Lalami, Joy Castro, Martha Southgate, D. Nurkse, and Honoree Fanonne Jeffers! Carleen Brice is offering to critique your non-fiction book proposal. (Having sold three books this way, she knows how it’s done!) There are books up for grabs– a full set of George Saunders titles and a set of memoirs and a collection of debut novels. Natasha Trethewey is giving a signed hardcover of her Pulitzer Prize winning collection, Native Guard. Erika Dreyfus, the “Practicing Writer”, has offered her three e-books on how to find paying markets for what you write! This is just in: Rachel Eliza Griffiths will take your photo if you live the NY area. (Trust me. You want her to take your photo.)
We got the good stuff.
If you’d like to contribute directly to the victims of the Dunbar Village tragedy here’s the info
Individuals who would like to donate money to the victims can go to any Wachovia Bank and donate to the St. Ann’s Victim’s Assistance Fund. Donations will go directly to the mother and her son.
St. Ann’s Catholic Church will accept donations. Checks can be made payable to the “Dunbar Village Victim Assistance Fund – St. Ann’s”.
Donations can be mailed to: St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 310 N. Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33401If you go this route, let me know. At the end of the week, I want to post the results of our hard work and I want to make sure I include you.
On that note, I received the first contribution last night at KGB Bar. Alicia, a member of our blog community, slipped me some cash. “This is for Dunbar Village,” she said.
Ashe.
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