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March 10, 2002 @ Café des Artistes
 Enrico Colantoni |
 Robert Forster |
 Julia Sweeney |
An Evening of Gastronomic Delights and Literary Delectables Offered by Authors and Actors of Note
Program:
- Tracee Ellis Ross read an excerpt from her memoir For Curly Girls Who Have Considered Straightening When the Products Weren't Enough and Then They Discover Their Truth
- Steven Elliott read Near the Bone by Cherry Smyth from The Anchor Book of New Irish Writing (Anchor 2000)
- Julia Sweeney read her story It Could Happen ANY MINUTE!
- Robert Forster read Sweet Day by Hal Ackerman
- Enrico Colantoni read The Balloon by Donald Barthelme from his collection Sixty Stories
Directed by Cedering Fox