This coming Wednesday, April 1^st, marks the official launch date for the free PDF download promotion of FUNNY IN FARSI.

This promotion will target teachers, librarians, first-year experience program directors and reading group coordinators in an effort to grow the book within the academic, library and “common reading” marketplace.

The PDF being offered includes the complete text of the book, ancillary material such as a Teacher’s Guide and essays, and an excerpt of my newest book LAUGHING WITHOUT AN ACCENT.

Hope you find it useful! A big thank you to the Academic Marketing department at Random House.

I will be speaking at USC’s Levan Institute on March 24th.  The event is free but you must RSVP. Here’s the link:

Tuesday, March 24, 6-8:30 p.m.
Taper Hall 201
(Event code: LEVAN - Please respond online at www.usc.edu/esvp)
Co-sponsors: Middle East Studies, USC College Department of Comparative Literature, Thematic Option, USC Comic Book Club

Here is the link to the Levan Institute that describes the event: http://college.usc.edu/levan/

There will first be a showing of Marjane Satrapi’s brilliant film, Persepolis, followed by my talk and then questions from the audience. It should be a great evening. Hope to see you there!