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For more than three decades, the Asian American Writers&#39; Workshop has been collecting. First editions and debut collections. Out-of-print titles that disappeared from mainstream shelves before most readers ever found them. Books by writers who came to the Workshop before they had an audience. Today, the Workshop holds one of the largest collections of Asian American literature in the country. Until now, that collection has not been accessible to the public. This year we are turning our collection into a circulating library open to the public, the first dedicated entirely to Asian American literature. Every book we have gathered will be available to borrow, to read, to pass to a friend. We are inviting a founding cohort of readers to make it possible. Sponsor a shelf, and your name will be inscribed in a library built on the belief that Asian American literature deserves a permanent, public, living home. Join us as a Founding Reader. Because every library needs a first. Sponsorship Tiers<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$500: Your name will be included on a plaque displayed prominently in the main reading room.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$1,000: One large shelf located inside an office or conference room will be inscribed in your name.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$1,500: One square shelf located in the main reading room will be inscribed in your name.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">$2,000: One large shelf located in the main reading room will be inscribed in your name.</li></ul>Donation amounts outside of the suggested amounts will be rounded down to the nearest sponsorship tier. Donations less than $500 will be listed on the AAWW website but will not be acknowledged with an inscription in the library. Thank you for helping us make this space possible!&nbsp;

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for becoming a Founding Reader. Your gift makes you part of something that has never existed before: the first public circulating library dedicated entirely to Asian American literature. We are so grateful you chose to help build it. The Asian American Writers&#39; Workshop has spent thirty years gathering these books. Because of you, they will finally circulate freely into the hands of readers who have been waiting for them, and readers who don&#39;t yet know they were. Your name is in this library. That means something here. With deep gratitude, <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1776690260/wysiwyg/lpfiibk4hvmrqd5oqwc0.png" style="width: 147px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 147px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Jafreen UddinExecutive DirectorAsian American Writers&#39; Workshopjuddin@aaww.org

For more than three decades, the Asian American Writers' Workshop has been collecting. First editions and debut collections. Out-of-print titles that disappeared from mainstream shelves before most readers ever found them. Books by writers who came to the Workshop before they had an audience. Today, the Workshop holds one of the largest collections of Asian American literature in the country. Until now, that collection has not been accessible to the public. This year we are turning our collection into a circulating library open to the public, the first dedicated entirely to Asian American literature. Every book we have gathered will be available to borrow, to read, to pass to a friend. We are inviting a founding cohort of readers to make it possible. Sponsor a shelf, and your name will be inscribed in a library built on the belief that Asian American literature deserves a permanent, public, living home. Join us as a Founding Reader. Because every library needs a first. Sponsorship Tiers<ul><li>$500: Your name will be included on a plaque displayed prominently in the main reading room.</li><li>$1,000: One large shelf located inside an office or conference room will be inscribed in your name.</li><li>$1,500: One square shelf located in the main reading room will be inscribed in your name.</li><li>$2,000: One large shelf located in the main reading room will be inscribed in your name.</li></ul>Donation amounts outside of the suggested amounts will be rounded down to the nearest sponsorship tier. Donations less than $500 will be listed on the AAWW website but will not be acknowledged with an inscription in the library. Thank you for helping us make this space possible!

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