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June 6, 2006

Utter Reading Series featuring Shaila Abdullah and Laurie Filipelli

On Tuesday, June 6, at 7:00pm, the Utter Reading Series at Bookpeople, Austin, will feature authors Shaila Abdullah and Laurie Filipelli. The Utter Reading series is held at Bookpeople on the first Tuesday of every month. The series' emphasis is on local authors and poets.

Shaila Abdullah was born in Karachi, Pakistan. Her latest book, Beyond the Cayenne Wall, is a collection of stories about Pakistani women struggling to find their individualities despite the barriers imposed by society. She has won several accolades for her writing including Writer's Digest Short Story Award for one of the stories and the Jury Prize for Outstanding Fiction in the 2005 Norumbega Fiction Awards.

Laurie Filipelli teaches high school English. She earned her MA from the University of Cincinnati and her MFA from Indiana University. Her poetry and prose have appeared in The Columbia Review, Indiana Review, Spillway, The Southern Indiana Review, and can currently be found online at Web Del Sol's The Potomac.