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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2016 Contact: Molly MacDermot, [email protected], 917.575.8930 LENA DUNHAM SURPRISES FANS WITH THE RELEASE OF HER NEW BOOK, IS IT EVIL NOT TO BE SURE? AND DONATES ALL PROFITS TO GIRLS WRITE NOW. BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON LENNYLETTER.COM AT NOON EST TODAY. Girls Write Now community mobilizes to match Lena’s generous gift on www.girlswritenow.org Partnership means more girls can share their stories. (NEW YORK, May 17, 2016) - Lena Dunham, star and creator of HBO’s GIRLS and co- founder of LENNY, surprised her fans — and Girls Write Now — with the flash-release of her new book, Is It Evil Not To Be Sure? at 6 a.m. today on her weekly newsletter in partnership with Jenni Konner, LennyLetter.com. In the spirit of women helping women, Lena announced that all profits from Is It Evil Not To Be Sure? will go to Girls Write Now. The sole purpose of this project is to support the work of Girls Write Now, New York’s first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls. The book will be available for purchase at Noon EST on May 17th at LennyLetter.com. Lena Dunham, who is signing 2,000 copies of the limited run, says of the partnership with Girls Write Now: “Girls Write Now gives young women an incredible gift: the chance to tell their own stories and become, in Nora Ephron's words, the protagonists of their own lives. I was lucky enough to go to schools where writing was a cherished skill, encouraged and nurtured. It's so important that young women are told this is a valid form of expression, that their voices are worth celebrating and that they have within them the tools to create a new narrative. Girls Write Now is a gift not just to the young women it serves but to the rest of us who will become their devoted readers.” 247 West 37th Street, Suite 1000, New York, NY 10018 212 336 9330 www.girlswritenow.org The timing of its release coincides with Girls Write Now’s annual Awards, with this year’s honorees including Lena Dunham’s creative partner, Jenni Konner, who works alongside Lena as an executive producer, co-writer, and showrunner of HBO’s Girls and LennyLetter.com, which is being turned into an imprint with Random House. “Lena and Jenni, and their creations, are the result of talent, risk-taking, and devout mentorship from generations before them. The Girls Write Now model is based on these principles, and we are thrilled to partner with such groundbreaking writers and artists.” — Maya Nussbaum, Founder & Executive Director of Girls Write Now Lena handpicked a passage from the book for its debut performance at the Girls Write Now Awards, being held tonight at Three Sixty° Tribeca. The piece will be read to a sold-out crowd, where Girls Write Now mentee Mentee Kirby-Estar Laguerre is co- emceeing with Fusion special correspondent Alicia Menendez. Also in attendance are honorees Janet Mock, bestselling author of Redefining Realness and the forthcoming Firsts: A Memoir of the Twenties Experience and host of MSNBC’s So POPular! and John Osborn, CEO and President of BBDO, New York, creators of the new Barbie campaign “Imagine the Possibilities.” In honor of this partnership, the Girls Write Now community is mobilizing to match Lena’s generous gift. Readers can purchase their book for $25 on LennyLetter.com and all profits will benefit Girls Write Now. Or make a $25 gift directly to Girls Write Now. About Girls Write Now (www.girlswritenow.org): Founded in 1998, Girls Write Now is New York’s first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls. Girls Write Now has been distinguished twice by the White House and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities as one of the nation’s top after school programs, twice by the Nonprofit Excellence Awards as one of New York's top ten nonprofits, and twice by the New York City Council as one of the city’s top girl-focused initiatives. Our girls — over 90% high need and over 95% girls of color — have performed at Lincoln Center and the United Nations, published original work in Newsweek, Elle India, AOL/Huffington Post, and our award-winning anthology, and earned hundreds of Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. 100% of our seniors go on to college. .