Literary
Denis Johnson
Thu, Jun 21, 2012
- 6:30PM
LOCATION:
Peter Jay Sharp Building
BAMcafé
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$50 (includes dinner, wine, tax, and tip)
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June 2012
Thursday June 21, 2012
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Eat, Drink & Be Literary 2012
Moderated by Deborah Treisman
“a visionary angel, a Kerouac, or, better yet, a Blake, who has seen his demon and yearned for God and forged a language to contain them both”
—Newsday
Denis Johnson is the author of several novels, including the National Book Award winner Tree of Smoke, The Name of the World, Already Dead: A California Gothic, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, and The Stars at Noon. He also penned the short story collection Jesus' Son, the poetry collections The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly, The Veil, and The Incognito Lounge, and the forthcoming book of plays Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse. Johnson is the recipient of a Lannan fellowship in fiction and a Whiting Writer's Award.
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