An Evening with Denis Johnson

• Date:
  Wednesday, February 15, 2012
  
• Time:
  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Campus:
  University Park Campus
• Venue:
  University Club (FAC)
• Room:
  Banquet Room
• Cost:
  Free
• Email:
  mpw@dornsife.usc.edu

Summary:

Join the Master of Professional Writing program for an evening of readings and conversation with acclaimed author Denis Johnson.

Description:

Johnson is the writer of numerous works of poetry, fiction, plays and essays, including The Man Among the Seals, Inner Weather, The Incognito Lounge, The Veil, Angels, Already Dead: A California Gothic, The Name of the World, Train Dreams, Tree of Smoke, Nobody Move, Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames, Soul of a Whore, Purvis and Seek: Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond. His volume of stories Jesus’ Son was published to much acclaim, and was later adapted for the screen. Johnson’s honors include a 1993 Lannan Fellowship in Fiction, a Whiting Writer’s Award and the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction from the Paris Review. He holds an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa.