HAMMER Reading

New American Writing: Caryl Phillips
Wednesday, September 29
7pm - Billy Wilder Theater

Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies, and raised in England. His novel Dancing in the Dark won the 2006 PEN/ Beyond Margins Award, and an earlier novel, A Distant Shore, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His other awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His most recent book is In the Falling Snow. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and currently lives in New York.


Author photo - Laurent Denimal

NEW AMERICAN WRITING

This series of contemporary fiction and poetry readings is organized by Benjamin Weissman, author of two books of short fiction, most recently Headless, and professor of creative writing at Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Art and Design.



ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00 pm. The HAMMER is conveniently located near stops for Metro lines #2, 302, 20, 720, 761 and Big Blue Bus lines# 1, 2, 6, 8, 12.

HAMMER Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024