Poetry: James Galvin

NOV 12 THU: 07:00pm; Hammer Readings

: James Galvin As Is Book Cover 2009 Copper Canyon Press; 80 pages.; James Galvin Photo by Dora Malech.

James Galvin has published several collections of poetry, including As Is, X: Poems and Resurrection Update: Collected Poems 1975-1997, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. His honors include a Discovery/The Nation award, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers’ Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

POETRY
A series of readings organized and hosted by Stephen Yenser, poet and professor at UCLA and author of A Boundless Field: American Poetry at Large and Blue Guide.

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 6:00p.m.

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Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss.

Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee.