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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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New American Writing: Wells Tower

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The recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, and the Plimpton Discovery Prize from The Paris Review, Wells Tower is the author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, a collection of short fiction. Tower's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, GQ, The Paris Review, McSweeney's, and The Washington Post.

New American Writing

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

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