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Readings

Some Favorite Writers: Richard Powers

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Richard Powers is the author of 12 novels, most recently The Overstory, a monumental novel about humans and trees. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the National Book Award, and he has been a Pulitzer Prize and four-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Coffee, tea and book signing with the author to follow.

These readings are followed by discussion with author and UCLA professor Mona Simpson, who organizes this series. Supported in part by the UCLA Department of English and the Friends of English.

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