Eat, Drink & Be Literary: Denis Johnson

Part of Eat, Drink & Be Literary

Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 6:30pm
Doors open at 6pm

With actor Will Patton
Moderated by Deborah Treisman

“a visionary angel, a Kerouac, or, better yet, a Blake, who has seen his demon and yearned for God and forged a language to contain them both” —Newsday

Denis Johnson is the author of several novels, including the National Book Award winnerTree of Smoke, The Name of the World, Already Dead: A California Gothic, Resuscitation of a Hanged Man, and The Stars at Noon. He also penned the short story collection Jesus’ Son, and the poetry collections The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly, The Veil, and The Incognito Lounge. For this event, Johnson will perform a scene with actor Will Patton from his forthcoming book of plays Soul of a Whore and Purvis: Two Plays in Verse. Johnson is the recipient of a Lannan fellowship in fiction and a Whiting Writer’s Award.