Hammer Poetry: David Lehman
Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.
David Lehman is a poet and writer, literary critic, editor of the Oxford Book of American Poetry, and creator of the Best American Poetry series. Lee Upton praises Lehman’s new volume, Playlist, in these terms: “What a gorgeous and ambitious poem … an elegy, a calendar, an enactment of beauty, a tribute to singers and musicians and those who love them, a musical compilation, a meditation on friendship and art.” Lehman has received fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation. For his book A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, he won the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP in 2010.
Coffee, tea and book signing with the author to follow.
Readings at he Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles) are organized and hosted by the poet, scholar, and UCLA distinguished research professor of English Stephen Yenser. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of English and the UCLA Department of Cultural and Recreational Affairs. Hammer.ucla.edu.