Tea and Conversation: James Lasdun
Where: Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room, Kaplan Hall 235
Join UCLA English for the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Writers Series:
Tea and Conversation with James Lasdun
James Lasdun will discuss his writing.
This event is followed by Some Favorite Writers: James Lasdun at the Hammer Museum at 7:30pm. Visit the Hammer Museum for full details.
Both events are free and open to the public.
James Lasdun has written several books of fiction, memoir and poetry. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Granta and the London Review of Books. His most recent book is the novel Afternoon of a Faun. Lasdun will read from his forthcoming nonfiction work Family Man: The Enigma of Alex Murdaugh, about the infamous South Carolina murders, which originated as the most-read New Yorker article of 2023. He will also share excerpts from his current novel-in-progress, The Iron Gates, a chapter of which was published in The Paris Review and nominated for a National Magazine Award for Fiction.
Questions about the event?
Email: englishevents@ucla.edu