LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Reading by Christian Bok

    Reading by Christian Bok

    Presented by University of Pennsylvania at University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House

    November 18, 2009


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    Christian Bok is the author of Crystallography (Coach House Press, 1994), a pataphysical encyclopedia nominated for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and Eunoia (Coach House Books, 2001), a bestselling work of experimental literature and winner of the Griffin Prize for Poetic Excellence. Bok has created artificial languages for two television shows: Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict and Peter Benchley's Amazon. Bok has also earned many accolades for his virtuoso performances of sound poetry. His conceptual artworks have appeared at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City as part of the exhibit Poetry Plastique. Bok is currently a Professor of English at the University of Calgary.


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        University of Pennsylvania - Kelly Writers House

        3805 Locust Walk
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Tickets: FREE!!

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        November 18, 2009

        Times:
        7 pm

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