.Anthony Doerr Reads for CLA San Jose

May 1, 2023

Anthony Doerr started his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot See after witnessing a stranger on the New York City subway complain about losing cell service. Early scenes in the best-selling book (soon to be a Netflix series) transport readers to 1940s Europe where two young characters forge an unlikely connection via radio as World War II erupts. The ability to translate life’s mundane details into magical prose is at the core of Doerr’s prolific oeuvre, which includes other favorites like Cloud Cuckoo Land. SJSU’s Center for Literary Arts presents this literary legend who “takes language beyond mortal limits” (Vanity Fair).

Anthony Doerr

Thu, 7pm, Free

SJSU Student Union Theater, San Jose

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.