The Schlesinger Visiting Writer Series: Phil Klay, Author of “Redeployment”

Event time: 
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 5:30pm
Location: 
Linsly-Chittenden Hall (LC), LC 102 See map
63 High St.
New Haven, CT 06511
(Location is wheelchair accessible)
Event description: 

Phil Klay is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in Iraq’s Anbar Province from January 2007 to February 2008 as a Public Affairs Officer. After being discharged he went to Hunter College and received an MFA. His story “Redeployment” was originally published in Granta and is included in Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Granta, Tin House, and elsewhere.

In 2014 Klay’s short story collection Redeployment won the National Book Award for Fiction. He was also shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor Prize and named a National Book Foundation ’5 Under 35′ honoree. In 2015 he received the Marine Corps Heritage Foundations James Webb award for fiction dealing with U.S. Marines or Marine Corps life, the National Book Critics’ Circle John Leonard Award for best debut work in any genre, the American Library Association’s W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction, and the Chautauqua Prize.

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In order to estimate attendance for this event, please kindly RSVP to mckenzie.granata@yale.edu

Admission: 
Free but register in advance
Open to: 
General Public

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