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Celebrate the Release of Poet and The Writers Studio Founder Philip Schultz’s New Collection of Poetry, Luxury

A reading from Luxury, by Philip Schultz followed by a conversation with writer and editor Jill Bialosky.

Schultz’s new collection, Luxury, has invoked a wry voice which exhibits both existential philosophies and modern issues. Using humor, irony, and celebration as ballast against the book’s darker forces, Luxury explores the comfort and sustenance of life, the bittersweet clarity of aging, and the anxiety of existence.

Philip Schultz is a poet, and the founder/director of The Writers Studio. The author of several award-winning collections of poetry, he won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Failure (Harcourt 2007). He is also the author of the influential memoir My Dyslexia (Norton 2011). His seven other poetry collections are The Wherewithal (Harcourt 2007), The God Of Loneliness (Harcourt 2010), Living in the Past (Harcourt 2004), The Holy Worm of Praise (Harcourt 2002), the chapbook My Guardian Angel Stein (1986), Deep Within the Ravine (Viking 1984, recipient of The Academy of American Poets’ Lamont Prize) and Like Wings (Viking 1978, winner of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters Award as well as a National Book Award nominee). His work has been published in The New Yorker, Poetry,The New Republic, Five Points, The Gettysburg Review, The Paris Review and Slate, among other magazines, and he is the recipient of a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry. He has also received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Academy of American Poets, as well as the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine.

Jill Bialosky is the author of four volumes of poetry, The End of Desire, Subterranean, finalist for the James Laughlin Prize, Intruder and most recently The Players. She has written three novels, House Under Snow, The Life Room, and The Prize. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling and highly acclaimed memoir History of a Suicide. It was a finalist for the Book for a Better Life Award and an Ohioana Award. She is also the co-author of an anthology, Wanting a Child with Helen Schulman. Her newest memoir is Poetry Will Save Your Life. Her poems and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, Oprah Magazine, Paris Review, American Scholar, Kenyon Review and Harvard Review among others. In 2014 she was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to poetry. She is an Executive Editor and Vice President of W. W. Norton & Company and lives in New York City.
The Writers Studio’s mission is to help anyone with a desire to write creatively acquire the technique necessary for full imaginative expression. Unlike any other writing program, it has developed a unique teaching method by encouraging students to “try on” different narrative voices or personas. As the understanding of craft deepens, so does the emotional power of the writing. Hundreds of book and magazine publications, awards, fellowships and residencies have been earned by current and past members, and are a testament to the effectiveness of this original method.

In addition to its yearly roster of workshops, the school has an acclaimed reading series, which includes a yearly celebration of the Pushcart Prize and a U.S. literary journal such as Five Points, The Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and The Yale Review, among others.

For more information on The Writers Studio and its method, visit: www.writerstudio.com

www.writerstudio.com | 212-255-7075 | [email protected]
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When: Fri., Jan. 19, 2018 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Strand
828 Broadway
212-473-1452
Price: Purchase a copy of the book or a $15 Strand gift card at the door.
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A reading from Luxury, by Philip Schultz followed by a conversation with writer and editor Jill Bialosky.

Schultz’s new collection, Luxury, has invoked a wry voice which exhibits both existential philosophies and modern issues. Using humor, irony, and celebration as ballast against the book’s darker forces, Luxury explores the comfort and sustenance of life, the bittersweet clarity of aging, and the anxiety of existence.

Philip Schultz is a poet, and the founder/director of The Writers Studio. The author of several award-winning collections of poetry, he won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Failure (Harcourt 2007). He is also the author of the influential memoir My Dyslexia (Norton 2011). His seven other poetry collections are The Wherewithal (Harcourt 2007), The God Of Loneliness (Harcourt 2010), Living in the Past (Harcourt 2004), The Holy Worm of Praise (Harcourt 2002), the chapbook My Guardian Angel Stein (1986), Deep Within the Ravine (Viking 1984, recipient of The Academy of American Poets’ Lamont Prize) and Like Wings (Viking 1978, winner of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters Award as well as a National Book Award nominee). His work has been published in The New Yorker, Poetry,The New Republic, Five Points, The Gettysburg Review, The Paris Review and Slate, among other magazines, and he is the recipient of a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry. He has also received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Academy of American Poets, as well as the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine.

Jill Bialosky is the author of four volumes of poetry, The End of Desire, Subterranean, finalist for the James Laughlin Prize, Intruder and most recently The Players. She has written three novels, House Under Snow, The Life Room, and The Prize. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling and highly acclaimed memoir History of a Suicide. It was a finalist for the Book for a Better Life Award and an Ohioana Award. She is also the co-author of an anthology, Wanting a Child with Helen Schulman. Her newest memoir is Poetry Will Save Your Life. Her poems and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, Oprah Magazine, Paris Review, American Scholar, Kenyon Review and Harvard Review among others. In 2014 she was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to poetry. She is an Executive Editor and Vice President of W. W. Norton & Company and lives in New York City.
The Writers Studio’s mission is to help anyone with a desire to write creatively acquire the technique necessary for full imaginative expression. Unlike any other writing program, it has developed a unique teaching method by encouraging students to “try on” different narrative voices or personas. As the understanding of craft deepens, so does the emotional power of the writing. Hundreds of book and magazine publications, awards, fellowships and residencies have been earned by current and past members, and are a testament to the effectiveness of this original method.

In addition to its yearly roster of workshops, the school has an acclaimed reading series, which includes a yearly celebration of the Pushcart Prize and a U.S. literary journal such as Five Points, The Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and The Yale Review, among others.

For more information on The Writers Studio and its method, visit: www.writerstudio.com

www.writerstudio.com | 212-255-7075 | [email protected]
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