An Evening with Claire Dederer: The 2025 Chowdhury Prize in Literature

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“Monsters is extraordinary—engaging, enraging, provocative, and brilliant. It’s like a long conversation with your smartest friend. I am buying this book for everyone I know.”—Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake and Bel Canto
The 2025 Chowdhury Prize in Literature will be presented to critically acclaimed memoirist, essayist, and critic . Following the presentation, Dederer will participate in an illuminating conversation with award-winning author and USC Distinguished Professor of English .

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Presented by the USC Department of English in partnership with the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation and USC Visions and Voices.

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Bovard Auditorium, 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, United States

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