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ANDREI CODRESCU is an American novelist, essayist, poet and film maker. The New York Times Book Review called Codrescu "One of our most talented and magical writers," who "manages to be brilliant and insightful, tough and seductive about American culture."
An immigrant to the U.S. from Romania, he was honored by the Carnegie Foundation with The Heritage Award, has won a Peabody Award for his film "Road Scholar," is the winner of three Pushcart Prizes (including the 50th anniversary), was recipient of the Ovid Prize, was long-listed for the National Book Award in poetry, and has received praise for his poetry and fiction from Kay Boyle, Alicia Ostriker, Anselm Hollo, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, E.M. Cioran, Mary Carr, Jim Harrison, Tom Robbins, Ariel Dorfman, William Burroughs, Mircea Cartarescu, Elizabeth McCracken, Spalding Grey and Jonathan Raban.
He founded the magazine "Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books & Ideas" (1983-2016), has been a senior commentator for NPR's "All Things Considered" (1983-2016) and is MacCurdy Distinguished Professor Emeritus at LSU, Baton Rouge. Among many other books, Codrescu has published four novels, three of them with Simon & Schuster, and one with Algonquin. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
For this reading, his book No Dog (2026) will be available for purchase and signing. No Dog is limited-edition poetry featuring 22 poems and 23 pieces of art by Peruvian-American artist Catherine Tafur. Published by Sacred Parasite.
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