John Haskell signs his book for young fans at the Karlsruhe American Library

U.S. Embassy Literature Series features John Haskell at the Karlsruhe American Library

January 30, 2008. The U.S. Embassy Literature Series featured a reading by American author John Haskell, currently guest professor and writer in residence at the University of Leipzig, at the American Library in Karlsruhe, the U.S. Consulate's America@yourLibrary partner, on January 30. Haskell was introduced by Dr. Karen Adams-Rischmann, writer herself and chairwoman of the Friends of the American Library Verein. After a dramatic reading from the novel “American Purgatorio,” John Haskell engaged in a lively discussion with an enthusiastic audience that made him read a short story of his first book "I am not Jackson Pollock", as well. Multimedia 

Haskell’s reading is part of a series of literature programs for 2008, which celebrate the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Berlin.

Please visit the American Library in Karlsruhe at: http://www.amerikanische-bibliothek.de/

Please find more information about the America@yourLibrary program at: http://germany.usembassy.gov/germany/ayl.html