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Tributes read for Harold Bloom, Chou Wen-chung, Ben Johnston, Elizabeth Spencer, and Tom Wolfe

Wednesday, February 24, from 7 to 8 p.m. EST.

Jane Freilicher, Orchid Plant, 1997, screenprint.
Centennial Portfolio of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

A Reading of Tributes

The American Academy of Arts and Letters presented a reading of tributes over Zoom on Wednesday, February 24, at 7 p.m. EST. Tributes were read for:

Harold Bloom, by Grace Schulman
Chou Wen-chung, by Chen Yi
Ben Johnston, by John Harbison
Elizabeth Spencer, by Allan Gurganus, read by Richard Ford
Tom Wolfe, by Christopher Buckley

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