Join us for a poetry reading featuring Dr. Craig Santos Perez. He is the author of two spoken word poetry albums, Undercurrent (2011) and Crosscurrent (2017), and five books of poetry: from unincorporated territory (2008), from unincorporated territory (2010), from unincorporated territory (2014), from unincorporated territory (2017), and Habitat Threshold (2020). His work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese,...
Kanner Forum: Craig Santos Perez
In this talk, Professor Frida Beckman will take you on a trip through the contemporary paranoid imaginary. This means a swift but hopefully not too mindboggling tour from the 1950s to the present with flashbacks to Richard von Krafft-Ebing, detours to Jordan B. Peterson, and temporary stops along the way at usual suspects such as...
Mariko and Jillian Tamaki from Drawn & Quarterly will discuss their new graphic novel, Roaming. Books will be available for purchase following the event. Register here to attend the event. Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal-winning authors Jillian Tamaki (Boundless) and Mariko...
Join UCLA English for a book discussion and reception to celebrate Professor Justin Torres and his new novel, Blackouts. Blackouts is a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, and has been named A Most Anticipated Read by The New York Times, The Guardian, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Bay Area Reporter, Datebook, Electric...
Led by Professor Saree Makdisi