Events

Join UCLA English for a book discussion and reception to celebrate Michelle Huneven’s new novel, Bug Hollow. Bug Hollow is a decades-spanning family saga featuring the messy but loving Samuelson...

Please join students from our 2024-2025 departmental honors cohort as they showcase their work. Students will speak about the process of crafting their honors theses over the past year. Both...

Join UCLA English for the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Writers Series: Tea and Conversation with James Lasdun James Lasdun will discuss his writing. This event is followed...

James Lasdun has written several books of fiction, memoir and poetry. His essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Granta and the London Review of Books. His most recent...

The English and Writing Programs Honors and Awards Reception will take place at the UCLA Faculty Club on Friday, June 6 at 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Questions about the event? Contact...

Join UCLA English for a book discussion and reception to celebrate David Russell’s new book, Marion Milner: On Creativity. David will be in conversation with Helen Deutsch, Louise Hornby, Sarah...

James Baldwin (1924–1987) completed his singular blend of memoir and film criticism, The Devil Finds Work, nearly 50 years ago, on November 19, 1975, at his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France....

Join us for a conference on American literary history to discuss origins, paradigms, and future directions of the field. The conference explores how the study of American literature has evolved...