Events

Life Beyond English offers current students the chance to engage in discussions with recent department graduates from a variety of fields. Join us as our alumni share their lived experiences...

Please join us for an information session about the new Professional Writing Minor.

A lecture by Dr. Annette Gilbert

A 24 hr Celebration of Literature

David Lehman is a poet, literary critic, editor of the Oxford Book of American Poetry, and creator of the Best American Poetry series. Lee Upton praises Lehman’s new volume, Playlist,...

The graduate students of the UCLA English Department will be holding their annual Southland Conference on May 10th and 11th, 2019. This year's topic is EXTRA//ORDINARY and the keynote speakers...

The graduate students of the UCLA English Department will be holding their annual Southland Conference on May 10th and 11th, 2019. This year's topic is EXTRA//ORDINARY and the keynote speakers...

2018-2019 Kanner Series

Come relax and enjoy the work of student poets of color interested in dispelling toxic stereotypes and creating a transformative dialogue through poetry.  All are welcome!

Nick Laird “has the rare ability to mate tragedy and comedy in a single line without making either side feel cheap for it” (Michael Chabon, Interview). Laird has written screenplays...

Space is limited and UCLA graduate students will be given priority. Please register by emailing vania@english.ucla.edu with your name, institutional affiliation, and an indication of whether or not you are a...

Celebrating the legacy and radical optimism of Walt Whitman

Celebrating Undergraduate Student Research in English Courses