Events

Stop by the Department of English Open House to learn about the many opportunities and programs we have to offer! Enjoy refreshments, meet the faculty, speak with the undergraduate advisors,...

Major Jackson is an American poet, professor and the author of four collections of poetry: Roll Deep (2015), Holding Company (2010) and Hoops (2006), both finalists for an NAACP Image Award...

Shakespeare’s Plays, Refugees’ Stories

In her stunning new translation of The Odyssey—the first-ever English translation by a woman—renowned classics scholar Emily Wilson brings a fresh perspective to Homer’s masterpiece while still conveying the humanity and heroic power...

UCLA’s Department of English is excited to introduce a year-long series specifically designed for English and American Literature and Culture majors! Life Beyond English offers current students the chance to...

Keynote speaker: Elaine Showalter (Emeritus Professor of English, Princeton University)

2018-2019 Kanner Series

Please join us for a reading with author Zinzi Clemmons, co-founder of the literary journal Apogee and current Associate Editor at the Believer and a Contributing Editor to Literary Hub. Her debut...

When: Thursday, November 15, 2018 7:30pm Where: -- Tony Hoagland writes that Mary Ruefle combines “the spiritual desperation of Dickinson with the rhetorical virtuosity of Wallace Stevens” in a “poetry at...

Please join us at the Westwind Journal Fall Quarter Reading with award-winning visiting Professor Juliana Wang (author of Home Remedies) and student writers Taylor Leig and Evelyn Jean-Louis.  Snacks and refreshments...