Events

2017-2018 Kanner Series

California native Jennifer Moxley’s most recent collection of poems Druthers (Flood 2018) “elegantly characterizes poetry as a vehicle for immortality” (Publishers Weekly).  Her book The Open Secret (Flood 2014) was awarded the 2015 William Carlos Williams award, and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts award. Moxley is Professor of Poetry and Poetics at the...

Mark McGurl's scholarly work centers on the relation of literature to social, educational and other institutions from the late 19th century to the present.  He is the author of The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing (Harvard), which was the recipient of the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism for 2011. McGurl's previous...

Come see members of the Los Angeles community read their favorite poems!  Since its founding 20 years ago by Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the U.S., the  Favorite Poem Project has presented programs that feature people from many walks of life reading and commenting on poems meaningful to them. The Project has also...

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Spring Athenaeum will be held Thursday, May 24 from 4–6pm. The event will be in Humanities 193 with a reception to follow. The Spring Athenaeum will feature work by Alexandra Verini and Professor Danny Snelson with Professor Brian Kim Stefans serving as the respondent.  Hope to see you there!

Make plans to drop by the English Reading Room on Monday, June 4th for light refreshments and readings by some of our very talented creative writing students enrolled in English 137 this session.

Diversifying the Classics is proud to present LA Escena, Los Angeles' first Hispanic classical theater festival, coming to the Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036) from Friday September 21st through Sunday September 23rd. Cutting-edge Mexican company EFE Tres will present Lope de Vega’s El príncipe inocente (The Innocent Prince), a...

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, and learn how you can take advantage of our departmental offerings.  A full list of attending program representatives is available here.

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 for Outstanding Literature-Poetry, and Leaving Saturn (2002), winner of the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and finalist for a National Book Critics Award Circle. He...

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