Events

Explore the connections between surveillance culture, memory, and narrative, using samples from Jamika Ajalon's book Skye Papers, digital audio visual projection, spoken text and live sonics. Register here to attend. This event is free and open to the public. Interdisciplinary/multimedia artist, poet, performer, and author Jamika Ajalon's  debut novel Skye Papers came out last summer...

Join UCLA English for the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Writers Series: Tea and Conversation with Alice Elliott Dark This event is followed by a reading at the Hammer Museum at 7:30pm. Visit the Hammer Museum for full details. Both events are free and open to the public. Questions about the event? Contact...

The award-winning writer Alice Elliott Dark reads from her work, including her most recent novel Fellowship Point. Dark is also the author of the novel Think of England and two collections of short stories, In The Gloaming and Naked to the Waist. Readings are followed by a discussion with author and UCLA professor Mona Simpson,...

Celebrated poet Robert Pinsky reads from his work, including his new memoir, Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet, which offers a candid, engaging, and wry self-portrait and a unique reflection of American culture. Pinsky served as Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress from 1997 to 2000. He is the author of 19 books, most...