Publication News

Ploughshares summer issue available now – edited by Justin Torres and featuring work from Fred D’Aguiar, Sarah Tindal Kareem, and Lupita Aceves Barragan

Ploughshares is excited to announce the Summer 2026 issue guest-edited by professor Justin Torres, and featuring poetry and prose by professors Fred D’Aguiar and Sarah Tindal Kareem, doctoral student Lupita…

UCLA professor Claire McEachern publishes Malibu-focused essay collection

UCLA English professor Claire McEachern is stepping away from her typical scholarly writing with “Coyotes and Culture: Essays from Old Malibu.”

He wrote the book on Michael Jordan’s cultural influence

Adam Bradley was with his daughters at Legoland one day this summer when he noticed a familiar image seemingly everywhere he looked — on the shoes, clothing and even tattoos…

Inspired by life in the wild: Claire McEachern’s new book is a reflection on Malibu

In November 2018, Claire McEachern was living in Malibu on a horse ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains when the Woolsey Fire breached Highway 101 and surrounded her home.