
USC hosts 23rd annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this weekend
With 500 authors, celebrities, musicians, artists and chefs and more than 150,000 attendees, it’s the largest literary and cultural festival in the nation.
With 500 authors, celebrities, musicians, artists and chefs and more than 150,000 attendees, it’s the largest literary and cultural festival in the nation.
The great thinkers of ancient Athens were ahead of their time, say USC President C. L. Max Nikias and administrator Robin Romans, who teach a class on literary legends.
This year’s summer reading list is an eclectic assortment, from Dostoyevsky to Edward Snowden.
The annual competition celebrates the creative talents of students from USC and other Southern California institutions.
Nothing Ever Dies is a nonfiction follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer.
Undergrads find inspiration by talking to best-selling writers in a contemporary prose class.
Fifth-grade students accept the challenge to read from a Harry Potter book in front of a large crowd at the Galen Center.
A terrifying dream on June 16, 1816, inspired Mary Shelley’s classic horror character. Learn the creepy story behind how it happened.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias’ summer reading list is a university tradition; here are this year’s selections.
USC Dornsife alumnus, professor and best-selling author tells how his work as a clinical psychologist turned him into a successful crime writer.
USC professor helps to put the Bard’s influence into perspective on the upcoming anniversary of his passing.
John Corey Whaley’s novel is a finalist for the National Book Award.
For the first time, this year’s event honoring adaptations of the written word includes episodic television writing.
Each year, USC President C. L. Max Nikias sends students a summer reading list; take a look at this year’s selections.
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s first novel explores the war through the lens of his conflicted protagonist, an American-educated spy for the Viet Cong.
T.C. Boyle, LeVar Burton to receive special honors during the Festival of Books on campus April 18-19.
Former Reading Rainbow host tells USC audience that storytelling is an ‘essential element of the human experience.’
The bestselling author says so long to the All Souls Trilogy and gears up to teach a new seminar on public history.
Alumna Deborah Kolodji brings life experiences to her stream of universal poetry.
“Lewis Carroll Through Two Lenses” is a photographic meditation on the life and career of the renowned author.
USC Libraries recently purchased a coveted letter written by the author, who regretted his celebrity status.
USC had kept the purchase under wraps to surprise benefactors George and Linda Cassady.
USC Dornsife faculty explore truth, fiction, politics and other matters quite human.
Aimee Bender of USC Dornsife discusses her new book, The Color Master, a collection of 15 short stories.