
Why Ada Limón is a U.S. poet laureate for the 21st century
USC Dornsife’s Amy Cannon considers the groundbreaking poet, who explores “what it looks like to have America in the room.”
USC Dornsife’s Amy Cannon considers the groundbreaking poet, who explores “what it looks like to have America in the room.”
The works of the acclaimed 19th-century writer — considered one of the greatest novelists ever — have become staples in TV and movies. What explains their continuing appeal?
The relationship between modernist authors Hilda Doolittle (known as “H.D.”) and Annie Winifred Ellerman (pen name “Bryher”) spanned two world wars, four decades and even a few marriages (to other people).
It’s vital to human life and one of our deadliest foes. USC Dornsife experts look back at how water has helped get the creative juices flowing throughout the ages.
Hiram Sims opens the Sims Library of Poetry, a space for people from Inglewood and the rest of Los Angeles to read, write and create.
The crowds are big as the largest literary and cultural event in the nation returns to the USC University Park Campus after a two-year virtual break.
The Book Prizes ceremony at USC’s Bovard Auditorium is a prologue to this weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC, the nation’s largest literary and cultural festival.
Considered the largest literary and cultural festival in the nation, the event is expected to draw more than 150,000 attendees Saturday and Sunday.
USC Dornsife creative writing PhD candidate Jean Chen Ho talks to Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen about her acclaimed first book, Fiona and Jane, and how her research into a violent event in L.A. history illuminates today’s spike in anti-Asian racism.
The college’s Department of English, with the support of the Subir and Malina Chowdhury Foundation and in collaboration with Kenyon College and the Kenyon Review, will award the $20,000 prize during a gala at USC in April.
Redemption. Romance. Body horror. USC scholars explore these concepts and other reasons why the medieval author and his master work resonate with modern readers.
Thoughts on speaking Spanish and passing as white all come out in a starkly honest Q&A with spoken word artist and USC alum David A. Romero.
USC English professors reflect on the books that soothed and uplifted them during a tumultuous year.
The festival — usually held on the USC University Park Campus — features more than two dozen online events over four weeks.
Two new USC Dornsife general education courses offer students a richer, broader way to learn and to acquire diverse academic skills.
Get to know the award-winning poet laureate, theologian and USC writer in residence.
The USC PhD student, punk band lead singer and published photographer shares his essential principles for creative fulfillment.
Brandon Bourgeois believes that, by translating the entirety of Homer’s The Iliad into rap lyrics, he can help students better appreciate the classic poem.
The event — the largest literary and cultural festival in the nation — attracted more than 150,000 people.
Now in its ninth year on the USC University Park Campus, the largest literary and cultural festival in the nation is expected to draw more than 150,000 attendees.
A USC alumna reflects on her lifelong fascination with creepy mysteries and the darkness of language.
Sure, everyone reads To Kill a Mockingbird, but faculty members from USC’s Department of English have updated suggestions for today’s teens.
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.