News & Events
- May 13, 2013
14th Annual Literature Undergraduate Colloquium
The Literature Undergraduate Colloquium will take place on Thursday, May 23, 2013. All are invited to attend!
- April 19, 2013
UCSC alumna wins prestigious 2013 Guggenheim
UCSC 1993 graduate Brenda Shaughnessy has been awarded a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship for the creative arts in poetry. She returns to campus for Alumni Weekend events, including a free public reading on April 25.
- April 2, 2013
UCSC Spring Living Writers series kicks off April 4
Acclaimed up-and-coming writer Tupelo Hassman--author of the novel 'Girlchild'--will kick off the spring installment of UCSC’s Living Writers reading series, Thursday, April 4, at the Humanities Lecture Hall.
- March 28, 2013
Gary Young wins 2013 Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
UCSC humanities lecturer and alumnus Gary Young has received the 2013 Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America (PSA) for best original poem on a humanitarian theme.
- March 18, 2013
Alumna Belle Yang contributes cover art to second issue of Catamaran
“Kite”--a 1997 painting by UC Santa Cruz alumna Belle Yang—is the featured art on the cover of the just released Spring 2013 issue of Catamaran Literary Reader.
- March 4, 2013
Winner of groundbreaking historic Gay Rights case to speak at UCSC
UCSC will present a lecture by Karen Thompson titled “Love is a Dangerous Promise” on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m., at the Second Stage Theater in the Performing Arts Center on the UCSC campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited.
- January 31, 2013
UCSC Literature Department on Facebook
Please "like" us on Facebook and stay connected with the UCSC Literature Department!
- January 22, 2013
Winter 2013 Living Writers Schedule
This Winter, UCSC is hosting 8 readings in the Humanities Lecture Hall. All readings are free and open to the public!
- January 14, 2013
Reyna Grande is Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award
UCSC Reyna Grande's memoir, The Distance Between Us, was nominated as a finalist for the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Awards.
- December 06, 2012
Karen Joy Fowler on Writing Sci Fi and Fantasy
Karen Joy Fowler's recent novel, Wit's End, takes place in Santa Cruz. UCSC's own Chey Street sits down with Fowler to discuss writing, social justice, and reading recommendations.
- October 5, 2012
Bookshop Santa Cruz Presents: Gary Young and D. Nurske
Gary Young and D. Nurske public reading on Tuesday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
- October 4, 2012
Reyna Grande Reading at Bookshop Santa Cruz
UCSC alum, Reyna Grande, is coming to Bookshop Santa Cruz on October 14th to celebrate the release of her new memoir, The Distance Between Us, in which she discusses the struggles of coming to the US at age 9 as an undocumented immigrant and living with an abusive father.
- September 26, 2012
Fall 2012 Living Writers Reading Series
Fall 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- April 30, 2012
2011-12 Deans' Award Recipients Announced for Literature
Congratulations to the Literature majors who have received the UCSC Deans' Award for the 2011-12 academic year!
- April 17, 2012
A Tribute to Adrienne Rich
In this tribute to Adrienne Rich, members of our campus community will read from her work. Wednesday, April 25th 7-9PM at the Kresge Town Hall. Free and open to the public.
- April 09, 2012
Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series
Spring 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- March 26, 2012
CW Poetry Student Wins Humanities Undergraduate Research Award
Creative Writing poetry Student Jose Guerrero has received a Humanities Undergraduate Research Award.
- December 07, 2011
Winter 2012 Living Writers Reading Series
Winter 2012 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- August 05, 2011
Fall 2011 Living Writers Reading Series
Fall 2011 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- May 19, 2011
Evan Calder Williams: Combined and Uneven Apocalypse
Please join Evan Calder Williams, graduate student in Literature, for a talk and launch of his new book, Combined and Uneven Apocalypse.
- April 14, 2011
A Writer's Life: A Celebration of Writing at UCSC
Join us on May 1, 2011, (10am to 4pm) in celebrating writing at UCSC. As part of UCSC’s Day By The Bay celebrations, Humanities is hosting a selection of alumni writers - novelists, journalists, and screenwriters—coming together for a community event to focus on the joys and challenges of writing as a living, the business of writing, and trends for the future.
- March 15, 2011
Spring 2011 Living Writers Reading Series
Spring 2011 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- December 17, 2010
Winter 2011 Living Writers Series
Winter 2011 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- September 23, 2010
Fall 2010 Living Writers Series
Fall 2010 Living Writers Reading Series: Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:45 PM, Humanities Lecture Hall. Free and open to the public.
- September 2, 2010
Poet George Hitchcock Dies at 96
George Hitchcock, UCSC lecturer emeritus in Literature and Creative Writing, passed away on August 27 at the age of 96.
- January 27, 2010
UC Santa Cruz lecturer named first Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County
UC Santa Cruz humanities lecturer Gary Young has been named the first-ever Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County.
- January 6, 2010
In Memory of Ken Gram, UCSC Creative Writing Alum
Kenneth Andrew Gram, a gifted writer and recent Creative Writing graduate, will be sorely missed by the Literature and UC Santa Cruz community.
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