Film series pays homage to ‘Giant Robot,’ influential magazine founded by UCLA alumni
The screenings take place Nov. 1 through Nov. 17 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
Alumni
Humanities alumnus Boris Dralyuk on finding creative inspiration in his own immigrant story
Dralyuk, now a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Tulsa, earned degrees in comparative literature, Russian language and literature, and Slavic language and literature from UCLA.
Linguistics alumna Ananda Lima on her fiction debut, ‘Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil’
Lima, who earned a master’s degree in 2008, still sometimes laughs when she says the title of her new book aloud.
5 questions for Diana Khoi Nguyen: Poetry at the intersection of the personal and the political
As the English Department’s author in residence, the UCLA alumna is teaching an undergraduate poetry workshop.
In memoriam: Diego Loukota, 38, specialist in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism, ‘once-in-a-generation’ intellect
His colleague Seiji Lippit remembered Loukota for his “pioneering work, drawing connections … that had not been seen before.”
Comp Lit alumna Carribean Fragoza earns prestigious creative writing award
The acclaimed writer recently earned the prestigious Whiting Award, which recognizes emerging talents with a $50,000 grant.