Think distraction is a uniquely 21st-century problem? Medieval readers would like a word
Hundreds of years before smartphones and social media arrived, writers were preoccupied with preoccupation.
Books
Alumnus Woody Brown is now a New York Times bestselling author
The 2022 graduate returns to UCLA May 13 for a reading and Q&A moderated by English professors Mona Simpson and Justin Torres.
Stephanie Bosch Santana receives book award from American Comparative Literature Association
“Forms of Mobility” highlights evolving centers of literary influence since the mid-20th century in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
How Brian Kim Stefans incorporates AI into his creative process
For one recent poem, the English professor fed an original stanza into ChatGPT and instructed the platform to write 100 more in a similar style.
Susan Slyomovics receives American Anthropological Association book award
A reviewer called it a “masterful piece of work — theoretically adept, ethnographically attuned, moving and engagingly written.”
He wrote the book on Michael Jordan’s cultural influence
Adam Bradley, a UCLA professor of English and African American studies, provided the text for a new volume celebrating the basketball great’s enduring influence.
Precarious beauty: Claire McEachern’s new book is a reflection on Malibu
“Coyotes and Culture” is a compilation of 20 essays about the real people, natural wonders and hidden perils of the town where she lived for a quarter century.
Anthology edited by Carol Bakhos covers nearly a millennium of Jewish history
The book covers the transformative period from 332 BCE to 600 CE, which gave rise to some of the central aspects of contemporary Judaism.
Professor’s project creates 2nd ever book in endangered Philippine Indigenous language
Oona Paredes collaborated with members of the Higaunon community to transcribe a collection of their foundational stories.
Michelle Huneven says critically acclaimed ‘Bug Hollow’ owes debt to her UCLA students
The author, a continuing lecturer in the English department, drew inspiration from the prompts she assigns in her fiction-writing workshops.