Join UCLA English for the Grace M. Hunt Memorial English Reading Room Writers Series: Tea and Conversation with Fae Myenne Ng Fae Myenne Ng will discuss her writing. This event is followed by Some Favorite Writers: Fae Myenne Ng at the Hammer Museum at 7:30pm. Visit the Hammer Museum for full details. Both events are free and open to the public. Fae Myenne Ng is the author of bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Fiction finalist Bone and American Book Award winner Steer Toward Rock. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Rome Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Guggenheim Foundation, Lannan...

Join UCLA English for a poetry reading and conversation with Gazan poet Yahya Ashour. Yahya Ashour, born in Gaza City on April 22nd, 1998, is a touring poet and awarded author. He’s a 2022 honorary fellow in writing at the University of Iowa. His recent poetry e-book, titled “A Gaza of Siege & Genocide,” was published by Mizna in March 2024. Ashour has also authored a poetry collection and a children’s book in Arabic, along with contributing to numerous printed anthologies and online journals worldwide. His works have been translated into several languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Japanese,...