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Taking a Poetic Path

Three creative writing alumni share tales about how they carved their niche in the written word.

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The Thrill of Writing in the Trenches

Author Brad Thor ’92 goes the extra 7,000 miles researching his multi-leveled, action-packed novels.

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All Were Aboard on the Magic Poetry Bus

The ride was intensely personal, deeply hilarious and wildly inspiring.

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Crossing Genres

Author, screenwriter and USC College alumnus Eric Garcia follows his imagination wherever it leads.

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A Soul Divided

Carol Muske-Dukes, professor of English and creative writing in USC Dornsife and California’s poet laureate, will participate in three events during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — all on...

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The Magic of Paris

During Maymester, poets from USC Dornsife immersed themselves in the culture of the City of Light and emerged stronger writers.

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An Unforgettable Year

USC Dornsife alumna Téa Obreht has won Britain’s Orange Prize for fiction for her debut novel The Tiger's Wife.

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California Poet Laureate Muske-Dukes at the National Mall

Carol Muske-Dukes, USC Dornsife professor of English and creative writing, will read from Twin Cities and Crossing State Lines: An American Renga during the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

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First-Year Investigations: Katherine Montgomery

Katherine Montgomery Montclair, New Jersey Creative Writing A woman walking briskly down the street. A man donning a fedora. These uncomplicated sights inspire Katherine Montgomery in her fiction...

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Music Man

William Wordsworth. Eric Clapton. Jane Austen. Bob Dylan. Grammy Award-winning music producer Rob Cavallo ’85 credits his knack for recognizing greatness to studying the literary classics.

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White Key to Have West Coast Premiere

The poem by USC Dornsife's Carol Muske-Dukes about "leaning up into love" will be performed in a musical composition by Reena Esmail.

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Kaya Press Moves from New York to USC Dornsife

The non-profit publisher of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic literature, housed in USC Dornsife’s Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, brings innovative fiction, poetry and critical...

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Vast Waters of the South Pacific

The March 2012 issue of Poetry magazine will feature the poem "Sleep Log" written by Alain Borer and translated into English by Mark Irwin. Over the course of their friendship, the two USC Dornsife...

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USC Dornsife Alumna Wins Prize for Debut Novel

Bonnie Nadzam, who graduated from the Literature and Creative Writing Ph.D. program in 2011, has been awarded the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize for her book, Lamb.

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The Business and Craft of Storytelling

The inaugural USC Writers Conference takes place Friday and features USC Dornsife faculty. The all-day event is the kick-off to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC April 21 and 22.

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USC Dornsife's Brighde Mullins Named Guggenheim Fellow

The playwright and director of USC Dornsife’s Master of Professional Writing program will use the fellowship to work on a new play about poet Phillis Wheatley, the first African American woman to...

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USC Dornsife Student Takes on Wipeout

For the boss-employee edition of the popular game show Wipeout, USC Dornsife undergraduate Matt Schaefer and supervisor Tom Studdert beat out 84,000 applications to face the gauntlet.

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Hire Purpose: David Treuer

Great Spirit

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Los Angeles by the Book

Three highly regarded USC Dornsife novelists draw from the city’s eccentrics and ordinary folk for their inspiration. But that doesn’t mean they have L.A. all figured out.

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Taking a Poetic Path

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