Literature
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Humanities professors awarded UC Presidential Chair
Feminist Studies professor Bettina Aptheker and Literature professor Karen Yamashita have been appointed to a UC Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies on the UCSC campus.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz launches new season July 24
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) will kick off its 31st season on Tuesday, July 24. Nearly 60 UCSC students and alumni help make it happen.
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‘Chimichangas and Zoloft’: alumna earns raves for off Broadway debut
UCSC alumna Fernanda Coppel has been garnering rave reviews for her latest play Chimichangas and Zoloft, now at the Tony Award-winning Atlantic Theater in New York City.
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Santa Cruz Arts Commission names Humanities lecturer Artist of the Year
UC Santa Cruz humanities lecturer Gary Young has been named 2012 Artist of the Year by the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission
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UCSC professor joins acclaimed writers for new Passover ‘users manual’
Two weeks ago, author Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) went on the Stephen Colbert show to promote his latest book New American Haggadah…
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UCSC to showcase UC-wide research in Humanities at Museum of Art & History
The UC Santa Cruz Institute of Humanities Research will host the 2nd annual gathering of the UC Society of Fellows in the Humanities on April 21, at the Museum of Art and History. A free public event, it will showcase the exceptional research efforts underway in the field of Humanities–both at UCSC and throughout the…
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UCSC professor named second Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County
UCSC emeritus professor of education and creative writing David Swanger has been named the second Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County.
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UCSC to host ‘What is a Reader?’ day of events, Jan. 26
On Jan. 26, UC Santa Cruz will host a full day of “What Is A Reader?” events, with workshops plus a free public lecture by novelist, essayist, and book historian Alberto Manguel
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UCSC Arts and Humanities faculty win USA fellowships
Two UCSC faculty are among the 50 writers, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and other artists nationwide who have been awarded $50,000 USA fellowships grants.
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Pulitzer Prize winning poet to read at 2nd Morton Marcus event, Nov. 20
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Kay Ryan—the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010, who just a few weeks ago received a MacArthur (“genius”) Fellowship award–will be the featured guest at the 2nd annual Morton Marus Memorial Poetry Reading, Sunday, November 20.
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Best-selling author, doctor Abraham Verghese wows capacity crowd
Physician and bestselling author Abraham Verghese worries that an overemphasis on medical technology is distancing doctors from patients. Dr. Verghese voiced his concerns during the 11th annual Sidhartha Maitra Memorial Lecture on campus.
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Alumnus Thad Nodine to read from debut novel ‘Touch and Go’
UCSC alumnus Thad Nodine will present a reading of his debut novel, Touch and Go—a multicultural American road trip, through the eyes of a young blind man—on Wednesday, October 19, at 5 p.m. at Kresge College.