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Historian Deborah Harkness breathes life into the mysteries of the past by embroidering fiction onto gaps in the historical record. At the centerpiece of her <em>All Souls Trilogy</em> of books is the perplexing, real-life manuscript Ashmole 782, originally donated to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in 1858. Photo by John Livzey.

The Dark of Harkness

May 7, 2013

Deborah Harkness believes the pages of centuries-old manuscripts are enchanted. Like clues to a mystery, they hold the key to unraveling the chronology, ambitions, failures and successes of those who lived before us. And… more>

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tags: deb harkness, fiction-writing, history, publication

Eric Weintraub, a senior majoring in narrative studies in USC Dornsife, accepts his first place award for the creative writing category from Michael Quick, executive vice provost and professor of biological sciences. "La Laguna" explores the experiences of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Photo by Heather Cartagena.

Finding Their Muse

April 29, 2013

When Eric Weintraub's name was announced as first place winner for his short story “La Laguna” at USC’s 2013 Undergraduate Writers' Conference, he turned to the student next to him, “Did they just say… more>

categories: undergraduate, writing program, undergraduate research, diversity, awards

tags: award, eric weintraub, levan institute for humanities and ethics, norah ashe-mcnalley, undergraduate writers' conference, vellore adithi, writing program

Readers of all ages enjoy presentations by novelists, poets, journalists, chefs, musicians and celebrities at the18th annual <em>Los Angeles Times Festival of Books</em> held April 20-21 at USC. Photo by Vanessa Preziose.

Worth Reading

April 23, 2013

At this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at USC, as many as 150,000 readers of various ages mingled with more than 500 authors. On April 20 and 21, authors, artists, chefs, musicians and celebrities… more>

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tags: david treuer, dinah lenney, kevin starr, leo braudy, los angeles times festival of books, m.g. lord, panel discussions, sandra tsing loh, william deverell

Author Shoson Nagahara employed a gritty, proto-noir style in writing about Japanese immigrants living in 1920s Little Tokyo. This 1924 image, "Little Tokyo: An Alley" is one of the many historical photos printed in <em>Lament in the Night</em> (Kaya Press, 2012). Photo by Toyo Miyake, courtesy of Toyo Miyake Studio.

Lament in the Night

March 1, 2013

The man quietly passes through the shadows, hungrily seizing a half-rotten watermelon rind from the ground at the now-deserted marketplace, later retching miserably. After checking and rechecking his coin purse for any… more>

categories: writing program, diversity, comparative studies in literature and culture, community engagement

tags: huntington-usc institute on california and the west, japanese immigrants, kaya press, lament in the night, little tokyo, master of professional writing program, publication

USC Dornsife lecturer and poet Dana Gioia advises students, "Don’t limit yourself to thinking the only thing a poet can do is teach poetry.” Photo courtesy of Aspen Institute.

The Gioia of Poetry

February 19, 2013

“La Vie Bohème” may be romantic, but even poets need to eat. Solving that dilemma is something many artists don’t give ample consideration to early in their lives, said Dana Gioia, Judge Widney… more>

categories: writing program, faculty research

tags: dana gioia, english, national endowment for the arts, poetry, usc marshall school of business, usc sidney harman academy for polymathic study, visions and voices

Students in the course "Forensic Psychology: The Mind and the Legal System" take a tour of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of USC Summer Programs.

Summer@USC

February 15, 2013

Neda Davarpanah was surfing the USC Web site when she stumbled upon the Summer@USC Program. She spotted a workshop in creative writing. Serendipity. She applied and was accepted this past summer. “I want to pursue… more>

categories: undergraduate, writing program

tags: darren ruddell, high school, james brecher, law summer programs, spatial sciences institute, summer@usc, susan kamei, writing program

The USC Shoah Foundation is incorporating testimonies into its Visual History Archive from Rwandan genocide survivors and will soon include testimonies from survivors of the Cambodian and Armenian genocides. This photo of a Rwandan child is displayed as part of a gallery of genocide victims in the Kigali Memorial Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo by Jason Reed and courtesy of Reuters.

Understanding the Universal

January 18, 2013

Freddy Mutanguha was 18 years old when his parents and four sisters were macheted to death by Hutu soldiers during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Mutanguha, a member of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, didn’t see the… more>

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tags: genocide, holocaust, humanities, memory, usc dornsife magazine, usc shoah foundation — the institute for visual history and education

Five USC Dornsife authors from various disciplines ponder the connection between creativity and memory.

Postcards From Memory Lane

November 9, 2012

Jerry Siegel came of age during the 1910s and ’20s. The youngest child of Jewish Lithuanian immigrants, Siegel often felt out of place in the blue collar, Midwestern atmosphere of his Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhood. When… more>

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tags: alice echols, creativity, dinah lenney, humanities, lois banner, mark richard, memory, peter c. mancall, usc dornsife magazine, writing

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