USC Dornsife News

Lament in the Night

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:40:00 -0500

Lament in the Night (Kaya Press, 2012). Photo by Toyo Miyake, courtesy of Toyo Miyake Studio." title="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 Lament in the Night (Kaya Press, 2012). Photo by Toyo Miyake, courtesy of Toyo Miyake Studio." /> USC Dornsife’s Kaya Press publishes the first-ever English translation of two works by long-lost author Shoson Nagahara, who wrote about the dark underbelly of 1920s Japanese immigrant life in L.A.’s Little Tokyo.

Devoted to the City of Roses

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:28:00 -0500

The Pasadena Arts Council recognizes Bill Deverell for his contributions to the culture of Pasadena with a 2011 Gold Crown Award.

Return to Camelot

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Constitution, an aircraft under construction at Lockheed Aircraft Co., Burbank in 1946. Because of the underpowered engines of the double-decker transport, Lockheed only built two planes before abandoning the model. Photo courtesy of the Harvey Christen collection, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens." title="The tail section of the Constitution, an aircraft under construction at Lockheed Aircraft Co., Burbank in 1946. Because of the underpowered engines of the double-decker transport, Lockheed only built two planes before abandoning the model. Photo courtesy of the Harvey Christen collection, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens." /> Bill Deverell leads a team of scholars from USC College and The Huntington to preserve the glory days of Southern California’s aerospace industry for generations to come.