USC Dornsife News

Hire Purpose: David Treuer

Tue, 7 May 2013 15:15:00 -0500

Great Spirit

Worth Reading

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:30:00 -0500

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held April 20-21 at USC. Photo by Vanessa Preziose." title="Readers of all ages enjoy presentations by novelists, poets, journalists, chefs, musicians and celebrities at the18th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held April 20-21 at USC. Photo by Vanessa Preziose." /> Tens of thousands of people fed their appetites for the written word during the recent annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Among USC Dornsife authors speaking at the two-day event, University Professor Kevin Starr, the John Muir of our times, shared some of his own history.

Life on the Rez

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:34:00 -0500

Rez Life to give a detailed history of Indian reservations in the U.S. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Center." title="Ojibwe indians in Minnesota use a birch bark canoe for transport circa 1910. USC Dornsife's David Treuer fuses historical facts, reportage and memoir in his new book Rez Life to give a detailed history of Indian reservations in the U.S. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Center." /> Combining journalism, history and memoir, David Treuer of English writes about Native American reservations from conception to the modern day in his new book Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life.