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.

On Writing and Redemption

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:00:00 -0500

House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home. Born a “special child” with deformed hips in rural Virginia, Richard chronicles his struggle with faith and the life that made him a writer. Photo by Jeff Vespa." title="Mark Richard, a lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing program, has won a 2012 Pushcart Prize for his memoir and first book of nonfiction House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home. Born a “special child” with deformed hips in rural Virginia, Richard chronicles his struggle with faith and the life that made him a writer. Photo by Jeff Vespa." /> Mark Richard’s new book and memoir House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home is the winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize for nonfiction.

Discovering Their Voices

Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:44:00 -0500

Master of Professional Writing Program students take on residencies with the PEN in the Classroom program to help provide teens with an outlet for self-expression.

Between Drafts

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:28:00 -0500

A Q&A with MPW Director Brighde Mullins