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>
categories: writing program, faculty research, usc dornsife magazine
tags: alice echols, creativity, dinah lenney, humanities, lois banner, mark richard, memory, peter c. mancall, usc dornsife magazine, writing
August 1, 2012
Marilyn Monroe’s biographers haven’t always been kind. Since she was found dead in her Brentwood, Calif., home on Aug. 5, a half-century ago, she’s been portrayed anywhere from bimbo and victim to tempestuous… more>
categories: faculty research
tags: book, gender studies, history, humanities, lois banner, marilyn monroe
August 5, 2011
Three professors from USC Dornsife have been named finalists for the 2011 Book Awards presented by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA).
Securing two out of four finalist slots in the fiction… more>
tags: award, book, deborah harkness, english, gender studies, history, humanities, lois banner, t.c. boyle, writing