As the United States exerts growing pressure on Mexico, USC Dornsife political scientist Pamela Starr, author of The Making of Mexico, explains what Americans often misunderstand about the country next door and why the relationship matters.
Author and accidental globe-trotter Geoff Dyer talks about why travel has been so central to his writing.
Dyer’s genre-defying new collection of essays explores “the power that some places exert and why we go to them.” In a series of videos and interview excerpts, the award-winning author shares more about his new book, some of his greatest influences and his advice for those aspiring to be a writer.
Not long after its emergence in the early 19th century, photography gained prominence both as visual art form and as a means of journalistic documentation — with the two seemingly disparate genres often overlapping. Kate Flint, Provost Professor of Art History and English, and Geoff Dyer, writer in residence, delve into photography’s role as a window on life and an evolving method of defining reality.
Award-winning author Geoff Dyer will teach undergraduate and graduate courses beginning this Fall.
