USC Dornsife News

Pursuing a lifelong dream, Amy Meyerson links family drama, classic literature and the diverse landscape of Los Angeles in “The Bookshop of Yesterdays.” [3 1/4 min read]

Percival Everett, Vanessa Schwartz and David Ulin receive Guggenheim Fellowships for 2015 to pursue their research and literary projects.

Three highly regarded USC Dornsife novelists draw from the city’s eccentrics and ordinary folk for their inspiration. But that doesn’t mean they have L.A. all figured out.

Master of Professional Writing Program student Giselle Rodriguez-Forté nabs a dream job at Condé Nast Entertainment. Still writing, she broaches topics from her grandparents' emigration from Cuba to her love affair with a particular pair of shoes.

The playwright and director of USC Dornsife’s Master of Professional Writing program will use the fellowship to work on a new play about poet Phillis Wheatley, the first African American woman to publish her writing.

Thinking of Elizabeth Taylor what comes to mind? Those eyes? Diamonds? The eight marriages? A new book by cultural critic M. G. Lord of USC Dornsife describes how the late actress’ feminist impact has been hidden in plain sight.

USC Dornsife’s Master of Professional Writing (MPW) program students perform comic monologues in front of the man who blazed the trail: Shelley Berman.

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.

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.