The events featured appearances by John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Reince Priebus and other prominent political and media figures. Funds raised support the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future.
USC Dornsife’s Robin Coste Lewis of English and Susanna Berger of art history are selected from among nearly 3,000 applicants. [2½ min read]
Years after issuing a call to action to save poetry, poet and Angeleno Dana Gioia is set to fulfill his mission as the California poet laureate with his statewide tour culminating in an L.A. poetry event on Oct. 6. [6 1/4 min read]
Inspired by her mother’s recitation of poetry since she was a young child, Carol Muske-Dukes, California’s Poet Laureate, knows that words can change a life.
