Moving, passionate, romantic — love stories inspire us, thrill us and sometimes move us to tears. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we present five of the best, as chosen by USC Dornsife English Department Chair David St. John. [1 ¾ min read]
Citing works of science fiction, nonfiction, biography, humor and horror, professors from five widely varying fields of study offer their literary choices. [6 1/2 min read]
In a new Thematic Option course, “Love and Its Reasons: Eros and Transcendence,” USC Dornsife’s David Albertson of religion charts the evolution of changing beliefs about love and religion through the ages by exploring seminal texts from a wide range of authors, including Plato, Dante and Kierkegaard.
Frank Baxter, a professor of English literature in the 1950s, became a science hero to millions thanks to his alter-ego, “Dr. Research.” Many students became scientists because of Baxter and the Bell Laboratory Science Series he hosted on TV.
Six elementary schools near USC participate in a new Joint Educational Project (JEP)/USC ReadersPlus program combining yoga and literature.
Bonnie Nadzam, who graduated from the Literature and Creative Writing Ph.D. program in 2011, has been awarded the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize for her book, Lamb.
The non-profit publisher of Asian and Pacific Islander diasporic literature, housed in USC Dornsife’s Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, brings innovative fiction, poetry and critical essays to the public.
USC students explored the subtle messages of the fantastic genre this Fall in a new class led by USC Dornsife’s Geraldine Fiss, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.
