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UC Riverside faculty and alumni at this year’s LA Times Festival of Books

Annie Cao — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

This year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the annual literary event in Los Angeles, includes a stellar lineup of UC Riverside authors. UCR faculty and alumni will be participating in this literary festival, which takes place at the University of Southern California April 22-23. More than 500 authors, poets, artists, chefs, celebrities, and musicians will participate in this year’s festivities. Tickets: events.latimes.com

Writers Week honors authors Percival Everett and Mike Davis

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800

The 46th annual UC Riverside event is scheduled for Feb. 13-17. Writers Week is free and open to the public.

UCR Palm Desert’s MFA celebrates 10th anniversary

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0800

What has made this low residency, self-sustaining program successful, can be attributed to three factors: it embraces fiction genre writing, it teaches students the business aspect of writing, and is driven by student success, boasting a publication/production rate of more than 75 percent within two years of graduating.