Christopher Perkins (English) translated Mexican poet Andrés Cisneros' Llegada del Malnacido / Undesirable Arrival, published by artepoética press. Francesca Gargallo Celentani provides this description of the book: “The poet who takes center stage in the verses of Undesirable Arrival does not sing a rarefied aesthetic, but instead…

Visiting assistant professor Roberto Lovato (English) is among the writers featured in a Los Angeles Times' article about the publication of South Central Noir, a detective fiction anthology set in South-Central Los Angeles. Article excerpt: "There is no stronger proof in the collection of that lasting truth (of the inevitability of change) than…

Timothy Erwin (English) was recently interviewed by the Voice of America about film adaptations of Jane Austen novels, particularly following the release of Netflix's new version of Persuasion, which was directed by Carrie Cracknell. 

Roberto Lovato (English) was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times in a column titled, "Latinophobia in mainstream news fuels the radical right," which discusses the dangerous effects of Latinx erasure in and by the major media. "Roberto Lovato, a journalist and visiting professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told me the…

Timothy Erwin (English) recently published an essay, “Discours sur l’Œil: Roméo et Juliette et Marriage A-la-Mode de William Hogarth,” in the Actes des Congrès de la Société Française Shakespeare.  He argues that the 18th-century graphic artist follows Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy in his best-known series of engravings. On behalf of…

Katherine Walker (English) published in Renaissance Quarterly 75.2 a review of Elizabeth Swann's Taste and Knowledge in Early Modern England. 

Patricia A. Heisser Metoyer (English, Psychology, Interdisciplinary Studies) was awarded a Los Angeles Review Board ( LARB ) Publishing Workshop Fellowship from June 27 to July 30. The Los Angeles Review of Books will host the fifth annual LARB Publishing Workshop, guiding a new cohort of students through the world of publishing with…

Katherine Walker (English) published the article "'Palpable to Thinking': Othello and Gross Conceits" in English Literary Renaissance. The article looks at the mathematical and magical understandings of the term "gross" during the Renaissance to argue that Shakespeare's play juggles with these concepts in its consideration of the…

Kaitlin Clinnin (English) was recently interviewed for the podcast "Pedagogue." In the interview, she discusses gun violence and trauma in educational contexts, emotional labor and writing program administration, crisis management and response in higher education, and technology during the pandemic.

Roberta Sabbath (English), Cathy Allen, (Dance), and Shahab Zargari (Fine Arts) will be speaking at the 2022 Conney Jews and the Arts about the interdisciplinary project Shoah Survivor Choreographic Collaboration: A Docudance Film Exploring the Memories of Four Holocaust Survivors. The project represents the intersection…

Katherine Walker (English) presented a paper titled "'Alas, she has no speech': Emilia's Trauma in Othello" at the Renaissance Conference of Southern California. 

Matthew S. Dentice (English) has had a short story, "The Curse of the Santiago," included in Historic Tales, an anthology of historical fiction published by Free Spirit. Historic Tales was released on Feb. 16.