Literature

January 21, 2021

In Review: “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V. E. Schwab

By Shereen Mohammadzadeh

The read is a reminder that every person’s time on Earth is limited, yet filled with so many opportunities to make an eternal existence out of themselves.

October 10, 2019

Chanel Miller Stands Up to Sexual Assault With New Book

By Kristina Valencia

With her recent book release "Know My Name," UC Santa Barbara alumna Chanel Miller gives readers a personal insight into what it was like experiencing sexual assault and the turmoil that followed.

April 11, 2018

UCSB Spanish and Portuguese Department Hosts Indigenous Writers Conference

By Stephany Rubio

For the first time at UC Santa Barbara, indigenous writers, poets and scholars gathered for “A Verbal Kaleidoscope,” a conference aiming to challenge how indigenous literature and practices are studied in Western aca...

June 2, 2017

It’s Lit!: Literature in Times of Turmoil

By Rita Silverman, Addy Stupin, Phi Do

Welcome to Artsweek’s literature crossing!

March 10, 2017

It’s Lit!: Can a Word Narrate a Thousand Pictures?

By Jasmine Benafghoul, Lauren Bennett, Phi Do

This week, Jasmine Benafghoul discusses the dangerous enthrall of preserving aesthetic beauty in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, while Lauren Bennett reviews the struggles over language in Colson Whitehead’...

February 2, 2017

It’s Lit!: Fear and Loathing (and God) in Literature

By Phi Do, Allie Graydon, Natalie Noblett

This week, Natalie Noblett takes on Alida Nugent’s in-your-face but wildly fun Don't Worry, It Gets Worse while Allie Graydon reflects on Neil Gaiman's modern rendering of ancient myths in American Gods.

June 2, 2016

Wordstock Shows Colors of I.V.

By Phi Do

Over 50 people gathered in Anisq’Oyo’ Park last Saturday to indulge in the 2016 Wordstock Music Festival presented by WORD, the Isla Vista arts and culture magazine.

May 23, 2016

2016 Women’s Literary Festival Brings Insight, Inspiration

By Phi Do

A gathering of nearly 200 attendees met up at last weekend’s 11th Women’s Literary Festival, an event held annually in Santa Barbara.

May 11, 2016

It’s Lit!

By Phi Do, Jason Chun, Celie Hunt Mitchar

Introducing Artsweek's new literature crossing! From Aldous Huxley's haunting Brave New World to Richard Wright's gripping Native Son, check out what's got Artsweek turning up by turning pages.

April 29, 2016

Bryan Stevenson Brings More than Just Mercy to Campbell

By Dakota Maxwell

Stevenson’s signature quote, “The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice,” was scrawled across the lecture screen. He went on to talk about how he thinks we can change the world.

November 12, 2015

When Therapy Becomes Art: “Marwencol” Kicks off The Humanities and the Brain Series

By Phi Do

Nestled just around the corner of Beauville, France lies a town laden with rusty military tanks, chipped-paint buildings and dusty roads. Men in camouflage garb bustle about, tending to wounded comrades and toasting to v...

November 5, 2015

‘Go Set a Watchman’: The Sequel We Didn’t Need

By Jason Chun

If the goal of Go Set a Watchman was to leave me both satisfied and disappointed, it succeeded. On one hand, I got to read a second book by Harper Lee—a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, no less. On the other hand, I co...

November 3, 2015

The Sequel We Didn’t Need

By Jason Chun

If the goal of Go Set a Watchman was to leave me both satisfied and disappointed, it succeeded. On one hand, I got to read a second book by Harper Lee — a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, no less. On the other hand, I ...

May 27, 2015

Hole in the Brain, Whole in the Mind: Cole Cohen Launches Her New Book Titled Head Case

By Phi Do

Sitting in the neurologist’s office in the middle of June 2007, Cole Cohen grips the arms of her chair and stares at the MRI displayed on the monitor. A black and white splice of her brain flashes on the screen as Cohe...

April 28, 2015

Harvard Professor Peter Galison Introduces the Evolving Notions of Objectivity

By Kelsey Tang

Do truth and objectivity occupy the same realm of meaning, in terms of science and journalism? On April 24, UCSB’s Art History Graduate Student Association hosted its 40th Annual Symposium in the University Center, thi...