Literature

March 5, 2015

Lemony Snicket Delivers Talk at Campbell

By Nadine Bedwan

In San Francisco in 1980, Daniel Handler was a 10 year-old boy with a voracious appetite and fervent passion for literature. He can still hear the thuds of disfavored books as he threw them, unimpressed, against the wall...

March 3, 2015

Then I Won’t Seem So Far Away: UCSB Alumna Writes Memoir on Studying Abroad in Europe and Life in Isla Vista during the ‘70s

By Erika Lee

If you took our beloved UCSB campus and quaint Isla Vista town back to 40 years ago, could you imagine what it would be like? In her new memoir, Then I Won’t Seem So Far Away, Peggy O’ Toole, an alumna of UCSB and lo...

March 2, 2015

Art Shall Live: ‘The Catalyst’ Launch Party Literary Arts Magazine Shines Spotlight on Lucidity, Tribe Ties and More

By Ryan Mandell

Love, the sublime and creation would be virtually unimaginable without their offspring: the arts. The art of Isla Vista is a penetrating reminder of how fortunate we are to live here, able to enjoy our beautiful communit...

February 20, 2015

Local Actors Celebrate Italian Author

By Jason Chun

The stage was a woven rug, on which stood a podium, a mic stand and a flowerpot. The backdrop was a bare color-changing screen. It was a simple arrangement, but it was enough for the performers of “Speaking of Francesc...

December 7, 2014

My Duty to Alert You About ‘A Duty to Betray’

By Nadine Bedwan

Kelly Moreno knows your brain. Prior to penning his first novel, a revenge tale entitled A Duty to Betray, Moreno led a long career in the field of psychology as a professor at both UCSB and Cal Poly SLO, amongst other u...

November 6, 2014

No Time to Write a Novel Like the Present: Advice to Get Started on Nanowrimo

By Phi Do

With tips provided by: Ashley Ong (freshman, physics major), Jason Chun (Freshman, English major), Sarah Ziemer (Freshman, Biopsychology) and Allegra Bottlik (UCSB graduate, creative writer) Every year on N...