Literature

Chanel Miller Stands Up to Sexual Assault With New Book

October 10, 2019 by

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.
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UCSB Spanish and Portuguese Department Hosts Indigenous Writers Conference

April 11, 2018 by

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 st...
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It’s Lit!: Literature in Times of Turmoil

June 2, 2017 by , and

Welcome to Artsweek’s literature crossing!
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It’s Lit!: Can a Word Narrate a Thousand Pictures?

March 10, 2017 by , and

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

February 2, 2017 by , and

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 ...
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Wordstock Shows Colors of I.V.

June 2, 2016 by

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.
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2016 Women’s Literary Festival Brings Insight, Inspiration

May 23, 2016 by

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

May 11, 2016 by , and

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.
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Bryan Stevenson Brings More than Just Mercy to Campbell

April 29, 2016 by

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

November 12, 2015 by

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

November 5, 2015 by

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 ...
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The Sequel We Didn’t Need

November 3, 2015 by

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

May 27, 2015 by

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 o...
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Harvard Professor Peter Galison Introduces the Evolving Notions of Objectivity

April 28, 2015 by

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 Un...
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Book Review: what if i got down on my knees? By Tony Rauch

April 28, 2015 by

A fresh, unique and wildly entertaining piece of contemporary literature
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