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From Tijuana to Gaza to Bosnia: Rethinking Borders in a 21st Century World

Krzysztof Czyźewski, Dorit Cypis, Marcos Ramírez Erre, Josh Kun, Rubén Martínez, Ofelia Zepeda

Artists, scholars, and cultural activists from Europe, Mexico, and the United States convene in Los Angeles-home to migrants, refugees, and…

Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards

Vievee Francis, Phillip B. Williams

2017 marks the 25th anniversary of one of contemporary poetry’s most prestigious awards—Claremont Graduate University’s Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, given…

Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River

David Owen

The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows…

Infidels: A Novel

Abdellah Taïa

Born in a public library in Morocco where his father was a janitor, Abdellah Taïa is an acclaimed novelist and…

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Rosa Brooks

War used to be a temporary state of affairs, but in today’s post 9/11-world America’s wars are everywhere and forever.…

Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams is one of the most knowledgeable and elegant voices of the American West. She brings to her…

Kathleen Norris

Kathleen Norris

Kathleen Norris is the author of the 1993 bestseller Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Her newest book, The Cloister Walk, is…

Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is the author of five novels, most recently Crooked Little Heart (1997). In addition, she wrote the bestseller…

Ivan Doig

Ivan Doig

Ivan Doig has described the Pacific Northwest in a number of well-known nonfiction books and novels, including Bucking the Sun…

City of Refuge: The Exiled Writer in Los Angeles

Majid Naficy, Anchee Min, SAID

This program includes readings and discussion among writers in exile from their native countries. Majid Naficy, an Iranian poet who…