UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Richard Powers in Conversation with Pico Iyer, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 at UCSB Campbell Hall. “Operating at the ...

American writer Diana Abu-Jaber will chair the five-person jury for the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The other jury ...

Louis Bromfield won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel "Early Autumn." But he was just getting started on his life of success.

I remember a night of inconsolable mourning when I played records way too loud, drank too much and scribbled pages into my tear-splattered journal. This eruption of anger and sadness came more than ...

It was the Muslim travel ban imposed by the U.S. government in early 2017 that prompted playwright Sanaz Toossi to write ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

Anne Tyler, Pulitzer Prize winner for "Breathing Lessons," looks at the before and after of a wedding in Baltimore-set "Three ...

Percival Everett’s “James” is up for another literary award. It's the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich’s “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” and ...

Before the event, Robinson joined a group of students interested in creative writing and literary criticism for a discussion ...

She’s been a reporter and a novelist, but Australian author’s newest project focuses on her experiences as a wife and mother.