Always outstanding, sometimes controversial, but never dull regional and local authors read from and discuss their works as well as the craft of writing, and engage in dialogue with their audience in this always compelling series of talks hosted semi-annually on the campus.
Charles Yu is the author of the imaginative novel "How to Live Safely in the Science Fictional Universe"-a New York Times Notable Book-and two short story collections: "Third Class Superhero", which received the National Book Foundation's 5 under 35 award
An Assistant Professor in the English Department at California State University, Long Beach, an award-winning author of four books of poetry, and a co-editor of POOL (poolpoetry.com), a Los Angeles-based journal.
A Pulitzer-winning editor, independent scholar, author of The Union of Their Dreams - the first comprehensive biography of United Farm Workers founder Cesar Chavez - and the recent recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.