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English intern Ashley Bell interviews MFA alum Bee Sacks about their new novel, "The Lover."

Bee Sacks: A writer’s journey UCI English undergraduate interviews UCI alumni and author Bee Sacks, MFA '19

It’s been a banner year for Héctor Tobar, University of California, Irvine professor of Chicano/Latino studies and English. His most recent book, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” (MCD x FSG) has been named to nearly every “best books of the year” list out there. TIME Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 calls the work a “valiant effort” for capturing the “myriad of experiences, identities, and histories” of what it means to be “Latino.” The New York Times, which names the title among both its 10 Best California Books and 100 Notable Books of 2023, recognizes the writer and professor for delivering “a kaleidoscopic account of Latino American experience, dispelling stereotypes and underscoring diversity in prose that is by turns lyrical, outraged, scholarly and affectingly personal.” Amazon.com’s Best Books of 2023 lists the work among its top 100 picks, and Audible – which named the book among its 13 Best Nonfiction Listens of the Year – says Our Migrant Souls should be “required listening to broaden our understanding of what remains a slippery concept for most Americans.”

Last month, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author was awarded the Kirkus Prize for the same non-fiction work, and in April, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship to support “The Los Angeles Novellas,” a series of short fiction works about the history of the Los Angeles metropolis and its future.

“Héctor Tobar’s words carry us across genres and geographies, always illuminating the paradoxes of our intertwined pasts and reaching toward new visions for the future,” says Bill Maurer, UCI social sciences dean. “We are privileged to count him among our faculty and I at least eagerly await each new work.”

More on the award-winning professor below, and HUGE congrats on the many well-earned accolades!

https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-11-30-hector-tobar-best-book-lists.php

Kirkus Reviews University of California UCI Chicano/Latino Studies UCI English School of Humanities at UC Irvine Hector Tobar

Check out this great story featuring UCI English alum Annabel Adams ‘06!

Storytime with Annabel Adams, UCLA Law’s new assistant dean of communications Learn about Annabel Adams, UCLA Law's Assistant Dean of Communications, and her approach to storytelling.

Literature & Legacies of Race | ‘Better to the Commonwealth’: Merchant of Venice, Mixedness, and Demographic Revision - Department of English Language and Literatures The Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to the Literature & Legacies of Race lecture series, organized by Dr. Dennis Austin Britton. In this three-part series, leading scholars will help us consider how histories of racism, colonialism, and slavery have shaped cultu...

Please join us for the Kirk Davis Jr Annual Shakespeare Lecture on January 30, with Jeffrey Wilson '12 and Thomas Varga '17!

500 Years of Looking for Richard III, with Jeffrey Wilson '12 and Thomas Varga '17 Kirk Davis Jr. Annual Shakespeare Lecture A UCI Authors event featuring UCI PhD Jeffrey Wilson '12 (Harvard University) and actor Thomas Varga '17

Chris Nagelvoort, a 4th year English major, minoring in Creative Writing and Computer Science, and a passionate UTeach student instructor at UCI, interned in Fall 2021. He recalls his time in the internship: “It was a great opportunity for English majors to work with different people on campus. The best part of the internship program is that because you are working with local organizations, you can see the impact of your work more clearly in your community, online and in person.”

Support students like Chris through the Zotfunder launching on 11/1 and encourage the careers of future students in this program!
https://zotfunder.give.uci.edu/project/33993

Please join us in supporting our wonderful English majors, who have paid internships in various positions on campus and off!

Internships for English Majors Help University of California, Irvine raise $5,000 for the project: Internships for English Majors. Your gift will make a difference!

Kyle Grady named Institute for Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow English scholar to write book on race in early modern English culture

UCI Podcast: Jonathan Alexander takes his own advice New book, Dear Q***r Self, completes his series of memoirs called “The Creep Trilogy”

English majors, this could be you! Meet Sherissa Go (‘22), an intern from the fall 2021 English Majors Internship Program who has landed a coveted job at a Silicon Valley startup.

Applications for this fall's internship program are due May 20 here: https://www.humanities.uci.edu/news/applications-now-open-fall-2022-internships-english-majors

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