PCC English Department

The English and Languages Division is proud to co-sponsor the 26th Annual Beyond Borders Conference at PCC!

Please join us this Thursday, May 7 from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. for a daylong academic conference featuring student essays and artwork shared in panel discussions moderated by faculty.

And definitely do not miss the 1 p.m. Keynote Speaker event with Yahya Ashour, an exiled poet from Gaza. He will read his work and be in conversation with Dr. Amy Tahani-Bidmeshki. Join us!

Join us May 6 from 12-1:30 in Creveling Lounge for and a performance of “Tam Tran Goes to Washington”

Please join us this Thursday for Visiting Writer Maurene Goo's event!

Craig Richard: The brain science (and benefits) of ASMR A curious, quiet revolution of sound has taken over the internet. Physiologist Craig Richard explains the soothing brain science of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), tracking its rise in popularity and why this fascinating phenomenon is so relaxing to millions of people around the world.

CONGRATULATIONS to PCC INSCAPE MAGAZINE! We’ve won and NCTE REALM Award for excellence!!!

PLEASE RESHARE! OPEN NOW - ENROLL INTO ENG 7 INSCAPE MAGAZINE PRODUCTION FOR SPRING 2026!!!

Our Division has some GREAT classes open for you this Spring 2026! First u -- Enroll now in ENG 7: Inscape Magazine Production!

This is a wonderful course that gives real-world, hands-on editorial experience in Magazine Production that is being offered at PCC in Spring with Prof. Stubblefield. The course is ENGLISH 7: Inscape Magazine Production and is limited to just a handful more students! The CRN for the course is 38483 and the course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:45 - 4:10. It's 3.0 Units and looks EXCELLENT on a transfer application. Many students from the staff have gone on to paid internships and part-time and full-time positions with award-winning literary presses like Red Hen Press right here in Pasadena! You can visit the website www.pccinscape.com to see the online magazine, and PRINT issues of the magazine are available for free in the Library, the PCC Bookstore, C345 - the Writing Success Center, and C245, the English & Language Studies Division! You can also view past issues in the PCC Library Archives, as the magazine has been in continuous print since 1946! It is FAMOUS for publishing literary luminaries like OCTAVIA BUTLER and REYNA GRANDE! If you have any questions about the class, you can email [email protected] or email Professor Stubblefield. Please share with your peers! This is a wonderful class that counts for elective credit towards your Associate for Transfer and degrees!

Join us on Zoom November 12, 2025 for award-winning writer ALLEGRA GOODMAN at 2pm PST Contact [email protected] for Zoom link and information.

We are so thrilled to be joined by fabulous local writer Désirée Zamorano tomorrow as she discusses her latest novel, Dispossessed. It's a very powerful and moving story chronicling the mass expulsion of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the 1930s. Please join us tomorrow (October 30) at 9:45 a.m. in the R building--R 122!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for today's PCC English Department Writer in Residence Craft & Talk Workshop with Myriam Gurba!

We hope you'll join us again for tomorrow's Reading and Q&A with Book Signing taking place from 1pm - 3pm in Creveling Lounge. We'll !

Learn more here: https://pasadena.edu/calendars/event.php?eventid=19890my_key_1