School of Critical Studies

School of Critical Studies faculty Anthony McCann’s nonfiction prose work Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff (Bloomsbury) has been named a finalist in the 30th annual Reading the West Book Awards. Shadowlands investigates the 2016 occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National...

On Friday, April 17, the Writing Now Reading Series introduces “Across Social Distance,” a literary marathon hosted by American performance artist, poet, and School of Critical Studies faculty Gabrielle Civil. Readers include CalArts faculty Michael Leong, Stephen van Dyck (Critical...

On Friday, April 17, the Writing Now Reading Series introduces “Across Social Distance,” a literary marathon hosted by American performance artist, poet, and School of Critical Studies faculty Gabrielle Civil. Readers include faculty member Michael Leong, Stephen van Dyck (Critical...

In late March, literary magazine Sublevel celebrated the release of its fourth issue, Edge.  This latest edition “explores what constitutes the pornographic today,” and grapples with the “inherent difficulty of defining its perimeters.” Edge features contributions from artists, writers, and...

In our current climate of social distancing and quarantine, what better than a good book to help experience another reality for a while? We have compiled a list of written works from CalArtians including memoirs, fictional short stories, and graphic design retrospectives. Here are some titles...

On Friday, Feb. 28, Dissonance Press and Influx Collectiv present an evening reading and release party for Under The Belly of the Beast, a new anthology edited by Cori Bratby-Rudd (Critical Studies MFA 19). The event takes place at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, Calif., and...

The 2020 Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence John Keene will present public readings of his work on Thursday, Jan. 23 at CalArts and Friday, Jan. 24 at REDCAT. While on campus, Keene will conduct individual sessions with students in the MFA Creative Writing Program and present a lecture, followed...