The UC San Diego Department of Literature’s New Writing Series is back this spring with a number of events taking place in Geisel Library’s Seuss Room! Read more about the featured speakers below.
Patrick Coleman is the assistant director of the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego. He’s also a local author and poet whose debut collection of poems “Fire Season,” published in 2018, won the Berkshire Prize. His first novel, “The Churchgoer,” will be released in July. Coleman earned his MFA from Indiana University before returning to San Diego.
Cross-genre writer Kazim Ali, a new professor in the Literature department teaching literature and creative writing, will appear in his first official New Writing Series reading. Born in the United Kingdom to Muslim parents of Indian, Iranian and Egyptian descent, Ali’s 20 published books encompass poetry, fiction, essay and translation. His most recent poetry collection is “Inquisition” and novel is “The Secret Room.”
Contact:
Brandon Som, (858) 534-3143, bdsom@ucsd.edu