
Tochukwu Okafor (UTV 2021) Named Aspen Words Writer in Residence
Tochuku Okufor (UTV 2021, Fiction) has been named a Writer-in-Residence at Aspen Words for September 2022.
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Tochuku Okufor (UTV 2021, Fiction) has been named a Writer-in-Residence at Aspen Words for September 2022.

Robin Myers (UTV 2019) Joins Poetry Northwest

Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman wins the Hertz Fellowship for exceptional young scientists

Catch the latest story by LA Times reporter Tyrone Beason (UTV 2017, Journalism)

Carina del Valle Schorske Wins National Magazine Award

Can reporters counter a public resistance to the inconvenient truth with their own resistance against reporting the easy narrative? Four journalists—Alfredo Corchado (US/Mexico), Angela Kocherga (US), Karla María Gutiérrez (Mexico) & Tim MacGabhann (Ireland)—dissect the forces of resistance amid the growing drumbeat of misinformation.

Three practitioners of speculative writing speculate on how fantasy and imagination can push the boundaries of storytelling. With panelists Alberto Chimal (Mexico), Sheree Renée Thomas (US) & Verónica Murguía (Mexico)

When everything seems like an emergency, how can writers keep control of their own narratives? A conversation with novelists Elizabeth Rosner (US) & Jennifer Clement (Mexico/US)

Reyna Grande, A Ballad of Love and Glory

Alex Jennings, A ballad of Perilous Graves

Reading and conversation between UTV Sandra Cisneros Fellows Ana Portnoy, Red Samaniego and Gina Balibrera. Hosted by Pilsen Community Books (Chicago).