Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2pm
About this Event
Writers Week is the longest-running, free literary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our day alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu
Director, Writers Week
Distinguished Professor
Department of Creative Writing / School of Medicine-Medical Humanities
Publisher, Los Angeles Review of Books
Distinguished Professor
Department of Creative Writing
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February 12 & 14 - 18, 2022
ONLINE. Free and open to the public.
Captioned & ASL interpreted.
Full 2022 Schedule
Post-Festival Ticketed Event on February 19 with Los Angeles Review of Books
Download the Interactive 44th Writers Week Poster here
Download the Interactive Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees Poster here
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Tuesday, February 15
Allison Hedge Coke
Publisher: Salt Publications & Coffee House Press
Distinguished Professor at University of California, Riverside
Luis J. Rodriguez
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Luis J. Rodriguez is the multi-genre author of 16 books, including the bestselling memoir "Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A." He is the founding editor of Tia Chucha Press and cofounder of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore. From 2014-2016, he served as Los Angeles Poet Laureate.
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The 45th Writers Week 2022 is made possible by support from:
Inland Empire Magazine, UCR Department of Ethnic Studies, UCR Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, Center for Ideas and Society, Dr. Melissa Wilcox, Professor and Holstein Endowed Chair, Dr. Michael Alexander, Professor and Maimonides Chair in Jewish Studies, Pr. Alex Espinoza, Associate Professor, Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing and English, Distinguished Professor, UCR Department of Music, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, California Center for Native Nations, Dr. Clifford Trafzer, Distinguished Professor of History and Rupert and Jeanette Henry Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, UCR ARTS, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office, Native American Student Programs Office (NASP), Joshua Gonzales, Director, the Ratcliffe Family Creative Writing Endowment Fund, Los Angeles Review of Books, and our great Giving Tuesday donors!
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Information: writersweek@ucr.edu & allisonh@ucr.edu
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