Writer in Residence 2025-26: Mark Arax

Fall Workshops and Pre-Readings

All workshops will be held 3:30-5:30 PM in COB 2 Room 170. For instructional resources, the lecture and workshops will be recorded and the associated readings are available to share with your classes. Please ensure you are on the campus network (VPN) to access the readings.

September 23 - Stories about Place

Arax, Mark. In California’s Heartland, a New Resistance Movement is Taking Root: The California Issue. New York Times. June 1, 2023.

October 14 - Creative Non-Fiction: How Does it Work?

Arax, Mark. “A Labor of Love for Boys of McFarland.” Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1997.
Arax, Mark. “California and the West; Poor Farm Town's Race for Success.” Los Angeles Times. January 9, 2000.

November 4 - Investigative Journalism: Our last best hope when Democracy corrodes

Arax, Mark. “Tales of Brutality Behind Bars.” Los Angeles Times. August 21, 1996.
Arax, Mark and Mark Gladstone. “State Thwarted Brutality Probe at Corcoran Prison, Investigators Say.” Los Angeles Times. July 5, 1996.
Arax, Mark and Mark Gladstone. “Only California Uses Deadly Force in Inmate Fights.” Los Angeles Times. October 18, 1998.

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