UC San Diego celebrates contemporary literature in New Writing Series The UC San Diego Department of Literature's New Writing Series has introduced hundreds of writers to the greater San Diego community since 1986, and this year's spring speakers encompass a wide range of up-and-coming and established authors. Poets, novelists, the first campus reading by a new faculty member -- plus three alumni returning to the university -- this quarter's New Writing Series is big and diverse, and kicks off April 17. April 13, 2019 at 03:35AM

The UC San Diego Department of Literature's New Writing Series has introduced hundreds of writers to the greater San Diego community since 1986, and this year's spring speakers encompass a wide range of up-and-coming and established authors. Poets, novelists, the first campus reading by a new faculty member -- plus three alumni returning to the university -- this quarter's New Writing Series is big and diverse, and kicks off April 17.