When Moisés Zamora started taking screenwriting classes at UCLA Extension in 2014, he had no idea he would one day run a Netflix show about Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla. But…
Tag: Writers’ Program
Nickelodeon Reaches Out to Underrepresented Writers and Artists With Mentorship Program
Sarah Allan, an alumna of the 2018-19 writers class, had been working as a nanny and taking writing courses with UCLA Extension when she heard about Nick’s program. “I thought…
Meet Lois P. Jones: Poet, Radio Host, Poetry Editor
“The years since 2005 have been steadily dedicated to craft with courses and regular workshopping through a local group of Pasadena poets who are accomplished writers all looking to improve…
Lola Writes an Award-winning Book for Fil-Am Grandson
“As grandparents, we are the inconspicuous link for our children and grandchildren to the land of our birth. Thus, I have decided to build the bridge that will carry these…
Kate Braverman Takes Flight Again in a Tribute
“I think Janet Fitch accurately described her as a ‘high priestess of literature,’” writes Gabrielle Goldstein, Braverman’s daughter. “A priestess officiates in sacred rites but also serves the spiritual needs…
Kate Braverman, Who Wrote of Women on the Margins, Dies at 70
“Ms. Braverman possesses a magical, incantatory voice and the ability to loft ordinary lives into the heightened world of myth,” Michiko Kakutani wrote in her New York Times review of “Palm Latitudes” (1988), a novel about…