Writer-in-Residence Workshop: Stories about Place In-Person

Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Mark Arax has spent decades chronicling the soul of California through essays, history, biography, and investigative reporting. Join us as he presents a workshop on writing "Stories about Place."

Pre-reading: 

Arax, Mark. In California’s Heartland, a New Resistance Movement is Taking Root: The California Issue. New York Times. June 1, 2023. (If off-campus, connect via the VPN for access.)

Note: We have a limited number of parking spots available for community members in LeGrand Lot.

Event Sponsors: School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) and the UC Merced Library

Related LibGuide: Writer in Residence 2025-26: Mark Arax by Sara Davidson Squibb

Date:

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Time:

3:30pm - 5:30pm

Time Zone:

Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)

Location:

COB2-170

Audience:

  Campus Community     Campus Faculty & Staff     Graduate Students     Undergraduates  

Categories:

  Workshop