Call for Proposals and Submissions
On behalf of the editorial board of Boom California, published by University of California Press, we seek proposals from scholars, students, and writers of California culture who wish to help cultivate...
View ArticleBoom Receptions and Readings in February
Come out this month to meet some of our writers and join us for a celebration of the final print issue of Boom as we transition into the digital world as part of the resistance. We’ll be rolling out...
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Jonathan Gold and Oliver Wang at the Autry in Los Angeles Food and Ethnicity: A Conversation about L.A. Tuesday, September 5th 7:00 p.m. Dinner 7:30 p.m. Program Begins Join us in L.A. for our first...
View ArticleUndocumented California: An Evening of Readings and Music
Gather with us Thursday 5 October in Tijuana at Cine Tonalá for an evening of friendship, readings, and music, entering the complex realities brought to us by the California/Mexico border. Co-sponsored...
View ArticleBoom Spring Southern California Event: Vietnamese California
Please join us Wednesday, March 7th, 7-9 p.m. in Orange County’s Little Saigon for a discussion with best-selling authors Thi Bui and Andrew Lam, today’s chroniclers of Vietnamese California. Bill...
View ArticleGender|Sex|Sexuality & California
Boom California seeks proposals for a series of essays on the theme, “Gender, Sex, Sexuality & California: part of the problem & solution.” We expect this to consist of a range of features...
View ArticleWelcoming Boom’s New Editorial Team
Curating California’s rich culture is a task held exclusively by no individual. Amid California’s many wonders and challenges, we learn much from its great luminaries, from creative writers and...
View ArticleWelcoming Our New Editor
As long-time readers of Boom California, it has been an honor to work with artists, writers, poets, student interns, and scholars to think deeply about California’s past, present, and future. Raised...
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