Ventura College English and Writing Program

04/09/2022

Join us for the 2022 Diversity in Culture Festival on April 11-14 for online and in-person events hosted by Ventura College and Oxnard College. To see the full schedule, please check out our website: https://www.venturacollege.edu/community/diversity-in-culture

For more information:
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12/31/2021

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” ~Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Happy New Year!

10/20/2021

"You can make anything by writing." -C.S. Lewis

09/19/2021

“Momaday’s work deserves our investigation because his words, those he speaks and those he writes, belong to the storyteller, who, by Momaday’s definition, ‘orders his words.’ The very act of telling a story ‘is an act of sheer transcendence.’”

Terry Tempest Williams writes about her decades-long friendship with N. Scott Momaday, the power of his work, and what can be done to atone for ecological destruction.

07/19/2021

It's true!!! 42% of our classes have ZERO costs for textbooks. 🙌 Part of the reason for this success is our extensive lending library with textbooks available in both English and Spanish.

Ventura College is committed to helping students by not only offering affordable and flexible classes, but we actively work to assist our students with reaching their goals by removing common financial barriers they may face on their journey to obtaining a college education.

Enroll now for the Fall Semester ➡️ https://bit.ly/02VCEnroll

07/01/2021

Textbooks are FREE in Summer & Fall 2021 for English, Math and many of your important classes.

Textbooks are FREE in Summer & Fall 2021 for English, Math and many of your important classes. See the list below. English ENGL V01A - English Composition ENGM V02 & V03 - English for Multilingual Students ESL Classes (All) Mathematics MATH V04 - College Algebra (online textbook CODE)

06/24/2021

Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) is the Pulitzer winner in fiction for her novel The Night Watchman, and Natalie Diaz (Mohave and Gila River Indian Community) is the winner in poetry for her collection of poems Postcolonial Love Poem.

Native American writers Louise Erdrich and Natalie Diaz were named winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in the categories of fiction and poetry — also included was Marty Two Bulls Sr. who was named a finalist in editorial cartooning June 11.

05/22/2021

Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a second-generation Vietnamese American from Sacramento, California, who sees poetry both as a means to self-expression and social justice. https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/alexandra-huynh-18-new-national-youth-poet-laureate/103-4d698382-e91a-43f3-8f40-ccc2602c6121?fbclid=IwAR0-uJeZtu8imJ8VRE-r7ujROJL5uQuvl9ckSKF5ce-wpy_6w4QzJ9YWR1c

Alexandra Huynh, 18, is a second-generation Vietnamese American from Sacramento, California, who sees poetry both as a means to self-expression and social justice.

05/02/2021

“Never let pride or laziness prevent you from learning, improving your work, changing its direction when necessary. Persistence is essential...persistence to finish your work, to keep writing in spite of rejection, to keep reading, writing, submitting work...”

–– Octavia E. Butler

03/23/2021