Timothy Hampton

Timothy Hampton teaches literature at the University of California, Berkeley. A translator and prize-winning scholar of the romance languages, he has written widely about literature and culture. He is the author of "Bob Dylan, How the Songs Work" (2022) and "Cheerfulness, A Literary and Cultural History" (2022). His powerful new memoir, "Trespasser: A Story of Class, Poverty and Education in the American Desert" will be out in February 2027.