Vol. 1, Issue 28
NEWS
Criminal Class Review: Volume 6 is now available! Kevin Whiteley (MFAW alum) is Editor in Chief of Criminal Class Press. You can purchase a copy here.
PUBLICATION
KQED Pop blog has a notable alumni writing for them: Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) on Arrested Development, and Fraggles and mortality; David Aloi (MFAW '09) on film critics; and Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on the lovely month of April.
ON-CAMPUS
WED 10: Discussion: David Shields visiting Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty)'s CNF Workshop, 4 - 6pm in the Writers Studio (SF)
THU 11: Opening: Tear It Out curated by Serena Cole with work by Mark Benson, Libby Black, Marissa Botelho, Mia Christopher, Seth Curcio, William Emmert, Wes Fanelli, Rachel Foster, Bean Gilsdorf, Julie Henson, Sarah Hotchkiss, Courtney Johnson, Kara Joslyn, Sarah Kim, Danielle Lawrence, Marcus Lee, Ace Lehner, Justin Limoges, Brigid Mason, Maysha Mohamedi, Matt Momchilov, David M. Morini (MFAW alum), Hilary Pecis, Tahiti Pehrson, Andrea Roelandt, Maja Ruznic, Josh Sachs, Denali Schmidt, Emily Tareila, Mark Taylor, Aaron Terry, Sarah Thibault, Tracy Timmins, Victoria Wagner, Marci Washington, Lindsey White, and Jake Ziemann, 6pm - 8pm in the Writers Studio (SF)
FRI 12: FRIDAY SEMINAR: Publishing Panel with Dominic Luxford and Jordan Bass from McSweeney's, Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon from Zyzzyva and Liz Parker from Counterpoint / Soft Skull Books, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (SF)
FRI 12: STUDENT READING: curated by Stephen Leeper (MFAW '14) with readings by Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum) and Della Watson and Tanika Thacker, Colin Partch, Stephen Leeper, Nora Toomey, Patrick Vannevel, Kat Croswell, Phil Lumsden (all MFAW '14) and D'Paul "Roca" Rockett (BFA ILUS / WRLIT) and Teshone Jones, 6pm in the Writers Studio (SF)
TUE 16: HearSay Reading Series: Shelby Hinte, Natasha McLachlan, Jessica Padilla and Sofia Greenberg (all BA WRLIT '13), 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)
OFF-SITE
WED 10: Wait, We Not Spanish?, curated and hosted by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW alum), featuring Michael Paul Britto, D'Lo, ariel robello, and Alexandro Segade, 6:30-8:30pm at El Museo del Barrio (1230 5th Ave, NY)
THU 11: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 4:30pm at Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles)
THU 11: Grinder.Readings, featuring Melissa Louise (MFAW '13), Scott Lambridis, and J de Salvo, 6:30-9pm at Telegraph Beer Garden (2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)
FRI 12: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at Skylight Books (1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles)
SAT 13: Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers co-edited by Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) and Persis Karim, 6pm at Golestan Kids (1808 5th Street,
Berkeley)
SAT 13: Women's National Book Association presents Pitch-O-Rama, meet agents, editors and publishers, 8am-12pm at Swiss Louis Restaurant (Pier 39, SF) Register HERE.
SUN 14: Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers co-edited by Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) and Persis Karim, 2pm at Kepler's Books (1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park)
SUN 14: UPB Poetry Reading, featuring Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty) and Peter Burghardt, 3:30-5pm at University Press Books (2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley)
MON 15: Porch Light presents: Quiet Lightning: storytelling mixed with writing featuring Moneta Goldsmith, Rachel Ann Brickner, Matthew Rodgers, Mario de la Vega, Katie Wheeler-Dubin, Allison Landa, Jan Richman, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Matt Pine, Charlie Getter, and Katie Carter at 8pm at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa Street, SF) (TICKETS)
WED 17: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 5pm at Cal State Fullerton (Fullerton)
THU 18: 2013 Sceptre Prize Nominees Reading with Graham Guest (MFAW '09) and other shortlisters, Glasgow
THU 18: Mixer 2.0: The Second Coming, featuring Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Sarah Bushman (MFAW '13), Mia Amir, Brittany Billmeyer-Finn, Genie Cartier, RJ ingram, Maisha Z. Johnson, Calvin Johnson Fantone, Jason Schenheit, SB Stokes, and July Westhale, 6:30pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom, SF)
COMING UP
4/19: Word.World with readings by MFA Writing graduates Kate Chianese, Amal Hassan, Chloé Veylit, Susan L. Lin, Sarah Bushman, Erin Ginder-Shaw (all MFAW '13) 7pm at Timken (SF)
4/19: THESIS: Final unbound draft due
4/19: WRITING BOOK: 25 page sample of work due
4/20: Voices Carry with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) and others, 5:30 - 8:30pm at the Center for the Art of Translation (582 Market, SF)
4/20: The Other Fabulous Reading Series: featuring Robert Gluck, Brandon Brown and Donald Dunbar, 4pm at The Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)
4/26: Word.World, with readings by MFA Writing graduates Jim Norrena, Jenn Virskus, Samina Chaudhry Hitch, Bill Hughes, Jill Tydor, Kristin Adochio (all MFAW '13) 7pm at Timken (SF)
4/28: Triple Publication Party: readings by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Maw Shein Win, Steve Gilmartin, 5-8pm at Actual Cafe (6334 San Pablo Ave, Oakland)
4/28: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at Bookshop Santa Cruz (1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz)
4/30: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)
5/3: Word.World, with readings by MFA Writing graduates Ariel Cohen, Jordan Rice-Sarantis, Ryan Buresh, Melissa Louise Kuhn, Jayo Miko Macasaquit, Autumn Darbrow, Vernon Keeve III (all MFAW '13) 7pm at Timken (SF)
5/3: Studio Lightning: A Special SF/East Bay Collaboration Between Quiet Lightning & Studio One, featuring a literary mixtape based on the poems of Adeena Karasick and Erica Lewis, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) and Nicole McFeely, at 7:30pm in the Studio One Auditorium (365 45th Street, Oakland)
5/3: Postmodern American Poetry: A group reading for the new 2nd edition of the Norton Anthology, with editor Paul Hoover and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), Will Alexander, Bill Berkson, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Clark Coolidge, Andre Joron, Michael McClure, K. Silem Mohammed, Laura Moriarty, Rusty Morrison, Michael Palmer, Stephen Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Robinson, and Aaron Shurin, 6:30pm at M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum (50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, SF)
5/3 - 9: THESIS FINAL REVIEW MEETINGS
5/4 Bernal Yoga Literary Series: Featuring readings by Indira Allegra, Tantra Bensko, Liz Demi Green, Charles Kruger, Brian Martin, and Kate Menzies, 8pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Avenue, SF) ($5 suggested donation)
5/7: HearSay Reading Series: Humble Pie Volume 8 Launch Party
5/9: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at GLBT History Museum (4127 18th Street, SF)
5/10: ENGAGE: Oakland School of the Performing Arts student Reading, 2:30pm (SF)
5/10: Last Day of the Spring 2013 semester
5/16: Reading: Readings at the Bookstore- Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society Launch Party, with Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law and more, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)
5/16: MFA EXHIBITION OPENING
5/18: CCA Commencement Ceremony
5/18: BANG OUT Volume XXI: "Bridges and Tunnels" at the Make Out Room (SF)
5/22: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30 at Olympia Timberland Library (313 8th Ave SE, Olympia)
5/24-27: East Bay Poetry Summit: 4 days of readings, talks and bbq at houses and houses and haunts of the east bay featuring Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco, and Uyen Hua (Oakland)
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