Vol. 2, Issue 2
NEWS
Criminal Class Press (Kevin Whiteley [MFAW '09], Editor in Chief) is holding a contest in honor of National Banned Book Week, September 22nd-28th, aimed at high school students age 14-19. If you know any interested high schoolers they can email amber@criminalclasspress.com for information and guidelines.
Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) is getting a lot of wonderful press (see below!) on his latest collection of short stories, Stay Up With Me. He's doing numerous Bay Area events this week (see below!) so go check him out!
PUBLICATION
Max A. Cherney (MFAW '11) has a new article out about mental health services in San Mateo County in the San Francisco Examiner.
KQED Pop bloggers Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on the day River Phoenix died and memory; David Aloi (MFAW '09) on The National.
MEDIA
Tom Barbash's (MFAW Faculty) book Stay Up With Me is reviewed by Stephan Lee of Entertainment Weekly, Clancy Martin of The New York Times, Benjy Hansen-Bundy of MotherJones and is mentioned by Georgia Rowe in San Jose Mercury News.
Get to know one of our November MFAW Writers Series visitors, Sheri Fink, as The New York Times discusses her book, Five Days at Memorial.
Max Delgado (MFAW '07) interviews Superman scribe and illustrator Dan Jurgens for his site, The Longbox Project.
ON-CAMPUS
WED 11: Opening Reception: Working Title, process-based projects by CCA faculty including Rebekah Bloyd (MFAW faculty) and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), 5:30-7:3pm at Oliver Art Gallery (OAK)
THU 12: Second Years Students, Thesis Meeting, 11am, the Writers Studio
FRI 13: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Andrew Lam, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
OFF-SITE
WED 11: Reading: Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) and Ann Packer, 7:30pm at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore (2904 College Avenue, Berkeley)
THU 12: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Kate Greenstreet and Sara Mumolo, 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
THU 12: Reading: One Lone Pear Tree presents Poet Under Saturn: An Evening with Paul Verlaine channeled by Phil Lumsden (MFAW '14), 6pm (1953 McAllister St, SF)
THU 12: Reading/Discussion: Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty)/Stay Up with Me- in conversation with McSweeney's Jordan Bass, 7:30pm at The Booksmith (1644 Haight St, SF)
FRI 13: Reading: Spotlight Event featuring Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), 6:30pm at Copperfield's Books (140 Kentucky St, Petaluma)
SAT 14: Grand Opening: Temescal in Situ, a neighborhood visual art-poetry project installation and reception featuring Patrick Newson (MFAW '15), Sara Biel, Tonia Herrero, Kevin Demery, Brittany Noelle Horner, Alejandro Palacios, Thomas Walden Levy, and John Oliver Simon, 3pm at Temescal Library (5205 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)
SUN 15: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Nicole Trigg, Lourdes Figueroa, Wendy Trevino, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
THU 19: Reading: MFA Mixer 2.0: Seven Hail Marys featuring Peter Burghardt, Portia Elan, Gillian Hamel, Sarah Heady, Dough Henderson, Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14), Zack Ravas (MFAW '15), Unique Robinson Mills and Von Torres, 6:30pm at The Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)
COMING UP
9/20: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Julie Carr, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
9/20-21: Opening Reception: Secret Lives, a two-person exhibition featuring Kevin Killian (MFAW Faculty) and Edie Fake, 7-9pm at the Night Club (2017 W Moffat St, Suite 1, Chicago)
9/21: Reading: Sonoma County Book Festival, "The Immigrant Experience Panel" featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), 1:30-2:30pm at Santa Rosa Junior College Campus (Bertolini Student Center, Doyle Library and Student Quad)
9/20: Fundraiser: Litquake is hosting a fundraiser, "Get Lit-Get Lucky," a singles event of mingling and a literary interpretation of the old "Dating Game" show with un-coupled gay, lesbian, and hetero authors as the objects of desire, 7pm at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa St, SF) (TICKETS)
9/21: Reading: Jai Bhim International presents An Evening of Poetry and Prose, readings to benefit Dalit Youth in India, featuring Pia Chatterjee, Genny Lim, Kenneth Wong, and Nellie Wong, 8pm at The San Francisco Buddhist Center (37 Bartlett St near 21st and Valencia, SF)
9/21: Reading: Lone Glen featuring Tiff Dressen, Ellen Lake, Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) and Hazel White (MFAW '05), 3:30pm (3132 Harrison Street, Oakland)
9/21: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), featuring Cedar Sigo, Mary Burger and Writer-In-Residence Maisha Z. Johnson, 5pm at Aggregate Space Gallery (801 W. Grand Ave, Oakland)
9/22: Reading: Valley Contemporary Poets present Mari L'Esperance and Caroline Goodwin (MFAW Faculty), 4:30pm at Beyond Baroque (681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA)
9/23: Reading: Generations, founding curators are Charles Kruger and Sandra Wassilie, guest curator for the debut is Donna de la Perrière (MFAW Faculty), at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno St, SF)
9/26: Reading: Writing Without Walls: Dog Days, featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Jennifer Kulbeck, Ben Bellizzi, Katie Tandy, Sandra Wassilie, and Siamak Vossoughi, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
9/27: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Hugh Behm-Steinberg and Caroline Goodwin (both MFAW Faculty), 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
9/28: Reading: 100,000 Poets For Change/Bay Area Poetry Marathon joint event: featuring Julian Talamantez Brolaski, J.P. Dancing Bear, Zack Haber, Bill Hughes (MFAW '13), Elaine Barry Kahn, Even Karp, Joseph Lease (MFAW Faculty), Mariam Dubovik Lease, Erica Lewis and Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW Faculty), at The Writers Studio (SF)
9/28: Reading: 100, 000 Poets For Change: hosted by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW Faculty), featuring California Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young (MFAW Faculty), Linda E Norton, Mary Mackey, 4:30pm at Ocean Art Gallery and Laura Masko, Sherri Rose-Walker and Matt Shears (MFAW Faculty), 6pm at Florey's Book Company (150 Eureka Square, Pacifica)
9/30: Artist Talk: Mark di Suvero and Poets in Conversation featuring Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Victor di Suvero, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Hugo Garcia Manriquez, Richard O. Moore and Frances Richard, 7pm at the SFJAZZ Center (201 Franklin St, SF) ($10 general admission/ $7 members, seniors and students)
10/3: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Joshua Clover, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Rachel Levitsky and Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW alum), 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
10/4: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Latasha Diggs (MFAW '08) and Hazel White (MFAW '05), 4:30pm at the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
10/4: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Edward Dorn's Collected Poems, with Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, 7:30pm at Subterranean Arthouse (2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley) ($10/$5)
10/6: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Rachel Levitsky and Heriberto Yepez 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
10/11-12: Building an Artist's Life, a two-day symposium open to CCA students and alumni that will address what it means to be a working arts professional, focusing on career options and essential skills, RSVP to secure your spot! (OAK)
10/13: Reading: Litquake Event, "Off the Richter Scale: Iranian Voices", featuring Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Persis Karim, Jasmin Darznik, Shideh Etaat, and Ari Siletz, 11am at Hotel Rex (562 Sutter Street, SF)
10/14: Reading: Litquake Event, Quiet Lightning's 50th show with Sean Labrador y Manzano, Kelly Egan, Ken Grobe, Naomi Goldner, Davy Carren, Charlie Getter, Jennifer Cheng, Neil Carman, Kai Carlson-Wee, Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), Janet Frishberg, Mira Martin-Parker and Jason Schenheit, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers (100 John F Kennedy Dr, SF)
10/15: Reading: curated by Matthew James DeCoster, works by Nick Johnson (MFAW '12), Martha Grover (MFAW '11) and SB Stokes, Zarina Zabrisky, and Hollie Hardy (all Eleven Eleven contributors) and Juli C. Lasselle, Amy Thigpen, Tim Toaster Henderson, and Joel Landmine, time TBD at the Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
10/17: Reading: Litquake Event, "Flight of Poets" with Kazim Ali, Sophie Cabot Black, Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Maxine Chernoff, Keith Ekiss, and Joseph Lease (MFAW Faculty), 7pm at Hotel Rex (562 Sutter St, SF)
10/18: Reading: MFAW Writers Series with LitQuake presents Mary Gaitskill, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (CCA 1111 8th St, SF)
10/18: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Yusef Komunyakaa, 7:30pm at McRoskey Mattress Company (1687 Market St at Gough, SF) ($10/$5)
10/19: Reading: Litquake Event, "The Art of the Short Story"panel featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Lucy Corin, Carolyn Cooke, Valerie Fioravanti, and Jason K. Friedman, 4pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS)
10/19: Reading: LitCrawl with Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Gloria Frym (MFAW Faculty), Matthew Iribarne (MFAW Faculty), Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07), Ryan Funk (MFAW '12), 6pm at Mission Cheese (736 Valencia) MORE INFO
10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, The Catamaran Literary Reader with Judith Serin (MFAW Faculty) and others, 8:30 - 9:30pm at the Red Poppy Art House (2698 Folsom, SF)
10/19: Panel: LitCrawl, a panel of translators featuring Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) 8:30-9:30pm at Love & Luxe (1169 Valencia St, SF)
10/19: Reading: Lit Crawl, Bang Out Volume XXII: "Song" featuring Shandy Walton (MFAW '14) 7:15-8:15pm at Deepistan National Parklet (937 Valencia St, SF)
10/20: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Christopher Russell and Matthew Gordon, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
10/22: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Prem Krishnamurthy, 7pm in Timken
10/24: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley "Open Workshop", 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
10/24: Reading: Writing Without Walls, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
10/25: Reading: Fright Night 2: The Revenge, readers TBA, time TBA (Writers Studio)
10/26: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley and Leish Ellingham, 7:30pm at the Meridian Gallery (535 Powell St, SF) ($10/$5)
10/31: HALLOWEEN
11/1: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Tom Barbash (MFAW Faculty), 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Fred Moten, 5pm TBD (SF)
11/13: Forum: VCS Forum presents Women in Comix Then and Now, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)
11/14: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Rick Moody, 7pm in the Writers' Studio (SF) RSVP
11/14: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Rick Moody, 7pm in the Writers' Studio (SF) RSVP
11/14: Reading: The Poetry Center presents a Tribute to Jayne Cortez with Robin D.G. Kelley in conversation with Justin Desmangles, 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
11/15: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Tom Bissell, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/17: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Robert Kocik, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
11/19: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Hito Steyerl, 7pm in Timken (SF)
11/28: THANKSGIVING
12/1: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Jared Stanley and Christian Hawkey 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
12/5: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Amy Seimetz and Miriam Bale, 7pm in Timken (SF)
12/13: Last day of the Fall 2013 semester
12/15: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Amanda Davidson and Jaime Cortez, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
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