NEWS
Stephen Beal (CCA President) has a gallery showing, colored linens, from November 16 through December 21 at the George Lawson Gallery. See below for opening info.
It was announced in Publishers Marketplace that Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14)'s parenting manifesto on how to raise successful young adult's in the 21st century went to Barbara Jones at Holt at auction, for publication in Summer 2015. Congratulations Julie!
PUBLICATION
Adam Fagin (MFAW '11) has a chapbook out, T's Alphabet, published in Little Red Leaves' Textile Series.
Tom Comitta (MFAW '12) has a web book out, ◯ , on Ugly Duckling Presse.
MEDIA
Check out photos from last Friday's MFAW Writers Series with Sheri Fink!
Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) posted a Q&A with writer Ranbir Singh Sidhu on her W³ Sidecar blog.
Jim Kettner (MFAW '13)'s comic "Step Down" is mentioned in the review of As You Were, which took the #2 spot in the November print issue of Maximum Rocknroll.
Check out this YouTube video that highlights the MFAW Teaching Creative Writing course, part of the CCA ENGAGE program.
ON-CAMPUS
FRI 15: Reading: MFAW Fourth Student Reading featuring Julie Lythcott-Haims, Tanika Thacker, Nora Toomey, Shandy Walton, Zane Hawley, Alicia Franco (all MFAW '14), Phil Lumsden, Michael Burge, Nelson Rivera and Patrick Newson (all MFAW '15), 6pm at the Writers' Studio (SF)
TUE 19: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Hito Steyerl, 7pm in Timken (SF)
WED 20: Forum: VCS Forum presents Bernice Bing, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)
OFF-SITE
WED 13: Reading: The San Francisco Foundation's Annual Literary Award Reading with Cooley Windsor (MFAW faculty, ret.) Aja Couchois Duncan, Lisa Gray, Muthoni Kiarie, Earle McCartney, Danny Romero, Harold Terezon and MC'd by Aya de Leon, 6:30 - 8:30pm at the San Francisco Foundation (One Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400, SF) RSVP
WED 13: Reading: Quiet Lightning + The Center for the Art of Translation, featuring Melissa Chandler, Steven Westdahl, Kristina Sergeevna Ten, Emily Weinstein, Caroline Kessler, Gaston Yagmourian, Amy K. Bell and Julie Morse, curated by Katie Wheeler-Dubin, Lauren Traetto and Evan Karp, 7:30pm at The Lab (2948 16th Street, SF)
THU 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)
THU 14: Reading: Writing Without Walls: "Gratitude", featuring Calvin Fatone, Liz Demi Green, Terra Brigando, Siamak Vossoughi and Sarah Heady, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
THU 14: Reading: Great Weather for MEDIA presents: "The Understanding between Foxes and Light" featuring Jon Gelfand, Kit Kennedy, Richard Loranger, Mary Mackey, Jane Ormerod, Puma Perl and Julia Vinograd, plus open mic, 7-9:30pm at the Art House Gallery & Cultural Center (2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley) ($5 donation)
THU 14: Reading: Literary Death Match, Episode 51, starring Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 Contributor), Rabbi David Kasher, Nato Green, Ben Greenman, Rebecca Bortman, Josh Healey and Caitlin Roper , 6:30-9:30pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission St, SF) (TICKETS)
THU 14: Reading/Book Release: City Lights Books presents Trinh T. Minh-ha with discussion of her new book, D-Passage: The Digital Way, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco)
SAT 16: Reading: The Stonecutter's Union presents: "Til Death Do Us Part", featuring Benjamin McPherson Ficklin, Patrick VanNevel (MFAW' 14), Sarah Bushman (MFAW' 13), Annie O'Hare and Patrick Newson (MFAW '15), sounds by Casey Massman, 7:30pm at Moco Gallery, (371 17th St, Oakland)
SAT 16: Opening: George Lawson Gallery Opening, featuring Colored Linens by Stephen Beal (CCA President), 4-7pm at George Lawson Gallery (315 Potrero Ave, SF)
SUN 17: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Robert Kocik, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
MON 18: Tech Panel: The Bold Italic presents: "Digital Media", panel includes Matt Galligan, Co-founder and CEO of Circa; Evan Hansen, Editor at Medium and former Editor in Chief at Wired.com; Richard Koci Hernandez, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Emmy Award Winning Multimedia Journalist Justinne Sharrock, West Coast Editor at BuzzFeed; moderated by Laura Ramos, General Manager and Executive Producer for The Bold Italic, 6:30pm at SF Public Works (161 Erie St, SF) (INFO & TICKETS)
THU 21: Reading: MFA Mixer 2.0, featuring Patrick VanNevel (MFA '14), Sara Bushman (MFAW '13), Abbie Amadio, Warren Buchanan, Marygrace Burns, Stephanie Cieplinski, Inge Lamboo, Charlie Kennedy, Jared Roehrig and Nate Waggoner, 7pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)
THU 21: Reading: 851-in-Exile, featuring Kevin Sampsell, Elaine Kahn, Carleen Tibbetts and Lucy Tiven, at 9pm at Vacation (651 Larkin St, SF)
COMING UP
11/28: THANKSGIVING [CCA will be closed both Thursday and Friday]
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)
12/4: Forum: VCS Forum presents Julian Carter, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)
12/4: Reading: Moe's Books presents Trinh T. Minh-ha discussing her new book,
D-Passage: The Digital Way, 7:30pm at Moe's Bookstore (2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley)
12/5: Release Party: Zabrisky's Debut Novel Book Release: WE, MONSTERS, Zarina Zabrisky's (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor) debut novel, 7:30pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)
12/5: Holiday Party: Books & Booze and the Book Promotion Forum present a Holiday Party Extravaganza, door prizes, entertainment, and media guests, more info to come.
12/6: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event Page
12/7: Release Party: Zabrisky's Debut Novel Book Release: WE, MONSTERS, Zarina Zabrisky's (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor) debut novel, 7pm at Viracocha (998 Valencia St, 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)
