wednesday, november 27 - thursday, december 5, 2013

Vol. 2, Issue 13

NEWS

Ishmael Reed (MFAW visiting faculty)'s seventh play, "The Final Version," opens Off-Broadway at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, opening December 12th for 22 performances.

PUBLICATION

Elizabeth Block (MFAW '02/MFA '03) has a new book of poetry, Celluloid Salutations, from BlazeVOX.

David E. Mitchell (MFAW '11) has a new story, "A Night in Sofia" published in the first issue of Blank Fiction Magazine.

Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) has a new prose piece, "Mother May I" in the new issue of The Minnesota Review, and an essay in the new anthology, The Heart of All That Is:  Reflections on Home, from Holy Cow! Press.

KQED Pop blogger Laura Schadler (MFAW '07)  on pop culture you can be thankful for, and Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) with a crash course for The Hunger Games.

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) has a poem, "Back Street" up on Samizdat Literary Journal.

MEDIA

Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) is interviewed by Sara Wintz on The Poetry Foundation's blog, Harriet.

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding writer's block and being San Mateo's 1st Poet Laureate.

Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty)'s Stay Up With Me and his new project is discussed by Georgia Rowe of San Jose Mercury News.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) posted a Q&A with writer Eric Bronson, Carrie Cross and Marina Peralta on her W³ Sidecar blog.

ON-CAMPUS

THU 28: THANKSGIVING [CCA will be closed both Thursday and Friday]

WED 4: Forum: VCS Forum presents Julian Carter (CCA faculty), 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)

CANCELLATION: THU 5: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Amy Seimetz and Miriam Bale, 7pm in Timken (SF)

OFF-SITE

SAT 30: Reading: Press Works on Paper presents Anvhu Buchanan, Donald Dunbar, Geraldine Kim and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty) 7:30pm at Press: Works on Paper (3108 24th St, SF)

SAT 30: Reading: Saturday Night Special: A Feasting, featuring Sarah Fran Wisby and Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, with open mic sign up, 7pm at Nick's Lounge ( 3218 Adeline St, Berkeley)

SUN 1: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Jared Stanley and Christian Hawkey 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)

WED 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)

THU 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)

COMING UP  

12/6: Release Party: Samizdat Journal, 8pm in the Writers Studio. Details TBD.

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)

12/7: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Anhvu Buchanan, Heather June Gibbons, Scott Hutchins, Jesse Loesberg, Nina Schuyler, Moazzam Sheikh, Susanna Solomon and Monica Wesolowska, 8pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Ave, SF)

12/11: Release Party: Humble Pie Vol. 9 release party, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

12/12: Reading: Writing Without Walls: SPIRITS, readers TBA, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore 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)