wednesday, january 29 - thursday, february 6, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 20

NEWS

We started a Twitter handle! Follow and engage with us here: @CCAMFAWriting

PUBLICATION

Max Cherney (MFAW '11) has a new piece, "Google Buses Must Pay," in Vice's tech arm, Motherboard.

Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13) has three poems in Issue 15 of Dusie.

Ishmael Reed (MFAW faculty) has an article, "Ishmael Reed on the Life and Death of Amiri Baraka," on the Wall Street Journal's blog, Speakeasy.

Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty), Les Gottesman (MFAW '11), Ben Mirov (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor) and  Zoe Tuck (Writing & Lit) all have work in Issue 18 of TextSound, curated by Adam Fagin (MFAW '11).

Janey Smith (MFAW) has a piece, "This is REAL LIFE: Michael Hessel--Mial Reports on John Roger's New Book," on HTMLGIANT.

KQED Pop bloggers Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on 7 Bands You Really Should Be Listening To and Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW' 09) on KitTea Cat Cafe and SF Sketchfest 2014.

Stephen Leeper (MFAW '15) will have a story published in anthology, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy to be released on February 4th. See below for interview and book launch info!

Susan L. Lin (MFAW '13) has three micro-fictions in the latest issue of MadHat Annual.

MEDIA

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs' (MFAW '08) Twerk is listed #5 on Coldfront's Top 40 Poetry Books of 2013.

Max Delgado (MFAW '07) interviews creator Steve Niles on The Longbox Project.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) posted Q&A's with writer Denise Barry on her W³ Sidecar

Stephen Leeper (MFAW '15) was recently interviewed as a contributor to anthology, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy. See below for book launch info!

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 31: MFAW Writers Series presents Danzy Senna, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

FRI 31: Reading: The MFAW 1st Student Reading of Spring 2014, open mic, 6pm at the MFA Writing Writers' Studio (SF)

SAT 1: Edit-a-thon: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: San Francisco, hosted by CCA Wattis, 12pm-4pm at Wattis (350 Kansas,SF) (INFO/SIGN UP)

OFF-SITE

FRI 31: Reading: Impromptu Crow, Spontaneous Storks featuring Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), Jessamyn Lyn Pattison, Mg Roberts, Paul Corman-Roberts, open mic to follow, 5:30pm at the Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)

SAT 1: Reading: Hearts Desire Reading Series featuring Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13), Taylor Brady and Erica Lewis, 8pm at The Public School (2141 Broadway, Oakland)

SAT 1: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kimberly Grey, Scott Lambridis, Eric Raymond, Kai Carlson-Wee and musician Jade Way, 7:30pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Ave, SF)

TUE 4: Reception: Celebration of San Mateo County's first Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), 5:30-7:30pm at San Mateo Main Library (55 West Third Ave, San Mateo) (RSVP)

COMING UP  

2/7: MFAW Writers Series presents Natalie Baszile, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/7: Reading/Launch Party: Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, featuring editors Ayesha Mattu & Nura Maznavi, writers Stephen Leeper (MFAW '14), Randy Nasson, Mohammed Shamma, Sam Pierstorff and Ramy Eletreby and comedian/MC Zahra Noorbakhsh, 7pm at CIIS (1453 Mission St, SF) (TICKETS)

2/8: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series featuring John Sakkis, Chris Kerr and Writer-in-Residence Niki Korth, curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), 5pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland)

2/8: Reading: The Other Fabulous Reading Series featuring Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) and Karen Penley, 7-9pm at The Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)

2/8: Reading: Live at 851 featuring Rauan Klassnik, Alana Siegel, Steven Seidenberg and TJ Lyons, 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight Street, SF)

2/12: Reading/Release Party: Eleven Eleven Issue #16 Release Party, featuring D.Scott Miller, Brandon Brown and others TBA, 7:30pm at the MFA Writing Writers' Studio (SF)

2/14: First Draft of Thesis Due to Committee Members

2/21: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/21: Reading: MFAW 2nd Student Reading, readers TBA, 6pm at the MFA Writing Writers' Studio (SF)

2/27: AWP: Anthology, featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Alexander Chee, Paul Lisicky, Cari Luna and Vanessa Veselka, 9pm at Sam's Tavern (1024 E Pike St, Seattle)

2/27: Reading: Writing Without Walls: TAINTED LOVE, readers TBA, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

3/4: Reading/Release Party: Eleven Eleven Issue #16 Release Party, featuring Kate Robinson, Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07), Lewis Ellingham, Kenneth Wong and Emily Meg Weinstein, 7:30pm at City Lights (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)

3/7: Reading: MFAW 3rd Student Reading, readers TBA, 6pm at the MFA Writing Writers' Studio (SF)

3/10-14: Thesis Candidacy Review Meetings

3/14: MFAW Writers Series presents Julie Patton, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF)

3/24-28: SPRING BREAK

4/11: Final Unbound Thesis Due

4/17: MFAW Writers Series presents Akhil Sharma, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF)

4/18: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA's MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)

4/24: Graduate Lecture Series presents Anne Carson, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (SF) more info

4/25: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA's MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)

5/2: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA's MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)

5/5-9: Final Thesis Review Meetings

wednesday, january 22 - thursday, january 30, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 18

PUBLICATION

Carol Gore (MFAW '08) has a new piece, "Anson Mills Fires its Copywriter," in Volume 20.1 of Fourteen Hills.

Max Cherney (MFAW '11) has a new piece, "I Went On a Police Ride-Along in San Francisco's Worse Neighborhood," in Vice.

KQED Pop bloggers Alex Vikmanis (MFAW '10) asking if pop music has revolution potential and Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW' 09) on Looking , music updates and 3 Documentaries That Will Change Your Life.

MEDIA

Check out the online edition of the latest Writing Book, an anthology of theses selections from the graduating class of 2013! Hard copies to be mailed out shortly.

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs' (MFAW '08) Twerk is reviewed in NewPages Book Reviews.

Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) is interviewed by David Buuck of Bombsite, and her book, Cunt Norton is reviewed by Andrew Ketcham in New Orleans Review and micro-reviewed by Adam Fitzgerald in The American Reader.

Joseph Lease's (MFAW faculty) poem, "Free Again" is mentioned in ArtsBeat in the New York Times.

ON-CAMPUS

WED 22: Lecture: Infinite Versioning: lecture by David Reinfurt, 7pm at Timken (SF)

THU 23: Exhibition: Opening Reception for Codex and Hiller/ Martin: Provisional Realities, 6:30-8:30pm at Wattis (SF)

OFF-SITE

WED 22: Launch Party: Kirstin Chen/Soy Sauce for Beginners Launch Party

with special guest interviewer Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), 7:30pm at the Booksmith (1644 Haight St, SF)  

WED 22: Reading/Performance: Word Performances featuring Nato Green, Zahra Noorbakhsh, Todd Siegel, Tim Toaster Henderson, Sylvie Simmons, Simon Rogghe, Claire Zager, Erma Kyriakos, Doug Cordell, Cybele Zufolo Siegel and Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor), 8pm at The Lost Church (65 Capp St at 16th and Mission, SF)

THU 23: Reading: Writing Without Walls: BEGIN AGAIN featuring Marcus Lund, Jane McDermott, Melusina Gomez, Jon Sindell, Rosemary Griggs, Tomas Moniz and music by Steven Gray, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

FRI 24: Reading: Peninsula Literary Series featuring Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) and Harriet Chessman, Lucy Alford, Bob Dickerson, Carolyn Dille, Neetal Parekh and guest artist Debbie Bakker, 7pm at Gallery House (320 South California Ave, Palo Alto)

COMING UP  

1/31: MFAW Writers Series presents Danzy Senna, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

1/31: Reading: Impromptu Crow, Spontaneous Storks featuring Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), Jessamyn Lyn Pattison, Mg Roberts, Paul Corman-Roberts, open mic to follow, 5:30pm at the Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)

2/4: Reception: Celebration of San Mateo County's first Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), 5:30-7:30pm at San Mateo Main Library (55 West Third Ave, San Mateo) (RSVP)

2/1: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kimberly Grey, Scott Lambridis, Eric Raymond, Kai Carlson-Wee and musician Jade Way, 7:30pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Ave, SF)

2/8: Reading: Live at 851 featuring Rauan Klassnik, Alana Siegel, Steven Seidenberg and TJ Lyons, 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight Street, SF)

2/7: MFAW Writers Series presents Natalie Baszile, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/21: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/27: AWP: Anthology, featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Alexander Chee, Paul Lisicky, Cari Luna and Vanessa Veselka, 9pm at Sam's Tavern (1024 E Pike St, Seattle)

2/27: Reading: Writing Without Walls: TAINTED LOVE, readers TBA, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)