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)