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