Vol. 2, Issue 44
NEWS
Congratulations to Ruth Ellen Kocher! Her book domina Un/blued won the 2014 PEN Open Book Award. Poems from the book were previously published in Eleven Eleven #8.
PUBLICATION
Ishmael Reed (WRLIT faculty) has a recent article in The Nation about why we're shocked by white heroin use.
Follow Jenny Goldsmith (MFAW '13) as she travels the country researching for her book on school and gun violence.
Keiran King (MFAW '16) has a new article on Jamaica's The Gleaner about deeper meaning, or lack thereof.
Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) has a new work, SENT on Invisible Venue which is both available for free download and purchasable in two volumes.
A new piece by Susan L. Lin (MFAW '13) is up on The Gambler, "I've Paid the Same Amount at a Motel 6 Before."
MEDIA
An article by Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair) about mainstream critics failing writers of color has initiated some responses to that question from the community.
Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) was recently profiled in Elective Affinities, a cooperative anthology of contemporary US poetry.
ON-CAMPUS
OFF-SITE
THUR 7: Reading: One Lone Pear Tree, curated by Leonard Crosby (MFAW '12), Jordan Karnes (MFAW '12), Vernon Keeve, III (MFAW '13), Nancy Au, 7:15 - 11pm, 1953 McAllister, SF. FB Event
THUR 7: Reading: Quiet Lightning presents Neighborhood Heroes with Yiyun Li, Peter Orner, Katie Crouch, Matthew Zapruder, Norma Cole, Sarah Griffin, Lauren Traetto, Peter Bullen, Moneta Goldsmith, 6pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission, SF). FB Event
SAT 9: Play: Moving Women presents OUT of CONTROL (a play about domestic violence), written/directed by Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), 8pm at the Good Hope School, Savage Theatre (107 Estate Whim, Frederisksted, Virgin Islands). more info
SAT 9: Reading: Quiet Lightning presents at the 25th Annual National Poetry Slam! with Moneta Goldsmith, Christian Phiffer, Karla Cordero, Siamak Vossoughi, Michael Cooper, Charlie Getter, Ashley Warren, Anitra Appa, Jon Sindell, Paul Corman-Roberts, 12:30pm at the Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Oakland (988 Broadway, OAK). FB Event
SUN 10: Reading: The Ceremony (around) Midnight: A Full Moon Reading, curated by Vernon Keeve, III (MFAW '13), 10pm at The Pergola at Lake Merrit (OAK). FB Event
COMING UP
8/16: Performance: Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd "Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project" including LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08), 5:30pm at Jazz Middelheim, Main Stage, Belgium TICKETS
8/19: Reading: Red Hen Press presents LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08), Douglas Kearney, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Andrea Scarpino, 7pm at Word for Word, Bryant Reading Room, 42 St. & 5th Ave, New York, NY 10110 more info
8/24: Reading: Subterranean Poetry Festival with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08), Brenda Coultas, Todd Colby, Cecilia Vicuña, hosted by Edwin Torres, 1 - 4pm at The Widow Jane Mine, Century House Historical Society, 668 Route 213, Rosendale, NY 12472
8/26: New Student Orientation, 3 - 5pm, Writers Studio
8/28: Reading: Writing Without Walls: When I Was Young, readers TBD, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore, SF)
8/30: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon curated Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Megan Breiseth, Trevor Calvert, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Edward Foster, Andrew Joron, Ben Mirov, Colin Partch (MFAW '14/MA '15), Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
9/1: LABOR DAY: Campus Closed
9/26 - 27: CCA Alumni Association presents 2014 CCA Alumni Weekend, activities on both the OAK and SF campus. more info
9/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon presents 100 Thousand Poets For Change curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Natalie Catasús (MFAW '14/MA '15), Maxine Chernoff, Johnny Hernandez, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Monica Storss, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
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