thursday, september 4 - thursday, september 11, 2014

Vol. 3, Issue 1

NEWS

Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty) will be the keynote poet at next year's Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900.

PUBLICATION

Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) has poems in the current issue of 6 x 6, Ugly Duckling Presse.

Susan L. Lin (MFAW '13) contributes her piece "Brief Spaces of Light" to Treehouse Magazine.

KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) is happy to say Friends costars reunited, minus the boys, as well as The Little Rascals costars, to recreate scenes from the film.

Alex Vikmanis (MFAW '10) has a piece, "Preparation" in Chelsea Station Magazine.

MEDIA

Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) curated and hosted the third of this year's Bay Area Poetry Marathon series on Saturday August 30 at The Emerald Tablet. See video clips here.  

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs's (MFAW '08) poetry collection, TwERK, is reviewed on American Microreviews and Interviews.  

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 5: BBQ: Graduate Department presents the All-Grad BBQ, 5 - 8pm in the Hooper Courtyard. All graduate students and faculty welcome!

TUES 9: Opening: Wattis Institute presents their latest opening, 7 - 9pm at the Wattis (360 Kansas, SF)

OFF-SITE

FRI 5: Film Viewing/Performance: Small Press Distribution presents SPD Movie Night with Denise Newman (MFAW faculty), Tom Comitta (MFAW '11),  Erika Staiti, Black Hole with Sophia Wang and Brontez Purnell, Andrew Kenower with Book Of-Riot and King Tender, Nikolaos Omeros Koumoundouros, 7pm at Small Press Distribution (1341 7th Street, Berkeley) $5 - 10 suggested donation.

SAT 6: Reading: Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12) hosts Bernal Yoga Literary Series with Brittant Billmeyer-Finn, Andrew O. Dugas, Zack Haber, Alexandra Naughton, David Roderick, Jason Shenheit, music by Karlyn DeSteno, 7pm at 908 Cortland Ave., SF. FB Event

SAT 6: Reading: Live at 851 with Gillian Conoley, Julie Carr, Stuart Schuffman, Charlie Getter, Ctch Bsnss, 8pm at 849 Haight, SF. FB Event

MON 8: Info Session: Southern Exposure presents Alternative Exposure Grant Info Session #3, 6:30 - 8pm at Southern Exposure (3030 20th St., SF) FB Event

COMING UP  

9/12: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Monica Wesolowska, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

9/13: Reading: Babylon Salon presents Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), Beth Nguyen, Nona Caspers, Evan Karp, Mimi Lok, 6pm at Cantina SF (580 Sutter, SF)

9/19: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Matthew Zapruder, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

9/21: Radio Interview: Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) will be interviewed on Poet as Radio, 11:30am - 12:30pm, live on KUSF.

9/24-25: Reading: Scott Esposito from the Art of Translation will moderate a discussion between Danish author Naja Marie Aidt and her translator, Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) on her new book Baboon, 7:00pm Diesel Books in Oakland (5433 College Ave), 9/24, 7:30pm at Booksmith in SF (1644 Haight St) 9/25.

9/26: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Ru Freeman, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

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)

10/1: Reading: HearSay presents poet Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), 7:30-9:00 pm at A2 Cafe on the Oakland campus (5212 Broadway at College Avenue)

10/3: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Ben Lerner, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

10/10 - 18: Reading: LITQUAKE Literary Festival (San Francisco)

10/14: Reading: LITQUAKE presents California College of the Arts, MFA Program in Writing with Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), Jordan Karnes (MFAW '12), Vernon Keeve III (MFAW '13), Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), and Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd Street, SF)

10/17: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Andrew Sean Greer, 6:00pm in Timken Lecture Hall (1111 8th Street, SF)

10/24: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with David Lida, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

10/26: Class: Writer Vanessa Hua teaches a class at the Writers Grotto on how to land a writing/reporting fellowship. (San Francisco) more info

10/31: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Miranda Mellis, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

10/31: Reading: Fright Night III, readers TBD, 6:00pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/7: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Michelle Richmond, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/14: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Julia Fierro, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/21: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Brock Clarke, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/27-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK