wednesday, december 3 - thursday, december 11, 2014

Vol. 3, Issue 14

NEWS

Congratulations to Kate Wudel (MFAW '06) for receiving a Pushcart Prize nomination from Fairy Tale Review for her story, "Halves and Wholes"!

PUBLICATION

Liz Mayorga (MFAW '13)  has a webcomic featured in Razorcake.

Janey Smith's (MFAW) 3 Poems for Alix Tichelman appear in Hobart.

MEDIA

Entropy has named Dodie Bellamy's (MFAW faculty) book, The TV Sutras, one of best nonfiction books of 2014.

ON CAMPUS

FRI 5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Gillian Conoley, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

FRI 5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #5, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

TUE 9: CCA Graduate Student Alliance presents the last DisCo 4.0 of the semester, featuring work by Gabriele Dow (MFAW '16), Pablo Alvarez (Fine Art 2016), and Leah Meyerholtz (Design 2016), 7pm in the Hooper Atrium. FB Event

WED 10: Reading: HearSay Reading Series launches Humble Pie Volume 11, 7:30 - 9:15pm in Nahl Hall (5212 Broadway, OAK) MORE INFO

OFF CAMPUS

WED 3: Reading: Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) takes part in Shadows of Swedish Cars and Other Stories From the Freeway, along with Inger Wold Lund, Kate Robinson, and Paul Ebenkamp, 7pm at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore (410 13th St., OAK)

THUR 4: Reading: UC Berkeley's Story Hour features Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), 5-6pm at Morrison Library (101 Doe Library, UC Berkeley) FB Event

THUR 4: Reading: The 5th Annual East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest kicks off their event with readings by Nomi Kane, Ari Perezdiez (of La Bola de Cristal), Silver Sprocket, Red Velvet, D.B. Elsa (of La Lemon Chemistry) and Sarah Godfrey, 7:30 - 9:30pm at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore (410 13th St, OAK)

FRI 5: Reading: Literary Death Match, featuring Maisha Z. Johnson, Janine Kovac, Ali Eteraz, and John Leary, 6:30pm at Elbo Room (647 Valencia St., SF) $10 at door

SAT 6: Literary Event: 5th Annual East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest, 10am - 5pm at Berkeley City College (2050 Center St.) MORE INFO

SAT 6: Performance: Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty) and devorah major perform poetry with harpist Destiny Muhammad, 8pm at EastSide Arts Alliance (2277 International Blvd, OAK) FB Event

THUR 11: Reading: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from her book, An Indigenous People's History of the United States, 7pm at Green Apple Books and Music (506 Clement, SF)

FB Event

THUR 11: Reading: Photographer Michael Light presents his new book, Lake Las Vegas/Black Mountain, with an introduction by Rebecca Solnit, 7pm at Green Arcade Books (1680 Market St., SF)

COMING UP  

12/13: Hazel White (MFAW '05) takes part in a solo reading at the CCA Wattis Institute, curated by McIntyre Parker, 5pm (360 Kansas St., SF)

12/14: Reading: Quiet Lightning + Name Drop Swamp Records present Chemical Wedding with Jason Jimenez (MFAW '12), Shenandoah Davis, Sean Nelson, Benjamin Wachs, Melissa Stein, Maw Shein Win, 5:30 - 8:30pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF) FB Event

1/10: Community Event: Poets & Writers Live: Inspiration with Kay Ryan, Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Arthur, Nick Twemlow, Roman Muradov, David Shields, Caleb Powell, and others, 8am - 7pm at Brava Theater Center (2781 24th St, SF) MFA CCA student admission is $30 with promo code MFACCA. MORE INFO

wednesday, november 26 - thursday, december 4, 2014

Vol. 3, Issue 13

PUBLICATION

David E. Mitchell's (MFAW '11) CNF piece "Basilisk" appears in the Fall issue of Canyon Voices.  

KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) posts about Obama's "Check, Please!" appearance and high rents depicted on a BART map; Matthew Jent (MFAW '09) wonders how much scientific accuracy matters in movies.

Words With Writers creator Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '07) interviews Sarah Anne Johnson.

MEDIA

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) has a poem reprinted in a Denver Westword article.   

ON CAMPUS

THUR 27 - FRI 28: HAPPY THANKSGIVING BREAK!

TUE 2: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Geeta Dayal, 7pm in Timken (SF) MORE INFO

OFF CAMPUS

MON 1: Reading: Author Philip Gefter talks about his new book Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, A Biography, 7pm at the 3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Factory (1687 Market St., SF) MORE INFO

COMING UP  

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Gillian Conoley, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #5, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

12/6: Performance: Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty) and devorah major perform poetry with harpist Destiny Muhammad, 8pm at EastSide Arts Alliance (2277 International Blvd, OAK) FB Event

12/10: Reading: HearSay Reading Series launches Humble Pie Volume 11, 7:30 - 9:15pm in Nahl Hall (5212 Broadway, Oak) MORE INFO

1/10: Community Event: Poets & Writers Live: Inspiration with Kay Ryan, Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Arthur, Nick Twemlow, Roman Muradov, David Shields, Caleb Powell, and others, 8am - 7pm at Brava Theater Center (2781 24th St, SF) MFA CCA student admission is $30 with promo code MFACCA. MORE INFO

wednesday, november 19 - thursday, november 27, 2014

Vol. 3, Issue 12

NEWS

Congratulations to Marie Hanson (MFAW '16)! Marie raised $610 for the Young Authors Program as part of National Novel Writing Month's "Night of Writing Dangerously."

PUBLICATION

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) has two new Q&As on her blog, W3 Sidecar, with writers Roderick Vincent and Lily Iona MacKenzie.

Max Cherney (MFAW '11) chats with alleged gang boss Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow for San Francisco Magazine.  

KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) is thrilled to announce the Gilmore Girls and Dawson's Creek reunions, as well as recent Lorde news; Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) addresses '90s nostalgia.  

MEDIA

Martha Grover (MFAW '11) interviews Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) in Bookforum.  

ON CAMPUS

THUR 20: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Awards info session, 11 am and 3pm at A2 Cafe (OAK campus) RSVP Here

THUR 20: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Marina Rosenfeld & Chrisoph Cox, 7pm in Timken (SF) More Info   

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

FRI 21: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #4, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

OFF-SITE

THUR 20: Reading: Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12) presents MFA Mixer November 2014 with Vanessa Flores (MFAW '16), Will Waller (MFAW '16), Jen Kulbeck, Freddy Gutierrez, Julian Francis Park, Sage Curtis, and Matt Carney, 6:30 pm at Cat Club SF (1190 Folsom) FB Event

THUR 20: Reading: Contributing authors Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), E.B. Boyd, Christina Ammon, Erin Byrne, and host Lavinia Spaulding celebrate Volume 10 of The Best Women's Travel Writing, 6:30 pm at Diesel Bookstore (5433 College Ave, OAK)  

FRI 21: Concert: Denise Newman's (MFAW faculty) libretto is featured in Part 1 of Mark Winges's "Pandora's Gift" as part of Volti's first concert of their 36th season, 8pm at St. Gregory of Nyssa (500 DeHaro, SF)

SUN 23: Concert: A second performance of Denise Newman's libretto from Part 1 of Mark Winges's "Pandora's Gift" happens at 4pm at Piedmont Center for the Arts (801 Magnolia, Piedmont)

SUN 23: Improv: Book Club presents The Lab with Sidestage Improv's Book Club members including Matthew Jent (MFAW '09), 8pm at Swedenborg Hall (1531 Tyler Ave, San Diego) TICKETS

COMING UP  

11/27-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK

12/2: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Geeta Dayal, 7pm in Timken (SF) MORE INFO

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Gillian Conoley, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #5, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

12/10: Reading: HearSay Reading Series launches Humble Pie Volume 11, 7:30 - 9:15pm in Nahl Hall (5212 Broadway, Oak) MORE INFO

1/10: Community Event: Poets & Writers Live: Inspiration with Kay Ryan, Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Arthur, Nick Twemlow, Roman Muradov, David Shields, Caleb Powell, and others, 8am - 7pm at Brava Theater Center (2781 24th St, SF) MFA CCA student admission is $30 with promo code MFACCA. MORE INFO

wednesday, november 12 - thursday, november 20, 2014

Vol. 3, Issue 11

PUBLICATION

Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07) writes about East Bay fun and (bar) games in Alameda Magazine.

KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) posts about the Mean Girls cast reunion, Madison Bumgarner's appearance on The Tonight Show, and a leaked Taylor Swift video; Matthew Jent (MFAW '09) marvels at the history behind female superheroes.

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) blogs about being haunted by specific images in 49 Writers.

ON CAMPUS

WED 12: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Awards info session, 3pm in East 3 (SF campus) RSVP here

THUR 13: Lecture: Writer and critic David Levi-Strauss talks at Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm (SF campus) More Info.  

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

TUE 18/WED 19: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Awards info session, 11am in East 2 (SF campus) RSVP here

THUR 20: IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Awards info session, 11 am and 3pm at A2 Cafe (OAK campus) RSVP here

THUR 20: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Marina Rosenfeld & Chrisoph Cox, 7pm in Timken (SF) More Info   

OFF-SITE

THUR 13 - SAT 15: Conference: Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) takes part in "Global Mixed Race," the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Conference at DePaul University (Chicago)

SAT 15: Performance: LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) performs at The Late Nite Series, 9pm at Pillsbury House Theatre (3501 Chicago Ave S, Minneapolis, MN)

SAT 15: Reading: Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) and Barbara Tomash at The Poetry Center, 4:30 pm (SFSU, 1600 Holloway Ave., SF) FB Page

SUN 16: Writing Party: National Novel Writing Month presents the 2014 Night of Writing Dangerously Write-a-thon, 4pm at the Julia Morgan Ballroom (Merchants Exchange Building, 465 California St., 15th Floor, SF)

MON 17: Lecture: Green Apple Books on the Park presents "A Writer's Life" with writers Namwali Serpell, Susan Steinberg, and Lucy Corin, 7pm (1231 9th Ave., SF) FB Page

COMING UP  

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

11/21: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #4, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)

11/23: Improv: Book Club presents The Lab with Sidestage Improv's Book Club members including Matthew Jent (MFAW '09), 8pm at Swedenborg Hall (1531 Tyler Ave, San Diego) TICKETS

11/27-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK

12/2: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Sound and Vision with Geeta Dayal, 7pm in Timken (SF) More Info

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Gillian Conoley, 4:30pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF) FB Event

12/5: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents Student Reading #5, 6:00pm in the Writers' Studio (195 De Haro, SF)