Vol. 1, Issue 3
NEWS
Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) has a poem in the anthology, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5, 2007 Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers" (PM Press).
Gloria also has an essay, "How Proust Ruined My Life," in the Summer-Fall 2012 issue of Golden Handcuffs Review.
Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) has a travel essay, "The Way Back," in forthcoming Issue 9 of The Fourth River.
Faith also has seven writing exercises selected for the teaching guide for The Color of Nature: Culture, Identity & The Natural World, ed. Lauren Savot & Alison Deming (Milkweed Editions).
Judith Serin (MFAW faculty) has five prose poems/memoirs in the anthology Impact (Telling Our Stories Press).
MEDIA
Matt Shears (MFAW faculty) has a review of his book, 10,000 Wallpapers, a collection of poetry in Zoeland Poetry.
ON-CAMPUS
WED 19: Painting/Drawing Lecture Series: Andrew Masullo, 6pm in Timken (SF)
WED 19: Design and Craft Lecture Series: Maria Elena Buszek, 7pm in Nahl Hall (OAK)
THU 20: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Matthew E. May, 7pm in Timken (SF)
MON 24: Architecture Lecture Series / Latin American Women in Architecture Panel: Catalina Patiño, Ctrl-G, 7pm in Timken (SF)
TUE 25: HEARSAY READING SERIES: Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) and Writing & Literature students, 7:30pm in Nahl Hall (OAK) MORE INFO.
WED 26: Opening: "Italy: Arts & Contemporary Culture" with work by Kristin Adochio and Jill Tydor (both MFAW '13) and others, 5:30 - 7:30pm at College Avenue Galleries (OAK)
THU 27: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Cheryl Strayed, 7pm in Timken (SF)
THU 27: "We're All Here Because We're Not All There" celebrating 25 years of the Barclay Simpson Award exhibition, 5:30 - 7:30pm in Oliver Art Center (OAK)
OFF-SITE
WED 19: Reading: Martin Amis, 7pm at the Jewish Community Center (3200 California, San Francisco) [see CLASSIFIEDS for discount] TICKETS
WED 19: Event: "24th Street Listening Project" with Lynn Kirby (MFAW student and MFA faculty) with Laguna Yellow walk at 5pm, reception 7 - 9pm at Brava Theater (2781 24th St, SF) RSVP
THU 20: Reading: "Divining Divas" with Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) and others, 7:30 - 8:30pm at Books, Inc (2275 Market, SF)
THU 20: Reading: Toni Mirosevich and Mary Winegarden, 4:30pm at The Poetry Center
(1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SF)
THU 20: Reading: Naomi Wolf, 7pm at the Jewish Community Center (3200 California, San Francisco) [see CLASSIFIEDS for discount] TICKETS
THU 20: Reading: "A Celebration of David Foster Wallace" featuring D.T. Max reading his new book, Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace, 7:30pm at The Booksmith ( 1644 Haight St. SF)
SAT 22: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Sonoma County Book Festival, 1:45pm at La Rosa Tequileria and Grille ( 500 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA)
TUE 25: Reading: Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) will be the featured faculty reader at the MFA Works-in-Progress Reading, 5:30pm–6:30pm at Bender Room (Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland)
THU 27: Amber DiPietra (MFAW alum), 4:30pm at the Poetry Center (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SF)
COMING UP
9/28: Reading: Kevin Killian (MFA faculty) and Andrew Kenower, 5:30pm at the BAM/PFA Reading Room (2626 Bancroft Way)
9/28: MFAW STUDENT READING
9/29: BAY AREA POETRY MARATHON: 100,000 Poets For Change with readings by Dodie Bellamy, Gloria Frym, and Joseph Lease (all MFAW faculty) and others at The Lab (SF)
9/30: ZYZZYVA Fall Release Celebration: featuring Judy Halebsky, Jesse Nathan, Joel Streicker, 5pm, City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus, SF)
10/1: Interior Design Lecture Series: Erik Flatmo, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/1: Solidad Decosta (MFAW alum), solo album
10/2: Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program: Charlotte Cotton, 7pm, Timken (SF)
10/2: Robert Massie at the JCCSF (San Francisco)
10/4: Ceramics Lecture Series: Brad Miller, 7:15pm in Treadwell Ceramics Arts Center (OAK)
10/4: Murat Nemet-Nejat, 4:30pm, the Poetry Center
10/5 – 10/13: Litquake 2012
10/6: Murat Nemet-Nejat and Hoa Nguyen, 7:30pm, at the Green Arcade
10/6: LITQUAKE EVENT: "Joie de Livre" event with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW Faculty), C.W. Gortner and Amanda Coplin, 2pm at Books Inc., Opera Plaza (601 Van Ness Ave. SF).
10/6: LITQUAKE EVENT: Aimee Phan (MFAW Faculty) is reading at the event "Around the World, On the Page." Take a quick trip around the world and visit Afghanistan, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Hawai'i, 2pm at the Variety Preview Room (582 Market St. SF).
10/7: Meg Day, Michelle Naka Pierce, Jai Arun Ravine at ATA
10/8: Architecture Lecture Series: Hunter Tura, Bruce Mau Design, 7pm, Timken (SF)
10/9: "IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Awards Team Presentations, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/10: Chris Cleave at the JCCSF (San Francisco)
10/11: David Abel and Chris Daniels, 4:30pm, at the Poetry Center (San Francisco)
10/11: LITERARY DEATH MATCH: Simon Ritch, Amelia Gray, Rakesh Satyal, Tim "Toaster" Henderson, judged by Adam Mansbach, D.A. Powell, Caitlin Gill
10/11: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Leila Chirayath Janah, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/12: "Making the Skeleton Dance: Family in All its Forms," Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Adrienne Arieff, Tiffany Baker, Caroline de Robertis, Bronwen Hruska, Meredith Maran, Joyce Maynard, Deborah Michel, Holly Payne, Elizabeth Weil at Verdi Club, San Francisco
10/13: Conference: "Iranian Alliances Across Borders" panel with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Jasmin Darznik, Persis Karim, Sholeh Wolpe, Roger Sedarat at UC Los Angeles
10/13: LITQUAKE EVENT: "The Art of the Novel" moderated by Shanthi Sekaran (MFAW faculty), 4pm at Z Space (450 Florida St. SF). TICKETS.
10/15: Architecture Lecture Series: Jeffrey Inaba, INABA, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/15: Reading: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at The Sitting Room, Penngrove, CA
10/16: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Matei Bejenaru, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/17: Design and Craft Lecture Series: David Colwell, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/18: Maxine Hong Kingston and Sean McIain Brown, 4:30pm at the Poetry Center
10/18: Louise Erdrich at the JCCSF (San Franisco)
10/19: MFAW STUDENT READING
10/19: David Meltzer and Julie Rogers, 5:30pm at the BAM/PFA Reading Room
10/20: WRITERS WITH DRINKS: Ruben B. Martinez, Carol Quinn, Deb Campo, 7 - 9:30pm at the Make-Out Room
10/20: Toronto International Festival of Authors with reading by Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty)
10/20: "Gathering the Embers: A Dia de los Muertos Tribute Show 2012," Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), sisters Natalia and Amanda Vigil, and other writers, interdisciplinary performing artists, media makers and musicians, $8 in advance (eventbrite.com), $10 at the door, 7–9:30pm, SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
10/21: Toronto International Festival of Authors, round table with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty)
10/21: Paolo Javier, Cathy Park Hong, Cheena Marie Lo at ATA
10/26: "Fright Night" at the Writers Studio, (SF)
11/1: NaNoWriMo
11/2: Franck André Jamme, 5:30pm, at the BAM/PFA Reading Room
11/4: kathryn l. pringle, Erin Moure, Andrea Rexilius at ATA
11/4: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Solano County Library Foundation, Fairfield
11/9: Tisa Bryant, 5:30pm, at the BAM/PFA Reading Room
11/10: WRITERS WITH DRINKS: Shawna Yang Ryan, Francesca Lia Block, Randy Alfred, 7 - 9:30pm at the Make-Out Room
11/11: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Bluestockings (NYC)
11/15: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Lafayette Library and Community Center (Lafayette, CA)
11/15: "Listen for Peace," a visual art, literary, and music benefit for Emergency USA, Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), and others TBA, 7–10pm, SF Main Library, San Francisco
11/16: FRIDAY WRITERS SEMINAR: Faith Adiele, 3:30pm – 5:00pm, The Writers' Studio, CCA
11/16: MFAW STUDENT READING
11/16: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, 5:30pm at BAM/PFA Reading Room
11/19: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Main Library (San Jose)
12/1: Alice Notley at the Unitarian Center
12/2: Tim Trace Peterson, J/J Hastain, Monica Peck at ATA
12/7: Sam Sax, 5:30 at BAM/PFA Reading Room
12/14: LAST DAY OF THE FALL SEMESTER
12/14: MFAW STUDENT READING
12/16: "iduna: an opera in one act" libretto by kari edwards, arranged and conducted by Tom Comitta (MFAW alum)
NEWS
Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) has a poem in the anthology, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5, 2007 Bombing of Baghdad's "Street of the Booksellers" (PM Press).
Gloria also has an essay, "How Proust Ruined My Life," in the Summer-Fall 2012 issue of Golden Handcuffs Review.
Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) has a travel essay, "The Way Back," in forthcoming Issue 9 of The Fourth River.
Faith also has seven writing exercises selected for the teaching guide for The Color of Nature: Culture, Identity & The Natural World, ed. Lauren Savot & Alison Deming (Milkweed Editions).
Judith Serin (MFAW faculty) has five prose poems/memoirs in the anthology Impact (Telling Our Stories Press).
MEDIA
Matt Shears (MFAW faculty) has a review of his book, 10,000 Wallpapers, a collection of poetry in Zoeland Poetry.
ON-CAMPUS
WED 19: Painting/Drawing Lecture Series: Andrew Masullo, 6pm in Timken (SF)
WED 19: Design and Craft Lecture Series: Maria Elena Buszek, 7pm in Nahl Hall (OAK)
THU 20: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Matthew E. May, 7pm in Timken (SF)
MON 24: Architecture Lecture Series / Latin American Women in Architecture Panel: Catalina Patiño, Ctrl-G, 7pm in Timken (SF)
TUE 25: HEARSAY READING SERIES: Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) and Writing & Literature students, 7:30pm in Nahl Hall (OAK) MORE INFO.
WED 26: Opening: "Italy: Arts & Contemporary Culture" with work by Kristin Adochio and Jill Tydor (both MFAW '13) and others, 5:30 - 7:30pm at College Avenue Galleries (OAK)
THU 27: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Cheryl Strayed, 7pm in Timken (SF)
THU 27: "We're All Here Because We're Not All There" celebrating 25 years of the Barclay Simpson Award exhibition, 5:30 - 7:30pm in Oliver Art Center (OAK)
OFF-SITE
WED 19: Reading: Martin Amis, 7pm at the Jewish Community Center (3200 California, San Francisco) [see CLASSIFIEDS for discount] TICKETS
WED 19: Event: "24th Street Listening Project" with Lynn Kirby (MFAW student and MFA faculty) with Laguna Yellow walk at 5pm, reception 7 - 9pm at Brava Theater (2781 24th St, SF) RSVP
THU 20: Reading: "Divining Divas" with Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) and others, 7:30 - 8:30pm at Books, Inc (2275 Market, SF)
THU 20: Reading: Toni Mirosevich and Mary Winegarden, 4:30pm at The Poetry Center
(1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SF)
THU 20: Reading: Naomi Wolf, 7pm at the Jewish Community Center (3200 California, San Francisco) [see CLASSIFIEDS for discount] TICKETS
THU 20: Reading: "A Celebration of David Foster Wallace" featuring D.T. Max reading his new book, Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace, 7:30pm at The Booksmith ( 1644 Haight St. SF)
SAT 22: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Sonoma County Book Festival, 1:45pm at La Rosa Tequileria and Grille ( 500 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, CA)
TUE 25: Reading: Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) will be the featured faculty reader at the MFA Works-in-Progress Reading, 5:30pm–6:30pm at Bender Room (Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland)
THU 27: Amber DiPietra (MFAW alum), 4:30pm at the Poetry Center (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SF)
COMING UP
9/28: Reading: Kevin Killian (MFA faculty) and Andrew Kenower, 5:30pm at the BAM/PFA Reading Room (2626 Bancroft Way)
9/28: MFAW STUDENT READING
9/29: BAY AREA POETRY MARATHON: 100,000 Poets For Change with readings by Dodie Bellamy, Gloria Frym, and Joseph Lease (all MFAW faculty) and others at The Lab (SF)
9/30: ZYZZYVA Fall Release Celebration: featuring Judy Halebsky, Jesse Nathan, Joel Streicker, 5pm, City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus, SF)
10/1: Interior Design Lecture Series: Erik Flatmo, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/1: Solidad Decosta (MFAW alum), solo album
10/2: Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program: Charlotte Cotton, 7pm, Timken (SF)
10/2: Robert Massie at the JCCSF (San Francisco)
10/4: Ceramics Lecture Series: Brad Miller, 7:15pm in Treadwell Ceramics Arts Center (OAK)
10/4: Murat Nemet-Nejat, 4:30pm, the Poetry Center
10/5 – 10/13: Litquake 2012
10/6: Murat Nemet-Nejat and Hoa Nguyen, 7:30pm, at the Green Arcade
10/6: LITQUAKE EVENT: "Joie de Livre" event with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW Faculty), C.W. Gortner and Amanda Coplin, 2pm at Books Inc., Opera Plaza (601 Van Ness Ave. SF).
10/6: LITQUAKE EVENT: Aimee Phan (MFAW Faculty) is reading at the event "Around the World, On the Page." Take a quick trip around the world and visit Afghanistan, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Hawai'i, 2pm at the Variety Preview Room (582 Market St. SF).
10/7: Meg Day, Michelle Naka Pierce, Jai Arun Ravine at ATA
10/8: Architecture Lecture Series: Hunter Tura, Bruce Mau Design, 7pm, Timken (SF)
10/9: "IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Awards Team Presentations, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/10: Chris Cleave at the JCCSF (San Francisco)
10/11: David Abel and Chris Daniels, 4:30pm, at the Poetry Center (San Francisco)
10/11: LITERARY DEATH MATCH: Simon Ritch, Amelia Gray, Rakesh Satyal, Tim "Toaster" Henderson, judged by Adam Mansbach, D.A. Powell, Caitlin Gill
10/11: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Leila Chirayath Janah, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/12: "Making the Skeleton Dance: Family in All its Forms," Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Adrienne Arieff, Tiffany Baker, Caroline de Robertis, Bronwen Hruska, Meredith Maran, Joyce Maynard, Deborah Michel, Holly Payne, Elizabeth Weil at Verdi Club, San Francisco
10/13: Conference: "Iranian Alliances Across Borders" panel with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Jasmin Darznik, Persis Karim, Sholeh Wolpe, Roger Sedarat at UC Los Angeles
10/13: LITQUAKE EVENT: "The Art of the Novel" moderated by Shanthi Sekaran (MFAW faculty), 4pm at Z Space (450 Florida St. SF). TICKETS.
10/15: Architecture Lecture Series: Jeffrey Inaba, INABA, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/15: Reading: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at The Sitting Room, Penngrove, CA
10/16: GRADUATE LECTURE SERIES: Matei Bejenaru, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/17: Design and Craft Lecture Series: David Colwell, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/18: Maxine Hong Kingston and Sean McIain Brown, 4:30pm at the Poetry Center
10/18: Louise Erdrich at the JCCSF (San Franisco)
10/19: MFAW STUDENT READING
10/19: David Meltzer and Julie Rogers, 5:30pm at the BAM/PFA Reading Room
10/20: WRITERS WITH DRINKS: Ruben B. Martinez, Carol Quinn, Deb Campo, 7 - 9:30pm at the Make-Out Room
10/20: Toronto International Festival of Authors with reading by Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty)
10/20: "Gathering the Embers: A Dia de los Muertos Tribute Show 2012," Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), sisters Natalia and Amanda Vigil, and other writers, interdisciplinary performing artists, media makers and musicians, $8 in advance (eventbrite.com), $10 at the door, 7–9:30pm, SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103.
10/21: Toronto International Festival of Authors, round table with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty)
10/21: Paolo Javier, Cathy Park Hong, Cheena Marie Lo at ATA
10/26: "Fright Night" at the Writers Studio, (SF)
11/1: NaNoWriMo
11/2: Franck André Jamme, 5:30pm, at the BAM/PFA Reading Room
11/4: kathryn l. pringle, Erin Moure, Andrea Rexilius at ATA
11/4: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Solano County Library Foundation, Fairfield
11/9: Tisa Bryant, 5:30pm, at the BAM/PFA Reading Room
11/10: WRITERS WITH DRINKS: Shawna Yang Ryan, Francesca Lia Block, Randy Alfred, 7 - 9:30pm at the Make-Out Room
11/11: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Bluestockings (NYC)
11/15: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Lafayette Library and Community Center (Lafayette, CA)
11/15: "Listen for Peace," a visual art, literary, and music benefit for Emergency USA, Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), and others TBA, 7–10pm, SF Main Library, San Francisco
11/16: FRIDAY WRITERS SEMINAR: Faith Adiele, 3:30pm – 5:00pm, The Writers' Studio, CCA
11/16: MFAW STUDENT READING
11/16: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, 5:30pm at BAM/PFA Reading Room
11/19: Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty) at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Main Library (San Jose)
12/1: Alice Notley at the Unitarian Center
12/2: Tim Trace Peterson, J/J Hastain, Monica Peck at ATA
12/7: Sam Sax, 5:30 at BAM/PFA Reading Room
12/14: LAST DAY OF THE FALL SEMESTER
12/14: MFAW STUDENT READING
12/16: "iduna: an opera in one act" libretto by kari edwards, arranged and conducted by Tom Comitta (MFAW alum)
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