wednesday, june 5 - thursday, june 13, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 36

NEWS

Congratulations to Jenn Virskus (MFAW '13) for her fellowship to the Summer Literary Seminar in Vilnius, Lithuania!

Congratulations to Militza Jean-Felix (MFAW '12) on her acceptance to the 2013 Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers Retreat! Help Militza get to LA from Boston by contributing to her funding goal on the Lambda Literary site.

Congratulations to Justin Hall (MFAC Faculty) for winning a Lambda Literary Award in the LGBTQ Anthology category for editing No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics!

MEDIA

Ron Silliman dropped some props to Kate Colby (MFAW '04) on his blog Silliman's Blog which includes a link to an audio recording of Kate reading at Dia:Chelsea from February 11, 2013.

A review of reading series MFA MIXER 2.0, in which many MFAW students participate in, is up on Litseen.

PUBLICATION

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW Faculty) has a new book out! Trapline is available to ship and order now.

The latest issue of Konch includes an editorial on Good Black Arts and Bad Black Arts by Ishmael Reed (MFAW Visiting Faculty), a poem by Samiat Salami (MFAW '14) and a review of Jamaica Kincaid's book by Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW Faculty).

Samizdat Journal, edited by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12), has published a story by Gloria Frym (MFAW Faculty).

KQED Pop bloggers are not the lamestream media: David Aloi (MFAW '09) checks in on movies that were booed at Cannes; Emmanual Hapsis (MFAW '09) discusses Amanda Bynes and our role in her downward spiral; Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) exhibits the return home via film.

ON-CAMPUS

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OFF-SITE

6/6: Reading: "Quiet Lightning: Neighborhood Heroes Edition" with work by Joseph Lease and Kevin Killian (both MFAW Faculty), Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) and Jane Smiley, Susan Steinberg, Michael David Lukas, Glen David Gold, Lisa Brackmann, Karen Penley and Peck the Town Crier, 6:30 - 8pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission) TICKETS

6/7: Reading: "SFJAZZ Poetry Festival: Sisters" curated by Ishmael Reed (MFAW Visiting Faculty) with work by Indira Allegra (BFA INDIV), Samiat Salami (MFAW '14) and Lorna Dee Cervantes w/ musician Stephen Cervantes, Genny Lim w/ musician Melecio Magdaluyo, Tennessee Reed, and Neli Moody. $15. Two shows, 7:30pm and 9pm at SFJAZZ Center, Joe Henderson Lab (201 Franklin) TICKETS

6/8: Live at 851 curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) featuring Joe Hall, Meri St Mary, Stuart Schuffman (Broke-Ass Stuart), Alyss Dixson, Nathan Keele Springer, 8:00pm at 849 Haight

6/8-9: CLMP 14th Annual Lit Mag Marathon NYC)

6/10: Reading: "Writing Outside the Box" with work by Claire Chafee (MFAW faculty) and Brian Thorstenson, 7pm in Z Below (470 Florida)

6/12: Reading: "Sunset Poetry by the Bay" with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Albert Flynn DeSilver, Claire Blotter, Tim Kahl, 7pm at Studio 333 Art Gallery (333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito)

COMING UP  

6/16: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Alexandra Mattraw and Raina Leon, 2pm at Bird and Beckett (653 Chenery St, SF)

6/16: Reading: Not Yo Mamma's Summer Reading with work by Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Sarah Bushman (MFAW '13) and Valerie Chavez, Jonathan Hirsch, Evan Karp, Alexander Friend, 7pm at someone's house! EVENT PAGE

6/17: Release Party: Criminal Class Review: Volume 6 (Kevin Whiteley [MFAW '09], Editor in Chief) with contributors Mickey Leigh, Kimberly Warner-Cohen, Mykel Board, John Strausbaugh, George Tabb and the Criminal Class Band, 4 - 8pm at Otto's Shrunken Head, Tiki Bar & Lounge (538 East 14th Street, NYC)

6/22: Reading:  Featherboard Writing Series curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06) with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Evan Kennedy, Hollie Hardy, 5 - 7pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland) FBEP

6/26 - 28: Walk: Elastic City presents Spread with Todd Shalom (MFAW '04), Juan Betancurth, Niegel Smith, 7pm at 33rd Street and Broadway, NYC RSVP

6/29: Conference: Litquake: digi.lit, 9am - 5pm at SPUR Urban Center (654 Mission) STUDENT DISCOUNT IN CLASSIFIED BELOW

7/1: First Day of the MFA in Comics Residency!

7/5: Live at 851 featuring Marisa Crawford, Matt L. Rohrer, plus special guests.

7/5: Criminal Class Press will do an hour-long segment for UK radio

7/6: Pub Crawl: "Beast Crawl: Uptown Oakland's Annual Literary Event" with 125 poets, writers, and performance artists, 5 - 9pm MORE INFO

7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Punk Hostage Press UNRESTRAINED" with work by Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11) and Carlye Archibeque, Dennis Cruz, Kate Menzies, Bucky Sinister, between 6 - 9pm, location TBD Facebook Event Page.

8/1: Submission: Octopus Magazine opens their submissions period (through August 31)