wednesday, july 31 - thursday, august 8, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 44

wednesday, july 31- thursday, august 8

NEWS

Claire Chafee (MFAW Faculty) has won the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award for her play, Full/Self. She will receive the award in Orlando at the ATHE conference in early August. Congratulations, Claire!!

PUBLICATION

Ishmael Reed (MFAW Visiting Faculty) has a timely post on the Zimmerman verdict, "Confessions of a Neighborhood Watch Captain," on The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog

KQED Pop bloggers continue the critique; David Aloi (MFAW '09) on the power of summer nostalgia, and Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on pop culture economics.

MEDIA

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article on Matt Silady (MFA Comics Chair) creating  a dream graphic graduate program.

ON-CAMPUS

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OFF-SITE

THU 1: Reading: Poetry Flash with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Larry O. Dean, 7:30pm at Moe's Berkeley (2476 Telegraph, Berkeley)

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

SAT 3: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series presents Christine Choi (MFAW '09), Farnoosh Fathi, and Writer-in-Residence Christoper Reiger, 5pm at Aggregate Space Gallery (801 W. Grand Ave, OAK)

SUN 4: Reading: City Lights Books & Janey Smith's 851 Reading Series Present: City Lights Books 60th Anniversary Reading featuring Ken Baumann, Matthew Simmons, Chelsea Martin, Andrea Kneeland,  Ben Mirov (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor) and Mike Kitchell, 2pm-4pm at Jack Kerouac Alley (outside City Lights Bookstore, SF)

COMING UP  

8/29: Reading: Writing Without Walls: SECOND CHANCES, hosted by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW Alum) and Autumn Darbrow (MFAW '13), 6:30-9pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

9/21: Reading: Jai Bhim International presents An Evening of Poetry and Prose, readings to benefit Dalit Youth in India, featuring Pia Chatterjee, Genny Lim, Kenneth Wong, and Nellie Wong, 8pm at The San Francisco Buddhist Center (37 Bartlett Street near 21st and Valencia, SF)

9/28: Reading: 100, 000 Poets For Change: hosted by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), featuring California Poet Laureate Emeritus Al Young (MFAW faculty) , Linda E Norton, Mary Mackey, 4:30pm at Ocean Art Gallery and  Laura Masko, Sherri Rose-Walker and Matt Shears (MFAW faculty), 6pm at Florey's Book Company (150 Eureka Square, Pacifica)

10/12 - 13: APE - Alternative Press Expo, Concourse, San Francisco

wednesday, july 24 - thursday, august 1, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 43

NEWS

Denise Newman (MFAW Faculty) received a National Endowment for the Arts 2013 Literature Translation Fellowship to support the translation from Danish of a collection of short stories, Baboon, by Danish author Naja Marie Aidt. The book will be published by Two Lines Press in 2014. Congratulations, Denise!!

PUBLICATION

Should America forgive Paula Deen? Check out this post by Ishmael Reed (MFAW Visiting Faculty) on The Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog.

Ishmael Reed (MFAW Visiting Faculty) has the lead article in the July/August 2013 Playboy on stands now.

Dodie Bellamy (MFAW Faculty) worked with the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) and CCA's MA in Curatorial Practice program on their Lost Treasures project. This piece can be found on both the CURP blog and BAVC site.

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) has two new interviews on her Words With Writers blog with Bruce Littlefield and Elise Foerster.

KQED Pop bloggers continue the critique; Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) on what it means to be liked while Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) likes The Bachelorette.

MEDIA

Publishers Weekly posted an article about the $250K translation grants the NEA is awarding which includes mention of Denise Newman (MFAW Faculty) as a recipient.

There's a News item up on CCA's website about Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) and her first book of poetry Twerk released by Belladonna Press.

Check out the updated Alumni Success page on the CCA site currently featuring Kevin Whiteley (MFAW '09), Latasha Diggs (MFAW '08), and Benjamin Bellizzi (MFAW '08).

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 26: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Dash Shaw, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF) followed by a reception and signing at Isotope Comics (326 Fell)

OFF-SITE

THU 25:  Reading: One Lone Pear Tree featuring Candy Shue, Gaia Patience Veenis, Chris Carosi and Daniel Suarez, 6pm at 1953 McAllister St (SF)

SAT 27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Tom Comitta (MFAW '11) featuring Janey Smith (MFAW), Ivy Johnson, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Mayakov+sky Platform (aka Nikolaos Omeros Koumoundouros), Ronald Palmer, Nico Monica Peck, Karen Penley, Jai Arun Ravine, and Pamela Z, 6pm at The Public School (2141 Broadway, OAK)

SAT 27: Performance: Berkeley Art Center's Members' Family Picnic with live performance by Alex Nichols (MFAW '11), 12 - 3pm at Berkeley Art Center (1275 Walnut, Berkeley)

SUN 28: Reading: Live at 851, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) featuring Kevin Killian (MFAW Faculty), Adam Fitzgerald, Dorothea Lasky and Matthew Sherling  8pm at 851 The Squat.

TUE 30: Reading: A Make-out Reading: No Kissing? No Telling! featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty), Cynthia Atkins, Jennifer Brown, Karen Carissimo, Cassandra Dallett, Hollie Hardy, Time Kahl, Sarah Overton, Jason Schenheit and SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), 7pm-9:30pm at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, SF)

THU 1: Reading: Poetry Flash with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Larry O. Dean, 7:30pm at Moe's Berkeley (2476 Telegraph, Berkeley)

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

COMING UP  

8/3: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series presents Christine Choi (MFAW '09), Farnoosh Fathi, and Writer-in-Residence Christoper Reiger, 5pm at Aggregate Space Gallery (801 W. Grand Ave, OAK)

8/29: Reading: Writing Without Walls: SECOND CHANCES, hosted by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW Alum) and Autumn Darbrow (MFAW '13), 6:30-9pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

10/12 - 13: APE - Alternative Press Expo, Concourse, San Francisco

wednesday, july 17 - thursday, july 25, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 42

wednesday, july 17- thursday, july 25

NEWS

We would like to congratulate -francine j. harris (Eleven Eleven #6 and #15 Contributor), G. J. Racz (Eleven Eleven #13 Contributor) and Aron Aji (Eleven Eleven #15 Contributor) for getting shortlisted for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards.

PUBLICATION

Susan L. Lin (MFAW '13) has a photo essay "The Cone of Uncertainty" in the new issue of Midway Journal.

Dunstan Christopher (MFAW '07) has eight poems in the new issue of Assaracus.

Jonathan Lyons (MFAW '05) has a short story, "Minnows" included in the experimental fiction anthology Writing That Risks.  

The bloggers at KQED Pop bring you the best of the best: Laura Schadler (MFAW '07)

on why she is Brit Marling's #1 Fan, David Aloi (MFAW '09) on Hollywood's Creepiest Houses.

MEDIA

Maximilian Uriarte (BFA in Animation) started a Kickstarter campaign to publish his  graphic novel The White Donkey.

ON-CAMPUS

7/19: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Jason Shiga, 6pm at CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)

OFF-SITE

WED 17: Reading: Word Performances Reading Series featuring Joshua Mohr, Sylvie Simmons, Chris Cole, SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), Paul Corman-Roberts, Juli C. Lasselle, Alvin Orloff, Cybele Zufolo Siegel and Todd Siegel, 7:30pm at Viracocha (998 Valencia Street, SF)

WED 17: Reading: July Lyrics & Dirges Reading featuring Thaisa Frank, Novuyo Masakhane, Kristi Moos, Brynn Saito and A. Razor, 7:30pm-9pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley)

THU 18: Reading: MFA Mixer 2.0: Cali4nication with works by Tanika Thacker and Natalie Catasus (both MFAW '14), Joel Bahr, Justin ETC, Ivy Johnson, Missy Roback, Matthew Sherling and Krista Varela, 6:30 - 9pm at The Cat Club (1190 Folsom, SF)

THU 18: Multi-Media Concert: "Amplified" curated/directed by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) with works by HPrizm, Tamar-kali, Douglas Kearney, Patrick Rosal, Kamala Sankaram, Jasiri, Val Jeanty, Kassa Overall, Juliette Jones and Lisette Santiago with video by Chinisha Scott, 7:30pm at The Atrium @ Lincoln Center (NYC)

7/19:  Screening/DVD Release Party: "The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time" release party, directed by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW alum), 7-10pm at ATA (992 Valencia Street, SF)

COMING UP  

7/25:  Reading: One Lone Pear Tree featuring Candy Shue, Gaia Patience Veenis, Chris Carosi and Daniel Suarez, 6pm at 1953 McAllister St (SF)

7/26: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Dash Shaw, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF)

7/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Tom Comitta (MFAW '11), 6pm at The Public School (Oakland)

7/27: Performance: Berkeley Art Center's Members' Family Picnic with live performance by Alex Nichols (MFAW '11), 12 - 3pm at Berkeley Art Center (1275 Walnut, Berkeley)

7/28: Reading: Live at 851, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) featuring Kevin Killian (MFAW Faculty), Adam Fitzgerald, Dorothea Lasky and Matthew Sherling  8pm at 851 The Squat.

7/30: Reading: A Make-out Reading: No Kissing? No Telling! featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty), Cynthia Atkins, Jennifer Brown, Karen Carissimo, Cassandra Dallett, Hollie Hardy, Time Kahl, Sarah Overton, Jason Schenheit and SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), 7pm-9:30pm at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St, SF)

8/1: Reading: Poetry Flash with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Larry O. Dean, 7:30pm at Moe's Berkeley (2476 Telegraph, Berkeley)

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

8/29: Reading: Writing Without Walls: SECOND CHANCES, hosted by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW Alum) and Autumn Darbrow (MFAW '13), 6:30-9pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

10/12 - 13: APE - Alternative Press Expo, Concourse, San Francisco