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