Vol. 2, Issue 3
PUBLICATION
KQED Pop bloggers Alex Vikmanis (MFAW '10) on how Pretty Little Liars gave him dating advice, Emmanuel Hapsis ('09) on SNL's New Token Female member, and Suzanne Barnecut (MFAW '07) with 3 reasons you should watch Drunk History.
Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) has a new interview on her Words With Writers blog with Duff Brenna.
MEDIA
Tom Barbash's (MFAW faculty) book Stay Up With Me is listed as one of the 24 Books to Pick Up This September by Leigh Newman on Oprah.com.
Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) was a guest on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny on September 11 with can be downloaded.
Upcoming CCA MFA Writing Writers Series visitor Sheri Fink (November 8) was recently on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart talking about her new book Five Days at Memorial.
ON-CAMPUS
FRI 20: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Julie Carr, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
OFF-SITE
WED 18: Reading: ¡ Viva Lamantia ! The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia publication party featuring Garrett Caples, Clark Coolidge and Andrew Joron, 7-10pm at Bird & Beckett Books (653 Chenery St, SF)
WED 18: Reading: Lyrics & Dirges: Hot September featuring Joel Landmine, Jesus Angel Garcia, Alvin Orloff, Youssef Alaoui and SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor), 7:30pm at Pegasus Books (2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley)
THU 19: Reading: MFA Mixer 2.0: Seven Hail Marys featuring Peter Burghardt, Portia Elan, Gillian Hamel, Sarah Heady, Dough Henderson, Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14), Zack Ravas (MFAW '15), Unique Robinson Mills and Von Torres, 6:30pm at The Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)
FRI 20: Reading: Zyzzyva Fall Issue Celebration: East Bay with work by #98 contributors Nana Twumasi (MFAW '09), Dean Rader, Kate Miilliken, and Rosie Cima, 7pm at Diesel Books (5433 College Ave, Oakland)
FRI 20: Fundraiser: Litquake is hosting a fundraiser, "Get Lit-Get Lucky," a singles event of mingling and a literary interpretation of the old "Dating Game" show with un-coupled gay, lesbian, and hetero authors as the objects of desire, 7pm at the Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa St, SF) (TICKETS)
FRI 20: Reading: Punk Hostage Press presents "Unleashed in the East Bay" featuring co-founder of Punk Hostage Press, Iris Berry, Joel Landmine, Alexandra Naughton and SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 contributor), 7-10pm at the Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, West Oakland)
9/20-21: Opening Reception: Secret Lives, a two-person exhibition featuring Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) and Edie Fake, 7-9pm at the Night Club (2017 W Moffat St, Suite 1, Chicago)
SAT 21: Reading: Sonoma County Book Festival, "The Immigrant Experience Panel" featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW chair), 1:30-2:30pm at Santa Rosa Junior College Campus (Bertolini Student Center, Doyle Library and Student Quad)
SAT 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 St near 21st and Valencia, SF)
SAT 21: Reading: Lone Glen featuring Tiff Dressen, Ellen Lake, Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) and Hazel White (MFAW '05), 3:30pm (3132 Harrison Street, Oakland)
SAT 21: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series presents "The Missed-Adventures of Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Death in the land of Shadows", a new project by Christopher Burch, featuring Cedar Sigo, Mary Burger and Writer-In-Residence Maisha Z. Johnson, curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), 5pm at Aggregate Space Gallery (801 W. Grand Ave, Oakland)
SUN 22: Reading: Valley Contemporary Poets present Mari L'Esperance and Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), 4:30pm at Beyond Baroque (681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA)
SUN 22: Reading: Quiet Lightning+City Lights celebrating City Lights' 60th year, featuring Sandra Wassilie, Zechariah Towner, Sean Labrador Y Manzano, Jarett Kobek, Chelsea Davis, Tomas Moniz, Matthew Rodgers, Robert Hymes, Katie Wheeler-Dubin, Tessa Micaela, Lisa Piazza, Susannah Carlson, 2pm at Jack Kerouac Alley (SF)
MON 23: Reading: Generations, founding curators are Charles Kruger and Sandra Wassilie, guest curator for the debut is Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty), featuring Stephen Kopel + Deborah K. Steinberg, Mg Roberts + Ramsey Bell Breslin, Chansonette Buck + Paul Corman-Roberts, and Carla Christensen + Andrew Thomas. Featured musical performers are Miles Karp + Steven Gray, 7-9:30pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno St, SF)
THU 26: Reading: Writing Without Walls: Dog Days, featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Jennifer Kulbeck, Ben Bellizzi, Katie Tandy, Sandra Wassilie, and Siamak Vossoughi, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
COMING UP
9/27: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Hugh Behm-Steinberg and Caroline Goodwin (both MFAW Faculty), 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
9/28: Reading: 100,000 Poets For Change/Bay Area Poetry Marathon joint event: featuring Julian Talamantez Brolaski, J.P. Dancing Bear, Zack Haber, Elaine Barry Kahn (MFAW alum), Even Karp, Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), Mariam Dubovik Lease, Erica Lewis and Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty), at The Writers Studio (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)
9/30: Artist Talk: Mark di Suvero and Poets in Conversation featuring Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Victor di Suvero, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Hugo Garcia Manriquez, Richard O. Moore and Frances Richard, 7pm at the SFJAZZ Center (201 Franklin St, SF) ($10 general admission/ $7 members, seniors and students)
10/3: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Joshua Clover, 7pm in Timken (SF)
10/3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Rachel Levitsky and Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW alum), 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
10/4: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Latasha Diggs (MFAW '08) and Hazel White (MFAW '05), 4:30pm at the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
10/4: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Edward Dorn's Collected Poems, with Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, 7:30pm at Subterranean Arthouse (2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley) ($10/$5)
10/5: Reading/Panel: Writing From California: San Francisco Literary Conference Regional Voices panel featuring Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) with Frances Dinkelspiel, Ellen Ullman and Karen Tei Yamashita, moderator Anthea Hartig, 9:15-10:15am at San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St, Koret Auditorium)
10/6: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Rachel Levitsky and Heriberto Yepez 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
10/9: Reading: Eleven Eleven #15 launch and reading, 7pm in the Writers Studio (SF)
10/10: Reading: The Bloom Reading Series/14 Black Poppies: Witches & Bitches hosted by Lisa Gray, featuring Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty) with Brown People Don't Read, 7-9:30pm at Bayview
10/11-12: Building an Artist's Life, a two-day symposium open to CCA students and alumni that will address what it means to be a working arts professional, focusing on career options and essential skills, RSVP to secure your spot! (OAK)
10/13: Reading: Litquake Event, "Off the Richter Scale: Iranian Voices", featuring Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Persis Karim, Jasmin Darznik, Shideh Etaat, and Ari Siletz, 11am at Hotel Rex (562 Sutter Street, SF)
10/13: Workshop: Litquake Event, Bagels & Bloodies: Sunday Morning "Hair Of The Dog", featuring The Short Story with Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty) 9am at San Francisco Writers' Grotto (490 2nd Street, 2nd Floor) ($85) (TICKETS)
10/14: Reading: Litquake Event, Quiet Lightning's 50th show with Sean Labrador y Manzano, Kelly Egan, Ken Grobe, Naomi Goldner, Davy Carren, Charlie Getter, Jennifer Cheng, Neil Carman, Kai Carlson-Wee, Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), Janet Frishberg, Mira Martin-Parker and Jason Schenheit, at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers (100 John F Kennedy Dr, SF)
10/15: Reading: Litquake Event curated by Matthew James DeCoster, works by Nick Johnson (MFAW '11), Martha Grover (MFAW '11) and SB Stokes, Zarina Zabrisky, and Hollie Hardy (all Eleven Eleven contributors) and Juli C. Lasselle, Amy Thigpen, Tim Toaster Henderson, and Joel Landmine, 8pm at the Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
10/17: Reading: Litquake Event, "Flight of Poets" with Kazim Ali, Sophie Cabot Black, Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Maxine Chernoff, Keith Ekiss, and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), 7pm at Hotel Rex (562 Sutter St, SF)
10/17: Reading: Litquake Event, MFA Mixer 2.0: Litquake Edition, featuring Carolyn Abram (MFAW alum), Scott Newton (MFAW alum), Molly Daniels, Rex Leonowicz, Robert Andrew Perez, Mary Paynter Sherwin, Sarah Broderick, Yume Kim, Jessy Goodman, Erik White, Chris Carosi and Kate Folk, 6:30pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)
10/18: Reading: MFAW Writers Series with LitQuake presents Mary Gaitskill, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (CCA 1111 8th St, SF)
10/18: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Yusef Komunyakaa, 7:30pm at McRoskey Mattress Company (1687 Market St at Gough, SF) ($10/$5)
10/19: Reading/Panel: Litquake Event, The Art of the Memoir presents "The Art of Writing" featuring Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), Jeff Greenwald, Will Lutwick, Louise Nayer and Julia Scheeres, 12:30pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS) ($5 for each panel; $9 for two; $12 for all three)
10/19: Reading: Litquake Event, The Art of the Memoir presents "The Art of the Short Story"panel featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW chair), Lucy Corin, Carolyn Cooke, Valerie Fioravanti, and Jason K. Friedman, 2pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS) ($5 for each panel; $9 for two; $12 for all three)
10/19: Reading: Litquake Event, The Art of the Memoir presents "The Art of the Novel" panel featuring Carol Edgarian, Karen Joy Fowler, Gail Tsukiyama, Susan Straight and Chris Baty, 4pm at Z Space (450 Florida St, SF) (TICKETS) ($5 for each panel; $9 for two; $12 for all three)
10/19: Reading: LitCrawl with Aimee Phan (MFAW chair), Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty), Matthew Iribarne (MFAW faculty), Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06), Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07), Ryan Funk (MFAW '12), 6pm at Mission Cheese (736 Valencia) MORE INFO
10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, The Catamaran Literary Reader with Judith Serin (MFAW faculty) and others, 8:30 - 9:30pm at the Red Poppy Art House (2698 Folsom, SF)
10/19: Panel: LitCrawl, a panel of translators featuring Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) 8:30-9:30pm at Love & Luxe (1169 Valencia St, SF)
10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, Bang Out Volume XXII: "Song" with works by Shandy Walton (MFAW '14) and others TBA, 7:15-8:15pm at Deepistan National Parklet (937 Valencia St, SF)
10/19: Reading: LitCrawl, "Beautiful Liars", dark readings featuring faculty and students from UC Berkeley's Summer Creative Writing Program, hosted by T. Geronimo Johnson, Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), Terra Brigando, David Lau, Safeena Leila Mecklai, Anca Roncea and Ryan Sloan, 6-7pm at Density (593 Valencia St, SF)
10/20: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Christopher Russell and Matthew Gordon, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
10/22: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Prem Krishnamurthy, 7pm in Timken
10/24: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley "Open Workshop", 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
10/24: Reading: Writing Without Walls, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
10/25: Reading: Fright Night 2: The Revenge, readers TBA, time TBA (Writers Studio)
10/26: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley and Leish Ellingham, 7:30pm at the Meridian Gallery (535 Powell St, SF) ($10/$5)
10/31: HALLOWEEN
11/1: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Fred Moten, 5pm TBD (SF)
11/13: Forum: VCS Forum presents Women in Comix Then and Now, 10am-12pm in the Boardroom (SF)
11/14: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Rick Moody, 7pm in the Writers' Studio (SF) RSVP
11/14: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Rick Moody, 7pm in the Writers' Studio (SF) RSVP
11/14: Reading: The Poetry Center presents a Tribute to Jayne Cortez with Robin D.G. Kelley in conversation with Justin Desmangles, 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
11/15: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Tom Bissell, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/17: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Robert Kocik, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
11/19: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Hito Steyerl, 7pm in Timken (SF)
11/28: THANKSGIVING
12/1: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Jared Stanley and Christian Hawkey 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
12/5: Lecture: CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Amy Seimetz and Miriam Bale, 7pm in Timken (SF)
12/13: Last day of the Fall 2013 semester
12/15: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Amanda Davidson and Jaime Cortez, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
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