Vol. 2, Issue 7
NEWS
A big Congratulations to Cooley Windsor (MFAW faculty) for winning a San Francisco Foundation's Joseph Henry Jackson and James D. Phelan Literary Award! There will be a reading of all seven awardees on Wednesday, November 13. RSVP here.
PUBLICATION
Janey Smith (MFAW) has a review of Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century on Fanzine.
KQED Pop blogger Suzanne Barnecut (MFAW' 07) on the Gentrification of Detroit, David Aloi (MFAW '09) on achieving that fall feeling.
MEDIA
Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) and Eleven Eleven have been getting some international coverage in Turkey! Check it out on bugun bugece and Ulkede Haber.
Kristin Sanders reviews Cunt Norton (Les Figues Press, 2013) by Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) on HTML Giant.
ON-CAMPUS
FRI 18: Reading: MFAW Writers Series with Litquake presents Mary Gaitskill, 7pm in Timken Lecture Hall (CCA 1111 8th St, SF)
OFF-SITE
THU 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)
THU 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)
FRI 18: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Yusef Komunyakaa, 7:30pm at McRoskey Mattress Company (1687 Market St at Gough, SF) ($10/$5)
FRI 18: Workshop/Panel: Writing Workshops: Kundiman and VONA, 1:45pm-2:45pm at the Paley Room-Floor 3, Main Library (100 Larkin St, SF)
SAT 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)
SAT 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)
SAT 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)
SAT 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), Phase 2, 7:15pm at Mission Cheese (736 Valencia, SF) MORE INFO
SAT 19: Reading: LitCrawl, The Catamaran Literary Reader with Judith Serin (MFAW faculty) and others, Phase 3, 8:30 - 9:30pm at the Red Poppy Art House (2698 Folsom, SF)
SAT 19: Panel: LitCrawl, a panel of translators featuring Denise Newman (MFAW faculty), Phase 3, 8:30-9:30pm at Love & Luxe (1169 Valencia St, SF)
SAT 19: Reading: LitCrawl, Bang Out Volume XXII: "Song" with works by Shandy Walton (MFAW '14), Chris Stroffolino, Matt Leibel, Tiffany Higgins and Aaron Cohen, Phase 2, 7:15-8:15pm at Aldea Home (890 Valencia St)
SAT 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, Phase 1, 6-7pm at Density (593 Valencia St, SF)
SAT 19: Reading: LitCrawl, Numina Press featuring Tamim Ansary, Kemble Scott, Joe Quirk, Ransom Stephens, Yanina Gotsulsky, James Warner, Andy Dugas, Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor), 6-7pm at Dalva (3121 16th St, SF)
SUN 20: Reading: Small Press Traffic featuring Christopher Russell and Matthew Gordon, 5:30pm at ATA (992 Valencia St, SF) ($6-$10 for non-members)
SUN 20: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Elizabeth Costello, Keith Ekiss, Maria Hummel, Matthew Iribarne (MFAW faculty), Glori Simmons and Jean Baudin, 8pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Avenue, SF)
SUN 20: Reading: The Other Fabulous Reading Series presents Maged Zaher, Carrie Hunter, and Saeed Jones, 3:30pm at The Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)
SUN 20: Multi-media performance: The Sunday Salon: "Ten Acts for Ten Bucks", featuring Patrick Newson (MFAW '15), Gibson Pearl, Hilit Maniv with Aziel "El Moreno" The Zenotope Collective, Freyja and SoozyQ, Claudine Naganuma, Dara Roberts, Maria y Stephania Fusion Flamenco, Holly Shaw, Shahrzad Khorsandi, Mima Goodarz, Farin Foroudi, Jana MEszaros and Doug Hooker, 6:30-8:30pm at Rhythmix Cultural Works ( 2513 Blanding Ave, Alameda) (TICKETS)
THU 24: Reading: The Poetry Center presents George Stanley "Open Workshop", 4:30pm at the Poetry Center, (1600 Holloway Ave, HUM 512, SFSU)
THU 24: Reading: Writing Without Walls: Magic, featuring Matt Carney, Siamak Vossoughi, Alexandra Naughton, Anthony Degenaro, Leonard Crosby (MFAW alum) and Chris Carosi, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
COMING UP
10/25: Reading: Fright Night 2: The Revenge, readers TBA, 5pm at the Writers Studio (SF)
10/25: Reading: Under the Influence • Round 8 featuring Oki Sogumi, Nathan Grover, Carol Queen and Moneta Goldsmith, 7:30pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno St, SF) ($5 suggested donation)
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)
11/2: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series, featuring Writer-In-Residence Chloe Veylit (MFAW '13), Megan Breiseth and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), 5-7pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland)
11:/2: Reading: Writing Without Walls: Gratitude, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
11/3: Reading: The Poetry Center presents Fred Moten, 5pm TBD (SF)
11/8: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Sheri Fink, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/9: Reading: Rolling Writers' Flash Flood, featuring Ethel Rohan, Meg Pokrass, Tony PRess, Townsend Walker, Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor) and Jon Sindell, 7-9pm at Rolling-Out (1722 Taraval St, SF)
11/13: Reading: Hearsay Reading Series presents the Senior Reading and Literary Festival, 7:30pm in Nahl Hall (OAK)
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)
11/28: 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)
12/5: Release Party: Zabrisky's Debut Novel Book Release: WE, MONSTERS, Zarina Zabrisky's (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor) debut novel, 7:30pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)
12/6: Reading: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
12/7: Release Party: Zabrisky's Debut Novel Book Release: WE, MONSTERS, Zarina Zabrisky's (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor) debut novel, 7pm at Viracocha (998 Valencia St, 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)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
NEW: WRITING WITHOUT WALLS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (deadline Nov. 4)
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."
Friedrich Nietzsche
This reading will take place Thursday, Nov 14, 7 p.m. at
Cafe du Soleil
200 Fillmore St.
San Francisco
Six readers. One musician. One theme.
Books available for purchase.
Submit your work by midnight Monday, November 4th. Previously published work okay. By submitting, you agree to be available to perform your piece on the night, if chosen; also, you agree to let us publish it in a chapbook. All submissions should be something that can be read in 10 minutes or less (fewer than 1,250 words). Be sure to send your bio as well.
MONDAY NIGHT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS (deadline, Dec. 15)
Editors: Jessica Wickens (MFAW '07) and Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07)
we are currently accepting new work
reading period: september 1 - december 15, 2013
Monday Night, a literary journal established in 2001, publishes quality literature of new and emerging writers from around the world. Monday Night is distributed at independent bookstores and sold on our website, and all work accepted for print is simultaneously published online.
Writers are invited to submit previously unpublished work during our open reading periods from September 1-December 15. any submissions received outside of this timeframe will NOT be read. Please follow our guidelines carefully. To determine if your work might be a good fit for us, take a look at our most recent edition. If you have questions, feel free to contact the editors: editors AT mondaynightlit.com.
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