Vol. 2, Issue 22
NEWS
Will you be at AWP 2014 in Seattle this year? Let us know! We're hosting a reception and would love alums and students to be there. See below for dates/times.
PUBLICATION
MEDIA
Dodie Bellamy's (MFAW faculty) book Cunt Norton is reviewed by Natalie Helberg on Numéro Cinq and by David Peak for The Rumpus.
If you download The Weekly Rumpus for your iPhone or iPad you get a short story by Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty)!
ON-CAMPUS
WED 12: Lecture: CCA Painting and Drawing Program Presents: Laeh Glenn (BFA Painting/Drawing 08), 4-5:30pm at the Drawing Room, 2nd floor Montgomery Bldg (SF)
WED 12: Reading: 11th of 12 (brief) Moments Spread Out Over a Year, based on Cooley Windsor's (former MFAW faculty) BREVITY class, featuring Nancy Au, Nona Caspers, Kyle Metzner, Jared Roehrig and Michael Swaine, 7pm at Southern Exposure (
WED 12: Launch: Eleven Eleven presents Issue 16 with readings by Brandon Brown, Mary Burger, Cassandra Dallett, D. Scot Miller, 7:30pm in the Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF)
THU 13: Studio Tour: PLAySPACE Studio Tour: Line of Site, featuring Manuel Angeja, Jennifer Klecker, Clare Rickman and Sanaz Sarabi, 6pm in the Nave (SF)
FRI 14: First Draft of Thesis Due to Committee Members
FRI 14: Valentine's Day
WED 19: Workshop: Res/Art Workshop and Presentation, 5-7:30pm at the Florence and Leo B. Helzel Boardroom/Timken (SF) (INFO/RSVP)
OFF-SITE
THU 13: Lecture: City Arts & Lectures presents B.J. Novak in conversation with Paul Lancour, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St, SF) (See Classifieds below for Student Discount)
SUN 16: Small Press Traffic presents Douglas Kearney, Claudia Rankine, Norma Cole hosted by Dana Teen Lomax, 5pm at Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia, SF)
WED 19: Reading/Release Party: The Gorilla Press presents the Yesterzine 3 Release "Camber" featuring Jennifer S Cheng, Alexandra Naughton, Tomas Moniz, and Kwan Booth, 7-9pm at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd Street, SF)
THU 20: Reading: MFA Mixer featuring Candace Eros Diaz, Sean Patrick Negus, Eva Mejia, Jennifer Williams, Nicole Henares, Max Lemanowicz, Sarah Lyn Rogers, Rinidad Escobar, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Kristin McCandless, 7pm at The Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)
COMING UP
2/21: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event
2/21: Reading: MFAW 2nd Student Reading, readers TBA, 6pm at the MFA Writing Writers' Studio (SF)
2/21: Launch: Samizdat Literary Journal with readings by contributors Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), Melissa Kuhn (MFAW '13), Stephen Leeper (MFAW '15) among others, 6:30pm at Spice Monkey Cafe (1628 Webster, OAK) INFO
2/24: Reading: Trisha Low, J. Gordon Faylor and Kate Robinson (Eleven Eleven #16 Contributor), 8pm at the Public School (2141 Broadway St, Oakland)
2/25: Reading/Launch: Pilgrimly by Siobhan Scarry featuring readers Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) and Anita Lahey, 7:30pm at Russell Books (734 Fort Street, Victoria, British Columbia)
2/27: AWP: Literary Politics: White Guys and Everyone Else with Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Lorraine Berry (moderator), Roxane Gay, Amy Hoffman, Mat Johnson, 12 - 1:15pm, Room 612 (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/27: AWP: Reading Virginia's Mail: Letters and Journals as Creative Nonfiction with Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), S.L. (Sandi) Wisenberg (moderator), Donald Morrill, Kenny Kruse, 1:30 - 2:45pm, Room 2B (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/27: AWP: Anthology, featuring Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), Alexander Chee, Paul Lisicky, Cari Luna and Vanessa Veselka, 9pm at Sam's Tavern (1024 E Pike St, Seattle)
2/27: Reading: Writing Without Walls: TAINTED LOVE, featuring Notty Bumbo, Lisa Gordon (MFAW '10), Yume Kim, Charles Kruger, Christine No, Susanna Solomon and David Welper, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
2/28: AWP: Family Trouble: Memoirists on the Hazard and Rewards of Revealing Family with Faith Adiele (MFAW faculty), Joy Castro (moderator), Ralph Savarese, Sue William Silverman, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, 10:30 - 11:45am, Room 602/603 (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/28: AWP: Rigor Mortis or Rigor Vitalis? Signs of Life in the Creative Writing Classroom with Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), Amy Lemmon (moderator), Mairéad Byrne, Lesley Lesley Jenike, Matt Donovan, 10:30 - 11:45am, Room 3A (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/28: AWP: Booksigning: Tom Barbash (MFAW faculty), 12 - 12:30pm, Table P28 in the Bookfair room (Seattle, WA)
2/28: AWP: Booksigning: Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), 12:30 - 1pm, Table P28 in the Bookfair room (Seattle, WA)
2/28: AWP: Building a Space for Comics in the Creative Writing Program with Matt Silady (MFAC Chair), Justin Hall (MFAC faculty), Nathan Holic (moderator), Jeffrey Chapman, Leslie Salas, 1:30 - 2:45pm, Room 3B (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/28: AWP: Beyond the "Axis of Evil:" Shattering the Stereotypes of Iran and Iranians Through Fiction with Anita Amirrezvani (MFAW faculty), Persis Karim (moderator), omif fallahazad, Jasmin Darznik, Marjan Kamali, 1:30 - 2:45pm, Room 303 (Western New England MFA Annex)
2/28: AWP: Writing Comics the AWP Way with Justin Hall (MFAC faculty), Jeffrey Chapman (moderator), Nathan Holic, Rich Shivener, Rebecca Claire Stephens, 3 - 4:15pm, Room 2B (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/28: AWP: Art School Writing Faculty Caucus with Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) (moderator), Monica Drake, Sophia Kartsonis, Grant Hier, Ryan Van Cleave, 6 - 7:15pm, Room 611 (Washington State Convention Center, Seattle)
2/28: AWP: Reception: California College of the Arts Reception, 7 - 8:15pm, Issaquah A & B, Sheraton Seattle Hotel.
3/4: Reading/Release Party: Eleven Eleven Issue #16 Release Party, featuring Kate Robinson, Nana Twumasi (MFAW '07), Lewis Ellingham, Kenneth Wong and Emily Meg Weinstein, 7:30pm at City Lights (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)
3/7: Reading: MFAW 3rd Student Reading, readers TBA, 6pm at the MFA Writing Writers' Studio (SF)
3/10-14: Thesis Candidacy Review Meetings
3/10: Reading: Words As Works/Punk Hostage Press featuring Alexandra Naughton, SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), Joel Landmine and Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), 7pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)
3/14: MFAW Writers Series presents Julie Patton, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF)
3/16: Small Press Traffic presents Renee Gladman and Evelyn Reilly, hosted by Joelyn Saidenberg, 5pm at Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia, SF)
3/21: Book Release Reading: A History of Broken Love Things by SB Stokes (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) featuring readers Cassandra Dallett, Jennifer Brown, Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 Contributor), Sonya Renee Taylor, Mk Chavez, Yume Kim, Tara Rose, Carmella Suzanne Fleming, Lauren Traetto, Dana Andrews, Alexandra Naughton and Hollie Hardy, 6:30-9pm at Monarch (101 6th St, SF)
3/24-28: SPRING BREAK
3/27: Reading: Writing Without Walls: "A Certain Kind of Madness," readers TBA, 7:30pm at Cafe Du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)
4/10: Lecture: City Arts & Lectures presents Tony Kushner in conversation with Steven Winn, 7:30pm at Nourse Theater (275 Hayes St, SF) (See Classifieds below for Student Discount)
4/11: Final Unbound Thesis Due
4/17: MFAW Writers Series presents Akhil Sharma, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF)
4/18: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA's MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)
4/25: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA's MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)
4/27: Small Press Traffic presents Lisa Robertson and Jeff Derksen, hosted by Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), 5pm at Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia, SF)
5/2: Word.World 2014, thesis readings by students in CCA's MFA Program in Writing, 7pm (SF)
5/5-9: Final Thesis Review Meetings
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