Vol. 2, Issue 46
NEWS
Nikki Thompson (MFAW '02) was one of the Runner-ups for the 2014 Earl Weaver Baseball Writing Prize for poem "Dodger Blues"! The poem appears in her artist book and in Cobalt Reviews Baseball Issue.
PUBLICATION
Rebekah Bloyd (MFAW faculty) has a poem, "Alight" in the Spring 2014 edition of Sou'Wester which is available for order.
KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) with the worst movie accents, Taylor Swift shaking it off, and the pre-work rave.
Keiran King (MFAW '16) has a few articles in The Jamaica Gleaner, how Jamaica is not a democracy and Anansi and the strange fruit.
MEDIA
Listen to an interview and reading with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) on POET AS RADIO, a weekly program on KUSF in Exile.
ON-CAMPUS
OFF-SITE
WED 20: Info Session: Southern Exposure presents Alternative Exposure Grant Info Session #2, 6:30 - 8pm at Aggregate Space (801 W. Grand Ave, Oakland) FB Event
THUR 21: Reading: MFA Mixer August 2014 presents: From Trauma to Catharsis: Performing the Asian Avant Garde with Chris Pine, Jason Bayani, Ahmunet Jordan, Francois Luong, Margaret Rhee, Jayinee Basu, Truong Tran, Robert Ricardo Reese, Natalia Duong, Ching-In Chen, 6:30pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom, SF) FB Event
FRI 22: Reading: Under the Influence, Round 17 with Vernon Keeve III (MFAW '13), Micah Ballard, D. Scott MIller, tessa micaela, emji spero, 7:30pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF) FB Event
SUN 24: Reading: Subterranean Poetry Festival with LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08), Brenda Coultas, Todd Colby, Cecilia Vicuña, hosted by Edwin Torres, 1 - 4pm at The Widow Jane Mine, Century House Historical Society, 668 Route 213, Rosendale, NY 12472
MON 25: BRIDGE WEEK: Tour of the Neighborhood, 4pm at the Writers' Studio
TUES 26: New Student Orientation, 3 - 5pm, Writers Studio
THUR 28: BRIDGE WEEK: Faculty Talk followed by a Student Reading Open Mic, 4pm in the Writers Studio
THUR 28: Reading: Writing Without Walls: When I Was Young with Fia Maxwell, Calvin Fantone, Pam Benjamin, William Taylor, Jr., Jonathan Downer, Fred Dodsworth, Youssef Alaoui-Fdili, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore, SF)
COMING UP
8/29: BRIDGE WEEK: Eleven Eleven mailing party, 3:30pm in the Writers' Studio.
8/30: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon curated Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Megan Breiseth, Trevor Calvert, Natalie Catasús (MFAW '14/MA '15), Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley,Owen Hill, Andrew Joron, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Ben Mirov, Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF) FB Event
8/31: BRIDGE WEEK: Golden Gate Park Meet-Up, 1pm
9/1: LABOR DAY: Campus Closed
9/8: Info Session: Southern Exposure presents Alternative Exposure Grant Info Session #3, 6:30 - 8pm at Southern Exposure (3030 20th St., SF) FB Event
9/12: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Monica Wesolowska, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
9/19: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Matthew Zapruder, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
9/26: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Ru Freeman, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
9/26 - 27: CCA Alumni Association presents 2014 CCA Alumni Weekend, activities on both the OAK and SF campus. more info
9/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon presents 100 Thousand Poets For Change curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Natalie Catasús (MFAW '14/MA '15), Maxine Chernoff, Johnny Hernandez, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Monica Storss, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
10/3: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Ben Lerner, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
10/14: Reading: LITQUAKE presents California College of the Arts, MFA Program in Writing with Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW faculty), Jordan Karnes (MFAW '12), Vernon Keeve III (MFAW '13), Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), and Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) at the Make-Out Room (3225 22nd Street, SF)
10/17: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Andrew Sean Greer, 6:00pm in Timken Lecture Hall (1111 8th Street, SF)
10/24: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with David Lida, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
10/31: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Miranda Mellis, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
10/31: Reading: Fright Night III, readers TBD, 6:00pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/7: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Michelle Richmond, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/14: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Julia Fierro, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/21: Reading: MFA Program in Writing presents the Writers Series with Brock Clarke, 4:30pm in the Writers Studio (195 De Haro, SF)
11/27-28: THANKSGIVING BREAK
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