Vol. 1, Issue 38
NEWS
Be on the lookout for two upcoming releases from Opal Palmer Adisa (MFAW Faculty); Incantations and Rites, poetry with devorah major, (Deconstructed Artichoke Press) in September and 4-Headed Woman, poetry collection, (Tia Chucha Press) in October.
Check out the mural of Kevin Killian's (MFAW Faculty) poem "Secret Life of Plants" in collaboration with Rex Ray, at the corner of 4th and Market between Old Navy and Walgreens in downtown San Francisco!
Kevin Killian (MFAW Faculty) will also be a visiting faculty member for a week at Southern Oregon University's Institute of New Writing in Ashland.
Congratulations to Nancy Devine (MFAW '07) for winning an honorable mention in the Revolution House Flash Fiction Contest with her piece "Burnt Obsession" published in the current issue of Revolution House.
PUBLICATION
Matthew Iribarne (MFAW Faculty) has a blog post on the Bold Italic about what once was in San Francisco.
MEDIA
Video of our 2013 Word.World Thesis Readings is up and available on YouTube! April 5, April 19, April 26, May 3.
ON-CAMPUS
-summer, summer, summer time-
OFF-SITE
6/20: Reading: MFA Mixer 2.0: Cali4nication with works by Alicia Franco and Sam Cavedon (both MFAW '14), Terra Brigando, Brian Gilton, Katrina Greco, Gabe Johnson, Maria Judnick, Marcus Lund, Tanya Schleyer, 6:30 - 9pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom, SF)
6/20: Reading: "Drawn from Hopper: An Evening of Poetry and Literature" with readings by Anne Carson and Elizabeth Strout with video presentation by Denise Newman (MFAW Faculty), 7pm at the Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Avenue, NYC)
6/22: Reading: Featherboard Writing Series curated by Steffi Drewes (MFAW '06) with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Geraldine Kim, Hollie Hardy, Daniel Yovino, 5 - 7pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland) FBEP
6/22: Book Launch: "Trapline" by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW Faculty), 4pm at Ink Spell Books (500 Purissima Street, Half Moon Bay) FBEvent Page
6/23: Reading: The Other Fabulous Reading Series with works by Joseph Lease (MFAW Faculty) and Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, Evan Karp, 7pm at The Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck, Berkeley) FBEvent Page
6/24: Reading: Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Jim Maughn, 7:30pm at the Sacramento Poetry Center (25th and R Complex, 1719 25th, Sacramento)
6/26 - 28: Walk: Elastic City presents Spread with Todd Shalom (MFAW '04), Juan Betancurth, Niegel Smith, 7pm at 33rd Street and Broadway, NYC RSVP
6/27: Reading: One Lone Pear Tree: with works by Mequila Alehandre and Juliana Paslay (both MFAW '12), Melissa Kuhn (MFAW '13), Phil Lumsden (MFAW '15), 6pm at 1953 & 1955 McAllister (SF) FBEvent Page
COMING UP
6/28: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Ryan Funk (MFAW '12) with works by Jordan Rice Sarantis (MFAW '13) and Brittany Billmeyer-Finn, Robert Gluck, Robert Andrew Andres Perez Jr., Cedar Sigo, Eric Sneathan, Ronaldo Wilson, 6pm in the CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)
6/29: Conference: Litquake: digi.lit, 9am - 5pm at SPUR Urban Center (654 Mission) STUDENT DISCOUNT IN CLASSIFIED BELOW
6/29: Opening: RISK: Annual Juried Exhibition with work by Alex Nichols (MFAW '11), Rebekah Goldstein (MFA '12) and Leigh Barbier, Michael Berens, Paper Buck, Natalya Burd, Nuala Creed, Arthur Comings, Diane Ding, Jessica Eastburn, Joel Frudden, Danielle Gherardi, Adrienne Heloise, Dana Hemenway, Joshua Highter, Edith Hillinger, Kelly Inouye, Becky Johnson, Carter Johnston, Jennifer Kaufman, Jeff Kramm, Cathy Lu, Michael Martin, Nadja Miller, Benjamin Moss, Eva Nicolait, Johanna Poethig, Amanda Quiroz, Zachary Roberts, Stephanie Robison, Blayre Stiller, Sam Vaughan, and Leah Virsik, 6 - 8pm at Berkeley Art Center (1275 Walnut, Berkeley)
7/1: First Day of the MFA in Comics Residency!
7/5: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Cathy Malkasian, 6pm in the CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)
7/5: Live at 851 featuring Marisa Crawford, Matt L. Rohrer, plus special guests.
7/5: Criminal Class Press will do an hour-long segment for UK radio
7/6: Pub Crawl: "Beast Crawl: Uptown Oakland's Annual Literary Event" with 125 poets, writers, and performance artists, 5 - 9pm MORE INFO
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Punk Hostage Press UNRESTRAINED" curated by Iris Berry and A. Razor with work by Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11) and Carlye Archibeque, Dennis Cruz, Kate Menzies, Bucky Sinister, between 6:30 - 7:30pm at Loring Cafe (37 Grand Ave, Oakland) Facebook Event Page.
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Four out of Fifteen: A Sneak Preview of Eleven Eleven's 15th Issue" curated by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) with Edward Gauvin, Monica Mody, Caitlin Myer, and Ted Rees, 6:30 - 7:30pm at SomaR bar (1727 Telegraph, Oakland)
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: Naked Bulb - Backyard Beast" curated by Missy Church with works by Autumn Darbrow (MFAW '13) and William Taylor Jr., Colleen McKee, Andrew J. Thomas, Crowheart Boy, 6:30 - 7:30pm at the Stork Club
7/6: Reading: "Beast Crawl: SPD Wild Things" with works by Janey Smith (MFAW) and Brent Cunningham, Farnoosh Fathi, Teresa K. Miller, Arisa White, 8 - 9pm at Rande Vu (2430 Broadway, Oakland)
7/12: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: James Robinson, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF)
7/14: Reading: Poetry Flash with works by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW Faculty) and Brynn Saito, 3pm at Diesel Bookstore (5433 College Avenue, Oakland)
7/16: Reading: "What Is It Really Like to Be Alive?" celebrating Inquiring Mind's latest issue with works by Denise Newman (MFAW Faculty) and Anne Barrows, Andrew Chaikin, Barbara Gates, Mushim Ikeda, Susan Moon, Scoop Nisker, Gary Turchin, Marty Williams, 6:30 - 8:30pm at Diesel Bookstore (5433 College Avenue, Oakland)
7/19: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Jason Shiga, 6pm at CCA Writers Studio (195 De Haro)
7/26: Lecture/Reading: MFA Comics in the City: Dash Shaw, 6pm at Timken Hall (SF)
7/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon: curated by Tom Comitta (MFAW '11), 6pm at The Public School (Oakland)
7/27: 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)
8/1: Reading: Poetry Flash with work by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW Faculty) and Larry O. Dean, 7:30pm at Moe's Berkeley (2476 Telegraph, Berkeley)
