wednesday, january 22 - thursday, january 30, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 18

PUBLICATION

Carol Gore (MFAW '08) has a new piece, "Anson Mills Fires its Copywriter," in Volume 20.1 of Fourteen Hills.

Max Cherney (MFAW '11) has a new piece, "I Went On a Police Ride-Along in San Francisco's Worse Neighborhood," in Vice.

KQED Pop bloggers Alex Vikmanis (MFAW '10) asking if pop music has revolution potential and Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW' 09) on Looking , music updates and 3 Documentaries That Will Change Your Life.

MEDIA

Check out the online edition of the latest Writing Book, an anthology of theses selections from the graduating class of 2013! Hard copies to be mailed out shortly.

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs' (MFAW '08) Twerk is reviewed in NewPages Book Reviews.

Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) is interviewed by David Buuck of Bombsite, and her book, Cunt Norton is reviewed by Andrew Ketcham in New Orleans Review and micro-reviewed by Adam Fitzgerald in The American Reader.

Joseph Lease's (MFAW faculty) poem, "Free Again" is mentioned in ArtsBeat in the New York Times.

ON-CAMPUS

WED 22: Lecture: Infinite Versioning: lecture by David Reinfurt, 7pm at Timken (SF)

THU 23: Exhibition: Opening Reception for Codex and Hiller/ Martin: Provisional Realities, 6:30-8:30pm at Wattis (SF)

OFF-SITE

WED 22: Launch Party: Kirstin Chen/Soy Sauce for Beginners Launch Party

with special guest interviewer Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair), 7:30pm at the Booksmith (1644 Haight St, SF)  

WED 22: Reading/Performance: Word Performances featuring Nato Green, Zahra Noorbakhsh, Todd Siegel, Tim Toaster Henderson, Sylvie Simmons, Simon Rogghe, Claire Zager, Erma Kyriakos, Doug Cordell, Cybele Zufolo Siegel and Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor), 8pm at The Lost Church (65 Capp St at 16th and Mission, SF)

THU 23: Reading: Writing Without Walls: BEGIN AGAIN featuring Marcus Lund, Jane McDermott, Melusina Gomez, Jon Sindell, Rosemary Griggs, Tomas Moniz and music by Steven Gray, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

FRI 24: Reading: Peninsula Literary Series featuring Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) and Harriet Chessman, Lucy Alford, Bob Dickerson, Carolyn Dille, Neetal Parekh and guest artist Debbie Bakker, 7pm at Gallery House (320 South California Ave, Palo Alto)

COMING UP  

1/31: MFAW Writers Series presents Danzy Senna, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

1/31: Reading: Impromptu Crow, Spontaneous Storks featuring Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), Jessamyn Lyn Pattison, Mg Roberts, Paul Corman-Roberts, open mic to follow, 5:30pm at the Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)

2/4: Reception: Celebration of San Mateo County's first Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), 5:30-7:30pm at San Mateo Main Library (55 West Third Ave, San Mateo) (RSVP)

2/1: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kimberly Grey, Scott Lambridis, Eric Raymond, Kai Carlson-Wee and musician Jade Way, 7:30pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Ave, SF)

2/8: Reading: Live at 851 featuring Rauan Klassnik, Alana Siegel, Steven Seidenberg and TJ Lyons, 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight Street, SF)

2/7: MFAW Writers Series presents Natalie Baszile, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/21: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/27: 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, readers TBA, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

wednesday, january 15 - thursday, january 23, 2014

Vol. 2, Issue 18

PUBLICATION

Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) has a new blog post, "LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs on Building Your Lineage," on  Poets & Writers.

Janey Smith (MFAW) has a new blog post, "2013: The Year of the Plagiarist," on HTMLGIANT.

Alex Vikmanis (MFAW '10) has a new piece,"Foreign Film," on Litro.

KQED Pop bloggers Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on Her, David Aloi (MFAW '09) with his Golden Globe winner predictions and Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW' 09) on your inner Downton Abbey Character.

MEDIA

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) posted Q&A's with writer Grant Flint on her W³ Sidecar blog.

ON-CAMPUS

TUE 21: Spring Courses Begin

TUE 21: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Peter Fischli 7pm at Timken (SF)

THU 23: Exhibition: Opening Reception for Codex and Hiller/ Martin: Provisional Realities, 6:30-8:30pm at Wattis (SF)

OFF-SITE

WED 15: Reading: Kick Off 2014: January 15 Lyrics & Dirges featuring Brian Ang, Carmella Fleming, Judy Juanita, Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) and Harold Terezon, 7:30-9pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)

THU 16: Reading: MFA Mixer featuring Charlotte Bhaskar, Joseph Sean Burgess, Amy Burkhardt, Tony DeGenaro, Alex Gilliam (MFAW '15), Zane Hawley (MFAW '14), Ian Jacoby, JC Johnson, Tasha Keeble and Sean Patrick Negus, 6:30pm at The Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)

SAT 18: Reading: BANG OUT Reading Series Vol. XXIII: "Private Eyes" featuring Jim Nelson, Alistare Wild, Lisa Miller Julie Mitchell, Mike Murray, Tomas Moniz and Emil DeAndreis, 7:30-9pm at the Make Out Room (3225 22nd Street, SF)

WED 22: Reading/Performance: Word Performances featuring Nato Green, Zahra Noorbakhsh, Todd Siegel, Tim Toaster Henderson, Sylvie Simmons, Simon Rogghe, Claire Zager, Erma Kyriakos, Doug Cordell, Cybele Zufolo Siegel and Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor), 8pm at The Lost Church (65 Capp St at 16th and Mission, SF)

THU 23: Reading: Writing Without Walls: BEGIN AGAIN featuring Marcus Lund, Jane McDermott, Melusina Gomez, Jon Sindell, Rosemary Griggs, Tomas Moniz and music by Steven Gray, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

FRI 24: Reading: Peninsula Literary Series featuring Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) and Harriet Chessman, Lucy Alford, Bob Dickerson, Carolyn Dille, Neetal Parekh and guest artist Debbie Bakker, 7pm at Gallery House (320 South California Ave, Palo Alto)

COMING UP  

1/31: MFAW Writers Series presents Danzy Senna, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

1/31: Reading: Impromptu Crow, Spontaneous Storks featuring Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), Jessamyn Lyn Pattison, Mg Roberts, Paul Corman-Roberts, open mic to follow, 5:30pm at the Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)

2/1: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kimberly Grey, Scott Lambridis, Eric Raymond, Kai Carlson-Wee and musician Jade Way, 7:30pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Ave, SF)

2/8: Reading: Live at 851 featuring Rauan Klassnik, Alana Siegel, Steven Seidenberg and TJ Lyons, 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight Street, SF)

2/7: MFAW Writers Series presents Natalie Baszile, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/21: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

wednesday, january 8 - thursday, january 16, 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Vol. 2, Issue 17

PUBLICATION

Janey Smith (MFAW) has a piece, "Mushmouth Reads Daddy," on theNewerYork Press.

Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty) has a piece, "'Some Woolly Buzz' for Some Woolly Buzz," on Publication Studio Vancouver.

Ishmael Reed (MFAW faculty) has a two posts, "The President of the Cool," on The New York Times and "Black Peter, Krampus and the Real Roots of St. Nick and Santa Claus" on The Wall Street Journal's blog, Speakeasy.  

Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) has several blog posts, "My Poetry Picks of 2013," "Itations for Faybiene," and "Beautiful Sea of Waves" on The Poetry Foundation's blog, Harriet.

KQED Pop bloggers Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on TV and happiness and Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW' 09) on the memorable Clueless party scene, life lessons from Home Alone, the best 2013 best of lists and what your liquor of choice says about your politics.

MEDIA

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW '06) posted Q&A's with writers Michael J McGuire and Toni Piccinini on her W³ Sidecar blog.

Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08) has a three part cipher with High Priest, Magellan, P-Ski, Sha-Key and Little Nay; DWYCK: a Cipher on Hip-Hop poetics Part 1, DWYCK: a Cipher on Hip-Hop poetics Part 2, DWYCK: a Cipher on Hip-Hop poetics Part 3, on The Poetry Foundation's blog, Harriet.

Get a peek at some of our guests for the Spring 2014 Writers Series.

ON-CAMPUS

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OFF-SITE

WED 8: Reading: January RADAR Reading Series featuring Caitlin Donohue, Dax Tran-Caffee, Shanthi Sekaran (MFAW faculty) and Mica Sigourney, 6pm at San Francisco Public Library (100 Larkin St, SF)

WED 8: Reading/Signing: DIESEL presents Kevin Fisher-Paulson as he discusses and signs "A Song for Lost Angels," 7pm at Diesel, A Bookstore (5433 College Ave, Oakland)

FRI 10: Reading: The Other Fabulous Reading Series featuring K.Lorraine Graham, Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Elaine Kahn and Paul Ebenkamp, 7:30pm at The Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)

SAT 11: Panel/ Reading: Poets & Writers Live: Inspiration, 12:30pm- 9pm at Beyond Baroque (681 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles) (REGISTER)

WED 15: Reading: Kick Off 2014: January 15 Lyrics & Dirges featuring Brian Ang, Carmella Fleming, Judy Juanita, Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) and Harold Terezon, 7:30-9pm at Pegasus Books Downtown (2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley)

THU 16: Reading: MFA Mixer featuring Charlotte Bhaskar, Joseph Sean Burgess, Amy Burkhardt, Tony DeGenaro, Alex Gilliam (MFAW '15), Zane Hawley (MFAW '14), Ian Jacoby, JC Johnson, Tasha Keeble and Sean Patrick Negus, 6:30pm at The Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)

COMING UP  

1/21: Spring Courses Begin

1/21: Lecture: Graduate Studies Lecture Series presents Peter Fischli 7pm at Timken (SF)

1/22: Reading/Performance: Word Performances featuring Nato Green, Zahra Noorbakhsh, Todd Siegel, Tim Toaster Henderson, Sylvie Simmons, Simon Rogghe, Claire Zager, Erma Kyriakos, Doug Cordell, Cybele Zufolo Siegel and Zarina Zabrisky (Eleven Eleven #13 contributor), 8pm at The Lost Church (65 Capp St at 16th and Mission, SF)

1/23: Reading: Writing Without Walls: BEGIN AGAIN, Readers TBA, 7pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore St, SF)

1/31: MFAW Writers Series presents Danzy Senna, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

1/31: Reading: Impromptu Crow, Spontaneous Storks featuring Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), Kimberly Kim (MFAW '11), Jessamyn Lyn Pattison, Mg Roberts, Paul Corman-Roberts, open mic to follow, 5:30pm at the Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave, Oakland)

2/1: Reading: Bernal Yoga Literary Series featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kimberly Grey, Scott Lambridis, Eric Raymond, Kai Carlson-Wee and musician Jade Way, 7:30pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Ave, SF)

2/7: MFAW Writers Series presents Natalie Baszile, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event

2/21: MFAW Writers Series presents Max Posner, 4:30pm in the MFA Writing Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro (SF) MORE INFO / FB Event