wednesday, may 8 - thursday, may 16, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 32

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING WRITING STUDENTS!! YOU'LL BE MISSED. STAY IN TOUCH.

MEDIA

John Findura of H_NGM_N reviews Testify by Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty).

Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) discusses her upcoming book Trapline and Steve Buscemi on her blog section, "The Next Big Thing."

Matt Silady (MFA Comics Chair) shares his shelf porn with Robot 6 on Comic Book Resources.

PUBLICATION

Max A. Cherney (MFAW alum) has two  piece out, "New Tumblr Reviews Restaurant Bathrooms Along With Food," on SFWEEKLY Blogs.

KQED Pop blog has a notable alumni writing for them: David Aloi (MFAW '09) on the question "Why Do We Still Love Justin Timberlake?"

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 3 - THU 9: THESIS FINAL REVIEW MEETINGS

FRI 10: ENGAGE: Oakland School of the Performing Arts student reading, 2:30pm-5:30pm in the Writer's Studio (SF)

FRI 10: Walking Event: doubleBread presents Other Species of Spaces with works by Chloé Veylit (MFAW '13), Arash Fayez, Byron Peters, Phillip Maisel (all MFA  '13), Jordan Reznick (MA/MFA '13), Omar El Mismar, Dan Bouthot (both MFA '14), Pierre-François Galpin and Marie Martraire (both CURP '14), 4 - 6pm with starting point in Hooper 1 Atrium (SF)

FRI 10: Last Day of the Spring 2013 semester

SUN 12: Koi Pond Opening, hosted by Denise Newman's (MFAW faculty) Poetry Workshop, 3-5 at the Writer's Studio (SF)  

WED 15: Career Development Bootcamp, open to CCA Undergrad and CCA Grad students from the graduating classes of 2010 through 2013, 9am - 5pm (SF) [REGISTER]

THU 16: Reception for Teresa Walsh (former MFAW program manager), 3-5pm in the Writer's Studio (SF) RSVP

THU 16: MFA EXHIBITION OPENING, 6 - 10PM, (SF)

OFF-SITE

THU 9: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at GLBT History Museum (4127 18th Street, SF)

THU 9: Reading: Criminal Class Review, Editor in Chief Kevin Whiteley (MFAW alum), and Comma Sense Reading Series, featuring Paul Rinn, Kathryn Morrill and The Island of Misfit Toys, 4-6pm at Chicago Carry Out (63 E. Harrison, Chicago)

SAT 11: Reading: A talk by Pacifica artists Leo Bersamina and Terry Hoff at 2pm, followed by wine tasting and readings by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) and Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) 3-5pm at Oceana Art Gallery (150 Eureka Square,  

Pacifica)

SAT 11: PULL Release Party: 6th issue of Be About It release party featuring Jeff Von Ward (MFAW alum), Amy Berkowitz, Carleen Tibbetts, Carrie Hunter, Daniel Suarez, Jayinee Basu, Jesse Prado, Kelly Thomas, Maya Weeks, Nathan Keele Springer, Paul Corman-Roberts, and Zack Haber, 6pm at 849 Haight Street (SF)

THU 16: MFA Mixer 2.0: featuring readings by Vernon Keeve (MFAW '13), Phil Lumsden (MFAW ' 14), Nanor Abkarian, Jon Boulier, Matt Carney, Tony DeGenaro, Alisa Dodge, Caroline O'Connor, Aaron Rose, Daniel Suarez, and Adrienne Villa-Stanley, hosted by Jeff Von Ward and Nick Johnson (both MFAW alums), 6:30pm at the Cat Club (1190 Folsom St, SF)

THU 16: Reading: Readings at the Bookstore- Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society Launch Party, with Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law and more, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)

COMING UP  

5/17: The Fashion Design Program 2013 Annual Fashion Show, 8pm (SF) TICKETS

5/17: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Della Watson, Valerie Witte, and Stephen Vincent, 7pm at Canessa Park Gallery Reading Series (708 Montgomery Street @ Washington, SF)

5/18: CCA Commencement Ceremony

5/18: BANG OUT Volume XXI: "Bridges and Tunnels" at the Make Out Room (SF)

5/18: Film Screening: "The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time", a film by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12), 7:30pm at 9th Street Independent Film Center (145 9th, SF)

5/20: Reading: As/Us: A Space for Women of the World, featuring Julie Lythcott-Haims (MFAW '14), Cherrie L. Moraga, Tria Andrews, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Justine Kao, Casandra Lopez, Juanita Mantz, and Tanaya Winder, 4:30 to 6:30pm at Cecil H. Green Library, Bing Wing, Albert M. Bender Room (Fifth Floor Standford University)

5/22: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30 at Olympia Timberland Library (313 8th Ave SE, Olympia)

5/24: Live at 851: Featuring Alex Dimitrov, Ben Mirov (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor), Cedar Sigo, and Erica Lewis, hosted by Janey Smith (MFAW), 8pm at The Squat (849 Haight Street, SF)

5/24-27: East Bay Poetry Summit: 4 days of readings, talks and bbq at houses and houses and haunts of the east bay featuring Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco, and Uyen Hua (Oakland)

6/16: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Alexandra Mattraw and Raina Leon, 2pm at Bird and Beckett (653 Chenery St, SF)

wednesday, may 1 - thursday, may 9, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 31

MEDIA

Check out a flipbook based on Hugh Behm-Steinberg's (MFAW faculty) poem "On Dreams" from his latest book The Opposite of Work. Flipbook created by Mary Behm-Steinberg.

Eleven Eleven got a shout out from GrubDaily in an article about journals and their covers.

NEWS

Congratulations to Laura LeHew (MFAW '03) for winning the SevenCircle Press prize for poetry, 2013. She also has a new book out, Willingly Would I Burn, from MoonPath Press. You can email her at editor@utteredchaos.org or visit here to purchase a copy.

PUBLICATION

Nick Johnson (MFAW alum) has his poem "Grandpa's Pockets" featured on Metazen.

KQED Pop blog has a notable alumni writing for them: Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) on the Facebook "unfriend"

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 3: Word.World, with readings by MFA Writing graduates Ariel Cohen, Jordan Rice-Sarantis, Ryan Buresh, Melissa Louise Kuhn, Jayo Miko Macasaquit, Autumn Darbrow, Vernon Keeve III (all MFAW '13) 7pm at Timken (SF)

FRI 3 - THU 9: THESIS FINAL REVIEW MEETINGS

SUN 5: CINCO DE MAYO

TUE 7: HearSay Reading Series: Humble Pie Volume 8 Launch Party, 7:30pm at Nahl Hall (OAK)

OFF-SITE

FRI 3: Studio Lightning: A Special SF/East Bay Collaboration Between Quiet Lightning & Studio One, featuring a literary mixtape based on the poems of Adeena Karasick and Erica Lewis, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) and Nicole McFeely, at 7:30pm in the Studio One Auditorium (365 45th Street, Oakland)

FRI 3: Postmodern American Poetry: A group reading for the new 2nd edition of the Norton Anthology, with editor Paul Hoover and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), Will Alexander, Bill Berkson, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Clark Coolidge, Andre Joron, Michael McClure, K. Silem Mohammed, Laura Moriarty, Rusty Morrison, Michael Palmer, Stephen Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Robinson, and Aaron Shurin, 6:30pm at M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum (50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, SF)

SAT 4: Bernal Yoga Literary Series: Featuring readings by Indira Allegra, Tantra Bensko, Liz Demi Green, Charles Kruger, Brian Martin, and Kate Menzies, 8pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Avenue, SF) ($5 suggested donation)

SAT 4: Reading: The Featherboard Series featuring Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty), Erica Lewis and Evan Karp at 5pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland)

SUN 5: CCA Student Comics Fair, 4-6pm at Escapist Comics (3090 Claremont Ave, Berkeley)

COMING UP  

5/9: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at GLBT History Museum (4127 18th Street, SF)

5/10: ENGAGE: Oakland School of the Performing Arts student reading, 2:30pm-5:30pm in the Writer's Studio (SF)

5/10: Last Day of the Spring 2013 semester

5/11: Reading: A talk by Pacifica artists Leo Bersamina and Terry Hoff at 2pm, followed by wine tasting and readings by Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty) and Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) 3-5pm at Oceana Art Gallery (150 Eureka Square,  Pacifica)

5/15: Career Development Bootcamp, open to CCA Undergrad and CCA Grad students from the graduating classes of 2010 through 2013, 9am - 5pm (SF) [REGISTER]

5/16: Reading: Readings at the Bookstore- Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society Launch Party, with Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law and more, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)

5/16: MFA EXHIBITION OPENING, 6 - 10PM, (SF)

5/17: The Fashion Design Program 2013 Annual Fashion Show, 8pm (SF) TICKETS

5/17: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Della Watson, Valerie Witte, and Stephen Vincent, 7pm at Canessa Park Gallery Reading Series (708 Montgomery Street @ Washington, SF)

5/18: CCA Commencement Ceremony

5/18: BANG OUT Volume XXI: "Bridges and Tunnels" at the Make Out Room (SF)

5/18: Film Screening: "The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time", a film by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12), 7:30pm at 9th Street Independent Film Center (145 9th, SF)

5/22: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30 at Olympia Timberland Library (313 8th Ave SE, Olympia)

5/24-27: East Bay Poetry Summit: 4 days of readings, talks and bbq at houses and houses and haunts of the east bay featuring Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco, and Uyen Hua (Oakland)

6/16: Reading: Jessica Wickens (MFAW alum), Alexandra Mattraw and Raina Leon, 2pm at Bird and Beckett (653 Chenery St, SF)

wednesday, april 24 - thursday, may 2, 2013

Vol. 1, Issue 30

MEDIA

Marissa Bell Toffoli (MFAW alum) interviews Peter Mehlman for her Words With Writers blog.

Faith McGee (MFAW '07) has her second Allure Beauty Blog entry up to view and vote! You can also check out her blog here.

NEWS

Congratulations to Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13) for becoming one of the new columnists for the SFMOMA blog Open Space.  

Issue #21 of Somnambulist, created by Martha Grover (MFAW alum), is now available. For subscription information you can email her at Marthagrover@hotmail.com. She also has a blog, Somnambulist Zine.

PUBLICATION

Katrina Croswell (MFAW '14) has a poem, "Chicago" in Ishmael Reed's (MFAW faculty) Konch Magazine. Kenny Kong (MFA '13), Jassmyn Fowlkes (BFA ILLUS) and Avery Clifton (BFA FILMS) are also featured in this month's issue.

Jordan Rice-Sarantis (MFAW '13) has a poem, "Introduction to the Dead" in BlazeVox.

Jonathan Lyons (MFAW '05) has an experimental short story out, "Minnows" in Red Bridge Press's anthology Writing that Risks.

Matthew Jent (MFAW alum) has a personal essay, "I Own This" featured on The Longbox Project. Max Delgado (MFAW alum) is the founder of The Longbox Project.

KQED Pop blog has a notable alumni writing for them: Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) on Earth Day and Salute Your Shorts and David Aloi (MFAW '09) on celebrating Record Store Day.

ON-CAMPUS

FRI 26: Word.World, with readings by MFA Writing graduates Jim Norrena, Jenn Virskus, Samina Chaudhry Hitch, Bill Hughes, Jill Tydor, Kristin Adochio (all MFAW '13) 7pm at Timken (SF)

SAT 27: CCA Visual & Critical Studies Symposium, 10am - 3pm in Timken (SF)

SAT 27: CCA Spring Fair, 11 - 3pm, (OAK)

MON 29:  Screening: Anarkali Blossoms, a Samina Chaudhry Hitch (MFAW '13) film, 7pm at Timken (SF)

OFF-SITE

THU 25: Eleven Eleven Issue 14 Launch Party: featuring readings by Issue 14 contributors SB Stokes, MG Roberts, Olga Zilberbourg, Ben Mirov, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, and Stephen Ratcliffe 8-11pm at LeQuiVive Gallery (1525 Webster Street, downtown Oakland)

THU 25:  Reading: New Work From Two Generations: Aimee Phan (MFAW Chair) and Wing Tek Lum, 2-3:30pm at the Multicultural Community Center (Hearst Field Annex D, Cal, Berkeley)

SAT 27: Screening: Anarkali Blossoms, a Samina Chaudhry Hitch (MFAW '13) film, 7pm at Asterisk Gallery (3156 24th Street, SF)

SAT 27: Saturday Night Special: An East Bay Open Mic presents: THE BODY, featuring Joshua Mohr and Denise Jolly, plus 19 open mic slots, sign-up starts at 7pm at Nick's Lounge (3218 Adeline Street, Berkeley)

SUN 28: Triple Publication Party: readings by Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty), Maw Shein Win, Steve Gilmartin, 5-8pm at Actual Cafe (6334 San Pablo Ave, Oakland)

SUN 28: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at Bookshop Santa Cruz (1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz)

TUE 30: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)

COMING UP  

5/3: Word.World, with readings by MFA Writing graduates Ariel Cohen, Jordan Rice-Sarantis, Ryan Buresh, Melissa Louise Kuhn, Jayo Miko Macasaquit, Autumn Darbrow, Vernon Keeve III (all MFAW '13) 7pm at Timken (SF)

5/3: Studio Lightning: A Special SF/East Bay Collaboration Between Quiet Lightning & Studio One, featuring a literary mixtape based on the poems of Adeena Karasick and Erica Lewis, curated by Janey Smith (MFAW) and Nicole McFeely, at 7:30pm in the Studio One Auditorium (365 45th Street, Oakland)

5/3: Postmodern American Poetry: A group reading for the new 2nd edition of the Norton Anthology, with editor Paul Hoover and Joseph Lease (MFAW faculty), Will Alexander, Bill Berkson, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Clark Coolidge, Andre Joron, Michael McClure, K. Silem Mohammed, Laura Moriarty, Rusty Morrison, Michael Palmer, Stephen Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Robinson, and Aaron Shurin, 6:30pm at M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum (50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, SF)

5/3 - 9: THESIS FINAL REVIEW MEETINGS

5/4: Bernal Yoga Literary Series: Featuring readings by Indira Allegra, Tantra Bensko, Liz Demi Green, Charles Kruger, Brian Martin, and Kate Menzies, 8pm at Bernal Yoga (908 Cortland Avenue, SF) ($5 suggested donation)

5/4: Reading: The Featherboard Series featuring Gloria Frym (MFAW faculty) at 5pm at Aggregate Space (801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland)

5/5: CINCO DE MAYO

5/7: HearSay Reading Series: Humble Pie Volume 8 Launch Party

5/9: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30pm at GLBT History Museum (4127 18th Street, SF)

5/10: ENGAGE: Oakland School of the Performing Arts student Reading, 2:30pm (SF)

5/10: Last Day of the Spring 2013 semester

5/15: Career Development Bootcamp, open to CCA Undergrad and CCA Grad students from the graduating classes of 2010 through 2013, 9am - 5pm (SF) [REGISTER]

5/16: Reading: Readings at the Bookstore- Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society Launch Party, with Kevin Evans, Carrie Galbraith, John Law and more, 7pm at City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, SF)

5/16: MFA EXHIBITION OPENING, 6 - 10PM, (SF)

5/17: The Fashion Design Program 2013 Annual Fashion Show, 8pm (SF) TICKETS

5/18: CCA Commencement Ceremony

5/18: BANG OUT Volume XXI: "Bridges and Tunnels" at the Make Out Room (SF)

5/18: Film Screening: "The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time", a film by Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12), 7:30pm at 9th Street Independent Film Center (145 9th, SF)

5/22: Book Tour: Mattilda B. Sycamore (Eleven Eleven #14 Contributor) touring for The End Of San Francisco, 7:30 at Olympia Timberland Library (313 8th Ave SE, Olympia)

5/24-27: East Bay Poetry Summit: 4 days of readings, talks and bbq at houses and houses and haunts of the east bay featuring Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco, and Uyen Hua (Oakland)