November 2010
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EILEEN MYLES TOMORROW 5:30PM MILLS HALL LIVING...
Don’t miss out on this special event! Signed and numbered broadsides of a never-before-published poem by Eileen Myles designed by MFA Book Art/Poetry student Kate Robinson will be on sale for $15! The Place for Writers will be hosting a party for Eileen after the reading at Juliana Spahr’s house (directions will be provided at the reading), and ALL ARE INVITED. Bring your...
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ATTN MA STUDENTS!
PLEASE SUBMIT an abstract to the Mills College 2011 Regional Literary Conference! The topic for the conference is ECONOMIES OF DESIRE: FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND INTER-PERSONAL EXCHANGE IN LITERATURE. The conference is open to both MFA’s and MA’s and will be held on Friday March 4, 2011. Please go to our blog for more information regarding possible/suggested paper ideas,...
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HOMAGE to Federico García Lorca
When: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Where: Heller Room, Olin Library, Mills College Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, a talented artist and a member of the “Generation of 1927,” a group of writers who advocated avant-gardism in literature. In both his drama and poetry García Lorca balanced between the traditional and the...
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CONDENSERY READING #6
Mills student Jackqueline Frost and fellow curator Zack Tuck present:
Erica Lewis and Michael Cross at the 6th Condensery Reading taking place at the Speakeasy November 13th. Doors are at 7:30, reading begins at 8. Wine and appetizers are provided.
Location: 604 56th Street in Oakland, CA, at the intersection of 56th and Shattuck
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A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MFA POETS
you should sign up to participate in the poetry development program. what do you have to do to sign up? just reply to this message with your preferred email address. or email me (raisetheshade@gmail.com) or brittany billmeyer-finn (bbillmeyerfinn@yahoo.com). what does participation entail? you would spend half a day with a working poet to talk to them about the realities of having a day...
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