PLACE FOR WRITERS

Less a place than a community, The Place for Writers produces a roving series of programs and readings. Our focus is on building relationships outside of the classroom—among Mills graduate students, writers, scholars, and activists—and between Mills and Bay Area communities.

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September 12

Thanks and Top Five!

Thanks to all who came out for the Rubén Martínez reading last night! A lot of good comments and questions were raised in response to his work and reading. A successful event! Check out photos on the Place For Writers’ Flickr page.

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Also, this semester we’re going to keep the weekly Top Five feature running strong. And since it’s the start of the semester and people are getting adjusted/settled/easing in as into hot bath water, the first Top Five list is short and sweet. Though busting with EVIL! Here it is.

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Top Five Literary Villans (in order of malice)

by Abbie A., first-year MFA fiction student

1. Satan/Arch Fiend, Paradise Lost, John Milton

2. Patrick Bateman, American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis

3. Crumbling Humanity/Modern Society, “The Wasteland,” T.S. Eliot

4. Mr. Dark/The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury

5. The Governess, The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

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If you’d like to participate in a Top Five list (i.e., you are really into list-making), please e-mail us at the theplaceforwriters@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a topic/or you can create your own.