Apr 14, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Writing Now Reading Series: Sam Cohen Sam Cohen's fiction is published in Fence, Bomb, O Magazine, Electric Literature, and others. Her debut story collection Sarahland came out from Grand Central Publishing in 2021 and was a finalist for a Golden Poppy Award in Fiction and named Best Jewish Story Collection of 5781 by alma.com. She is a doctoral fellow in Creative Writing and Literature at USC. Event Details
Apr 7, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Writing Now: Javon Johnson A salon-style reading and conversation concerning Writing and Performativity with poet, actor, and African American Studies professor Javon Johnson. Event Details
Mar 17, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Writing Now Reading Series: Ben Ehrenreich A salon-style reading and conversation concerning Documentary Strategies with renowned non-fiction writer, journalist, and novelist Ben Ehrenreich. Event Details
Mar 10, 2022 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Writing Now Reading Series: Paolo Javier Join us for an intimate Masterclass Workshop and a Public Reading with Paolo Javier. In relation to the MFA Creative Writing Program’s Text + Image concentration, Paolo will be reading from his new book O.B.B., just out from Nightboat. Reading(s) will be streamed via the Creative Writing Program's YouTube Channel. Event Details
Writing Now Reading Series: Sesshu Foster & Arturo Ernesto Romo Nov 11 Event DateEvent Date Nov 11, 2021, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Event LocationLocation CalArts Campus Generator Building 201/202 Share Tweet Share Export event Sesshu Foster taught composition and literature in East L.A. for 35 years, and at the University of Iowa, Occidental College, Pomona College, the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. His work is published in The Oxford Anthology of Modern American Poetry, State of the Union: 50 Political Poems, and many other anthologies; his books include City of the Future, poetry, and Atomik Aztex, a novel. A celebrated writer, his literary awards are numerous: the American Book Award, the Asian American Literary Award in Poetry, the Believer Book Award, and more. He is based in Alhambra, CA. Arturo Ernesto Romo was born in Los Angeles in 1980. An artist, high school arts educator and political thinker, Romo’s artmaking practice challenges and stands apart from the highly individualistic and market based structures of the traditional art world. His work is mostly done in collaboration with dear artist colleagues, family, fellow community members and students. Romo practices a flexible form of artmaking that listens, articulates, peeks through and loops back into relation with place. He is based in Los Angeles, CA. Reading(s) will be streamed via the Creative Writing Program's YouTube Channel.