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: Christopher Soto Dec 2 Event DateEvent Date Dec 2, 2021, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Event LocationLocation CalArts Campus Generator Building 201/202 Share Tweet Share Export event Christopher Soto is a poet based in Los Angeles. In 2016, he published the chapbook Sad Girl Poems (Sibling Rivalry Press) and co-founded the Undocupoets Campaign with Javier Zamora and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Poets & Writers honored Soto and the Undocupoets with the “Barnes & Nobles Writer for Writers Award.” In 2018, he published Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color (Nightboat Books), the first major literary anthology for Queer Poets of Color in the U.S. Currently he works with the Ethnic Studies Research Centers at UCLA and sits on the Board of Directors for Lambda Literary. Reading(s) will be streamed via the Creative Writing Program's YouTube Channel.