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: Janice Lee Sep 30 Event DateEvent Date Sep 30, 2021, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Event LocationLocation CalArts Campus Generator Building 201/202 Share Tweet Share Export event Janice Lee is a Korean-American writer, editor, teacher, and shamanic healer. She is the author of 7 books of fiction, creative nonfiction, & poetry, most recently: Reconsolidation (Penny-Ante Editions, 2015), The Sky Isn’t Blue (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016), Imagine a Death (Texas Review Press, 2021), and Separation Anxiety (CLASH Books, 2022). She writes about interspecies communication, plants & personhood, the filmic long take, slowness, the apocalypse, architectural spaces, inherited trauma, and the Korean concept of han, and asks the question, how do we hold space open while maintaining intimacy? She combines shamanic and energetic healing with plant & animal medicine and teaches workshops on inherited trauma, healing, and writing. She is Founder & Executive Editor of Entropy, Co-Publisher at Civil Coping Mechanisms, and Co-Founder of The Accomplices LLC. She currently lives in Portland, OR where she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Portland State University. Reading(s) will be streamed via the Creative Writing Program's YouTube Channel.