Events
Mixed-media performance event: Monday, November 16
We're excited to announce a mixed-media performance event including the
fiber art of Cindy Rinne, live music performance by Roberto Catalano, and
poetry readings by our very own:
Logan Clark
Nicole Comstock
Bryan Henery
Joe Huver
Orlando Ramirez
Marsha Schuh
Elisa Urmston...
...and perhaps other surprise readers!
WHEN: Monday, November 16, from 6-10 p.m.; poetry readings begin at 7:00
p.m. WHERE: Augie's Coffee House, 113 N. Fifth St., Redlands, CA, 92373
Questions? Call Cindy at 909 798 2255!
We hope to see you there!
MFA Showcase, Thursday, November 19, 5:00 p.m.
We're excited to announce, in conjunction with the Inlandia Institute, an
M.F.A. showcase and Q and A for current and prospective MFA students,
featuring readings by four of the CSUSB creative writing faculty:
Jim Brown
Juan Delgado
Kevin Moffett
Julie Paegle
WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Sycamore Room, Lower Commons
WHAT:
Following short faculty readings, we'll be welcoming questions from
prospective MFA students, with answers from some current MFA students, and
other such edifying discussion as aesthetic appetizer before B. B. King...
We hope to see you there!
Fall Quarter Department Meetings (in UH 43):
Friday, October 16, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, December 4, 1:30 p.m.
Past Events
Tuesday, November 10, 5 p.m., UH 43: Jeff VanderMeer Reading
The English Department is proud to welcome two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author Jeff VanderMeer for an evening of reading and conversation on Tuesday, November 10th at 5 pm in UH 043. The event is free and open to the public.
Widely regarded as one of the world’s best fantasists, Jeff VanderMeer grew up in the Fiji Islands. He is a two-time World Fantasy Award winner, and the recipient of an NEA-funded Florida Individual Artist Fellowship for excellence in fiction, as well as a Florida Artist Enhancement Grant. VanderMeer’s book-length fiction has been translated into 15 languages, while his short fiction has appeared in several year’s best anthologies and been short-listed for Best American Short Stories. His books, including City of Saints and Madmen, Finch, The Thackeray T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, and Booklife: Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21 st Century Writer, have made the year’s best lists of Publishers Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Weekly, and numerous other publications. For more information, contact Glen Hirshberg at ghirshbe@csusb.edu
Friday Forum, October 16, Noon, UH 43: Glen Hirshberg
"The Book of Bunk: A Fairy Tale of the Federal Writers' Project"
Reading, Wednesday, Oct. 7: Alexandria LaFaye
Award-winning children's writer Alexandria LaFaye (and former English Department faculty member) will read and sign books on October 7 in the library of California State University, San Bernardino. The reading, which is free to the public, will begin at 4:30 in room 4005 of the Pfau Library. Copies of the author's books will be available for sale. For more information, contact Dr. Sanders at 909-537-5856.
