Events

Martin Pousson's new novel, Black Sheep Boy, reading and reception

Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 7:30pm

Martin Pousson will launch his new novel-in-stories, Black Sheep Boy, at Skylight Books on Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 PM. The novel includes stories that won the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing. Skylight Books is located in Los Feliz at 1818 N. Vermont Ave. The launch is free, open to all, and will include a reading, signing, and reception party. Read more

A Reading to Celebrate 698D in Creative Writing

Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 7:00pm

The Spring 2016 698d class in Creative Writing is holding a Reading and end of term party to celebrate the completion of their projects in poetry, narrative and drama/performance. All are invited! The festivities will take place on Thursday, May 12 at 7 pm in Jerome Richfield 319. Refreshments will be served. They will be delicious.... Read more

Wendy C. Ortiz and Kate Martin Rowe Read From Their Work

Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 7:00pm

Distinguished author Wendy C. Ortiz will give a reading this Thursday from her acclaimed memoir Excavation. Kate Martin Rowe will kick things off with a new piece of creative non-fiction. Please join us! Read more

Jarett Kobek Reading from His 2011 Book ATTA

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 7:00pm

In the summer of 1999, Mohamed Atta defended a master’s thesis that critiqued the introduction of Western-style skyscrapers in the Middle East and called for the return of the “Islamic-Oriental city.” Using this as a departure point, Jarett Kobek’s novel ATTA offers a fictionalized psychedelic biography of Mohamed Atta that circles around a simple question: what if 9/11 was as much a matter of architectural criticism as religious terrorism? Read more

Reading by Tod Goldberg and Jessica Ripka

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - 7:00pm

Distinguished author and CSUN alumni Tod Goldberg is back this semester to give a reading from his new novel Gangsterland and to talk with students about writing, publication and the like. Some of you may remember that Tod dropped by last semester while he was on campus promoting UC Riverside’s MFA program. Students were so jazzed and encouraged by his talk, that I’ve invited him back for a formal reading. Essayist Jessica Ripka will also be reading. Come join us! Read more

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