CREATIVE WRITING

at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco

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Tag: poetry reading

  • Witchcraft and Creepy Statues: a Freshman’s First Reading by Gemma Collins

    Never before I got into Creative Writing did I actively go to readings. It was a foreign concept until about last week when I pulled up Green Apple Book’s website and picked the soonest reading. It didn’t matter to me the book or the author, I simply intended to go, watch, and go home. It…

  • The Book of A Thousand Eyes by Lyn Hejinian Written over the course of two decades, The Book of a Thousand Eyes was begun as an homage to Scheherazade, the heroine of The Arabian Nightswho, through her nightly tale-telling, saved her culture and her own life by teaching a powerful and murderous ruler to abandon cruelty in favor…

  • Sunday September 18, 2011 4:00 pm Sun Rise Restaurant- 3126  24th. Street (near folsom) San Francisco …Continuing with the great tradition of poetry in the Mission District. Poesía Revuelta/ Mixed Poetry. Open mic. Mixed poetry with hope Mixed poetry with wind Mixed poetry with anger Mixed poetry with rivers Mixed Poetry with mountains Mixed poetry…

  • Anybody interested in participating in a pretty impressive-sounding reading, check the following out–this memo was sent to me via cwropps@aol.com. Join their email group to receive a consistent stream of writing opportunities of all kinds. We are seeking submissions for TEN THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE, http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/ This amazing world-wide event is happening on Saturday September…