CREATIVE WRITING
at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco
Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.
Tag: san francisco
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One of my favorite benefits of being in Creative Writing is how in love with art Heather Woodward is. Often class will be positively derailed for a trip to the SFMoMA or the De Young Museum. Just the other week we joined a virtual event hosted by MoAD: “Art As We See It | Indigo…
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Getting a makeover while listening to my friend Facetime a junior from Massachusetts, eating a gooey skillet blondie straight from the pan, experiencing the wrath of a Muni driver as I (unsuccessfully) run for the bus—these have all happened in the hours between school and Cineclub. Cineclub, which everyone in CW is required to attend…
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Creative Writing recently went on a trip to the Botanical Gardens. Although the frigid winds and potential threats of torrents loomed over our shoulders, the Creative Writing class went to see the magnolias bloom. I dislike the rain, and I constantly noticed the clouds above. Puffy clouds peppered the skies as we left, clumps of…
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Every year each senior creates their own thesis, which might be a play, long-form fiction, or a collection of poems based around a single theme. I began writing last September, working to create content within or at least somewhat related to my theme— the city of San Francisco. I chose to write poetry because I…
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If a nearly naked man begins bathing himself in milk by the folding bus doors, try to stay dry. Or if a guy playing air guitar in a cascading cream ball gown offers you a lint-laden lollipop, gently say no. But if a dude enveloped in a Power Puff Girls bathrobe and bunny slippers starts…
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by Kwesi (’15) Growing up in the city (“San Francisco”), I was trained to be cautious of the world around me, to be aware and prepared to run or glare or yell at someone who was closer than “THE **** AWAY FROM ME.” I was baffled by the close-knit communities I read about, where the…
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Led by Maia Ipp, CW Artist-in-Residence July 10—July 26 (3 weeks) Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 11 am—3 pm Class held at Maia’s apartment in North Beach and in locations around the city This summer workshop is an opportunity to exercise and deepen your writing practice over the summer in a more experimental and less formal…
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Thursday September 22, 2011 7pm to 10 pm Om Shan Tea 233 14th Street, corner of Natoma, (bet. Mission & South Van Ness) San Francisco map Open Heart Poetry Hosted by Marc Kockinos Featured Poet La Tigresa reading from her acclaimed new book, NAKED SACRED EARTH POEMS La Tigresa is a consummate performer, who brings…
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