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.

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Once upon a time, cats were lonely, so they wanted someone whose only purpose in existence was to love and cherish cats. Thus, the Creative Writers were born. Out of the glowing bundle of soft and squishy warmness and fluff was a stack of Post-It notes that absolutely adored cats. Cats named that stack Midori, and that was that.

Month: February 2012

  • Thursday at City Lights

    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…

  • 2/6 Week Update

    There’s a lot going on this week, and the blog staff are trying our best to accommodate SOTA Cdubs’ busy schedule, so here are the main things on the menu: 1. Congratulations to Avi and Shanna on their upcoming publications! Avi is being published in amphibi.us, and Shanna is having her poem “Atrophy” published on Valentine’s Day in H.O.D.,…

  • Dave Eggers

    As many of you may know, SOTA was recently renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts after the famous artist who helped found the school. At the renaming ceremony, Hosana, a sophomore in Creative Writing, read a statement about SOTA and the Creative Writing Department from author Dave Eggers.  Yes, THE Dave…

  • 2/3– Amarcord

    FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3- CINE/CLUB DOLBY SCREENING ROOM 100 Potrero Frederico Fellini’s AMARCORD (1973, Italy) This glorious film Fellini made about his childhood summons up atmospheres and images from the past. Amarcord recreates life in a small Italian town through the lives of a young boy. It’s magical. Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min. (Rotten Tomatoes) WHY…

  • The Business of Creative Writing

    Many thanks to Dana for sharing incredible job and internship opportunities with us today. Here is a list of the places she named, linked to their individual websites: Teaching: Performing Arts Workshop: paid internship California Poets In The Schools: paid internship Reading Series: Small Press Traffic: an experimental writing series (Samantha Giles from SPT will…

  • February Calendar

    From the Creative Writing calendar: