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.
Author: Midori
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If you’re anything like me, you just spent the past weeks of summer slowly becoming one with the internet and all the nice things it has to offer. Well, let’s fix that, get in touch with the real world, shall we? Cdubs Abigail and Nick are hosting a poetry salon this Saturday, June 9th, from…
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Only a week in, and I’ve already had the unparalleled experience of lounging by a swimming pool underneath the sun, sipping lemonade and eating grapes, while mindless pop music played. Cliché doesn’t even begin to cover it. But. School. What? What school? I don’t understand that incredibly obscure reference you just made. But. School. The…
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Incoming freshmen, a grave duty has befallen upon you, to lead the Creative Writing department on the trek to reform our portfolio-utilization skills. In other words, keep your stuff together. Literally. Never assume a CW assignment, once done, to be negligible, because chances are, it will end up on the list of items you should…
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Creative Writers, don’t forget that we’re attending the Dana Gioia reading at Booksmith tomorrow evening, 7:30. This will count as reading credit, so just remember to do your submissions and bring them in for Heather. PITY THE BEAUTIFUL is Dana Gioia’s first new poetry book in over a decade. Its emotional revelations and careful construction are…
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The Douglas Morrisson Theatre is now accepting submissions for their first Playwriting Cagematch! Isaiah has generously offered his expertise for feedback on anything you might want to submit. Five playwrights enter, but only one will emerge victorious and win a grand prize! We are seeking brief plays (5-20 minutes) set at the fictional “Hairless Raccoon Saloon,” an out-of-the-way, hole-in-the-wall,…
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Come to the Tech Fashion Show and support your fellow C-Dubs! Photogenic crowd that we are, three of us (and maybe more) have been given the honor to model for our dear Techies’ clothes: Hazel, Beyleigh, and yours truly! Tech’s only show of the year (though we know, actually, that every show is theirs), it…
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Senior Alex Pollack brought to our already-extensive table today Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American graffiti artist from the 80s. Armed with printouts of Basquiat’s art, he led the Cdubs on a ruminating discussion on Basquiat’s use of symbols, repetition, and his political stance, all in frame of Basquiat’s intriguing blend of visual art and words. After…
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How many Creative Writers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Heck if I know, but I do know how many Cdubs it takes to write a song. …Or maybe not. But I do know, for sure this time, that whatever song however many Cdubs write, it is guaranteed to be quality. Jules Cunningham,…
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Yes yes, I know. If I tell you how much I love the people in our department again you’ll rip out my coccyx and shank me with it. But. I love the people in our department. Take Nick, for example, one of our darling freshmen with a passion for Eliot. He took Creative Writing on…
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This is the second to last Cine/club! Take advantage. FRIDAY APRIL 27 DOLBY SCREENING ROOM 100 Potrero Ave Refreshments 6:30 Film 7pm Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER (1979, Russia) A different kind of science fiction–a journey through “The Zone” to find the room where wishes come true. Come stretch your mind. “The film itself has become synonymous…
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