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: SOTA Creative Writing
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IT’S TOO LATE TO WATCH THE SUNSET It’s 7 pm on a Sunday, one of those hey-let’s-be-alone-days, not particularly out of choice, but I like it anyway, because I can do what I want, listen to what I want, eat what I want, act as I will. I’m hungry, going out for a bite to…
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EXHIBIT C You do it for me, in so many words I would like t o know where you come from like a c rumple d document tossed off a boat or a bundle of a baby and silverware, tucked under your coat. How the grit erodes your cheekbones and sand lightens your eyes. You…
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST F your upper class commas and Valencia suits sewn with elephant tusk and Sierra Leone’s children, UNICEF babies, Korea and India, Tijuana and China on their knees polishing the shoes of Mr.America and his son F your wooden desks gold plated pencils, hyperboles, polysyndetons, and sixteen years of celebrating European culture…
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by Molly (’15) Sometimes, for whatever reason, somebody in Creative Writing decides to purchase a large tub of ice cream during lunch. Instead of eating the ice cream by themselves, huddling in a corner of the classroom, hissing at anybody who dares ask for a bite, the purchaser will usually bring the ice cream into…
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by Avi (’15) The Bachelor’s new season premiers January Seventh at 8 o’clock on ABC Channel 7. I will agree that this show can be at times over-dramatic, seemingly pointless, completely corrupted, trashy, not SF Bay Area, but don’t hate until you have watched a season or two, or possibly, maybe six. Here is a brief…
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good children, they clean-up after they play…
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If you missed the Poetry Cafe last weekend, you can still read the works in the chapbook! Simply visit SOTASHOP to buy your copy. It’s the next best thing to being there.
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After a brief hiatus, we are rebuilding our Facebook page. So come on over, like us, post a poem on our wall, or whatever… Creative Writing on Facebook
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Anyone I’ve known who has ever attended the CSSSA program has LOVED it. Just loved it. I was talking to a SOTA parent whose daughter attended the Films Studies program and he said that she was so ecstatic about the experience that she didn’t want to return a second summer because she didn’t want to…
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One of the most popular, well-attended events of the year at SOTA is Media Night. If you missed the show last night, it’s not too late. Arrive early as it often sells-out. See SOTA students from a variety of disciplines up on the big screen at the Dan Kryston Memorial Theatre. Media Department Media Night…
