E. L. Doctorow

E. L. Doctorow is the author of eleven novels, two story collections, two books of essays, and a stage play. His books include Ragtime, Homer and Langley, The Book of Daniel, Billy Bathgate, Lives of the Poets, and The March. Winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal. His work has been published in thirty-two languages. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, and teaches at New York University.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program and the Department of English and Comparative Literature.

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Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of the novels Ms. Hempel Chronicles, finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Madeleine Is Sleeping, finalist for the National Book Award. The recipient of a Whiting Writers Award and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, she was recently named to the "20 Under 40" list of contemporary writers to watch by The New Yorker.

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Tony Barnstone

Tony Barnstone's books of poetry include Tongue of War: From Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki, winner of the John Ciardi Prize in Poetry; The Golem of Los Angeles, which won the Benjamin Saltman Award in Poetry; Sad Jazz: Sonnets; and Impure: Poems by Tony Barnstone. He is a distinguished translator of Chinese poetry and literary prose, and the recipient of the Grand Prize of the Strokestown International Poetry Festival and fellowships from the NEA and California Arts Council. He teaches at Whittier College.

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Jasmin Darznik

Jasmin Darznik is the author of The Good Daughter, a memoir of Iran, where she was born. A former Steinbeck Fellow at SJSU, she is the recipient of the Tanenbaum Award and the Marin Art Council's New Work Fellowship in Creative Prose. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The San Francisco Chronicle.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Steinbeck Studies, the Iranian American Studies Initiative, and the Student Association for Middle Eastern Studies.

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Rebecca Solnit

Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of twelve books, including A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, Storming the Gates of Paradise, and River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lannan Literary Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism. She is a contributing editor of Harper's and frequent contributor to Tomdispatch.com.

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Maggie Estep Works Discussion

Poet, fiction writer, and spoken-word artist Maggie Estep is the author of seven books including Diary of an Emotional Idiot, Soft Maniacs, and Alice Fantastic, as well as the CDs No More Mr. Nice Girl and Love Is a Dog from Hell. She has performed on MTV, HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and Charlie Rose, and her work has appeared in The Best American Erotica, The Village Voice, Harpers Bazaar, SPIN, and Time Out NY.



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Maggie Estep Performance 11/16/10

Poet, fiction writer, and spoken-word artist Maggie Estep is the author of seven books including Diary of an Emotional Idiot, Soft Maniacs, and Alice Fantastic, as well as the CDs No More Mr. Nice Girl and Love Is a Dog from Hell. She has performed on MTV, HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and Charlie Rose, and her work has appeared in The Best American Erotica, The Village Voice, Harpers Bazaar, SPIN, and Time Out NY.
Co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Coalition. 


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