Carl Phillips Works Discussion

Carl Phillips is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Speak Low and Double Shadow (2011); and Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry. Come talk about his work here!

Carl Phillips Reading 10/20/10

Carl Phillips is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Speak Low and Double Shadow (2011); and Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry. Three-time finalist for the National Book Award, his awards and honors include the Kingsley Tufts Award, the Theodore Roethke Award, the Thom Gunn Award for Best Gay Male Poetry, and awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Academy of American Poets, to which he was named a Chancellor in 2007.

Co-sponsored by the Poets & Writers Coalition.

October 20, 7pm: Reading and book signing. MLK Library 225/229
October 21, 1pm: In Conversation with Camille Dungy. University Theatre

Want to go to both, but only able to go to one? Come here and talk about the event you did go to, and read the discussion of others about the one you didn't get to see! It's the best of both worlds, even if you can't be there in person.

Lan Samantha Chang Works Discussion

Lan Samantha Chang is the author of the novels All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance, and the story collection Hunger. Come talk about her works here! Haven't read anything by her? Maybe someone here will have something to say that will convince you to go out and buy a copy!

Lan Samantha Chang Reading 10/06/10

A Litquake South Bay Event! Lan Samantha Chang is the author of the novels All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and Inheritance, and the story collection Hunger. She is the recipient of fellowships from Stanford University, Princeton University, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. She lives in Iowa City, IA, where she is the Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Come talk about her reading here!

Litquake CLA Allstars Reading in San Francisco 10/03/10

Litquake, San Francisco's annual literary festival, and the CLA as celebrated 25 years bringing writers of exceptional voice and vision to the Bay Area. Readings by Maxine Hong Kingston, Daniel Alarcón, Kim Addonizio, Andrew Sean Greer, and Mary Roach.

Because there were so many authors reading at this event, feel free to discuss the event itself as well as their works in this thread together!

Anne Jennings Paris Works Discussion

Anne Jennings Paris' collection of poetry, Killing George Washington, was released in 2009 and features a collection of narrative poems told from the perspective of five real people who helped to settle the American West.  Ready, set... go!

Anne Jennings Paris Reading 09/22/10

This event was in collaboration with the San Jose State University Department of English and Comparative Literature. Were you there? Wished you were? Come talk about it!

Eric Puchner Works Discussion

Eric Puchner is the author of two books: a collection of short stories, Music Through the Floor, and a novel, which has just come out in paperback, Model Home. Read his works? Tell us what you think! Haven't read his works? Come read what others have to say about it (but be aware that spoilers may abound!) and maybe it can help you decide if you'd like to!

Eric Puchner Reading 09/15/10

It has already passed by almost a month now, but we had such a good turnout for the first event of the new season, I felt it would cheat all the lovely people who came out to listen to Eric Puchner to not make posts for discussion of his reading and his work! Comments to this entry should trend toward discussion of his event, while discussion of his works should be commented to the following post entitled "Eric Puchner Works Discussion."

Thanks, all!
Chelsea

Welcome!

Apologies to all who have been eagerly anticipating the launch of the blog for its delayed arrival, but as my mother always used to say about speeding: better late than dead! So at least it's launched at last, rather than falling prey to busy schedules.

This venture is one of the online social ventures that we at the Center for Literary Arts are most excited about. As our official website says, “The Center for Literary Arts provides readings, lectures and seminars that allow the San José community to interact with writers of contemporary literature who have demonstrated exceptional voice and vision. Its mission is to spread the influence of and interest in literature throughout the South Bay area and to facilitate cross-cultural understanding in the region's ethnically diverse population through the appreciation of works of literature.” This is the mission and the goal of the CLA, and in these technologically-minded times, the methods used for reaching current and new constituents have changed considerably.This is why we launched a Facebook page some time ago, and this year have launched a Twitter page and this Blogger, in addition to several other ventures we are currently developing.



While you can post anonymously to this blog, it is advisable to create a Google account to post, so that you are better able to connect with others using the blog. You don’t even have to create a gmail account to do this, you just register your preferred e-mail address with them, and you can post away! Politeness and respectful discourse goes without saying, but I say it anyway to disclaim that if necessary posts will be removed if they become abusive.

These social networking ventures are just a few of the many ways that the CLA is working to bring our constituents into the life and breath of the organization more than ever, to make ourselves more accessible and interactive, and to make our events more like family reunions than seminars. If you would like to join our Facebook group you can search for Center for Literary Arts; for our Twitter page, you can search the username CLA_SanJose; or, you can visit our home site, litart.org, and click the handy Facebook and Twitter buttons located in the sidebar.

Thank you all for coming to participate in this online discussion of our authors' works and events!

Hope to be hearing much from you all very soon,
Chelsea