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.



Come here to talk about this amazing author's amazing work!

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. 


Feel free to talk about any and all experiences you may have had in watching Maggie Estep perform or speak! Help create buzz about the event, make connections with other fans and CLA constituents, and come here to talk about the amazing experience you have at our event! And if you are unfortunately prevented from attending this event, come here to read first-hand accounts of the experience so you won't miss out entirely!

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!