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Managing editor of Red Hen Press, Editor of the Los Angeles Review, President of the American Composers Forum Los Angeles, and recent past president (2002-2006) of PEN USA currently teaches in the Humanities graduate program at Mt. St. Mary’s College. Cosponsored by the SMC Associates and the SMC English Department.
Tues, September 18 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214
Author, playwright, and activist whose stories, novels, and nonfiction often address social issues was awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize for short fiction for her most recent book, California Transit. Cosponsored by the SMC Associates and the SMC English Department.
Tues, October 9 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214
Poet and fiction writer whose works often tackles issues of racial, ethnic, and other forms of discrimination—and whose acclaimed first novel Never Fade Away (2002) is frequently used as a college text—has had his stories and poems appear in many literary journals, anthologies, and magazines, and has published eight poetry collections, two of which have won national awards. Cosponsored by the SMC Associates, the SMC English Department, and the SMC ESL Department.
Tues, October 30 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214
Author of a “God Inspired” Christian suspense novel is also an inspirational/motivational speaker and a licensed evangelist missionary at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ. Cosponsored by the SMC Associates and the SMC English Department.
Tues, November 20 • 11:15am • Free • Art 214