“Maria” by Pauline H. Pedregon
This is tonight!
“Maria” by Pauline H. Pedregon
This is tonight!
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Tagged arizona, discussion, John Washington, lecture, mexico, poetry, reading, sb1070, talk
Writers for Justice on the Border: What does it mean to Write in Arizona?
A Reading/Discussion presented
by Sonora Review, No More Deaths, and the Poetry Center
featuring:
Gary Paul Nabhan
John Washington
and actresses from Borderlands Theater.
Sonora Review is proud to announce that on October 11, 2010 Tucson
residents are invited to the University of Arizona Poetry Center to
attend “Writers for Justice on the Border: What Does it Mean to Write
in Arizona?” The reading intends to raise awareness of SB 1070 and how
it affects individuals living on the border between Mexico and
Arizona. This event is presented by Sonora Review, No More Deaths and
the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
Writers reading at the event include Gary Paul Nabhan and John
Washington. Nabhan has lived around the border for more than 30 years,
has published books on the subject and contributed his work to many
anthologies. Washington is an MFA student at work on a novel about the
borderlands and is a volunteer with No More Deaths. Actresses from
Borderlands Theater will be performing a part of the play, “Arizona:
No Roosters in the Desert,” which is showing at Zuzi theater from Oct.
7-24th. The play is based on the fieldwork of Ana Ochoa O’Leary and is
written by local playwright Kara Hartzler. Additionally, No More
Deaths will give a presentation on SB1070 and there will be live music
by Rebeca Cartes.
Sonora Review is proud to be affiliated with this event and its
dynamic group of writers and thinkers. In addition to sponsoring this
event, Sonora Review is involved with many literature-based events
around Tucson. The journal’s website, www.sonorareview.com, includes a
regularly updated calendar of literary events around Tucson. The
website is an excellent resource with an entertaining blog, and offers
information on Sonora Review’s current poetry contest, which runs
until December 1, 2010 and will award $1,000 and publication in the
journal. Sonora Review is proud to present “Writers for Justice in the
Border: What does it Mean to Write in Arizona?”
-Margaree Little and John Washington
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Tagged John Washington, no more deaths, poetry center october 11, sb 1070, tucson, writing

Here is some stuff from the current students of our CW MFA Program:
Erin Armstrong‘s paper, “Why Dr. House Needs A Cane: Creating Characters Through Physical Devices” got accepted for the AWP conference this year.
Emily DePrang’s book reviews, “The Curse of Oil,” and “Fact Over Fiction” were published in the February and May 2010 issues of The Texas Observer, respectively.
Noam Dorr’s lyric essay, “Inheritance” will be published in Seneca Review‘s Fall 2010 issue, which will be out this December.
Nicola Fucigna‘s poem, “Ms. Pacman,” appeared in The Nervous Breakdown in April. Also in April, her poem, “Electricity,” received Honorable Mention for The Mark Fischer Poetry Prize.
Kindall Gray’s story, “The Butcher,” was a finalist in the 2009 Gival Press Short Story Contest.
Glen Grunberger gave a talk on The Biosphere 2 Creative Writing Project on September 3rd for the U of A’s First Fridays Lecture Series.
Katherine Hunt‘s essay, “Wake Up Right,” was published in July in TriQuarterly Online.
Margi Kimball‘s essay, “The Backyard of the House at 48 Northview Drive,” was published over the summer in Memoir(and), where it won the prize in graphic memoir.
Lisa Levine’s review of Mark Matos and Os Beaches‘ album Words of the Knife was published in Zocalo Online.
Bethany Maile’s essay, “The Pull of Moving Water” was published in the most recent issue of the South Dakota Review.
Christopher Nelson‘s poem, “From Book of Hunger” is getting published this month by Spork. His poem, “Allegory with a Wolf in the Shadows,” will be published in the Red Issue of Fairy Tale Review this fall.
Ted McLoof‘s story, “This Is Not My Beautiful Life“ was one of Short Story America‘s “Stories of the Week” in May. It was published in the Spring 2010 issue of Melusine: Women in the 21st Century.
Benjamin Rybeck‘s story, “The Ferris Wheel” was published in the Spring 2010 issue of Natural Bridge. His story, “Dad Stuff” was a finalist for Glimmer Train‘s November 2009 Short Story Award for New Writers. His story “Stolkholm Syndrome” will appear in the fall issue of Solstice.
Esme Schwall presented her pedagogy paper, “Three Dimensional Time in Short Fiction” at AWP this year.
Natasha Stagg’s story “Lexi” was published in Thieves Jargon‘s Issue 201 in August. It was spotlit by FictionDaily.org on August 15th. Another version, under the title “The Woods,” was spotlit by Spork Press‘s “Weekly Fiction” on July 11th, and will be in Slow Trains this month. Her essays, “Writer & Celebs” and “Limitations in Art” were posted in Electric Literature‘s “The Outlet” blog on August 25th and June 29th, respectively.
Jason Timermanis received two grants from the Ontario Arts Council: a Works in Progress grant for his novel and a Writers’ Reserve grant for nonfiction.
John Washington presented a pedagogy paper for the fiction pedagogy workshop at AWP.
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Tagged awp, ben rybeck, Bethany Maile, Christohper Nelson, Electric Literature, Emily DePrang, Erin Armstrong, Esme Schwall, Fairy Tale Review, Fiction Daily, Gival Press, Glen Grunberger, Glimmer Train, Jason Timermanis, John Washington, Katherine Hunt, Kindal Gray, Lisa Levine, margaret kimball, Melusine, Memoir And, Natural Bridge, Nicola Fucigna, Noam Dorr, Seneca Review, Short Story America, Slow Trains, Solstice, South Dakota Review, Spork, Ted McLoof, The Nervous Breakdown, The Outlet, The Texas Observer, Thieves Jargon, TriQuarterly, Words of the Knife, Zocalo