October 2012

Local Events

Monday, October 1, 2012 7:00 PM
Doheny Memorial Library (DML 240)
3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"An evening of readings and conversation with award-winning fiction writer, Aimee Bender."
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Thursday, October 4, 2012 2:00PM
Taper Hall of Humanities (THH 420)
3501 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"Reading and author talk with translator, Yves Di Manno, followed by a panel with Mark Irwin and Alain Borer."

Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:30PM
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024
"The Festival of California Poets is a two-night event celebrating the poetic tradition of the Golden State. Three distinguished contemporary California poets will, including Carol Muske-Dukes, introduce and read poems by canonical California poets, as well as reading their own poems. A question-and-answer session will follow."
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Monday, October 15, 2012 12:00PM
Taper Hall of Humanities (THH 420)
3501 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"Reading and author talk with alumni Bonnie Nadzam, author of Lamb, and Bridget Hoida, author of So L.A."
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:00 PM
University Club
705 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"David Treuer, Ojibwe Indian from Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, will discuss his most recent book, Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey through Reservation Life."
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:00 PM
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101
"T.C. Boyle discusses and signs San Miguel."
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Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:00 PM
Doheny Memorial Library (DML 240)
3550 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"Celebrating Robinson Jeffers at the USC Libraries: This year marks the 125th anniversay of the birth of California poet Robinson Jeffers and the 50th anniversary of his death in Carmel. Jeffers' literary and historical roots extend across the Golden State. Before settling in Carmel, he took an undergraduate degree at Occidental College and studied literature and medicine at University of Southern California."
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Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:30 PM
Beyond Baroque
681 N. Venice Bouldevard, Venice, CA 90291
"'Annah Sobelman recently returned to Los Angeles from living in Florence, Italy. She is the author of The Tulip Sacrament from Wesleyan University Press and most recently In the Bee Latitudes from University of California Press."
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Friday, October 26, 2012 6:00 PM
Peggy Phelps and East Galleries
251 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA 91711
"Poetry reading and art show featuring Timothy Donnelly, Diana Arterian, and Gregory Emilio."
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Out-of-Town Events

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 7:00 PM
Chaucer’s Bookstore
3321 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
"Come join local favorite, T.C. Boyle as he signs his newest book, San Miguel."
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Friday, October 5, 2012 6:00 PM
Sundance Books and Music
121 California Avenue, Reno, NV 89509
"A reading from four poets - David Abel, Amaranth Borsuk, Brent Cunningham, and Genevieve Kaplan - who experiment with the form of the book, from digital design to micro-press printing to object poems."
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Saturday, October 6, 2012 11:00 AM
Nevada Museum of Art
160 West Liberty Street, Reno, NV 89501
"The panel, including Genevieve Kaplan, will take a look at Chapbooks - the vehicle of choice for literary, artistic, and political agitation - and examine their continued and explosive growth."
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:30 PM
University of New Haven Bookstore
300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516
"Amaranth Borsuk and Latasha Nevada Diggs will present their work and speak to honors students about the merging of traditional writing with experimental multimedia approaches."
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Monday, October 15, 2012 7:30 PM
Hubbard Stage, Alley Theatre
615 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX 77002
"Book sale and signing with T.C. Boyle."
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:00 PM
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Seattle, WA
"Genevieve Kaplan explores recent transformative works that use Shakespeare’s sonnets as a source text"
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Monday, October 22, 2012 7:00 PM
Institute of the Americas - University of California San Diego
10111 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
"Revelle Forum moves to UC San Diego’s Institute of the Americas for an evening with acclaimed author T.C. Boyle."
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