How to Snipe Hunt
During my recent (and first) visit to Yosemite, I went on a snipe hunt, a complex and worthwhile execution of tom-foolery guaranteed to liven campfires for years to come. If you’re looking to have fun on your next camping trip, lead a snipe hunt with willing friends and family. Here’s a guide I put together … Read more
Word Dreaming: The Wheelmobile Visits Stockton
I love word games. Most English majors and writers do. I enjoy anagrams, Scrabble, hangman, and of course, Wheel of Fortune. Every weekday night when I was growing up, except for when the Lakers were playing, at 7:00 my family and I would sit around our downstairs television watching Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. This … Read more
CSU Summer Arts Part III: Finding Writers Who Breathe Like Me
This summer, I spent two weeks at California State University Fresno, attending CSU Summer Arts, an annual artists’ conference. I took a course called “Writing the Memoir” with CSU Sacramento professor Doug Rice. Guest artists included memoir writers Steven Church, poet Carole Maso and National Book Award Winner, William T. Vollmann. Although I was in … Read more
Book Hunt: San Francisco – ABC of Reading & On Moral Fiction
Doug Rice likes to assign out of print books for our ENG230A class, and when the campus bookstore can’t stock them, he huffs out of class. Let me tell you something else about Doug Rice: He hates malls. He hates Borders. He hates people who shop at those places. Well, this weekend, he drove me … Read more
Press Release: Litquake, San Francisco’s Literary Festival
Raconteurs, Writers and Actors: Litquake Presents Porchlight at the Herbst Theater as 2008 Opening Night <!– Posted by Jeannine on July 22nd, 2008 –> Literary Death Match’s Todd Zuniga in 2007 Litquake Presentation San Francisco’s Literary Festival announces additional collaborations with ODC Theater and the Contemporary Jewish Museum as major components of its 9th year. … Read more
CSU Summer Arts: Writing the Memoir Part II
Doug Rice, coordinator of CSU Summer Arts, chose a fine selection of visiting writers to speak to our class. Not only did each bring a different perspective, each was inspiring and shared a great deal of knowledge. Steven Church, professor of English at CSU Fresno, and author of The Guinness Book of Me, was the … Read more
CSU Summer Arts: Writing the Memoir Part I
Four writers left for CSU Summer Arts on a Sunday. Bridget Mabunga (she drove), Marie Hoffman, Janna Santoro and myself. On the way to Fresno, we chatted, wondered what the experience would be like– wondered if we would come back changed. What is Summer Arts ? Was it some hippie extravaganza? Was it a love … Read more
CSU Summer Arts: Writing the Memoir
Updates on CSU Summer Arts: Writing the Memoir to come. Until then, here’s a glimpse of my two weeks at CSU Fresno with Doug Rice, Steven Church, Carole Maso and Bill Vollmann… Hanging out after Steve Church’s reading. Doug Rice imparting wisdom at Fresno’s famous Red Wave. Bottoms up with Murleen and Roxanne. Writing the … Read more
Destination: AWP Conference 2009
Last night, I met with my writers groups, Writer’s In Progress, at Old Soul at Weatherstone. I always enjoy our Monday meetings. The writing, the chatting, the company–all fantastic. Currently, we are laying the ground work for Destination AWP Conference 2009. TheAWP is The Association of Writers and Writing Programs. In February 2009, AWP is … Read more
New York Public Library: Mine Very Own Card
I’ve been intrigued by the New York Public Library for as long as I can remember. Who wouldn’t be? Especially after watching The Day After Tomorrow. But more than that, I’d always wondered: What great writers have strode those halls? Frequented those stacks? The hours they must have spent there, thumbing spines and smelling age … Read more
