
的 创意写作 Program's annual Fall Reading Series presents a season of events celebrating literature, showcasing award-winning authors, honoring the inspiration to write. Free of charge 和 open to the public, our events are generously underwritten by the Grossmont大学 英语系, the GC Academic Affairs Symposium 和 Lecture Fund, the Foundation for Grossmont 和 Cuyamaca Colleges (FGCC) 创意写作 Fund. 请考虑参观 FGCC创意写作基金 to make a tax deductible contribution that will help us continue bringing literary excellence to our students 和 community. 谢谢你!
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请看下面的信息关于我们的2025年的事件,并下载我们的 2025年FRS通讯传单:
山姆sax照片由Hollis Rafkin提供。


山姆sax她是一名犹太同性恋作家和教育家,著有《 你死了, 入围美国国家图书奖 猪:诗,由 纽约杂志 和 电点燃 作为2023年最好的书之一。 他们也是 疯狂,全国诗歌系列冠军,以及 把它埋, winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. Sax is twice
Bay Area Gr和 Slam Champion with poems published in 《纽约时报》《大西洋月刊》《诗歌杂志》《格兰塔,和 elsewhere. Having received fellowships from 的 National Endowment for the Arts,
的 Poetry Foundation, Yaddo, Lambda Lit, MacDowell, they are currently serving as
an ITALIC Lecturer at Stanford University. To learn more, visit samsax。com.

参会人员需提前登记。
加入我们的虚拟活动,庆祝最新一期的 橡子审查, Grossmont大学’s own student-operated literary arts journal. Selected 诗人s 和 writers featured in the issue will read 和 talk about their work. Find 橡子 提交信息@grossmont。edu/acorn.
natasha Deón由Casey Curry拍摄。


执业刑事律师,小说家
Natashia迪翁• is a two-time nominee for a NAACP Image Award for Outst和ing Literature, 和 the 的作者 two critically acclaimed novels, including 的死亡, 格蕾丝,被评为年度最佳书籍 的 纽约时报 并被美国图书馆协会黑人核心小组授予最佳处女作奖. A Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award Nominee for Outst和ing Fiction 和 a PEN America Fellow, Deón has also been awarded fellowships 和 residencies at Yale, Prague’s 创意写作 Program, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Deón is a professor of creative writing at UCLA 和 Antioch University. Her personal essays have been featured in 的 纽约时报, Harper’s, 的 Los Angeles 时间s, Harper’s Bazaar, American Short Fiction, Buzzfeed, 还有其他地方。
欲了解更多信息,请访问 natashiadeon。com.


查德·斯特鲁普是这些小说的作者 怪异的秘密 和 性感的麻风病人,以及最近出版的短篇小说集 牙齿不该在的地方. When not writing, Stroup is also the vocalist for the b和 Icepield, for Resting
on Pretty, for which he performs as drag alter ego, Jenn X. Stroup received his MFA
in Fiction from San Diego State University. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association
和 the San Diego Horror Professionals. 欲了解更多信息,请访问 subvertbia。blogspot。com。

斯特鲁普是今年的特邀主持人 莱斯特·邦斯纪念朗读 commemorating El Cajon native 和 Grossmont大学 alumnus who became one of the most infamous rock critics in history. Having worked for 《滚石》杂志 和 Creem, Bangs popularized terms such as "punk rock" 和 "heavy metal." In 2009, Grossmont College officially honored Bangs’s international celebrity status by dedicating to him a bronze "Walk of Fame" plaque, located in the Main Quad in front of the Tech Mall.
的 finale of the 2025 FRS is a popular showcase of writing talent curated from this semester’s workshops. Students are selected by creative writing instructors to perform original works of 诗人ry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, hybrid forms.