The annual Fall Reading Seriespresents a season of events celebrating literature, showcasing award-winning authors, and honoring the inspiration to write. Events are sponsored by the 英语系 and 创意写作计划 of Grossmont大学, as well as a variety of other campus agencies and programs.
9月20日星期四
禁书/禁生活
下午2-3:15，狮鹫门（60号楼）
Honoring National Banned Books Week, this year's Celebration of Banned Books reading moves to daytime and will spotlight novelist Matt de la Pena, author of墨西哥白人男孩(2008)和我们在这里(2009)。他的第一部小说于2005年出版，球不要撒谎, was adapted in 2008 for film (starring Ludacris, Nick Canno, and Emilie de Ravin). Matt de la Pena is the first Latino to win the Newberry Prize in literature. For more information about this year's 禁书/禁生活 reading, contact 英语 instructor Alan Traylor: alan。traylor@gcccd。edu.
10月25日星期二
莱斯特·邦斯追悼会：“写作之票”
7-9pm,26 - 220房间
电影放映（放映时间：100米）和讨论
The 8th Annual Lester Bangs Memorial Reading will feature the launch of the new documentary film by Grossmont大学 英语 instructor, Raul Sandelin,写作之票：摇滚音乐新闻的黄金时代. Sandelin's filmexploresthe origins and heyday of rock music journalism, 1966-1981,during which legendary music magazines like Rolling Stone and Creemwere first published and rock writers like Lester Bangs, Hunter S. Thompson, Dave Marsh, and Jaan Uhelszki found notoriety. This film interviews over twenty-five period journalists.
A Grossmont大学 alumnus (1966-1968), Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs has come to be recognized as “America’s Greatest Rock Critic.” Considered one of the most influential voices in rock criticism, music critic Bangs is credited for coining the terms "punk" and "heavy metal." The annual memorial reading celebrates his subversive spirit, his creativity, and his ability to continue to influence generations of writers.
11月17日星期四
诗人丹尼斯·贝纳维德斯，启动派对和阅读
晚上7-8:30，格里芬门
Performance artist, educator, and queer Xicana poet Denise Benavides is a graduate of Grossmont 创意写作计划. She received her MFA in Writing from Mills College in Oakland, California. Her book,防暴女孩这本书是Korima出版社最新出版的。
12月5日星期一
新声音：一个学生的阅读
晚上7-8:30，格里芬门
Standout students from the 英语系’s 创意写作计划 take center stage and share original works of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Their stories are our stories—come be part of the magic!