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.
周三,September6
艾玛·史密斯-史蒂文斯阅读与图书发布会
晚上7点，海德美术馆
推迟了由于不可预见的情况，活动将改期举行。
Guest writer Emma Smith-Stevens's reading will be rescheduled from her forthcoming fiction collection and her newly released novel,澳大利亚（赞克图书，2017）。 史密斯-史蒂文斯是土生土长的纽约人，是《纽约时报》的小说编辑的Mondegreenand teaches with the Bard Prison Initiative in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her writing appears in炸弹杂志，副热带，连词,《烟龙季刊》、《欢乐之地》、《第一天》、《幸运桃》、《PANK》、《发夹》、即将出版的选集，没那么糟糕：来自强奸文化的报道（罗克珊·盖伊和阿什利·c·福特编辑）。 她最新的短篇小说集，灰, is due to be released by Dzanc Books in 2018. To learn more about Emma Smith-Stevens, visit her on-line at emmasmithstevens。com, or contact 英语 instructor Ryan Griffith for additional information about this event: ryan。griffith@gcccd。edu.
9月28日星期四
禁书/禁生活：#崛起
晚上7-8:15，狮鹫门（60号楼）
This annual reading presents literary performances and lectures by Grossmont大学
students and faculty, as well as guest authors, to celebrate freedom of expression
and to raise awareness about censorship and persecution. This year's student-led Banned
Books/Banned Lives reading includes original works paired with or inspired by classic
resistance literature, including spoken word poetry, slam poetry, and performance
prose—all of it informed by resistance literature.
The event is held annually during U.S. National Banned Books Week, a campaign organized by the American 图书馆 Association and Amnesty International, to promote literacy and raise awareness of banned and challenged books as well as persecuted individuals.For more information about this year's Banned Books/Banned Lives reading, contact 英语 instructor Alan Traylor: alan。traylor@gcccd。edu.
DuringU。S。 National Banned Books Week(September 24 - 30), 一定要去参观 禁书展区 at Grossmont’s Learning Resource Center, educating students about the dangers of censorship and advocating for intellectual freedom.For further info about the display, contact librarian Nadra Farina-Hess:nadra。farina-hess@gcccd。edu.
10月18日星期三
LBMR：第一本获奖书籍，道格拉斯佩恩阅读和图书发布
7-8:30pm,格里芬门
In this 9th Annual Lester Bangs Memorial Reading, Grand Prize winner of Grossmont’s
“First Book” contest, Douglas Payne, will read from his newly released poetry collection,咸车. A San Diego native and an alumnus of Grossmont大学’s 创意写作计划,
Payne is currently completing his graduate degree at Arizona State University. His
poems and stories have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies, including
Muck and Muse,Breadcrumb Scabs, Mastodon Dentist, A Year in Ink Vol. 5,Nailed! An Erotic Death
Anthology, and others. Douglas Payne was selected as the winner of the 20th Anniversary Literary
Arts Festival’s “First Book Contest.”
Held annually in October, the Lester Bangs Memorial Reading honors Grossmont大学
alumnus and music critic Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs, recognized by most as “America’s
Greatest Rock Critic”and considered one of the most influential voices in rock criticism.
(Bangs is widely credited for coining the terms "punk" and "heavy metal.”) To find
out more about Lester Bangs, visit the 创意写作计划’s Lester Bangs Archive
on-line at the official website of the Grossmont大学 英语系: www.grossmont.edu/english.
For more information about this event, contact 英语 instructor Karl Sherlock, karl。sherlock@gcccd。edu.
周三,11月1日
创意写作学院阅读
晚上7-8:30，格里芬门
CreativeWriting Program faculty at Grossmont大学 offer a rare glimpse of their writing lives outside of the classroom in this multiple genre reading. Featured will be familiar names as well as new additions, including author and Novel Writing instructor, Rich Farrell, and slam poetry performer and 创意写作 instructor Daniela Sow.
11月18日星期六
2017年创意写作马拉松
上午9点至下午1点，格里芬门
Open to all Grossmont faculty, students, and staff, the semi-annual fundraising event
is back to rock more page, and rock it even harder. Participants collect pledges
to help raise funds for our 创意写作计划 and bring nationally and internationally
renowned authors to our spring Literary Arts Festival. The event includes hours of
inspiring and fun writing prompts presented by Grossmont instructors, prizes, and
a celebratory lunch. Look for additional details soon! In the meantime, volunteers
and donations of money or prizes for the event are welcome and greatly appreciated.
联系 英语 instructor Daniela Sow: daniela。sow@gcccd。edu.
12月4日星期一
新声音：一个学生的阅读
晚上7-8:30，格里芬门
The New Voices student reading returns to cap off a semester of hard work and literary
inspiration. 这项受欢迎的活动一直是学生和教师的个人最爱。Our students are what it’s all about, and these rising stars will impress you with
their readings and performances of original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction,
drama, and other unique forms of literary and spoken word art. Invited exclusively
by this semester’s instructors of creative writing classes and workshops, this semester's
New Voices writers are
丹尼尔·汉娜
努比亚查韦斯
Nickolas利文斯顿
维多利亚Panela
范Thaxton
杰西迪克
艾德琳Delgado
芭芭拉·卡尔顿
Amari哈尔顿
Merrienne吉梅内斯
Lizz拉森
佩奇鹰
Franziska科利尔
曼尼柯拉勒斯
凯特林Wrieden
斯蒂芬妮·韦斯特盖特
茉莉花韦尔塔
亚当Solorzano
Participants in the New Voices reading also enjoy priority consideration for inclusion in Grossmont’s own literary journal,橡子审查,edited and produced by students under the direction of 创意写作 instructor Julie Cardenas. For additional info about橡子审查 或英语145：橡果评论，编辑和制作，联系朱莉·卡德纳斯： julie。cardenas@gcccd。edu.