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<P>Hey Everybody, this is a friendly writer's week reminder, the festivities begin tomorrow! As you can see with the attached schedule, it's gonna be dope! The opening reception is tomorrow: </P>
<P><STRONG>Thursday, 2/1 from 2-5pm at The Chancellor's Conference Room, room 207 (upstairs) </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Located above Rubios Tacos at the University Villiage Shopping Center, </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>1201 University Av </STRONG></P>
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<P>Thanks! </P>
<P>Amalia Alvarez, MFA Poetry Student</P>
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<P>All Writers Week events are free and open to the public </P>
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<TD class=author align=middle><IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Jim Quay" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Quay.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Jim Quay<BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Al Young" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Young.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Al Young<BR>
<DIV></DIV> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Stephanie Elizondo-Griest" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Griest.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Stephanie Griest<BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Jonathan Ritter" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Ritter.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Jonathan Ritter<BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Antonio Sacre" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Sacre.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Antonio Sacre <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Allison Hedge-Coke" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Hedge-Coke.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Allison Hedge-Coke <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Daniel Alarcon" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Alarcon.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Daniel Alarcón<BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Tom Lutz" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Lutz.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Tom Lutz<BR> <IMG height=167 alt="Francis Wong" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Wong.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Francis Wong <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Ginny Lim" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Lim.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Ginny Lim <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Arlene Biala" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Biala.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Arlene Biala <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Maurya Simon" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Simon.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Maurya Simon<BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Tim Miller" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Miller.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Tim Miller <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Deb Bogen" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Bogen.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Deb Bogen <BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Cheryl Klein" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/Klein.jpg" width=125><BR>
<DIV></DIV> Cheryl Klein<BR> <IMG class=photo height=167 alt="Le Thi Diem Thuy" src="http://www.creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/images/le_thi_diem_thuy.jpg" width=125><BR>
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<P><SPAN class=style1>THURSDAY, February 1, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.<BR></STRONG>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>Welcome and Opening Reception</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>Chancellor's Conference Room<BR>
<DIV></DIV>1201 University Ave. Room 207 (upstairs)<BR>
<DIV></DIV>University Village shopping center
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<P>Jim Quay — California Council of the Humanities, Executive Director</P>
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<P>Stephen Minot — Professor Emeritus of UCR Department of Creative Writing</P>
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<P>Readings by Al Young (California's Poet Laureate) and Stephanie Elizondo-Griest.</P>
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<P>The UCR Andean Music Ensemble, Mayupatapi, led by UCR's Jonathan Ritter.</P>
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<P><STRONG>6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. </STRONG><STRONG>Evening Program</STRONG><BR>Bourns Hall, Room B118 (<SPAN class=style2>ROOM CHANGE</SPAN>) </P>
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<P>Ken Goddard, author of <EM>Balefire</EM>, <EM>the Alchemist</EM>, <EM>Double Blind</EM>, and <EM>First Evidence</EM></P>
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<P><SPAN class=style1>FRIDAY, February 2, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>Gathering Stories & Telling Stories<BR></STRONG>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA
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<P>Antonio Sacre, Los Angeles storyteller.</P>
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<P>Gary Gach, Korean poetry in translation, author of the anthology <EM>What Book!? ~ Buddha Poems from Beat to Hip</EM>.</P>
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<P><STRONG>6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>University Lecture Hall<BR>
<DIV></DIV>Jonathan Lawton - Screenwriter of “Pretty Woman” and many other films.
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<P><SPAN class=style1>SATURDAY, February 3, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>3:00 p.m. </STRONG> Riverside Public Library, 3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA (951) 826-5369
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<P>Allison Hedge-Coke - Poet, Non-fiction writer, Playwright, author of <EM>Dog Road Woman</EM>.</P>
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<P><SPAN class=style1>MONDAY, February 5, 2007</SPAN> <STRONG>2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. </STRONG>HMNSS Building, Room 1614
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<P>A conversation with literary agent Kendra Marcus from BookStop Literary Agency about the process of publishing fiction for young people. </P>
<P><SPAN class=style1>TUESDAY, February 6, 2007</SPAN><BR><STRONG></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Fiction & Non-Fiction<BR>2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.</STRONG><BR>Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 1500 </P>
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<P>Daniel Alarcón — FictionMary Beth </P>
<P>Rogers — Non-Fiction</P>
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<P><SPAN class=style1>WEDNESDAY, February 7, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<BR></STRONG>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>Brave New Works by Creative Writers of Riverside</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 1500
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<P>Nancy Best — New Works</P>
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<P>Christopher Buckley — <EM>And the Sea</EM><BR>
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<P>Alex Espinoza — <EM>Still Water Saints</EM><BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Random House)
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<P>Michael Jayme — <EM>Every Night is Ladies’ Night</EM><BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Rayo/Harper Collins)
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<P>Dana Johnson — <EM>Break Any Woman Down</EM><BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Anchor)
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<P>Judy Z. Kronenfeld — <EM>Ghost Nurseries</EM><BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Finishing Line Press)
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<P>Tom Lutz — <EM>Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers & Bums in America</EM> <BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux)
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<P>Malcolm Margolin — <EM>Publisher, Inlandia,</EM><BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Heyday Books)
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<P>Derek McKown — New Works </P>
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<P>Sharyn Obsatz — New Works</P>
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<P>Jo Scott-Coe — New Works</P>
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<P>Maurya Simon — Ghost Orchid<BR>
<DIV></DIV> (Red Hen Press)
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<P>Andrew Winer — New Works</P>
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<P>Dwight Yates — <EM>Bring Everybody – Stories</EM><BR>
<DIV></DIV> (University of Massachusetts Press)
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<P><STRONG>Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture<BR>
<DIV></DIV>8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>University Theatre<BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>Wole Soyinka - Nobel Prize Winner</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>“A Writer’s Journey: An Evening with Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka.”
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<DIV></DIV><SPAN class=style1>THURSDAY, February 8, 2007</SPAN> <STRONG>6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.<BR>
<DIV></DIV>Verbal Coliseum II</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>UCR Studio Theatre
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<DIV></DIV> Four featured performers, Francis Wong, Ginny Lim, Arlene Biala, and Margarita Robles, will join in an evening of spoken word jazz, led by Rickerby Hines, Shane Shukis, and Amalia Alvarez, and joined by undergraduate and graduate word-wrestlers.
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<P><STRONG>6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.<BR>
<DIV></DIV>Inlandia @ The Barn</STRONG>
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<P> The UCR Book Store offers a book signing and reception for the authors featured in <EM>Inlandia: A Literary Journey through California’s Inland<BR></P>
<DIV></DIV> Empire</EM>, an anthology of writing about this region from Heyday Books.
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<P><SPAN class=style1>FRIDAY, February 9, 2007</SPAN><BR><STRONG>1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.<BR>New Performance, New Poetry</STRONG><BR>Humanities & Social Sciences Building, Room 1500 </P>
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<P>Tim Miller — Performance Artist</P>
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<P>Deb Bogen — Poet</P>
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<P><STRONG>4:00 p.m. <BR>
<DIV></DIV>UCR Writers' Week<BR>
<DIV></DIV>Keynote Preview</STRONG>
<P>The Work of Ann & Evan Maxwell<BR>
<DIV></DIV>Riverside Public Library,<BR>
<DIV></DIV>3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA<BR>
<DIV></DIV>(951) 826-5369
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<DIV></DIV><EM>An INLANDIA Event for Book Clubs and Book Lovers at the Riverside Public Library</EM>.
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<P><STRONG>6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. </STRONG><STRONG>Keynote Presentation</STRONG><BR>University Lecture Hall </P>
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<DIV></DIV> Ann & Evan Maxwell — Novelists<BR>
<DIV></DIV><EM>A Conversation “On the Subversive Impact of Popular Culture on the Novel.”</EM>
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<DIV></DIV>Welcome by Charles Whitney, Chair of the Department of Creative Writing, and Juan Felipe Herrera, Writers Week Director.
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<P><SPAN class=style1>SATURDAY, February 10, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>Christopher Rice — Novelist
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<DIV></DIV>Welcome, Dr. Tom Lutz, Director of Palm Desert Graduate Center’s MFA Program.<BR>
<DIV></DIV>UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center,<BR>
<DIV></DIV>75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA.
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<P><SPAN class=style1>MONDAY, February 12, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<BR></STRONG>
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<P><STRONG>Short Stories & Poets </STRONG>Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 1500 </P>
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<P>Cheryl Klein — Short Stories</P>
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<P>Joseph Millar — Poet</P>
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<P>Dorianne Laux — Poet</P>
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<P><SPAN class=style1>WEDNESDAY, February 14, 2007</SPAN><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>6:10 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV><STRONG>Closing event </STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>University Lecture Hall
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<P><STRONG>Immigration Theme Lecture</STRONG><BR>
<DIV></DIV>lê thi diem thúy — Novelist, author of <EM>The Gangster We Are All Looking For</EM>, selected as the theme book for students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
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