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Dear Kate,<br><br>
It was indeed a <i>marvellous</i> reading! Hearty thanks to all of
you who organized it--and to whomever made those heavenly chocolate chip
cookies!<br><br>
My several undergrad students in attendance were also dazzled, simply
overwhelmed by how talented and brilliant our graduating MFA writers
are. It was a JOY to be there-- I only wish that more of my faculty
colleagues had been able to attend, since this was such a successful and
important event, a moving rite of passage.<br><br>
Best wishes,<br>
Maurya<br><br>
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At 02:41 PM 5/18/2007, kdurb001@student.ucr.edu wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Congrats, everyone, on a
fabulous 2nd year reading. I was so impressed by all of <br>
your readings and feel blessed to be a part of such a phenomenal program
that <br>
cultivates such incredible, diverse, and challenging writers. <br><br>
I didn't really realize how great the reading was until I spoke today
with several <br>
of my students who were in attendance last night. They all raved, and I
mean <br>
raved, about it. They were unanimously impressed, and challenged by the
work <br>
they heard. They wanted to go home and write afterwards. I can't think of
a <br>
better compliment!<br><br>
Thanks again to Alexis and the first years for all the hard work with
advertising, <br>
getting food, and putting together the reading. I know it wasn't easy.
But it was <br>
much appreciated!<br><br>
On a last note, which is somewhat unrelated, the new issue of LA Weekly
has a <br>
great series of articles on LA booksellers. It features quirky bios of
Vroman's, <br>
Skylight, Book Soup, and several of the other booksellers we've come to
support <br>
and love (and who love and support us by letting us read in them and one
day <br>
selling our books). There are also several stories by LA writers and a
great <br>
interview with the quirky and fabulous Miranda July, who's new collection
of <br>
short stories, No One Belongs Here More Than You, is supposed to be quite
<br>
good. So check it out!<br><br>
Best,<br>
Kate<br><br>
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<div>Maurya Simon</div>
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<div>Department of Creative Writing</div>
<div>University of California Riverside</div>
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