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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While we're on the subject of excellent MFA
get-togethers: Last Saturday's UCR MFA Program reading at Skylight Books in Los
Angeles was a huge success, for many reasons. First and foremost,
our second-year MFA's--Alex Brasfield, Carly Kimmel, Melanie Jeffrey and
Brenda Varda--read so beautifully, engagingly, and intelligently, and I'm so
proud of them. The reading also re-established our MFA
program's important presence on the Southern California and Los Angeles
scene. And, finally, there was a real sense of community (and even family)
both at the reading and then at the party afterward that was so generously held
and hosted by Carly Kimmel. Special thanks go to both her and Gaby for
organizing this event, which is fast becoming a tradition.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>See you at the next one!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrew</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Andrew Winer<BR>Assistant
Professor and Graduate Advisor<BR>MFA Program in Creative Writing
&<BR>Writing for the Performing Arts<BR>Department of Creative
Writing<BR>University of California<BR>Riverside, California 92521-0001<BR>Phone
951.827.2007/Fax 951.827.3619<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:andrew.winer@ucr.edu">andrew.winer@ucr.edu<BR></A></SPAN></I><SPAN
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