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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>To answer a few questions: For those interested in seeing Aimee Bender (details below), this event is free for all -- so if you have friends who are not students but are interested in seeing Aimee speak, they are welcome to come as well. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And, simple directions from Riverside:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks!<BR>Tod</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Tod Goldberg<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 4/2/2009 9:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Reminder: Aimee Bender in Palm Desert this Saturday night<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hello all, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please join us this Saturday night at 6pm as we kick off the spring quarter with an evening with Aimee Bender at the Palm Desert Graduate Center. One of the most influential writers of short fiction working today, Aimee is the author <EM>The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, An Invisible Sign of My Own </EM>and <EM>Willful Creatures. </EM>Her short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Granta, McSweeney's, The Paris Review and GQ, twice earning a Pushcart Prize. She has an MFA from UCI and currently teaches creative writing at USC. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Aimee will be reading, talking and then sitting down for a converation and audience Q&A. Books will be sold as well for those interested.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If you have questions or need directions, just me know -- </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tod</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tod Goldberg</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Administrative Director</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>University of California, Riverside</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Palm Desert Graduate Center</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>75080 Frank Sinatra Drive</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Palm Desert, CA 92211</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Office: 760-834-0928</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cell: 951-205-6352</FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>