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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u>MFA Reading at Vroman's</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This Sunday (May 16) at 4pm, Holly Gaglio, Aviva Kasowski,
and Jie Tian will read at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena. Please come if you
can! We appreciate the support!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><a
href="http://www.vromansbookstore.com/Riverside-MFA-group-event">http://www.vromansbookstore.com/Riverside-MFA-group-event</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>"Graduating students of the University of
California, Riverside's MFA program will read from their work. Holly Gaglio
will read from her novel-in-progress, </span></span><em><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Love Is This
Way Too</span></em><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>, about the end of an affair
between a 17-year-old girl and her 55-year-old English teacher; Aviva
Kasowski will read poetry and present a staged reading from her developing
screenplay, about a mandolinist who mysteriously loses her ability to play when
a new neighbor comes to town; and Jie</span></span><em><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> </span></em><span
class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Tian will
read her poems as well as poems by Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Turkish poets
in English translation in celebration of National Poetry Month and
world poetry in the U.S."</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Adrienne<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adrienne
L. Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MFA
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Creative
Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University
of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>900
University Ave<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4145 INTS
Building<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Riverside,
CA 92521<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Voice:
(951) 827-5568 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax: (951)
827-3619 <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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