<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:1vy" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:1w2" class="gmail-Am gmail-aiL gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:240px" aria-controls=":4ud" aria-expanded="false"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:20px 0px 0px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi again everyone,</span><br></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-:3il" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="gmail-:3ik" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="direction:initial;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>The Writer's Resist reading is quickly approaching! We are still looking for individuals to sign up to read. This event is not an open mic, and those wishing to read must<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>reserve their spot by this Wednesday, February 7th</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>As a reminder, Poet's Place/Writers Resist is resistance led and that can mean resisting anything (racism, oppression, body image, tension, etc.) While we have "poet" in our name, writers from any genre are welcome to share their reading. If you have questions about what you can or cannot read, please reach out to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Frances</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">McCann</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fmcca003@ucr.edu" target="_blank">fmcca003@ucr.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>The event will take place on<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>February 13th from 2-3:30 PM in INTS 1128</b><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Theater during the 47th UCR Writers Week Festival. Traditionally, the event serves as a space for undergrads, graduate students, faculty, alumni <i>and </i>community members to<span style="color:rgb(69,90,100);font-family:"Fira Sans Regular","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> </span>read works of resistance as part of the Writers Resist movement across the nation. This is a major literary protest and show of strength to signal that all eyes, ears and pens are trained on Washington DC.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Please reach out to the host of the event<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Frances</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">McCann</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:fmcca003@ucr.edu" target="_blank">fmcca003@ucr.edu</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>to sign up, or if you have any questions.</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr"><div><a href="https://writersweek.ucr.edu/schedule2024" target="_blank">https://writersweek.ucr.edu/schedule2024</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/c/hdisz7rdb60g" target="_blank">https://www.crowdcast.io/c/hdisz7rdb60g</a></div><div><br></div><div><i><span class="gmail-il">Frances</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">McCann</span></i></div><div><i>she/her/hers, they/them/theirs</i></div><div><i>2nd Year MFA Candidate, Poetry</i></div><div><i><a href="mailto:fmcca003@ucr.edu" target="_blank">fmcca003@ucr.edu</a></i></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>CWgrad-announcements mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu</a><br><a href="https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cwgrad-announcements" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cwgrad-announcements</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>