[CW-Grad] Mike Davis sightings...

[D Charles Whitney]

Please encourage your students to attend:
Prof. Mike Davis will be a featured talking head on "Inventing LA:  
The Chandlers and Their Times" at 9 tonight (Monday Oct. 5) on KCET- 
TV:   More details at this URL:
Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times.

He will also be a commentator tomorrow afternoon on what appears to  
be a very interesting program that Creative Writing is cosponsoring:

Dream Street and the Inland Empire’s Ruthless Homebuilding Industry
Tuesday, Oct 6 at 1-2:30pm
Humanities & Social Sciences Building 1500

Douglas McCulloh, photographer and author of Dream Street
Mike Davis (Creative Writing, UCR)
Workers from the LIUNA Homebuilding Campaign

Douglas McCulloh, Mike Davis discuss McCulloh’s new book and the  
issues raised by it. Dream Street documents the development of Dream  
Street, a subdivision in Ontario, California. McCulloh haunted Dream  
Street with his camera and interviewed the builders, workers, and  
prospective homebuyers to chronicle the evolution of this new  
neighborhood. McCulloh’s work focuses on the construction workers  
and the first-time buyers struggling to purchase a piece of the  
California dream. Many of the hopeful buyers who visit Dream Street  
are turned down for loans as well, and by mid-2008, more than 200  
houses in the surrounding area faced foreclosure.

"Dream Street is a disturbing yet moving portrait of lives indentured  
to that ruthless outdoor sweatshop known as the home construction  
industry. McCulloh confronts us with the exploitation and downward  
mobility that manufactures the mirage of suburban affluence."  —Mike  
Davis, author of City of Quartz

Douglas McCulloh is an artist, writer, educator, and curator who pays  
close attention to the workings of chance. He holds an MFA in  
photography and digital media from Claremont Graduate University and  
his photography has been exhibited widely in the United States,  
Europe, China, and Mexico. Mike Davis (Creative Writing, UCR) was  
named a McArthur Fellow in 1998 and is author of more than 20 books,  
including Prisoners of the American Dream. He is currently doing  
research on surburban development.

This event is funded by the UC Miguel Contreras Labor Studies  
Development Fund and an Office of Instructional Development  
Instructional Innovation and Excellence Grant. Co-sponsored by the  
UCR Art Department, Creative Writing Department, Edward J. Blakely  
Center for Sustainable Suburban Development, Labor Studies, Media and  
Cultural Studies Department, the Public Policy Initiative, and the  
Inland Valley Labor Action Network.





D Charles Whitney, Professor and Chair
Department of Creative Writing, 4119 INTS
U of California, Riverside CA 92521
951.827.6076    FAX 951.827.3619




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