[CW-Grad] New MFA Introductions

[Melody Kowach]

Hey everyone!

My name is Melody Kowach, and I am a native to socal! (born and raised
in Rowland heights) I'm 24 and in addition to being a writer, I'm a
violinist and pianist. To help pay my way through school I'm actually
teaching private lessons so if you know anyone who wants lessons or is
looking for a teacher for their kids, let me know! ^_^


Ok, enough advertising for myself. I'm a fiction student but I'm also
interested in screenwriting.  I did my undergrad at UC irvine where I
earned 2 BAs in English and Film/media studies. I've had the past year
off from school so I'm definitely looking forward with excitement and
trepidation (due to my absence from the academic world) to working
with you all!

Can't wait till we meet!!

-Melody Kowach

On Wednesday, September 15, 2010, Marcus Renner <mrenn001 at ucr.edu> wrote:
> Hi there,
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> I'm Marcus Renner writing from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon where I'm taking in a few productions. I'm originally from Pasadena but have been living in Durango, Colorado for the past five years where I ran the campus environmental center. Playwriting is my emphasis with fiction writing as a second. I have two degrees in Environmental Studies the first from Brown University and a masters from University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Most of my work over the past decade has been doing community organizing on a variety of issues. Before that was a lot of work with youth teaching them to be subversive in a variety of ways.
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> I'm strong advocate of community-based art and last summer had an amazing experience with L.A.-based Cornerstone Theater's summer residency program that validated my plan to return to school for a writing degree. I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and supporting the development of everyone's writing in workshop. Saw a wonderful play new play about immigration issues yesterday called American Night by Richard Montoya and Culture Clash -- hilarious, irreverent, and touching. Something to aspire to.
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> All the best,
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> Marcus
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> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Yvette Doss <yvette.doss at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey, everyone. Yvette Doss checking in. I'm an L.A. native. UC Berkeley undergrad and grad school (Philosophy and Journalism, respectively). I'm seeing a trend here...
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> I've worked as a magazine editor, indie newspaper publisher, NPR radio commentator, news reporter, etc. I firmly believe print media is not dead. It's just in a long, deep coma. Just wait for the next Y2K-ish scare. Same goes for fiction (the not-dead part, not the deep coma part). My emphasis is Fiction. Screenwriting is the other.
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> Currently working for a charter school group in South L.A. helping low-income kids get into college, and trying my hardest not to become a Soccer Mom the rest of the time. (I'm kicking, I'm screaming.)
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> I also like playing with metal. As Albert Goldbarth said, We're born, and everything after that is self-medication.
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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Melissa Harkness <mhark001 at ucr.edu> wrote:
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> Attention all new MFA’s –
> It has been brought to my attention by my
> fellow grad rep that we don’t know many of the first years, and we would like
> to. So if you’re game, no pressure here, please send an intro of yourself over
> the list serv. It can be as simple as :
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> Hi, I’m Melissa Harkness. I’m originally
> from Memphis, TN, attended the University of Memphis to get my BFA in Theatre,
> and I’m a second year Playwright. In my spare time, I like jogging to Adam
> Lambert (no that is not a joke) and watching the Big Bang Theory.
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> So please, if you’re new, give us a shout
> out. We’d love to hear from you in cyberspace before we meet you for real.
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> Melissa
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