The CalArts MFA Writing Program and the CalArts School of Critical Studies present A Launch Party for You’ve Probably Read This Before, An Alumni Anthology from CalArts MFA Writing Program. This brand new anthology collects work that MFA Writing Program alumni have recently published in a wide array of books, journals, magazines and other venues. A number of contributors to You’ve Probably Read This Before will read selections from their work to celebrate the publication of the anthology and a reception will follow. Copies of the anthology will be on sale at the event, but if you would like to buy a copy and can’t make it to the event please contact writing@calarts.edu

Readers will include: Harold Abramowitz, Amanda Ackerman, Danielle Adair, Andrew Choate, David Earle, Daiana Feuer, Andrea Lambert, Janice Lee, Eric Lindley, Robin Myrick, Mathew Timmons and Amanda Yates.

This event is free and open to the public. For further information call the REDCAT Lounge at 213 237-2809 or visit them online at http://www.redcat.org/lounge-redcat

You’ve Probably Read This Before showcases the work of MFA Writing Program Alums from 1996-2008. Including Harold Abramowitz, Amanda Ackerman, Danielle Adair, Andrew Berardini, Allison Carter, Andrew Choate, Jacquelyn Davis, David P. Earle, Ken Ehrlich, d.g. eng, Daiana Feuer, Cory Garfin, Jeremy Hight, Douglas Kearney, Steven Knezevich, Grace Krilanovich, Andrea Lambert, Janice Lee, Eric Lindley, Ian McCarty, Joe Milazzo, Robin L. Myrick, Amarnath Ravva, Dan Richert, Milly Sanders, Mathew Timmons, Carol Treadwell, and Amanda Yates.

Established in 1994, the CalArts MFA Writing Program offers a two year immersion in an informed creative practice that includes vibrant conversation among poets, scholars, fiction writers, translators, essayists and others. Our presence within an institute dedicated to experimental art making provides a context for new, often hybrid genres. Teaching fellowships and editorial internships are available.

CalArts, the first U.S. higher educational institution to integrate the visual and performing arts under one roof, is recognized as the nation’s leading laboratory for the arts. Housing six schools-Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music and Theater-CalArts embraces creative cross-pollination among diverse art forms and traditions and strongly encourages each artist to pursue his or her vision within a broad context of social and cultural understanding.

For more information about CalArts’ MFA Writing Program, visit writing.calarts.edu/

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