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Forum reading 12/4

Forum

CCSF Literary Magazine

is pleased to announce

An open reading

featuring contributors to Forum

Friday, December 4, 2009

1 pm – 2:45 pm

Room 301

Rosenberg Library

Everyone is invited to our celebration. Come read a favorite poem or a selection of your own work, or just come to listen. Snacks and beverages will be provided!

"Boring from Within: The Art of the Freshman Essay"

Wayne Booth's
"Boring from Within: The Art of the Freshman Essay"

Erin and Seth: PodNovels

Read all about it!

12/12 Holiday Party

Dear Colleagues,
Let us give a Huge Thank You to Jackie Davis Martin for opening the doors of her home in the Noe Valley for our annual celebration at Holiday Time. Here are the particulars:

Jackie Davis Martin - Host
4094 25th Street
S.F., CA. 94114
Saturday, December 12
Starting at 7:00 p.m.
RSVP: Bill Mc Guire 452-7257

Alphabet Drill Based on Your Last Name (Please watch this video prior to shopping for food. Thank you.)

A - B Vegetarian

C - F Meat, Fish, Fowl

G - I Desserts

J - L Appetizers

M - R Salads

S - Z Pastas

Of course, bring your own beverage + ice, if needed.

- Guests and Children are Most Welcome
- Your contribution should be enough to serve 10 to 12 people
- Have it ready to serve so you don't tie up Jackie's kitchen
- Have your food carved, portioned, and ready to serve
- Provide your own serving dish(es) and utensils

Needed: a) early crew to set up
b) police crew to clean as we party
c) clean up crew to leave Jackie's home spotless before departing

That's it. Contact me if you have any questions.

At your service,
Bill

William A. McGuire
Instructor of English
Coordinator of Humanities
415.452.7257

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Terry Galloway at CCSF this Spring!

From Kristina Whalen--
Hello English Colleagues, Before moving to California, I spent 7 years writing and performing as part of a community theater company called The Mickee Faust Club. The founder of that cabaret, Terry Galloway, has been invited to our campus in March as part of Women's History Month. Terry's memoir Mean Little Deaf Queer was published by Beacon Press and released this last June. In March she will perform her hour long show "Out All Night and Lost My Shoes" and read from her memoir. I have been asked to generate an audience for her performance. I hope you will join me in including Galloway's performance in your spring syllabus. Below I have provided a brief excerpt of Galloway's complicated biography as well as reviews of both her performance and book. The performance is scheduled on March 9th from 4:00 -5:30 on R305. If many are interested we can see about securing a bigger venue. I will leave a copy of her memoir in the conference room. You can visit the following as well: www.meanlittledeafqueer.com

The New Notebooks are Here!

Take notes!

Autumn Tea: Nov 3-4

The English Department

Autumn Tea

Tuesday, November 3 and
Wednesday, November 4
English Conference Room
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on both days

This is a Stone Soup Party: the pot and the water will be there; you provide the good stuff. The table in the conference room will be pushed to one side and covered with a festive cloth. There will be hot water for tea and hot chocolate and the coffee pot will be going. Then, the magic depends on you --

Please bring goodies to share with others, savory and sweet, on one or both days.

The office machines, refrigerator and microwave will be available. It’s fine to bring your lunch. If you can, bring enough to share. Plan to stay awhile and chat.


For further info
Carol Fregly, L560, 239-3882
Pam Petersen, L556, 239-3406
Barbara Scrafford, L526, 239-3523
Ellen Wall, ewall@ccsf.edu, 239-3394.
Or call Ellen at home.

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Celebrate with the Banned

Have Lunch with the Banned!
Celebrate the Freedom to Read and Rock Out at the San Francisco Main Library, Oct. 1st

Banned Books Week: Sept. 26 through Oct. 3

San Francisco Public Library will be celebrating the freedom for everyone to read what they want – and rock out as they wish – at a lunchtime music-themed Ban(ne)d Books reading and performance on the Larkin Street steps of the Main Library on Thursday, Oct.1, noon-1:30 p.m.

With readings, songs and readings about songs, this Ban(ne)d Books event will entertain and inspire both minds and ears! An exciting lineup of musicians and writers will be on hand for the event including Joey Altman and the Pimentos, Jack Boulware, Ben Fong-Torres, Kathi Kamen Goldmark & Sam Barry, Penelope Houston & Patricio Johnson, Frank Portman, Richie Unterberger, Roy Zimmerman, emcee Jewelle Gomez and more.

Begun in 1982 by the American Library Association (ALA), this annual event takes place the last week of September and reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Since 2001, American libraries were faced with more than 3,736 challenges to materials. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. The number of challenges reflects only incidents reported. The ALA estimates that for every reported challenge, four or five remain unreported.

“Although in San Francisco we are fortunate to receive few challenges to our materials, it is important to recognize and celebrate this democratic freedom and the diversity of materials available at our libraries,“ said City Librarian Luis Herrera. “As our mission statement says, we are dedicated to free and equal access to information and to the joys of reading for our diverse community.”

Among the most challenged books nationwide in 2008 were And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman; Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar; and The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.

Learn more at http://sfpl.org/news/releases/banned_books.htm

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The Decline of the English Department? Not ours.

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Word choice, idioms, and prepositions

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