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CONVERSATIONS programs, including the new Reading Series, The President’s Ideas and Dialogues Series, and a variety of gallery talks. |
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September 19, 2004
William T. Vollmann
A reading by William T. Vollmann, author of 11 books, including The Rainbow Stories, Whores for Gloria, Butterfly Stories and the first four installments of a projected seven book series entitled Seven Dreams.
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September 29, 2004
PRESIDENTS IDEAS and DIALOGUES
Norman Klein and Andreas Kratky
The Birth of a New Media/Literary Form
CalArts President Steven D. Lavine hosts this screening of Norman Klein’s path-breaking DVD-ROM Bleeding Through: Layers of Los Angeles 1920–1986.
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October 12, 2004
Jorie Graham
A reading by Jorie Graham, who won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and has been called America’s most important living poet.
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October 26, 2004
PRESIDENTS IDEAS and DIALOGUES
Sam Durant, Martin Plot and Stephen F.Rohde
War, Civil Liberties and the Arts
One week prior to the presidential election, Sam Durant presents a short selection of anti-war films, followed by a discussion of art and civil liberties in an era of global fears.
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October 29-30, 2004
The SÉance In Experimental Writing
This special two-day symposium brings an international group of authors, poets and thinkers together for conversations on language, narrative, possession, haunting, the supernatural and the ordinary.
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November 10, 2004
Mary Caponegro
A reading by Mary Caponegro, author of Tales from the Next Village, The Star Café, Five Doubts and The Complexities of Intimacy.
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February 1, 2005
Joe Wenderoth
His groundbreaking Letters to Wendy’s was a longtime Internet cult favorite, but after being excerpted in Harper’s Magazine it sold over 7,000 copies.
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March 1, 2005
Junot DÍaz
The writer’s debut fiction collection, Drown, was among the most celebrated books of 1996.
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March 2, 2005
PRESIDENTS IDEAS and DIALOGUES
Ostad Manoochehr Sadeghi
Tradition and Contemporary Creation in Persian Music
CalArts President Steven D. Lavine hosts this performance/demonstration by Iranian santur virtuoso and NEA National Heritage Fellow Ostad Manoochehr Sadeghi.
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April 5, 2005
Harryette Mullen
The Village Voice described her poems as "infectious linguistic torques," and the Boston Review wrote, "submit to its ‘blah-blah’ and you’ll be delighted by what you find."
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April 12, 2005
PRESIDENTS IDEAS and DIALOGUES
Gil Maurer, Eric Nakamura, Steve Wasserman and Martin Wong
What Makes A Great Magazine
The question that drives a discussion exploring the special alchemy when the right editor confronts the zeitgeist to create a magazine that speaks to and reflects the moment.
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May 15, 2005
CalArts View: Writers Showcase
Featuring readings and performances of new work in fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, criticism and hybrid forms.
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