General Blog
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Weeks Five and Six
by Ayo Khensu-Ra Week Five As I’ve noted before, the our class time has been much reduced thanks to three holidays in the early part of the semester. And in week four* we had our reading as chronicled so well by Michael…Finally we were back to a more regular class and it was much needed…
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Week Four / Reading One
by Michael Thomson Last monday we had our first reading for the Spring 2012 issue of Forum. If you missed it, you missed a lot. If you were there, then you know how good it was. We started the evening by enjoying the wonderful guitar stylings of CCSF instructor Steve Mayer. In addition to the…
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Tonight!
One more reminder. Yes, we are have a reading tonight at the Ocean Campus, 6 pm, MUB 140. There will be a raffle, food and drink and an open mic which may feature a contest — a chance to get featured on this very blog so check it out.
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A Photographic Look Back
Two weeks ago was the fundraiser for Forum at NIP. Here are a few photos commemorating the event. Photographs are courtesy of Fiction Editor Truc Nguyen.
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Week Two
by Ayo Khensu-Ra Yes, there was a week two. Several people have joined up and apparently we’re now fine on numbers so we get to keep doing this. This week Jen taught the class and she announced the filling of a few of the key editing positions based on applications we completed last week. Several, like…
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Fundraiser for Forum (2/4/2012)
Tomorrow, Saturday, February 4 — Join us for a night of live music, readings, and dancing as we celebrate our latest edition of Forum! Magazines hot off the press will be available to purchase for $10 as well as raffled off throughout the night and contributors will each receive a free copy of the magazine. Well-known authors will…
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Week One
by Ayo Khensu-Ra Well this is embarrassing. I scheduled this post for tonight without actually writing the post and thus it went up without there being much any text. Why is it a post for last Friday when it’s clearly Tuesday? Long story but in mostly unrelated news last night was the first night of class…
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Xochiquetzal Candelaria Reads at Rosenberg Library
On the Tuesday following the aforementioned open mic, Xochiquetzal Candelaria, CCSF English professor and poet did a reading in Rosenberg Library as part of Latino Heritage Month. Ms. Candelaria read clearly and vigouously, filling the room without being overpowering. She read pieces from her book Empire as well as some newer poems. Her poems contained…
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A Poetry For The People Open Mic
by Ayo Khensu-Ra | Timeliness is important and frankly Boeotia hasn’t been quite as timely this past semester as might be desirable. There are plenty of literary events around City College and San Francisco each semester and though some time has passed, this post and the next chronicle a couple of those events in an…
Forum Literary Magazine 