PLACE FOR WRITERS

Less a place than a community, The Place for Writers produces a roving series of programs and readings. Our focus is on building relationships outside of the classroom—among Mills graduate students, writers, scholars, and activists—and between Mills and Bay Area communities. Follow us! Facebook Flickr Places we like PennSound Harriet: The Blog Small Press Distribution The Poetry Center, SFSU UbuWeb La Peña Cultural Center

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Meet the powerful partner supporting one of the Mills Master students! She is a force 👍🏾 @ Mills

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Farid Mutuk - author , poet , and educator . Read his latest work , a poetic response to the "cross section" of being a parent to a woman of color .He embraced the energy of the OSA readers ,Chevalier and Yndia Pittmanho . Matuk started his piece by thanking the two young readers ," I am writing to my daughter who is around your age ...thank you for being here ." Matuk was introduced by VONA leader ,Mills professor , and advocate for the continued visibility of poets of color, Elmaz Abinader , who gave a descriptive bio of Mutuk.Abinader reminded the audience that Mutuk writes about what it means to belong when you are of many identities , and misplaced...

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MILLS GRADUATE ! Check out the work of this dope soul

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Susan Orlean talks Magic

Listen to this interview with Susan Orlean!  She describes writing as “magic” and “mysterious” and “like going on a date.”   It will make you believe in magic as a tool and writing as an art.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/04/24/the-new-yorkers-susan-orlean-on-the-magic-and-mystery-of-writing/?utm_term=.9783fee1772e

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Our last Works In Progress series was a time for final-year MFA students in Creative Writing to share the pieces they have been working on diligently for their theses. We were also lucky enough to have two students from Oakland School for the Arts joining us!  We had a wonderfully talented group of readers including Avren Keating, Hannah Johnson, Gwen Schulte, the 2 students from Oakland School for Arts, and Truong Tran as the faculty reader! 

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Natalie Baszile kicked off our spring lineup of the Contemporary Writers Series.

Natalie Baszile's widely acclaimed novel Queen Sugar, about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisiana, is being adapted for television by writer/director Avu DuVernay of Selma fame, and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey for OWN, Winfrey's television network.

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Mills College Place4Writers highlights our own students and faculty who write and inspire us.  From the January 31, 2017 Works In Progress pictured are Professor Achy Obejas, Britt Hill (left), Karina Muñiz (right) and Michael Nicholson.  Every Tuesday, Mills Hall living room is the place to be.  We’ve even been graced by young writers from the Oakland School for the Performing Arts thanks to instructor and alumni Audacious I AM.

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Take the time to blessed by the visual art of a Mills family member & fellow writer. The exhibit Is up until Late June but this Wednesday March 8 their will be a special celebration in honor of this magnificent work . Follow Kenyatta on FBK for more info !

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a case study on distinction and connotation

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Must read !

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Be apart of a cross cultural poetry exchange !

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https://lapena.org/event/fandango-jarocho-jam-sessio/2017-02-17/

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This is Tyrice, a placer , MIMI, the Place open mic manager this semester, captured this poetry moment @ the 27th African American Poetry Celebration which was held @ the Oakland library .The piece is titled Generational PTSD

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