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SUNDAY12O C T O B E RBen Jackson has taught poetry to studentsfrom the second grade through college. Heteaches journaling and poetry writing classes atthe Writing Salon.Writing Salon founder Jane Underwood hasbeen teaching and writing poetry and prose for40 years. She leads year-round “Round Robin”classes at the Writing Salon.3 PMThe Best American Nonrequired ReadingThis annual collection compiles the country’s best fiction, journalism, essays, comics, and humor,and introduces a large readership to dozens of new writers and publications. The Best AmericanNonrequired Reading committee—comprising students from dozens of different high schools—meets nearly every week of the year to read, debate, and compile this offbeat yet vital anthology.The 2014 edition is edited by Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, who emcees this categorydefyingevent, along with special guests Adam Johnson and Andrew Altschul.“If you need to fall in love with reading again—or just want a reminder that high school studentsdeserve a lot more than their reading lists give them—then this is the book for you.” —Bust magazineZ Space450 Florida St.FREEAll Ages ♿Daniel Handler is author of the novels WhyWe Broke Up, Adverbs, The Basic Eight,and Watch Your Mouth. As Lemony Snicket,he is author of several unpleasant stories,including those in the bestselling A Series ofUnfortunate Events and The Lump of Coal.Andrew Altschul is author of the novelsLady Lazarus and Deus Ex Machina, andhas contributed to Esquire, Ploughshares,McSweeney’s, and anthologies includingBest New American Voices and O. HenryPrize Stories. He currently directs the Centerfor Literary Arts at San José State University.Adam Johnson is an associate professor increative writing at Stanford University. He isauthor of the short story collection Emporium,and the novels Parasites Like Us and TheOrphan Master’s Son, which won the 2013Pulitzer Prize. His fiction has appeared inEsquire, GQ, Playboy, Harper’s, and TheBest American Short Stories. He and hiswife Stephanie live in San Francisco withtheir three children.25