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TUESDAY14O C T O B E R7 PMCCA MFA Program in Writing, Faculty and AlumniCalifornia College of the Arts, MFA Program in Writing reunites current faculty with recent alumnifor an electrifying night of recent works. How does writing behave in an art and design school?These extraordinary artists are proof it creates fantastic results.The Make-Out Room3225 22nd St.$5 at the door21+ ♿Opal Palmer Adisa is a writer of both poetry andprose, photographer, curator, professor, educator,and cultural activist. Recent poetry works includeFour-Headed Woman (Tia Chuchua Press, 2013)and Incantations & Rites with devorah major(The Literary Leaf/Deconstructed ArtichokePress, 2013).Jordan Karnes is an Aries from Bakersfield.Her first book, It Hasn’t Stopped BeingCalifornia Here, was published by CarvilleAnnex Press in March 2014.Vernon Keeve III has been published inIshmael Reed’s Konch magazine, receivedthe Zora Neale Hurston Award from NaropaUniversity, was a featured reader at the SFJazz Poetry Festival, and is a contributingwriter to Black Girl Dangerous. He teachesat the College of Alameda.Kevin Killian, one of the original “NewNarrative” writers, has written three novels,a book of memoirs called Bedrooms HaveWindows (1990), three books of stories (afourth will appear next year from Semiotexte),and three books of poetry.Laura Schadler grew up in the mountainsof Virginia. Her fiction has appeared in TheSouthern Review, The Gettysburg Review,Denver Quarterly, and West Branch Wired,among others. She also blogs about pop culture,teaches yoga, and is at work on a novel.7:30 PMShebooks at LitquakeShebooks publishes high-quality short ebooks by and for women, available at Shebooks.net.Tonight it presents several authors reading from their works, and celebrates the release of aspecial print memoir anthology, Whatever Doesn’t Kill You.Booksmith1644 Haight St.FREEAll Ages ♿Faith Adiele is author of the Shebook TheNordic-Nigerian Girl’s Guide to Lady Problems.Her acclaimed Meeting Faith tells her story ofbeing the first black Buddhist nun in Thailand.Lucy Bledsoe is an award-winning short storywriter and author of the novel The Big BangSymphony and the Shebook The Found Child.Jane Ciabattari is author of the criticallyacclaimed short story collection Stealing theFire and the Shebook California Tales.Laura Fraser is co-founder and editorialdirector of Shebooks, and author of theShebook The Risotto Guru.43