A compendium internet resources, including links gathered from the individual events pages of this website.
General Links and Downloads
Spring 2013 Silent Spring Writing Contest
Grossmont College Creative Writing Program
Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District
World Arts and Cultures Committee of Grossmont
The Foundation (for the Grossmont Cuyamaca
Etiquette and Protocols for Attending Literary Events
2013 Literary Arts Festival Newsletter
Lantern Tree: Four Books of Poems
Book Reviews of Lantern Tree
"Creative Reunion: A Homecoming For Poetic Comrades." (review) Litconic 3 December 2012.
Links
Official Website for Lantern Tree
Dunya Mikhail
Interviews and Articles About Mikhail
Esposito, Scott. "Jeffrey Yang on Poet Dunya Mikhail." The Constant Conversation: The Weblog of
The Quarterly Conversation 12 July 2010.
Farawell, Martin. "2010 Festival Poet: Dunya Mikhail." The Dodge Blog: The Geraldine R. Dodge
Fowler, Meg. "Q-and-A with award-winning Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail." (interview) The Eagle
"New Directions Interview with Dunya Mikhail." Cantos: A New Directions Blog 7 April 2010.
Rao, Sony. "Poet, Iraqi Exile Discusses Censorship in Arab Art." (interview) The Chronicle
Ream, Sarah. "The 40th Poetry International Festival: 13–20 June in the Rotterdam Schouwburg."
Poetry International Web 1 June 2009.
Stein, Julie. Dunya Mikhail, First Contemporary Iraqi Woman Poet Translated into English." (blog)
Winslow, Elizabeth. "On Translating Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea." PEN America 26 February
Book Reviews of Mikhail
Barba, Susan. "The War Works Hard." (review) Boston Review March/April 2006.
Choudhury, Chandrahas. "Dunya Mikhail's War Against War." (review of The War Works Hard) The
Middle Stage: Essays on Indian and World Literature 20 June 2006.
Ghazoul, Ferial J. "Confronting Loss." (review of Diary Of a Wave Outside the Sea) Al-Ahram Weekly
Lieberman, Laurence. "Dunya Mikhail: The Laggard Bird." (review of The War Works Hard) The
American Poetry Review (May/June 2008) 37.3: 41.
Mehta, Brinda J. "The War Works Hard." (review) International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi
Pettingell, Phoebe. "When Verse Is the Only Language." (review of Diary of a Wave Outside the
Sea)The New Leader (March/April 2009): 25-26. (PDF)
Philbin, Robert. "The War Works Hard." (review) Nthposition 2007.
Links
Dunya Mikhail's Official Website
Excerpts and Stories On-Line
"Airplane, The." Poetry International 2009 (with Arabic translation).
"Bag of Bones." The Legacy Project 21 April 2005.
"Christmas"; "Pomegranate"; "Statements"; "The Prisoner";"The War Works Hard." Trans. Dunya
Mikhail. Falconer Gallery: Grinnell College 12 March 2002.
"Diary of a Wave Outside the Sea [The martyr couldn't believe his eyes]." Poetry.org 2009.
"Hong Kong." Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics 15 October 2011.
"Iraqis and Other Monsters." Trans. Elizabeth Winslow and Dan Veac. Poetry International 2009.
"Pronouns." Poetry International 2005 (with Arabic translation).
"The War Works Hard." Trans. Elizabeth Winslow. Poetry International 2005 (with Arabic
"The War Works Hard / Pronouns." Trans. Dunya Mikhail. Jehat (Jihat al-Shi'r).
Media
Camp, Lauren. "Leaving Iraq: An Interview with Refugee Dunya Mikhail — Part I." (interview)
Which Silk Shirt: Exploring Poetry and Other Fine Writing 20 September 2011.
Camp, Lauren. "Leaving Iraq: An Interview with Refugee Dunya Mikhail — Part II." (interview)
Which Silk Shirt: Exploring Poetry and Other Fine Writing 22 September 2011.
"Dunya Mikhail: The War Works Hard." (interview) "Morning Edition" NPR 06 July 2007.
Ford, Kate. "Dunya Mikhail: International Poets in Conversation." (interview) Poetry Foundation
Mikhail, Dunya "Pronouns." Poetry International 2005 (audio and English version).
Mikhail, Dunya "Airplane, The." Poetry International 2009 (audio, with English and Arabic versions)
Mikhail, Dunya. "Shoemaker." Trans. Elizabeth Winslow and Dan Veac. Poetry International 2005.
Mikhail, Dunya. "The War Works Hard." Trans. Elizabeth Winslow. Poetry International 2005 (audio,
with English and Arabic versions).
William Anthony Nericcio / Tex{t}—Mex
Articles About Nericcio
Olivas, Daniel. "Spotlight On William Anthony Nericcio." La Bloga: Las Blogueras Los Blogueros.
"William Anthony Nericcio." Chican@pedia 7 August 2012.
Book Reviews of Nericcio
Jones, John. "Mexican-American studies, visual culture, and film theory reading in Austin." (review
of Text-Mex) Viz: Visual Rhetoric - Visual Culture - Pedagogy 30 October 2007.
"Text-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the Mexican in America." Stevensbooks.
Links
SDSU's Nericcio biography (Dept. of Comparative Lit.
William Anthony Nericcio on Wikipedia
William Nericcio, San Diego State University
The Textmex Galleryblog (Nericcio's supplemental website to Tex(t)-Mex
Bemogr@phics Designcasa Design Gallery
Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, SDSU
Center for Latin American Studies at San Diego State University
New Voices: A Student Reading
On-line Program (Fall 2012 Reading)
About New Voices (GC Creative Writing Website)
Judy Reeves
"Judy Reeves." Southern California Writers' Conference
Belfer, Aaryn. "A Writer's Writer: Author Judy Reeves Wants To Put San Diego On
the Literary Map." San Diego CityBeat 01 December 2010.
Raymond, Midge. "A Q&A with author Judy Reeves." (interview) Remembering
English (Blog) 23 November 2012.
LaFazio, Jane. "Interviews as Inspiration: Judy Reeves." (interview) Janeville (on
Robertson, Cynthia. "Big Sister Of San Diego’s Writing Community Motivates Others
To Tell Their Stories." San Diego Uptown News 9 January 2011.
Reviews
Moore, Mary Ann. "A Writer's Book of Days:A Spirited Companion & Lively Muse
for the Writing Life by Judy Reeves." (Book Review) Story Circle Book Reviews
McIntire, Doug. "A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves." (Book Review) All Things
Brussat, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. "A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited
Companion & Lively Muse for the Writing Life." (Book Review) Spirituality and
Practice: Resources For Spiritual Journeys August 2010.
Links
Judy Reeves's Official Website
New World Library: Judy Reeves
Excerpts and Stories On-Line
"Claim Yourself As a Writer." Shareguide 2004 (from A Writer's Book of Days)
Media
Why Literature Matters
Downloads
Resources used in Dr. Oralee Holder's lecture, "The Importance of Poetry
During Times of Crisis" (PDF download)
"Why Literature Matters" Event Program
Links
Elizabeth Alexander (Official Website)
Rudolfo Anaya (Gale Cengage Biography)
Bless me, Ultimate (Rudolfo Anaya) on Wikipedia
Billy Collins (Poetry Foundation)
Yusef Komunyakaa (PoemHunter.com)
William Carlos Williams (Poets.org)
Interviews
deNiord, Chard. "An Interview with Jack Gilbert" Poetry Daily 2011.
Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff, on Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
official academic homepage, Stanford University English Department
Murphy, Peter. "Wolff at the Door." (interview) www.laurahird.com 2009.
Excerpts and Stories, On-Line
"Bible." The Atlantic August 2007.
"Bullet to the Brain." p.o.v. (March 2009) 27.
"Smokers." Atlantic Magazine December 1976.
"Ubermensch: A Story." Narrative Magazine Fall 2003.
Media
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. "One With a Bullet." reading of Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the Brain”
Swaim, Don. "Audio Interview with Tobias Wolff." Wired For Books 16 October 1985.
Write Out Loud
Official Write Out Loud Website
Write Out Loud: California Gold
National Endowment For the Arts (NEA): Big Read Official
Harvey, Kenneth. "Write Out Loud San Diego hosts ‘Prism,
Prose and Passion’ at Diversionary Theatre." Gay and
Lesbian Times 05 Nov. 2009 (issue 1141).
Veronica Murphy's recordings of children's audio books
Veronica Murphy, on AboutTheArtists.com