Fall Readings Series
The annual Fall Reading Series presents a season of events celebrating literature, showcasing award-winning authors, and honoring the inspiration to write. Sponsored by Creative Writing Program of Grossmont College, all events are free of charge and open to the public. See below for our 2023 season of events, or download our 2023 FRS flier:
PARKING:
- For our off-campus visitors, parking is free in all available spaces designated for use by students; permits are not required.
ACCESSIBILITY:
- All Fall Readings Series venues are wheelchair accessible.
- If you would like an accommodation for ASL interpreter services (on-site or Zoom), CLICK HERE to submit a request to the Accessibility Resource Center's Interpreting/RTC Coordinator, Denise Robertson, denise.robertson@gcccd.edu • 619-933-8191 c/text • Video Phone: (619) 567-4269.
CHARITABLE SUPPORT:
- This year's FRS is generously underwritten by the Grossmont College English Department, the GC Academic Affairs Symposium and Lecture Fund, and the Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Colleges (FGCC) Creative Writing Fund. Please consider visiting the FGCC Creative Writing Fund to make a tax deductible contribution that will help us continue bringing literary excellence to our students and community. Thank you!
2023 FRS Calendar
photo © Alex Espinoza |
Banned Books/Lives:novelist Alex EspinozaThursday, October 5, 11AM-12:20PMLocation: Performing and Visual Arts Center Theatre Tijuana-born novelist Alex Espinoza is the author of Still Water Saints (Random House, 2007), a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, The Five Acts of Diego León (Random House, 2013), and Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime (Unnamed Press 2019).
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photo © Brandon Som / UCSD |
poet Brandon SomTuesday, October 24, 2-3:20PMLocation: PVAC Theatre Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Brandon Som is the author of Babel’s Moon (Tupelo, 2011), winner of a Snowbound Chapbook Award, and The Tribute Horse (Nightboat, 2014), winner of a Nightboat Poetry Prize and Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The Tribute Horse explores the story of Chinese immigrants like Som’s grandfather, who circumvented the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act in 1928 by falsely claiming kin with Chinese Americans.
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photo © Brooke Binkowski |
Lester Bangs Memorial Readingjournalist Brooke BinkowskiWednesday, November 15, 12:30-1:45PMLocation: Zoom Register to attend: https://tinyurl.com/2buseh24
About Lester Bangs:
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New Voices A Student ReadingMonday, December 4, 7-8:15PMLocation: PVAC Theatre
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