BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:UCR Creative Writing – 44th Annual Writers Week Festival 202 1  X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260916T040139Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_35647847337113 DTSTART:20210213T210000Z DTEND:20210214T050000Z DESCRIPTION:UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA\, RIVERSIDE\nDepartment of Creative Wr iting\n\n44th Annual Writers Week Festival 2021\n\nAllison Adelle Hedge Co ke\, Writers Week director\nWriters Week is the longest-running\, free lit erary event in California and features the most renowned authors of our da y alongside those at the start of promising careers. writersweek.ucr.edu\n \nAllison Adelle Hedge Coke \nDirector\, Writers Week\nDistinguished Profe ssor\n\nTom Lutz \nPublisher\, Los Angeles Review of Books \nUCR Creative Writing Department Chair \nDistinguished Professor \n\n___________________ __________\n\nFebruary 13 and 16-19\, 2021\nONLINE. Free and open to the p ublic. \nCaptioned & ASL translated.\nRegister here or on any author’s n ame below \nFebruary 20 Post-festival ticketed celebration with our Lifeti me Achievement Award partner LA Review of Books. Learn more \n\nDownload t he Interactive Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees Poster here\n\nDownload the Interactive 44th Writers Week Poster here\n__________________________ ___\n\nRita Dove\, Joy Harjo and Juan Felipe Herrera\n\n2021 LA Review of Books (LARB) – UCR Department of Creative Writing \nLifetime Achievement Award Honorees\, US Poet Laureates\n\nMike Davis – D. Charles Whitney R eader \nKaren Tei Yamashita – Stephen Minot Lecture\n\n44th UCR Writers Week Featured Writers \nMillicent Borges Accardi • Kazim Ali • Francis co Aragón • Joseph Cassara • Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle • Camille T. Dungy • Carolyn Dunn • Steve Erickson • Kelli Jo Ford • Reyna G rande • Stephanie Elizondo Griest • Nalo Hopkinson • LeAnne Howe • John Jennings • Stephen Graham Jones • Laila Lalami • Brandy Nālan i McDougall • Shin Yu Pai • Craig Santos Perez • Tommy Pico • Eliz abeth Powell • Kamala Puligandla • Alison C. Rollins • Jane Smiley • Michael Torres • Melissa Valentine • Allison Benis White\n…… ……………………………………………………………… ……….\n\nSCHEDULE \nSaturday\, Feb 13 Pre-Festival Events\n \nSession 1 – 1:00 pm PST\nFrancisc o Aragón \n\nSession 2 – 3:00 pm PST \nStephen Graham Jones \n\nSessio n 3 – Rescheduled May 5th\, 10:00 am PDT \nLeAnne Howe \nSpecial Present ation On Documentary Film\, “Searching for Sequoyah” for Native Americ an Student Programs (NASP)\n\n…………………………………… ……………………………………….\n\nTuesday\, Feb 16\n\nSess ion 1 – 1:00 pm PST\nKelli Jo Ford • Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle • A lison C. Rollins\n\nSession 2 – 3:00 pm PST\nStephanie Elizondo Griest • Reyna Grande • Elizabeth Powell\n\nSession 3 – 6:30 pm PST\nKaren Tei Yamashita Stephen Minot Lecture \nAllison Benis White • Nalo Hopkins on \n\n……………………………………………………… …………………….\n\nWednesday\, Feb 17\n\nSession 1 – 1:00 pm P ST\nMichael Torres • Shin Yu Pai • Steve Erickson\n\nSession 2 – 3: 00 pm PST\nKazim Ali • Jane Smiley • LeAnne Howe\n\nSession 3 – 6:30 pm PST\nCamille T. Dungy • Carolyn Dunn\nA night to remember – Poetry /Prose by literary giant Camille T. Dungy\nChasing Tailfeathers\, a new pl ay by Director\, Writer\, Performer Carolyn Dunn. Cast: Kimberly Guerrero\ , Kalani Queypo\, Carolyn Dunn\, Kyrié Owen \n\n…………………… ……………………………………………………….\n\nThursd ay\, Feb 18\n\nSession 1 – 12:00 pm PST\nMFA in Creative Writing and Wri ting for the Performing Arts \nReading Program Candidates \n\nSession 2 – 1:30 pm PST\nKamala Puligandla • Melissa Valentine • Tommy Pico\n\ nSession 3 – 3:30 pm PST\nLaila Lalami • Mike Davis D. Charles Whitney Reader\n\nSession 4 – 6:30 pm PST\nJohn Jennings • Millicent Borges A ccardi • Joseph Cassara\n\n……………………………………… …………………………………….\n\nFriday\, Feb 19\n\nSession 1 – 1:00 pm PST\nWriters Resist Reading \nWriters Resist Riverside: in c ollaboration with Pen America\n\nSession 2 – 3:00 pm PST\nCraig Santos P erez • Brandy Nālani McDougall \n\n…………………………… ……………………………………………….\n\nSession 3 – U CR 6:30-8:00 pm PST\nUCR Department of Creative Writing Lifetime Achieveme nt Award Ceremony\nThis award night is the closing event of the UCR-hosted festival.\nA ticketed after-event award celebration is scheduled with LA Review of Books. Learn more\n2021 LA Review of Books (LARB) – UCR Depart ment of Creative Writing \nLifetime Achievement Award Honorees\, \nUS Poet Laureates\n\nRita Dove\, Joy Harjo and Juan Felipe Herrera\n\nRita Dove\n Joy Harjo \nJuan Felipe Herrera \n\n……………………………… …………………………………………….\n\nSaturday\, Feb 20 - LARB 4:00-5:30 pm PST\nPost-festival ticketed celebration with our Lifet ime Achievement Award partner LA Review of Books Learn more.\n\n2021 LA Re view of Books (LARB) – UCR Department of Creative Writing \nLifetime Ach ievement Award Honorees\, US Poet Laureates\n\nRita Dove\, Joy Harjo and J uan Felipe Herrera\n\nRita Dove \nJoy Harjo \nJuan Felipe Herrera \n\nThe 44th Writers Week 2021 is made possible by support from Ken Crocker\, Inl and Empire Magazine\, Thea Temple / Jack and Jacob Myers Literary Fund\, R iverside Latino Network\, African Student Programs\, Middle Eastern Studen t Center\, UCR Department of English\, UCR Department of Ethnic Studies\, UCR Department of Music\, UCR Department of Theatre\, Film\, and Digital P roduction\, Center for Ideas and Society\, California Center for Native Na tions\, Dr. Michael Alexander\, Associate Professor and Maimonides Chair o f Jewish Studies\, Dr. Melissa Wilcox\, Professor and Holstein Endowed Cha ir\, Pr. Alex Espinoza\, Associate Professor\, Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair of Creative Writing and English\, Distinguished Professor\, Allison Adell e Hedge Coke\, Dr. Clifford Trafzer\, Distinguished Professor of History a nd Rupert and Jeanette Henry Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs\, UCR ARTS\, College of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office\ , our generous sponsors through #UCRGivingTues donors\, Native American St udent Programs Office (NASP)\, Joshua Gonzales\, Director\, the Ratcliffe Family Creative Writing Endowment Fund and Los Angeles Review of Books.\n\ n#UCRGivingTues* donors include: Mark O. Bailie\, Melissa A. Bartholomew\, Katherine Benouar\, Kathleen DeAtley\, Clyde D. Derrick III\, Terri L. Du nlap\, Pr. Alex Espinoza\, Diana Fontaine\, Katherine K. Fugate\, Jeffrey J. Girod\, Kimberly V. Gomez-Fraser\, Pr. Allison Hedge Coke\, Travis B. H edge Coke\, Dr. Laila Lalami\, Malinn C. Loeung\, Michael Lundell\, Jennif er Merrett\, Heather M. Morales\, LaSharon A. McLean Perez\, Cati Porter\, Rachel L. Pulido\, Assistant Vice Chancellor Emily M. Rankin and Eveleen D. Samayoa.\n\nBook purchases\nA hyperlink is now available for all attend ees to purchase books from our own campus B & N bookstore here. Cellar Doo r Books is our recommended local independent store. Be sure to stop by the ir page.\n\nInformation: writersweek@ucr.edu \n\n• FB UCR Writers Week\n • FB UCR Writers Resist\n• IG @ucrwritersweek \n• Twitter @ucrwriter sweek \n• Twitter #ucrwritersresist \n\nStatement in Support of Black L ives Matter \nWe stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. The brutal k illings of George Floyd in Minnesota\, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky\, and Ah maud Arbery in Georgia are part of a pattern of state violence against Bla ck people\, which too often remains invisible and unpunished\, when it is not blamed on the victims themselves. America’s institutionalized practi ce of settler colonialism\, genocide\, slavery\, and segregation continues in the form of continued occupation\, discrimination\, mass incarceration \, and racist policing. The nationwide protests we are witnessing are an e xpression of anger at police violence\, a rejection of white supremacy\, a nd a call to our leaders that they live up to the nation's founding procla mation of equality. We demand accountability from the police\, disinvestme nt from law enforcement in favor of education\, housing\, and community se rvices\, and\, above all\, justice for the victims.\n\n……………… …………………………………………………………….\n\n Recognition of Native Lands Statement \nWe acknowledge that the land on wh ich we gather is the original and traditional territory of Tongva people [ Tongva and Cahuilla people] and within Tongva\, Cahuilla\, Luiseño & Serr ano original lands and contemporary territories.\n\nIn the spirit of Ruper t and Jeanette Costo’s founding relationship to our campus\, we would li ke to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the ori ginal and current caretakers of this land\, water and air: the Cahuilla\, Tongva\, Luiseño\, and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and des cendants\, past\, present and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world\, including UCR faculty\, students\, and staff\, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands.\n\n………………………………… ………………………………………….\n\nThe Writers Week embl em\, designed from the Agave americana Marginata in our local flora\, was created to demonstrate our support for initiatives that create a more sust ainable campus\, community\, and state that includes indigenous plants on campus and region. We also support the work of the UCR Office of Sustainab ility and the UCR Botanic Gardens. LOCATION: SUMMARY:UCR Creative Writing – 44th Annual Writers Week Festival 2021  URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.ucr.edu/event/ucr_creative_writing_44th_writer s_week_festival_2021 CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Film & Screenings CATEGORIES:Conferences CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR