Engl 584

California Writers Series

Begun in 2006, the California Writers Series brings writers to the CSUB campus each academic year, to give a reading in the beautiful Dezember Room in the Walter Stiern Library. CWS writers usually live in or have roots in California. Sponsored by the English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, the English Department, and various student groups, the CWS readings are free and open to the public. After the readings, the audience has a chance to ask the author questions and engage in discussion of the creative process. Authors then sign books, which are sold by the independent bookstore, Russo?s Books.

Upcoming readings:

Matthew Specktor, 7 p.m., Thursday, October 11th, 2012, Dezember Room, Walter Stiern Library

Rae Armantrout, 7 p.m., Thursday, April 11th, 2013, Dezember Room, Walter Stiern Library

Past readings:

Kay Ryan (January 11, 2006)

Greg Chandler (April 5, 2006)

Wanda Coleman (October 19, 2006)

Joe Wenderoth (January 17, 2007)

Susana Chavez-Silverman (February 15, 2007)

Pam Houston (April 11, 2007)

Ngugi wa Thiong'o (September 28, 2007)

Brian Turner (January 16, 2008)

James Sepsey and Charles Hood (October 1, 2008)

Juliana Spahr (January 27, 2009)

Aimee Phan (April 8, 2009)

Frank Bidart (October 20, 2009)

Alex Espinoza (February 10, 2010)

Eric Gudas (April 14, 2010)

Suzanne Greenberg (September 23, 2010)

Don Thompson (March 9, 2011)

Mona Simpson (May 10, 2011)

Harryette Mullen (Septemeber 20, 2011)

Tatjana Soli (February 1st, 2012)

Kevin Clark (April 12th, 2012)

CSUB Home Page

 

Fall 2012 Courses:

 

CSUB 101, Section 91: Roadrunner RUSH-A

ENGL 272, Section 1: Analyzing and Writing Poetry

ENGL 380, Section 1: Major American Authors to 1865

ENGL 584, Sections 50 and 55: Modern American Literature

 

Winter 2013 - Sabbatical Leave

Spring 2013 - Sabbatical Leave

Books for ENGL 584: Be sure to get these editions. Order by ISBN.
T.S. Eliot, Waste Land
Publisher:               W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
ISBN:                    9780393974997
REQUIRED

T.S. Eliot, Waste Land (Facsimile Ed)
Publisher:               Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN:                    9780156948708
RECOMMENDED

William Faulkner,
Sound & the Fury
Publisher:               W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Edition:                 2nd
ISBN:                    9780393964813
REQUIRED

Henry James, The Ambassadors
Publisher:               W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Edition:                 2nd
ISBN:                    9780393963144
REQUIRED

Jean Toomer, Cane
Publisher:               W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
ISBN:                    9780393956009
REQUIRED

William Carlos Williams
Title:                   Spring & All
Publisher:               New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN:                    9780811218917
REQUIRED

Wallace Stevens
Title:                   Collected Poetry & Prose
Publisher:               Library of America, The
ISBN:                    9781883011451
REQUIRED

Robert  Frost
Title:                   Collected Poems, Prose & Plays
Publisher:               Library of America, The
ISBN:                    9781883011062
REQUIRED

Gertrude Stein
Title:                   Three Lives & Q.E.D.
Publisher:               W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
ISBN:                    9780393979039
REQUIRED