The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presented Fresno Writers Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the bilingual children’s book “Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! / Esteban de Luna, ¡Rescatador de bebés!” from Fresno writer Larissa Mercado-López.

In partnership with Fresno State’s Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, in celebration of National Hispanic/Latinx Histories Month.

Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020
Location: Zoom Room

Admission was $5, and advance registration was required. All proceeds were split 50/50 between the chapter and the author.

Books are for sale from the author’s preferred bookseller, Arte Publico Press.

A Texas native and the mother of four children, author Larissa Mercado-López is an associate professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Fresno State. She received her doctorate in English/Latina literature from the University of Texas as San Antonio. Her debut book for children, “Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer! / Esteban de Luna, ¡Rescatador de bebés!” was published in 2017 on the Piñata Books imprint of Arte Publico Press.

With Laura Alamillo and Cristina Herrera, Dr. Mercado-López co-edited the anthology “Voices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children’s Literature” (2017, Rowman & Littlefield). And with Cristina Herrera, she co-edited the anthology “(Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape” (2016, Palgrave Macmillan).

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The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presented Fresno Writers Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the new nonfiction book “Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal,” the second book from Fresno writer J.J. Anselmi.

Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Location: Zoom Room

Admission was $5, and advance registration was required. All proceeds were split 50/50 between the chapter and the author.

Books are for sale in advance, from the author’s preferred online bookseller, Bookshop.org.

J.J. Anselmi is the author of “Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal”; and “Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music,” which was also his thesis manuscript for the Fresno State MFA Creative Writing Program. He lives in Long Beach, California, where he plays drums in Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band.

Author website: jjanselmi.com

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The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presented Fresno Writers Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the new story collection “Kafka in a Skirt: Stories from the Wall,” the sixth book from Fresno writer Daniel Chacón.

Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020
Location: Zoom Room

Admission was $5, and advance registration was required. All proceeds were split 50/50 between the chapter and the author.

Autographed books are for sale, from the author’s preferred bookseller, Literarity Bookshop in El Paso, Texas. Send email to books@literarity.com or call 915.307.4760.

Daniel Chacón serves as Chair of the Bilingual Creative Writing Department at the University of Texas, El Paso. He is author of six books of fiction, including “Hotel Juárez, Stories, Rooms and Loops” and the novel “and the shadows took him.” His newest collection is called “Kafka in a Skirt: Stories from the Wall.” He has won the Southwest Book Award, the American Book Award, the PEN-Oakland Prize for Fiction, and the Hudson Prize. He is co-host of Words on a Wire, a radio show about books and ideas. A Fresno State alumnus, he co-founded the Chicanx Writers and Artists Association in 1990 with Andrés Montoya.

Author website: soychacon.wordpress.com/

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The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presented Fresno Writers Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the new poetry collection “Borderland Apocrypha,” the debut book from Fresno writer Anthony Cody.

Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2020
Location: Zoom Room

Admission was $5, and advance registration was required.
All proceeds were split 50/50 between the chapter and the author.

Autographed books are for sale, directly from the author.
Buy the book: https://bit.ly/AC-BA-buy

Anthony Cody is the author of Borderland Apocrypha (Omnidawn, 2020), winner of the 2018 Omnidawn Open Book Contest and selected by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. He is a CantoMundo fellow from Fresno, California with lineage in both the Bracero Program and the Dust Bowl. His poetry has appeared in Gulf Coast, Ninth Letter, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, The Boiler, and ctrl+v journal, among others. Anthony is a member of the Hmong American Writers’ Circle where he co-edited How Do I Begin?: A Hmong American Literary Anthology. Most recently, Anthony won the inaugural 2020 CantoMundo Guzmán Mendoza / Paredez Fellowship for his work-in-progress poetry manuscript, The Rendering, selected by Aracelis Girmay. He is the communications manager for CantoMundo, as well as an associate poetry editor for Noemi Press. He is a recent Fresno State Master of Fine Arts graduate in creative writing.

Author website: http://www.anthonycody.com

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The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter celebrated our first Future Alumni Showcase reading. Admission was free.

Time: 6:30 to 8 PM
Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019
Location: Conley Art Auditorium (CA 101) on campus

READERS:
Sean Andersen, Ceci Hernandez Monjaras, Phoua Lee, Michelle Leiva, Kelsey Lyman, Payton Polanco, Carly Regehr, Nohemi Samudio Gamis, Christina Tran, Tony Vang, Matthew Weymouth, Gaoyong Yang-Vang

The chapter welcomed ALL creative writing students from Fresno State to participate, including those majoring in English, English Education, or another discipline. A light reception followed the reading.

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