Real Worlds: School, Work, Life, the Times
The Writing Life

7-9 p.m., Kresge 159. Alumni and faculty writers read from their work.

• UCSC faculty who are also alumni:
• Chuck Atkinson (Graduate Division '79, literature)
• Roz Spafford (Merrill '71, community studies)
• Other UCSC faculty:
• Peter Gizzi
• David Swanger
• Alumni:
• Alfred Arteaga--Poetry (Graduate Division '87, literature)
• Robert McDowell--Poetry (Porter, '74, literature/creative writing)

1:30-2:45 p.m., Kresge 159. Writers discuss how their writing and their lives intersect, why they write, and what their work as writers has to do with their time at UCSC.

• Don Wallace--Fiction and nonfiction/memoir (Porter, '74)
• Dawn Atkins--Nonfiction (Kresge, '89)
• Doug Foster--Journalism (Kresge, '76, American studies)
• Robert McDowell--Poetry (Porter '74, literature/creative writing)
• Elba Sanchez--Poetry (Graduate Division '80, literature)
• Alfred Arteaga--Poetry (Graduate Division '87, literature)

3-4:15 p.m., Kresge 159. Alumni writers read from their work.

• Ekua Omosupe--Poetry (Graduate Division '89, literature)
• Elba Sanchez--Poetry (Graduate Division '80, literature)
• Laurie King--Mystery (Kresge '77, religious studies)
• Kathy Chetkovich--Fiction (Porter, '80, literature)
• Don Wallace--Fiction and nonfiction/memoir (Porter '74)
• Doug Foster--Journalism (Kresge '76, American studies)

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