NOV. 12 – 20 - Creative Writing Week
Presented by SJSU Department of English and Comparative Literature & The Poets & Writers Coalition

• NOV. 12: English Department Career Fair
  Learn about all the career opportunities open to English grads and creative writers
  
• NOV. 12 & NOV. 13: PWC Book Fair
  
• NOV.12: Umnuhum Room, S.U. 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
  
• NOV. 13: Seventh Street Barbecue Pit 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
  Get bargains on books new and used
  
• NOV. 12: Four Minutes of Mayhem
  6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Market Café
  You have four minutes to wrack your mayhem!
  Join us for an open-mic reading free-for-all
  
• NOV.16: Nils Peterson 75th Birthday Reading
  2 p.m. Empire Fire House in History Park, 1650
  Emeritus English faculty member will his read poetry,sponsored by Poetry Center San Jose
  
• NOV. 17: PWC Bowling with Writers
  7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Student Union (lower level)
  Take a break! Bowl with fellow students and faculty.
  
• NOV. 17 & Nov. 18: Steinbeck Center Tour
  1:30 p.m. King Library
  View an extensive collection of Steinbeck memorabilia!
  
• NOV.18: Nick Taylor Reading
  12 p.m. Schiro Room, 5th Floor, MLK Jr. Library
  Professor Nick Taylor will read from his first novel as part of the University Scholars Series
  
• NOV. 19 Creative Writing B.A. Launch Party
  5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Schiro Room, 5th Floor of King Library
  Free pizza and soda!
  ENGL 71, B A and MFA workshop students invited
  
• NOV. 19: Terrence McNally Lecture
  1:30 p.m. Onstage Q & A in the University Theater
  7:30 p.m. Book reading and signing
  
• NOV. 20 Cannery Row: A Celebration & Exploration
  King Library Center for Steinbeck Studies, 5th Floor
  Three Steinbeck scholars will talk about Cannery Row:
  Susan Shillinglaw from 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
  Michael Hemp from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
  A.L. “Scrap” Lundy from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.