Siel Ju

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  • I’ll be at AWP in DC signing and reading from Cake Time

    I’ll be at AWP in DC signing and reading from Cake Time

    Will you be in Washington DC later this week? If so, let’s catch up! I’ll be signing books — and reading — and singing karaoke — at the AWP conference, and hope to see your friendly face —

    AWP, for those who don’t know, stands for Association of Writers & Writing Programs — a professional organization for writers with a focus on college and university writing programs. Each year, AWP has an annual conference that brings many thousands of people together, and this year that conference happens February 8 – 11 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC.

    And I’ll be there! First, about the book signing: Officially, Cake Time isn’t out until April 6, 2017 — but early copies of my novel-in-stories will be available at AWP! Please come by the Red Hen Press booth — # 412/414/416 — to check out a copy and say hello. I’ll be there all three days:

    * Thurs, Feb. 9, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
    * Fri, Feb. 10, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
    * Sat, Feb. 11, 11 am – noon

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  • One weekend, two readings: Hear me at SoCal Poetry Festival and Roar Shack

    One weekend, two readings: Hear me at SoCal Poetry Festival and Roar Shack

    Roar Shack reading series at 826LA in Los Angeles

    Clear your calendar and come hang out with me at two readings this weekend!

    First up: Southern California Poetry Festival happens all weekend at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. My reading with Red Hen Press happens tomorrow, Saturday, Sep. 10, at 2 pm. Would love to see you there! (More about the festival)

    Secondly: The monthly reading series Roar Shack returns on Sunday, Sep. 11 at 4 pm. I’ll be reading fiction here — along with Natasha Deon, Seth Fischer, Rich Ferguson, and Toni Ann Johnson. (More about Roar Shack)

    Both events are free and open to the public. Come say hello!

  • I’m reading at the Southern California Poetry Festival in Long Beach 9/10

    I’m reading at the Southern California Poetry Festival in Long Beach 9/10

    Southern California Poery FestivalThe first ever Southern California Poetry Festival happens next month in Long Beach. Organized by Sonia Greenfield and Donna Hilbert in partnership with The Poetry Foundation, the weekend affair going to be two days filled with readings, panels, and keynotes — topped off with cocktail hours at The Brass Lamp Book Bar!

    Hear luminaries like Amy Gerstler and Henri Cole, discover a dozen or so local literary journals, and find out about local bookish nonprofits. There’ll even be a panel moderated by former book critic of the Los Angeles Times David Ulin, with the provocative title, “Does SoCal Have a Voice?” I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that the panelists — Marilyn Chin, Suzanne Lummis, Luis Rodriguez, Ralph Angel — are probably going to say yes.

    I’ll be reading with the Los Angeles Review crew on Saturday, Sep. 10 from 2 pm to 3 pm, along with Charles Harper Webb (Amplified Dog), Jessica Piazza (Interrobang), and Kim Dower (Slice of Moon). Here’s the full schedule lineup for both days.

    Reserve a FREE ticket for the festival here — though I must warn you that all 175 tickets for Saturday are already taken! That said, if you’re a reader of this blog and would like to come on Saturday, just leave a comment ASAP and I’ll contact the organizers to get a ticket reserved for you.

    Hope to see you there!

    Southern California Poetry Festival. Saturday, Sep. 10 – Sunday, Sep. 11, 2016. Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach.

  • Sumarr 1 reading in Los Angeles, April 17

    Thanks to everyone who came to the first Sumarr reading of 2017 at The Pop Hop!

    From left to right: Noah Warren, Margaret Ross, Siel Ju, Wendy C. Ortiz, Diana Arterian at Sumarr 1, Highland Park, Los Angeles, April 17, 2016
    From left to right: Noah Warren, Margaret Ross, Siel Ju, Wendy C. Ortiz, Diana Arterian at Sumarr 1, Highland Park, Los Angeles, April 17, 2016

    It was a super hot day but we filled the seats anyway. It was the first time I got to read with local author Wendy C. Ortiz (Excavations) — plus two Stegner Fellows, poets Noah Warren, and Margaret Ross.

    Many thanks to Diana Arterian, who organizes the Sumarr Reading Series!

  • I’m Reading at Sumarr on April 17

    The Sumarr Reading Series — hosted by Diana Arterian — returns this week for its 2016 season. I’m honored to be reading — Please come by!

    sumarr

    What: Sumarr 1, 2016
    When: Sunday, April 17 at 3 pm
    Where: The Pop-Hop, 5002 York Blvd, Los Angeles

    I’ll be reading with Wendy C. Ortiz (author of Excavations and the woman behind the former Rhapsodomancy series), poet Noah Warren, and Margaret Ross.

    Hope to see you there —

  • The Flash Sequence panel at AWP in Los Angeles, April 1

    It was early but people came anyway: Thanks to everyone who woke up in time to make it to our our AWP Conference panel, the The Flash Sequence: A Reading and Discussion!

    From left to right: Siel Ju, Irena Praitis, Sonia Greenfield, Jenn Koiter, Nickole Brown, Debra Marquart at Associated Writing Programs Conference, Los Angeles, April 1, 2016
    From left to right: Siel Ju, Irena Praitis, Sonia Greenfield, Jenn Koiter, Nickole Brown, Debra Marquart at Associated Writing Programs Conference, Los Angeles, April 1, 2016

    The panel was born out of the just-published flash sequence anthology Nothing to Declare, edited by Robert Alexander — who unfortunately couldn’t make it to AWP. Fortunately, Nickole Brown stepped in to moderate.

    I read along with fellow contributors  Sonia Greenfield (Boy with a Halo at the Farmer’s Market), Irena Praitis (Straws and Shadows), Jenn Koiter, and Debra Marquart (The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere). And two other contributors, Kathleen McGookey and Lucas Southworth, joined us in the audience.

    Hope everyone had as great an AWP as I did — See you next year in DC!