Mark Boccard - "The Moor Dances"
Recorded at the Switchback issue 11 launch party.
Mark Boccard is a poet and musician living in Oakland. "The Moor Dances," which appears in issue 11 of Switchback, is part of a book-length project involving the translation of music from Stravinsky's ballet, Petrushka, into text. Mark is currently finishing an MFA in Poetry at Mills College.
Mark Boccard - "Moor's Room"
Recorded at the Switchback issue 11 launch party.
Mark Boccard is a poet and musician living in Oakland. "The Moor Dances," which appears in issue 11 of Switchback, is part of a book-length project involving the translation of music from Stravinsky's ballet, Petrushka, into text. Mark is currently finishing an MFA in Poetry at Mills College.
Mark Boccard - "Petrushka: the Libretto in Alphabetical Order"
Recorded at the Switchback issue 11 launch party.
Mark Boccard is a poet and musician living in Oakland. "The Moor Dances," which appears in issue 11 of Switchback, is part of a book-length project involving the translation of music from Stravinsky's ballet, Petrushka, into text. Mark is currently finishing an MFA in Poetry at Mills College.
Chris Carosi - "Bright Light, Blue Sky"
Recorded at the Switchback Issue 11 Launch Party.
Chris Carosi is from Pittsburgh. He is currently studying at the University of San Francisco for an MFA degree in Poetry. He would like to dedicate "The Lonely Freedom" to his classmates and teachers.
Chris Carosi - "The Lonely Freedom"
Recorded at the Switchback Issue 11 Launch Party.
Chris Carosi is from Pittsburgh. He is currently studying at the University of San Francisco for an MFA degree in Poetry. He would like to dedicate "The Lonely Freedom" to his classmates and teachers.
Christine Meade - "Home Improvements"
Recorded at the Switchback Issue 11 Launch Party.
Christine Meade lives in San Francisco and is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing. Originally from Boston, she has worked as a reporter and teaches yoga and Pilates when not reading or writing.
Ken Rodgers - "On War and Remembrance"
Recorded at the Switchback Issue 11 Launch Party.
Ken Rodgers lives and writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry in Boise, Idaho. He and his wife, Betty, tend to be migrants if not vagrants. Ken teaches creative writing workshops on ground and online. Ken has an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of San Francisco (2000) where he had a hell of a good time. See more about Ken at www.kennethrodgers.com.
Cedar Sigo - "Notes on Joan Crawford"
A live reading at the Switchback Issue 11 launch party.
Cedar Sigo is 32 years old and moved to San Francisco in 1999. His books include Goodnight Nurse, Thank you Letters, two editions of Selected Writings (UDP) Expensive Magic, and most recently a book of drawings, Portraits. Stranger In Town is forthcoming from City Lights Books in Fall 2010.
Switchback is a publication of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program of the University of San Francisco, Aaron Shurin, Director.
Switchback publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and critical essays and displays visual art. An issue's theme presents a platform from which to investigate writing from contrasting points of view. Submissions are not required to address the theme.
Cedar Sigo - "Untitled (NIJINSKY)"
A live reading at the Switchback Issue 11 launch party.
Cedar Sigo is 32 years old and moved to San Francisco in 1999. His books include Goodnight Nurse, Thank you Letters, two editions of Selected Writings (UDP) Expensive Magic, and most recently a book of drawings, Portraits. Stranger In Town is forthcoming from City Lights Books in Fall 2010.
Switchback is a publication of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program of the University of San Francisco, Aaron Shurin, Director.
Switchback publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and critical essays and displays visual art. An issue's theme presents a platform from which to investigate writing from contrasting points of view. Submissions are not required to address the theme.
Cedar Sigo - "The Emerald Tablet"
A live reading at the Switchback Issue 11 launch party.
Cedar Sigo is 32 years old and moved to San Francisco in 1999. His books include Goodnight Nurse, Thank you Letters, two editions of Selected Writings (UDP) Expensive Magic, and most recently a book of drawings, Portraits. Stranger In Town is forthcoming from City Lights Books in Fall 2010.
Switchback is a publication of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program of the University of San Francisco, Aaron Shurin, Director.
Switchback publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and critical essays and displays visual art. An issue's theme presents a platform from which to investigate writing from contrasting points of view. Submissions are not required to address the theme.
Christina Hutchins - "Sing the Body"
Christina Hutchins reading her poem "Sing the Body" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Christina Hutchins - "Klieg Lights"
Christina Hutchins reading her poem "Klieg Lights" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Christina Hutchins - "Linseed"
Christina Hutchins reading her poem "Linseed" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Christina Hutchins - "Confessions of a Tactile Kleptomaniac"
Christina Hutchins reading her poem "Confessions of a Tactile Kleptomaniac" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Christina Hutchins - "Remainders"
Christina Hutchins reading her poem "Remainders" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Christina Hutchins - "After Sappho"
Christina Hutchins reading her poem "After Sappho" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
David Vann - Crocodile, pt 1
David Vann reading from his story "Crocodile: Memoirs from a Mexican Drug Running Port" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
David Vann - Crocodile, pt 2
David Vann reading from his story "Crocodile: Memoirs from a Mexican Drug Running Port" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Linda Phillimore - "Philosophical Investigation #76"
Linda Phillimore reading her poem "Philosophical Investigation #76" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Linda Phillimore - "Philosophical Investigation #57"
Linda Phillimore reading her poem "Philosophical Investigation #57" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Linda Phillimore - "Philosophical Investigation #159"
Linda Phillimore reading her poem "Philosophical Investigation #159" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Linda Phillimore - Philosophical Investigation #1""
Linda Phillimore reading her poem "Philosophical Investigation #1" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Linda Phillimore - " Five Scenes from Six and Renaldo"
Linda Phillimore reading her poem "Five Scenes From Six and Renaldo" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Linda Phillimore - "From Vichtenstein's Culture and Value"
Linda Phillimore reading her poem "From Vichtenstein's Culture and Value" at Cantina SF as part of the Switchback Issue 10 launch party. October 22, 2009
Alison Doernberg - "Honeysuckle"
Alison Doernberg performing her poem "Honeysuckle" at Cantina SF on October 22, 2009 at the Switchback Issue 10 Launch party.
