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Lester Bangs Memorial Reading: Rich Farrell reads from his new novel, The Falling Woman Date: Wednesday, October 28 Time: 2-3:15pm... Register for event: tinyurl.com/y5gzulz4 We're extremely proud to have Grossmont College's own Novel Writing instructor, Rich Farrell, celebrate the launch of his debut novel, The Falling Woman (Algonquin Books 2020). Selected by the American Booksellers Association as an "Indies Introduce" book for Winter/Spring 2020, Farrell's novel tells the story of a lone survivor of a deadly plane crash and the investigation into its mysterious causes. Bridget Thoreson of Booklist calls The Falling Woman, An intriguing story given weight by its examination of what it means to be faithful. Paul Dinh-McCrillis of Bookshelf describes it as a "mind-rattling debut mystery ... Page after page, Farrell builds confusion and frustration into an incendiary debate between belief in the miraculous and the basic laws of physics." Rich FarrellRich Farrell is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. In addition to leading workshops on narrative for San Diego Writers, Ink, he is the Creative Non-Fiction Editor at upstreet and a Senior Editor at Numéro Cinq. His work, including fiction, memoir, essays, interviews and book reviews, has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Potomac Review, Hunger Mountain, New Plains Review, Descant, Contrary, Newfound, and others. Find out more about Farrell and The Falling Woman at his official author website: richardfarrell.net/the-falling-woman Location

FALL 2020 GIZMO'S DRIVE-THRU FOOD DISTRIBUTION Tuesday, October 20th 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Tuesday, November 17th 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Tuesday, December 15th 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Happening at the flag pole in front of building 10... To participate you must PRE-REGISTER! To register please sign up at SHORTURL.AT/ADF38

Banned Books/Banned Lives Date: Wednesday, September 30 Time: 7-8:15pm Register for event: tinyurl.com/yyly6z4t... Alan Traylor and Enrique Cervantes co-host this year's virtual event honoring U.S. National Banned Books Week. Details about this year's panel of guest speakers, writers, and performers will be announced in the near future. National Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign sponsored by the American Library Association and Amnesty International, promoting the freedom to read by showcasing banned/challenged books and persecuted individuals. Read more about U.S. National Banned Books Week at bannedbooksweek.org.

Acorn Review Reading Date: Thursday, September 17 Time: 7-8:15pm Register for event: tinyurl.com/y5vycsjg... Grossmont College’s own student-produced literary journal, Acorn Review, makes a triumphant return with another popular contributors' reading of original works from its current and forthcoming issues. Grossmont's history of student run literary journals is nearly as old as the college, started in 1963 with the short-lived Talon Literary Magazine, produced by English Department faculty members George Kirazian and Chester H. Palmer (who, as one of Grossmont's earliest Creative Writing instructors, inspired the Creative Writing Program's choice of name for its newly formed Chest-O-Drawers Press). Fifteen years later, part-time English instructor Verena Anderson would begin advising the first editorial board for the brand new literary journal FirstDraft, and, upon her retirement, passed her torch to new faculty member Julie Cardenas. Under Julie's direction, FirstDraft received a new name and a new course devoted to the publishing of the campus literary journal, English 145: Acorn Review, Production and Editing, now the principle method by which the journal continues to be published. Copies of the latest 2018-19 issue of Acorn Review are available for purchase now. Acorn Review is currently accepting submissions of original work from students and community members. Find more info online about guidelines, specs, deadlines, and submission procedures, on the Acorn Review page.

Week of Welcome New Voices: Student Reading Date: Tuesday, August 25 Time: 7-8:15 pm Register for event: Register at tinyurl.com/y4ftv96z.... Students from a shelter-in-place semester of creative writing workshops boldly reclaim their time to deliver the New Voices Reading. Selected by the Program's Spring 2020 instructors, these poets and writers bring their talent to a virtual landscape of beautifully crafted original short fiction, poems, dramatic works, novel excerpts, and literary nonfiction.

Are you experiencing difficulty registering for a class or accessing Webadvisor/Selfservice? Help is here. Go to the virtual help desk accessible off of the college's main page under "Registration Help". https://www.grossmont.edu Ambassadors are available from 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday - Thursday, and 9 AM - 2 PM, Friday & Saturday.

Are you on a class waitlist? Here's something you should know....It can take up to 24 hours from the time you add a course in WebAdvisor until you show up in Canvas. WebAdvisor updates Canvas twice a day at approximately 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. If this is the first time you've ever taken a course at Grossmont, the first import will create your account. The second import will add you to your course. If you're eager to access course material, email your instructor to let them know y...ou've added yourself and are just waiting for the system to update. Perhaps they can email you back the material you need. Photo Credit: "Writing Class 1" by kchichester is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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I applaud you for continuing your educational goals during a pandemic. Many of you are familiar with the semester's first Week of Welcome. Our incredible student services team has replicated this event in an online format. Please see the schedule below and take advantage of these opportunities. Most importantly, welcome, we're glad you are here.

School starts in one week, August 17th. Are you ready? Get some help with applications, registration, and getting off a waitlist and into an open class! Visit Grossmont's Virtual Help Desk at https://www.grossmont.edu//how-to-a/outreach/help-desk.php

Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation By John Lewis Congressman John Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote this essay shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral, which was held on July 30th.... Listen to an audio version of Mr. Lewis’s essay read by Morgan Freeman https://www.msnbc.com//morgan-freeman-reads-rep-john-lewis Leer en Español https://www.nytimes.com///john-lewis-derechos-civiles.html

Today marks 99 days until the General Election on November 3! All California voters will be sent a vote-by-mail ballot with prepaid postage for the General Election. To make sure you get your ballot, double-check your voter registration at https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov You can ensure a smooth voting experience by:... Confirming your mailing address and signing up for ballot tracking notifications. For voters unable to take advantage of vote-by-mail, you can still visit your local polling place for safe in-person voting and same-day registration. Voting by mail helps protect your community by saving the polling place for those who need it. Double-check your voter registration today to ensure you receive your vote-by-mail ballot.

For those who want to do some writing in these times of self-isolation, here are some tips from Grossmont College English professor Raul Sandelin: Do you have the urge to get your ideas out on paper, to write a book, an article, a poem, to do some self-discovery? If you’re thinking of writing, here are some tips: Tap into your sub-conscious: Inspiration comes from our sub-conscious.Try to write early morning or late at night. This is when we’re more apt to be partially awa...ke, partially asleep. The goal is to access our inside world. This is easier to do when we’re closer to sleep. Write kinetically: The Mindbody movement tells us that we think with our bodies. We think with our gut, our muscles, our glands, not just our physical brains. So include physical movement and exercise in your daily writing habits. Often the best ideas come when we're pushing our body, which in turn activates our creativity. Be bold emotionally: Pioneer moviemaker Mack Sennett said, Never be boring. This applies to all writing. We love excitement, suspense, and gut-wrenching emotion, especially if we’re living it vicariously on the screen or page. Be vulnerable: Write about things that make you emotional, tear the scabs off of your half-healed wounds. Showing that you can open up will allow the reader to open up, too and that’s where the catharsis beginsfor both of you! Draft first, polish later: Don’t worry about making your first draft perfect. Thanks to computers, we can always go back and delete, insert, cut, and paste. So, when drafting, it’s better to get everything out first, then polish later. Just make sure there is a later. As Grossmont professor emeritus William Snead used to tell his students, me included: The goal is to finish your projects, not simply start them. Feeing inspired? To paraphrase the old proverb, "The journey of writing begins with a single word."