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Gayle Brandeis

Gayle Brandeis writer

Gayle Brandeis is the author of "Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write" (HarperOne), "Dictionary Poems" (Pudding House), "The Book of Dead Birds" (HarperCollins), which won Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize for Fiction of Social Engagement, "Self Storage" (Ballantine), a Target Breakout Book, "Delta Girls" (Ballantine) and her first novel for young readers, :My Life with the Lincolns" (Henry Holt), chosen as a state-wide read in Wisconsin. She has two books forthcoming in 2017 — a memoir, "The Art of Misdiagnosis" (Beacon Press), and a collection of poems, "The Selfless Bliss of the Body" (Finishing Line). Her poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies (such as Salon, The Rumpus, The Nation, and The Nervous Breakdown) and have received several awards, including the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award, a Barbara Mandigo Kelley Peace Poetry Award, and a notable listing in Best American Essays 2016. She served as Inlandia Literary Laureate from 2012-2014 and teaches at Sierra Nevada College and the low residency MFA program at Antioch University Los Angeles.

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Planned Parenthood rally in Washington, DC
With our incoming administration threatening to defund Planned Parenthood, we may be facing the most vagina-unfriendly administration ever. And really, how could we not be, when our soon-to-be president bragged about grabbing women by the pussy?
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Carolyn See's death from cancer at the age of 82 has struck the California literary community. Author Gayle Brandeis honors the late writer's life and legacy.
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Sharon Zorn-Katz's prints at the Riverside Art Museum capture her family's stories through her art.
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In his new novel, Rob Roberge continues to mine the beauty of being a writer
Writer Susan Straight tell stories about East Riverside
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Sue Mitchell made a year-long project of paying close attention to the natural world at Riverside's Fairmount Park, then transformed what she discovered into art.
From Nov. 1-9, over one hundred 14-inch fiberglass oranges decorated by a diverse range of local artists will fill the downstairs galleries of the Riverside Art Museum.
Trolley Dances, a multi-site, site-specific performance event will debut in Riverside October 20, under the direction of choreographer Julie Satow Freeman.
Historic Ymca
The Riverside Art Museum and the Life Arts Center have transformed over time from YMCAs to temples of physical art.
The nonprofit literary center, Inlandia Institute, celebrates, supports and promotes the literature of the Inland Empire.
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Gayle Brandeis and Juan Felipe Herrera, appointed California Poet Laureate, exchange words over e-mail on writing and laureate life.
Now in its sixth year,"Sea No Evil", showcasing internationally renowned artists including Gary Baseman and Shepard Fairey, returns to Riverside to benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
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