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Writer's Voice
What is Writer's Voice?
Writer’s Voice is California State University, Chico’s literary arts reading series. Funded by contributions from alumni and friends, the Department of English, and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Writer’s Voice introduces contemporary writers to citizens of the North Valley. All readings are free and open to the public.
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Fall 2020 Series
Fred Arroyo, Creative Nonfiction
Nonfiction reading from Sown in Earth
Monday, 9 November 2020
5-6 p.m. Pacific
Zoom Meeting ID: 860 8345 4999
Passcode: SOWN
Fred Arroyo
Craft of Writing Discussion
Thursday, 12 November 2020
3-4 p.m. Pacific
Zoom Meeting ID: 817 8740 5025
Passcode: CRAFT
Fred Arroyo is the author of Sown in Earth: Essays of Memory and Belonging (U of Arizona, 2020), as well as the collection Western Avenue and Other Fictions and the novel The Region of Lost Names. His writing has been included in the anthologies Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing and The Colors of Nature: Essays on Culture, Identity and the Natural World. A recipient of an Individual Artist Program Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission, Arroyo’s fiction is a part of the Library of Congress series “Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers.” He teaches writing at Middle Tennessee State University.
Past Events
Select past Writer’s Voice events have been recorded and are available online.
- List of Previous Speakers
Fall 2019
- Juan Alvarado Valdivia
- Peg Alford Pursell
- Nancy Au
- Ingrid Keriotis
Spring 2019
- Jamel Brinkley - Fiction
- Mai Der Vang - Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Poetry
- Rob Davidson - Fiction
- Jose Antonio Rodriguez - Poetry & Creative Nonfiction
Fall 2018
- Michelle Tea - Poetry
- Lynn Freed - Nonfiction
Spring 2018
- Sasha Pimentel - Poetry
- Beth Spencer - Poetry
- Ryan Van Meter - Nonfiction
- Luke Davies - Poetry/Fiction
Fall 2017
- Graduate Student Reading - Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction
- Naomi Williams - Fiction
- Mary Troy - Fiction
- Rob Davidson - Fiction
Spring 2017
- Neal Snidow - Fiction
Fall 2016
- Graduate Student Reading - Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction
- Martha Collins - Poetry
Spring 2016
- Louis B. Jones - Fiction
- Sean Hill - Poetry
Fall 2015
- Christian Kiefer - Fiction
- George Keithley - Fiction
Spring 2015
- Carole Simmons Oles - Poetry
- Chris Cokinos - Creative Nonfiction
- Dimitri Keriotis - Fiction
- Gary Thompson - Poetry and Fiction
- Matthew Frank - Creative Nonfiction
- Steve Gutierrez - Poetry and Fiction
Fall 2014
- Joan Frank - Fiction & Nonfiction
- Wendy C. Ortiz - Memoir
- Doug Rice - Fiction & Nonfiction
Spring 2014
- Joanne Harris Allred - Poetry
- Dr. Daryl Farmer - Nonfiction
- Brian Turner - Poetry & Memoir
Fall 2013
- Brenda Hillman - Poetry
- Jon Raymond - Fiction
- Peggy Shumaker - Poetry
Spring 2013
- Martha Collins - Poetry
- Henry Hughes - Poetry
- Patricia Ann McNair - Fiction
Fall 2012
- Fred Arroyo - Fiction
- Nick Flynn - Poetry & Memoir
- Rae Gouirand - Poetry
- Andrew Lam - Fiction
- Martin Puchner
Spring 2012
- Camille T. Dungy - Poetry
- Steven Edwards - Nonfiction
- Troy Jollimore - Poetry
Fall 2011
- Jeanne Clark - Poetry
Spring 2011
- Laleh Khadivi - Fiction
- Sally McNall - Poetry
- Carol Sklenicka - Fiction & Biography
- Rob Magnuson Smith - Fiction