Interview with William Kittredge
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by New Forum in Interviews, New Forum
Coffee with William Kittredge
By Tiana Martin
William Kittredge is a renowned author of novels, articles, essays, books, anthologies, memoirs and more. He grew up on his family’s ranch in southeastern Oregon and farmed there until he was 33 years old. He was 36 when he earned an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in [...]
New Forum Winter 2010
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in New Forum
Check out the latest issue of New Forum, UCI’s undergraduate creative writing journal. Featuring poetry, fiction and an interview with writer Alexander Chee.
“Stains”
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in Fiction, New Forum
Stains
By Jonathan L. Eggers
Lipstick on the collar’s a classic. Obvious rouge diamond of an affair. Generations ago we would have been reading lengthy scrolls to prove scholarship. Now we read stains across the apparel of those who look both ways and keep discreet. They have the fascinating stories that make the day sail by more quickly. We remain quiet to let them know they’re secret’s safe with the immigrants who can’t speak English, but once the bell on the door frame makes the ring of exit we converse in it. Then we speak in our second language. Stains.
“Pomegranate”
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in New Forum, Poetry
Pomegranate
By Megan Liscomb
“A Sex Talk with Grandma”
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in New Forum, Poetry
A Sex Talk with Grandma
By Diana Phuong
“Old Men”
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in Fiction, New Forum
Old Men
By Dan Schlegel
I was sitting in the passenger seat of my teal Buick behind a shopping center in Silver Lake, just a few miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Parked by the loading docks under a street lamp near a blue dumpster, I smelled rotten meat and stale beer creeping into my car through the back seat window. The window had been broken for about a year, stuck and always rolled down a few inches.
An Interview with Alexander Chee
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in Interviews, New Forum
An Interview with Alexander Chee
By Warren Fong
Alexander Chee was born in Rhode Island, and raised in South Korea, Guam and Maine. He is a recipient of the 2003 Whiting Writers’ Award, a 2004 NEA Fellowship in Fiction and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the VCCA. His first novel, Edinburgh (Picador, 2002), is a winner [...]
