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Animal Shelter, an occasional journal of art, sex, and literature. His work was exhibited at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, and Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Los Angeles (both 2019). Hesse Press published A Place in the Sun, a monograph of his writings and collages, in 2017.

eclectic compositions, El Kholti drafts arguments about insecurities regarding queerness, fear of illness and virality, and feelings of alienation from his provenance. Since 2004, he has been a coeditor at Semiotext(e) (alongside Chris Kraus and Sylvère Lotringer), where he created the publication

magazines, and book covers. The collages may seem opaque—time capsule–like conflations of pop-cultural moments and figures sometimes organized in taxonomies and other times an unfettered stream of consciousness—but they are in reality deeply personal, even autobiographical. Through his colorful and

and celebrity culture. Over the years, he developed an intimate collage practice that materialized in a series of books and smaller fanzines. Sometimes glossy and sometimes Xeroxed but always nonhierarchical, they quote visually from various cultural eras, pulling from movies, art publications, gay

College of Design. In 2000, he co-curated an exhibition of the work of fan photographer Gary Lee Boas and coedited Starstruck: Photographs from a Fan, a collection of candid celebrity snapshots taken by Boas during the 1960s and 1970s. The book dovetailed with El Kholti’s personal interest in pop

This week, our Writer Wednesday Spotlight goes to one of our special guest editors for the upcoming December Residency, Hedi El Kholti!

Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1967, Hedi El Kholti moved to Los Angeles in 1992, working in the film industry for five years before earning a BFA degree at Art Center

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in 2013. Her visual art collages have appeared in About Place, Air/Light, Jet Fuel Review, and Obsidian.

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Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her collection of essays and interviews, The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be (University of Alabama, 2012), received an Elizabeth Agee Award. Graywolf Press published Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary

critical edition of her poetry, Her Silver-Tongued Companion (Edinburgh University Press, 2024). Others include Recyclopedia (Graywolf, 2006), winner of a PEN Beyond Margins Award, and Sleeping with the Dictionary (University of California, 2002), a finalist for the National Book Award, the National

This week, our Writer Wednesday Spotlight goes to one of our upcoming December Residency guests: Harryette Mullen, Special Guest in Poetry!

Harryette Mullen’s latest books are Regaining Unconsciousness (Graywolf, 2025), Open Leaves/poems from earth (Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, 2023), and a

December 1st! Learn more at the link in our bio.

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Time, The New York Times, and NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. Their short fiction and essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Guernica, The Rumpus, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, and other publications.

Want to study with Christine Hyung-Oak Lee? We’re accepting applications for December until

This week, our Mentor Monday Spotlight goes to one of our visiting faculty members in Creative Non-Fiction for the upcoming December Residency, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee!

Christine Hyung-Oak Lee is the author of a memoir (TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU DON’T REMEMBER), which was featured in Self magazine,

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35 honoree. She currently lives in Camarillo, California.

Want to study with Alexandra Chang? We’re accepting applications for December until December 1st! Learn more at the link in our bio.

This week, our Mentor Monday Spotlight goes to one of our visiting faculty members in Dramatic Writing for the upcoming December Residency, Alexandra Chang, Visiting Faculty in Fiction!

Alexandra Chang is the author of Days of Distraction and Tomb Sweeping. She is a National Book Foundation 5 under

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Served as the first female president of the Indian Cultural Association.

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increase in viewership in women 18-49, children & seniors. She was a digital producer at Television.com, Reelz Channel & SOAPnet (ABC Cable Networks - where she launched SOAPNETIC - the first broadband channel dedicated to a niche fanbase. A native of NYC, she graduated from St. John’s, where she

the company's content strategy & collaborating with Content Acquisitions, Marketing & Content Operations. Bhavani's responsibilities at ITV (1st South Asian channel in the US) included content acquisitions, producing talk shows, programming strategy & promotions. Her efforts resulted in a 52%

Wedding) & completed a web series. As the former co-chair of the PGA Mentorship, she created a new mentorship program, Scripted TV Basecamp – a 12-week program that takes PGA non-scripted producers through the scripted development process. Bhavani was the Director of Programming at Sezmi, overseeing

development and arcs. Currently, she has several one-hour dramas & dramedies in development. She has also produced several short films, created a pilot sizzle with Steve Ecclesine (Bad Santa 2) and Ira Shuman (Night at the Museum), and co-produced a web pilot directed by Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Greek

Fantasy & Horror. Bhavani Entertainment works on developing, writing, financing, & producing compelling pilots with experienced writers ranging from Breaking Bad & Leverage to new, talented voices for all platforms. Under her flagship, she concentrates on stories with captivating character

and the next generation of talent through education, partnership, and mentorship. Since 2017, SAWIE has hosted over 60 fireside chats & workshops, providing opportunities for connection & education to both women & allies. She also co-founded South Asian in Entertainment and South Asians in Sci Fi,

founded South Asian Women in Entertainment(SAWIE) - aiming to amplify the voices of South Asian women in Hollywood to achieve greater representation, inclusion, and authenticity. SAWIE leverages the collective experiences, knowledge, and power of its board & members to empower & uplift each other

specializes in integrating distinctive elements of various cultures while at the same time fostering the narrative’s universal appeal. Bhavani’s unique 360-degree content experience encompasses television programming, production, storytelling, writing, development, mentorship & management. Bhavani

This week, our Writer Wednesday Spotlight goes to one of our guests for the upcoming December Residency: Bhavani Rao, Special Guest in Screenwriting (Playwriting)!

An accomplished entertainment industry expert, Bhavani Rao is a producer, writer, generator, leader, founder, mentor, & storyteller who