News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TC 05-01-15
Taft College Hosts Release Party Reading for Student-Run Literary
Publication A Sharp Piece of Awesome
Taft College’s student-run literary publication A Sharp Piece of Awesome is holding a
release party for its upcoming 2015 issue at Dagny’s Coffee Company, located at
1600 20th Street in downtown Bakersfield, on Saturday, May 16th at 3:00 p.m. There will
be a reading, with published authors, including many local authors, reading their
selected works of poetry and prose.
This year’s issue features City Lights Books Editor Garrett Caples, Director of
Bakersfield College’s Norman Levan Center for Humanities, Jack Hernandez,
distinguished author Katherine Miller and various local writers. From this issue, Kaelyn
Butler, Christie Finley, Camille McGee, Shawn McQuilliams, Christopher Medina, Ben
Patton, and Adam Stutz, Taft College students, alumni and others will publicly read their
exciting new work.
About A Sharp Piece of Awesome
A Sharp Piece of Awesome is Taft College’s student-run literary publication. The
publication released its first issue in 2011. This year’s issue will be its fifth. The Taft
College Literary Magazine’s mission is to provide editorial and production experience in
literary publication to students of Taft College, assist the community of Taft in
networking with writers globally, and promote imaginative literature.
This year’s issue has brought about a diverse literary magazine. Selected authors
published in this issue range from Taft College students to distinguished writers.
Cultural diversity is discussed in pieces like Kathleen Zhou’s nonfiction piece about
finding her identity as a Chinese-American, Katherine Miller’s piece on race relations in
1975, and Richard Tagett’s erotic poetry. A newly designed cover distinguishes this
year’s publication from previous issues and tops off the message of diversity.
The literature in the newest issue of A Sharp Piece of Awesome represents the
convergence of different cultural groups and ideas.
For more information, please contact Geoffrey Dyer, Professor of English at
661.444.3199 or gdyer@taftcollege.edu.
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