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USC Lit Students Come to Glassell Park's Verdugo Bar for Reading
An evening sponsored by the university's innovative doctoral program takes over the pioneering microbrew beer garden.
USC's innovative Creative Writing and Literature program attracts students who want to both make literature and analyze it.
Students must write a traditional thesis and also create a significant work of poetry or fiction.
As part of that the students periodically organize readings around Los Angeles to showcase student work and other local poetry and fiction writers.
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Thursday, an evening called "The Loudest Voice" will hit Glassell Park's Verdugo Bar.
Organized by student Diana Arterian, the evening will feature poetry and fiction from Todd Fredson, Alisa Slaughter, Brandon Som, and Marci Vogel.
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Som is also enrolled in the program.
Alisa Slaughter's chapbook "Bad Habitats" was recently selected by Dana Johnson as the winner of the 2012 Gold Line Press Fiction Chapbook Competition.
Click through here to see all participants' bios and to find out more about the evening, which starts at 7:30 p.m.
The Verdugo Bar is located 3408 Verdugo Road.
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