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Airing Out Our Drawers: 50-ish Years of CalArts’ History and Creativity from the Library and Institute Archives: School of Critical Studies

A library guide companion to the CalArts Library Exhibition from October 2022 – May 2023

Selections from the School of Critical Studies Faculty and Alumnx

Includes Programs in Aesthetics and Politics, Creative Writing, and General Education

School of Critical Studies Faculty

Art, architecture, pedagogy : experiments in learning by Ken Ehrlich
Ken Ehrlich, School of Critical Studies Faculty
The Art of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Book Reports by Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Broken Sleep by Bruce Bauman
Bruce Bauman, School of Critical Studies Faculty
The déjà Vu by Gabrielle Civil
Gabrielle Civil, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Feminaissance by Christine Wertheim (Editor)
Christine Wertheim, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Final machine by Amanda Beech
Amanda Beech, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Herotica by Susie Bright (Editor)
Susie Bright, School of Critical Studies Faculty
A History of Forgetting by Norman M. Klein
Norman M. Klein, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Intermedia, Fluxus and the Something Else Press: Selected Writings by Dick Higgins by Dick Higgins (Artist); Steve Clay (Editor); Ken Friedman (Editor); Hannah Higgins (Afterword by)
Dick Higgins, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Letters from Cuba and Other Plays by María Irene Fornés
María Irene Fornés, School of Critical Studies Faculty
The Mystery Roast by Peter Gadol
Peter Gadol, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Over-Sensitivity by Jalal Toufic
Jalal Toufic, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Phenomenalism, Phenomenology, and the Question of Time by Adam Berg
Adam Berg, School of Critical Studies Faculty
The Protester Has Been Released by Janet Sarbanes; Andrew Sullivan (Editor); John Gosslee (Editor)
Janet Sarbanes, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Somewhere Else by Matthew Shenoda; Sonia Sanchez (Introduction by)
Matthew Shenoda, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson
Brian Evenson, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Subculture by Dick Hebdige
Dick Hebdige, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Thing Music by Anthony McCann
Anthony McCann, School of Critical Studies Faculty
When the Sick Rule the World by Dodie Bellamy
Dodie Bellamy, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Writing for Your Life by Deena Metzger
Deena Metzger, School of Critical Studies Faculty
Zeroville by Steve Erickson
Steve Erickson, School of Critical Studies Faculty

School of Critical Studies Alumnx

The Artists Who Will Change the World by Omar Kholeif
Jumana Manna (MA 11)
The Black Automaton by Douglas Kearney
Douglas Kearney (MFA 04)
Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left by Malik Gaines
Malik Gaines (MFA 99)
The Book of Endless Sleepovers by Henry Hoke
Henry Hoke (MFA 11)
The Commuters by Cheryl Klein
Cheryl Klein (MFA 02)
Excerpt from the erratic by Jen Hutton, MFA Writing Program (California Institute of the Arts), California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies
Jen Hutton (MFA 13)
Fodder : live at Disjecta Portland Oregon by Douglas Kearney (Author)(Performer), Val Jeanty (Performer)
Douglas Kearney (MFA 04)
I have devoted my life to the clitoris by Elizabeth M Hall, MFA Writing Program (California Institute of the Arts)California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies
Elizabeth M Hall (MFA 11)
In violence / on dialogue : aesthetics & politics in Iran by Miriam Nouri
Miriam Nouri (MA 11)
The Orange Eats Creeps by Grace Krilanovich
Grace Krilanovich (MFA 05)
Performa 13: Surrealism / the Voice / Citizenship by RoseLee Goldberg (Editor); Defne Ayas (Text by); Kathy Battista (Text by); Mark Beasley (Text by); Kathleen Madden (Editor); Marc Arthur (Text by); Charles Aubin (Text by)
Sille Storihle (MA 11); Jumana Manna (MA 11)
Sir by Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle
Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle (MFA 12), interdisciplinary artist
Soo Kim : a week inside two days by Soo Kim (Photographer)(Artist), Fred Moten (Writer of added commentary), Joshua Clover (Writer of added commentary), Mohamed Sharif (Writer of added commentary), Charlotte Cotton (Writer of added commentary)
Soo Kim (MFA 95)
Why-to : a short and helpful guide to motivate one's pursuit of activities either a.) previously not pursued or b.) pursued so regularly that no one remembers why they're doing them in the first place by Michael Molitch-Hou, MFA Writing Program (California Institute of the Arts)California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies
Michael Molitch-Hou (MFA 12)
A World by Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips (BFA 73)
You've probably read this before : an alumni anthology from CalArts' MFA Writing Program by MFA Writing Program (California Institute of the Arts)
Harold Abramowitz -- Amanda Ackerman -- Danielle Adair -- Andrew Berardini -- Allison Carter -- Andrew Choate -- Jacquelyn Davis -- David P. Earle -- Ken Ehrlich -- d.g. eng -- Daiana Feuer -- Cory Garfin -- Jeremy Hight -- Douglas Kearney -- Steven Knezevich -- Grace Krilanovich -- Andrea Lambert -- Janice Lee -- Eric Lindley -- Ian McCarty -- Joe Milazzo -- Robin L. Myrick -- Amarnath Ravva -- Dan Richert -- Milly Sanders -- Mathew Timmons -- Carol Treadwell -- Amanda Yates
Cranioklepty by Colin Dickey
Publication Date: 2009-09-29

Colin Dickey (MFA 00)
Genevieves by Henry Hoke
Publication Date: 2017-05-01

Henry Hoke (MFA 11)

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Airing Out Our Drawers: 50-ish Years of CalArts' History and Creativity from the Library and Institute Archives exhibition and accompanying guides were compiled by the CalArts Library as a retrospective to highlight books, a/v materials, posters, and other materials in the various library collections. This is not a comprehensive representation of all materials or people affiliated with CalArts. If you would like to be included, or have any questions or suggestions about the exhibition, please contact us at libref@calarts.edu.