MFA in Creative Writing alumna Teresa Carmody is the first graduate of Antioch’s low-residency MFA program to chair another low-residency MFA program. Teresa Carmody is a writer, editor, publisher, and director of Stetson University’s MFA of the Americas program in
“Come; fear not you: good counsellors lack no clients: though you change your place, you need not change your trade; I’ll be your tapster still.” – Shakespeare, Measure for Measure Charley Lang worked as a classically trained actor for 20 years
Alistair McCartney, author of the 2017 book The Disintegrations, recently attended an awards ceremony at the New School in New York City to receive the Publishing Triangle’s 2018 Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction. At the ceremony, McCartney thanked his colleagues
As part of the Los Angeles literary community, Antioch University once again participated in the LA Times Festival of Books. This year the planners took a “novel” approach to the Antioch booth for the two-day festival. In addition to alumni
The upcoming MFA in Creative Writing Residency at AULA, which will run from June 14-23, will host an exciting roster of guest faculty and guest speakers. Khadijah Queen, author of (most recently) the poetry collection featured in O Magazine,
URB 3270 Toolkit for Community Leaders by Malia Gaffney Jane Paul is Teaching Faculty and Head of the undergraduate concentration Urban Studies as well as Teaching (and founding) Faculty in the Masters in Urban Sustainability program. When asked which of her
Tony Abbott Wins Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award for “The Summer of Owen Todd” Mordicai Gerstein Wins 2018 Horace Mann Upstanders Lifetime Achievement Award Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department has announced its 2018 Horace Mann Upstanders Winners: Tony Abbott has won
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Antioch University’s MFA community attended the Association of Writers & Writing Program (AWP) conference in early March. AWP is comprised of 500 academic institutions and nonprofits as well as 40,000 members total. Steve Heller, Chair of the MFA in Creative
The Association of Writers and Writing Program (AWP) Conference and Book Fair, currently North America’s largest literary conference, was held in Tampa Florida this year. It featured over 2,000 presenters and 550 readings, panels, and craft lectures. The book fair
The Poetry Society of America was founded in 1910, and is the nation’s oldest poetry organization. Their annual awards are among the most prestigious available to poets. “The Poetry Society of America annual awards are always so competitive and thus
The Education Department and Environmental Charter Schools co-presented an evening with MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer, and author Dr. Deborah Meier and educator Dr. Emily Gasoi who discussed their book These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can’t Afford to Abandon
Antioch University held a screening of the Oscar-nominated film Get Out, which was hosted by the campus library with the help of the BA in Psychology Concentration, the Bridge Program, and with the support of the AULA Black Student Union.
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