Terry Wolverton, a long-time faculty in Antioch’s MFA in Creative Writing program, recently published Season of Eclipse (Bella Books). The thriller, set after a chance encounter with terrorism at JFK,…
Onita Morgan-Edwards and Whitney Bell Publish Anthology
Onita Morgan-Edwards ’17 (Midwest, BA in Management) and Whitney Bell ‘16 (Midwest, MA in Creative Writing) published A Gathering of Flowers: An Anthology in Essay, a collection of essays from…
On Marigolds: Untold Stories For International Romani Day
When I was eleven years old, my paternal grandmother took me to the supermarket to buy a push-up bra, a rotisserie chicken, and introduce me to my culture—my “birthright” as she called it.
She said to me, “Now that you’re older, Gracie m’dear, people are going to start caring about what you have to say about our people. People are going to start asking you questions. It’s important to me that you don’t get it wrong.”
Anna K. Scotti’s Story Selected for Inclusion in Best Mystery Stories
Anna K. Scotti ’06 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her story, “It’s Not Even Past” selected for inclusion in The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024 (Mysterious Press). This is the…
“I Have No Choice But to Fictionalize” – A Q&A with the writer Anna Dorn
A Q&A with the writer Anna Dorn
To Be a Writer With Grief
Antioch Voices is a forum that allows members of our community to speak about an issue important to them. In this piece, coinciding with Gallbladder Cancer and Bile Duct Cancer Awareness Month, MFA student Stefanie Paredes considers what it means to be a writer with grief.
Barbara Berg Publishes Two Poems
Barbara Berg ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) had two poems published in issue TQ27 of Tupelo Quarterly, “Something about vibration and sensory neurons” and “Even in this mess, something smells good…
Crystal Cook Marshall Publishes “Big Rural: Rural Industrial Places, Democracy, and What Next”
Crystal Cook Marshall ’05 (Los Angeles, MFA) published Big Rural: Rural Industrial Places, Democracy, and What Next with Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield. Inspired by her family’s…
MFA Alum Mark Gozonsky Featured in “Los Angeles Times”
Mark Gozonsky ‘14 (Los Angeles, MFA) published an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled “How to Experience L.A. Like a Poet,” in which he gives practical advice to being…
Big Idea: How Creative Writers Work
Three writers reflect on how they approach the writing process—and whether creative writing can change the world for the better.
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne Publishes Two Stories
Carrie Lynn Hawthorne ’22 (Online, BA), a current student in the MFA program at our Los Angeles campus, has had two stories published in literary magazines in the last few…
Mastered: Weaving Together Art, Expression, and Wellness
As a third grader, Marc Stallion stood in his closet, the one place he knew he could find privacy. There, by the coats, where it was calm and quiet, he pulled paper napkin after paper napkin out of his pockets.