Janet Rodriguez’s ’20 (Los Angeles, MFA) interview with Antioch MFA Faculty Sharman Apt Russell, on her book Within Our Grasp, appeared in The Rumpus.
Melissa Chadburn ’09
Melissa Chadburn’s 09 (Los Angeles, MFA) forthcoming novel, A Tiny Upward Shove, was reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly.
Literary Uprising Reading Brings in Five Diverse Voices
Five Antioch-affiliated writers gathered virtually on May 18 to share readings from their work in the latest installment of the “Literary Uprising” reading series. Each story or poem had a…
LeVan D. Hawkins ’11
LeVan D. Hawkins ’11 (Los Angeles, MFA) has been awarded a Pushcart Prize for his essay, “Both Sissies,” which was published in the Chicago Quarterly Review in 2021. “Both Sissies”…
Angela M. Franklin ‘20
Angela M. Franklin ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) conducted Our Soul wRITES: Sexual Trauma Undressed, a two-part healing and writing workshop series, presented through the Anansi Writers Workshop…
Julia Caroline Knowlton ’19
Julia Caroline Knowlton ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her chapbook, Poem at the Edge of the World, published by Alice Greene & Co. She was elected President of the Georgia…
Victoria Chang
As part of NPR’s celebrations of National Poetry Month, NPR asked Antioch MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Victoria Chang to share her favorite poetry submissions for All Things Considered. Listen…
Joël Barraquiel Tan ‘04
Joël Barraquiel Tan ‘04 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) has been named the executive director of the New Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, WA. He started his new position…
With New Role, Writer Alistair McCartney Continues 25-Year Journey at Antioch
When a person’s student visa expires in the United States, finding a job becomes imperative. This was certainly true for the accomplished author Alistair McCartney, who is an alum of…
Stuck On Autopilot, We Ignore Daily Injustices. Can Art Shake Us Awake?
The idea of “defamiliarization” says that we sometimes become so used to our world that we grow numb to it. It takes powerful art to remind us of how strange an experience the opera can be, or how cruel it is that our society forces people to live without shelter on the freeway on-ramps. In this episode we interview the novelist and professor Alistair McCartney about his recent seminar on the Russian theorist Viktor Shklovski and his theory of “defamiliarization.” We talk about what exactly this term means, how it plays out in the works of Leo Tolstoy and Toni Morrison, and how this practice can be used both in and outside of literature to create a more empathetic world.
Rebecca Kuder ‘01
Rebecca Kuder ’01 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her debut novel, The Eight Mile Suspended Carnival, published by What Books Press. (More at https://rebeccakuder.com/.)
Antioch Spotlight: Undergraduate Studies Alum Nina Louise
We recently caught up with Nina Louise, a writer and scholar exploring the intersection of Black and Asian cultures. After graduating from the Undergraduate Studies program at Antioch in Los…