Last year, the writer and artist Asata Radcliffe ‘08 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) created a “living installation” of a hurt that does not end. This haunting eulogy, titled “A Slower Ontology,” was told through fuchsia and purple light…
Four Antiochian Poet Laureates
When Grace Cavalieri taught at Antioch-Columbia in the early ’70s, it was a heady time to be a poet, and to be a part of Antioch. This campus—centered in the newly-opened, planned community of Columbia, situated between Baltimore and Washington, DC—had been proposed in 1969 and opened its doors in 1970…
Nancy Kazar ‘17 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)
Nancy Kazar’s ‘17 (Los Angeles, MFA) story, “Blue,” was published by Literary Yard.
Megan Gidding ‘21 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)
Megan Gidding ‘21 (Los Angeles, MFA) will have her second novel, The Women Could Fly, published by Amistad in 2022 and is available for preorder.
Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)
Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her news piece, “Wave of Hawaiian Bird Extinctions Stresses the Islands’ Conservation Crisis,” published in Audubon, and her flash piece, “Family Photo,”…
Melissa Greenwood ‘16 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)
Melissa Greenwood ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA) had two essays published: “From Beach Baby to Lawsuit, Baby!” in Potato Soup Journal and “A Lasting Love” in the Muleskinner Journal.
Ryane Nicole Granados ‘03 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)
Ryane Nicole Granados ‘03 (Los Angeles, MFA) was named a 2021 Established Artist Fellow by the California Arts Council.
Anna K. Scotti ‘06 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA)
Anna K. Scotti ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA) won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Grade 7-12 for her novella, Big and Bad, along with Beth Kephart’s Cloud Hopper.
John Charles Reedburg ‘17
John Charles Reedburg’s ‘17 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Cracks of Light, won the 2021 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal in the Fiction/Urban genre.
Susan Vespoli ‘10
Susan Vespoli ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The New Verse News for her poem, “Thinking About Love During Covid and Coups.”
Shonda Buchanan ‘10
Shonda Buchanan ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was chosen as a City of Los Angeles Master Artist by the Department of Cultural Affairs and was chosen as a USC Los Angeles…
Leonora Simonovis ‘20
Leonora Simonovis ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed by 5280.
