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madison dell It’s late evening when my last class of the day ends. I’m mentally exhausted, ready for dinner, and “zoomed out,” but there’s an email notification from Sakai: my…

Carol Potter

Los Angeles MFA Poetry Faculty Carol Potter had four poems published: “Tickled Pink” and “When the archeologists” in Unbroken, “The Requisite Bad Hair” in The Laurel Review, and “I know…

April Brucker ’19

April Brucker ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had her new book Don’t Read  My Lips! — America’s Foremost Female Ventriloquist Reveals the Secrets of How to be a…

Peter Bergquist ‘07

Peter Bergquist’s ‘07 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poem, “At the Beach,” was published in Broad River Review, and he has recently published three novels, available on Amazon.

Toni Ann Johnson ‘08

Toni Ann Johnson’s ‘08 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) Homegoing, winner of Accent Publishing’s novella contest, was published on May 1, 2021. Her piece, “Daughtered Out,” appeared in The…

Tanya Ko Hong ‘13

Tanya Ko Hong ‘13 (Los Angeles, MFA) participated in a conversation about anti-Asian racism and violence in the United States for the Writing Remix Podcast Episode #51. She was interviewed…

Carol Potter

Los Angeles MFA Poetry Faculty Carol Potter had four poems published: “Tickled Pink” and “When the archeologists” in Unbroken, “The Requisite Bad Hair” in The Laurel Review, and “I know it was…

LaToya Jordan ‘16

LaToya Jordan’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “Offering,” appeared in Anomaly.

Cassandra Lane ‘03

Cassandra Lane’s ‘03 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) memoir We Are Bridges was published by Feminist Press on April 20, 2021.

Diane Gottleib ‘19

Diane Gottleib’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “All Ablaze” appeared in the Geographies of Justice issue of About Place Journal.

Melissa Greenwood ‘16

Melissa Greenwood ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) published several blogposts including “The Two-Way Stretchy Rubber Band: How Voice Lessons Deepened My Understanding of the Pilates Method” in The…

Levi Rogers ‘16

Levi Rogers ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) published his first novel Utah A Novel! with Atmosphere Press. His piece, “Those Dead Spaces: When No One in Your Family…