Lorinda Toledo ‘15

Lorinda Toledo ‘15 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) began a new role as acquisitions editor at Jaded Ibis Press. She had her short story, “What Grew From the Earth,” published…

Caley O’Dwyer

Caley O’Dwyer, MA, MFT, MFA, Undergraduate Studies and MA in Clinical Psychology faculty had three poems and a drawing published in the first issue of the Sentience Literary Journal: “Night…

Khadijah Queen ‘06

Khadijah Queen‘s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “Craft Capsule: Rethinking Theory and Poetics,” appeared in Poets & Writers. Her poetry collection Anodyne (Tin House, 2020) won the Poetry…

Kate Carmody ‘19

Kate Carmody’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poems, “trump wears shape-ups/666pence none the richer” and “Anniversary,” appeared in No Contact: Issue Sixteen. Her essay, “Family Piece” was published…

Marcia Meier ’12

Marcia Meier’s ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) memoir, Face, was published by Saddle Road Press. 

persons legs standing next to plants, with a pair of hedge trimmers at the ready.

Less is More

Madison Dell The nemesis of my academic world is the page limit. I’ve spent hours rereading papers, painfully deleting one word at a time, cursing the stringent requirements of academia. “Conciseness…

Aya de León ‘16

Aya de León’s ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel, A Spy in the Struggle, received a 5-starred review from Mal Warwick at Berkeleyside.