Consuelo Flores ’06 ’08 (Los Angeles, BA, MFA) was featured by the Los Angeles Times in a cover story about the Chicano Moratorium and its vast 1970 march that ended…
Jake Bailey ‘20
Jake Bailey ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) read his poem, “Hallucinatory Experiment No. 8,” for Illanot Review’s Toxic virtual launch party. Bailey had several poems published including “Portrait…
MFA Alum Susan Southard Publishes Opinion Piece in the Washington Post
Susan Southard, MFA in Creative Writing alum and author of Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War, published an opinion piece in the Washington Post about the questions Americans ask, and often…
Writing as an Iterative Process
Teresa Hoffman I used to think that I had to complete a perfect paper when I first sat down to write. That mindset made me defensive and unresponsive to critical…
Remembering Alum Bettina Gilois
On July 5, 2020, Antioch MFA alum Bettina Gilois, who was battling cancer, died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles. Part of the Zephyr class of 2016,…
The Balancing Act
Madison Dell This past quarter, I felt more like a professional juggler than a student. There were more balls in the air than usual and as I struggled to maintain…
Mindful Use of “I”
Madeline schmitt A professor once challenged me to not use “we,” “our,” or “us” when reflecting on my own experiences. The shift was requested so I could take more ownership…
Gardening Your Ideas
John dunham The back of the seed packet said to plant rows two-to-three feet apart, but my garden is small and even the minimum felt like wasting space. I planted…
AUSB Campus Update
Dear AUSB Students, As we approach the mid-point of the spring quarter and begin summer semester next week, I wish to thank you for your perseverance and commitment to your…
Birds, Bigotry, and Grief in Four Parts — AUSB Student’s Play To Be Staged in NYC
When John Richards sat in on Colette Freedman’s seminar on ten-minute plays, he didn’t expect that within a year he would be a working playwright with his first full-length play…
AU Seattle Campus Update
Greetings Students: We are a few weeks away from the mid-point of our quarter, and I would like to thank you for your perseverance, your commitment to Antioch and to…
In Difficult Times, Don’t Write Alone!
Dear Antioch Students, We hope you are staying safe as we continue into the Spring. For many of you, writing is now a more solitary endeavor, so we at the…