Katryna (Katie) Kibler When I began grad school my writing was rusty and feedback on papers was matter-of-fact—like “write in active voice”—and often included edits without explanation. I felt like…
KiKi Reyes
Interview with KiKi Reyes: MFA Alum & the “Mexican Jenna Hamilton” Kiki Reyes is one of the first graduates from AUSB’s MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media program. She talked about…
An Interview with Visiting MFA Faculty Natashia Deón
Antioch LA Visiting MFA Faculty in fiction, Natashia Deón, is a NAACP Image Award Nominee and author of the critically-acclaimed novel, Grace. Awarded the 2017 American Library Association’s Black Caucus Award Winner for Best…
Victoria Chang Awarded MacDowell Colony Fellowship
Core poetry faculty in the AULA MFA in Creative Writing program, Victoria Chang, was recently awarded a Macdowell Colony fellowship, which was announced in January in an article in ARTFORUM….
Narratives in Landscape: Steve Heller and Don Strauss Discuss Story and Sustainability
Steve Heller, chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program, and Don Strauss, founding chair of the Urban Sustainability Masters Program, presented together at the Hawai`i International Conference on the Arts &…
An Essay within an Essay
Teresa Hoffman The light-bulb clicked on while I was revising a paper for an English Literature class. I was making a case for why computer programming is not a good…
Writing in a Second Language
Sarah Smith Writing in a second language can be frustrating and overwhelming. When I lived in Brazil, I took classes that required me to do some writing in Portuguese. This…
MFA Program Hosts Winter Residency and Inaugural Commencement
The MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media program held its winter residency December 9 through December 15, 2018. Twice a year MFA students meet on the Santa Barbara campus for…
MFA Alum Andre Hardy on Football, Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction, and Freedom
by Sarah Haas Before Andre Hardy was a writer he was an athlete, and a damn good one at that. He was strong, fast, coordinated, powerful—the kind of talent you…
Antioch’s Low-Residency MFA Program Named One of the Best in the Nation by Online Masters
Antioch University’s Low-Residency MFA program was awarded the 11th best online MFA program in the United States. Online Masters analyzed every online Masters in Creative Writing program in the nation to…
Sarita Sidhu
Sarita Sidhu on writing her life and on the writer she has become Humor for a writer is one of those elusive traits — either you have it or you…
Daniel José Older: an interview with the bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Star Wars: Last Shot
An interview with the bestselling author of Shadowshaper and Star Wars: Last Shot