MFA Program Chair Victoria Chang’s upcoming book, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, was included on Most Anticipated lists by both the Los Angeles Times and Time.
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda ‘16
Adrian Ernesto Cepeda‘s ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poetry collection, We Are the Ones Possessed, will be published by CLASH Books in 2022. His poem, “Verses Almost Sent to…
Shome Dasgupta ‘08
Shome Dasgupta’s ‘08 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poetry collection, Iron Oxide, will be published by Assure Press and his chapbook, Spectacles, was published by word west.
Malia Márquez ‘19
Malia Márquez’s ‘19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) first novel, This Fierce Blood, will be published by Acre Books in October 2021. Her stories, “A House So Beautiful” was published in Coffin…
Desiree Kannel ’08
Desiree Kannel’s ’08 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel Lucky John was published June 2020 by Black Rose Writing and was named a finalist in African American Fiction from…
Anna Scotti ‘06
Anna Scotti’s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) first book of poems, Bewildered by All This Broken Sky was released by Lightscatter Press on April 30, 2021. It was the winner…
Marian Blue ‘08
Marian Blue ’08 (Seattle, Communications) recently had her book Sailing off the Hook published by Cyberwit Publishing. This collection of twenty short stories involves characters who abandon traditional methods of…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Leonora Simonovis ‘20
Leonora Simonovis’ ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) Study of the Raft was selected by judge Sherwin Bitsui as the winner of the 2021 Colorado Prize for Poetry. The…