Notes - Common Thread

Suzanne Edison ’82

Suzanne Edison ’82 (Antioch University Seattle, MA) was appointed to the position of Mental Health Coordinator at the Cure JM Foundation. Her responsibilities will include oversight of Cure JM’s Mental Health and Emotional Wellness program. The goals of this new Cure JM program are to assist and provide support and resources to pediatric rheumatology departments across the country to expand mental health counseling and awareness to patients and families. “Many children and adolescents with juvenile myositis not only struggle with the physical aspects of the disease, but with emotional and mental health aspects brought about by the disease and the

Anne Liu Kellor ‘06

Anne Liu Kellor’s ‘06 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “Shapeshifting: Discovering the ‘We’ in Mixed-Race Experiences,” appeared in YES!

Gwynne Garfinkle ‘06

Gwynne Garfinkle’s ‘06 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) piece, “Sinking, Singing,” was reprinted by Mermaids Monthly.

Theresa Daskalakis ‘14

Theresa Daskalakis ‘14 (Antioch University Los Angeles, BA) had a piece, “Silent Night,” appear in Tipping the Scales.

Jeri Frederickson ‘18

Jeri Frederickson’s ‘18 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) chapbook You Are Not Lost will be published by Finishing Line Press on October 1, 2021.

Jesus Francisco Sierra ‘18

Jesus Francisco Sierra ‘18 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) was accepted into and attended a two-week residency at Mesa Refuge. His essay, “Twelve Grapes,” was published in the Write Now! SF Bay anthology Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color.

Mary Birnbaum ‘17

Mary Birnbaum’s ‘17 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “Everything Was Wild, No One Was a Stranger,” was a 2021 Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize finalist.

Rebecca Kuder ‘01

Rebecca Kuder’s ‘01 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “A Trampoline,” was published in Los Angeles Review of Books.

Wendy Fontaine ‘12

Wendy Fontaine’s ‘12 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) story, “Fire Dancer,” was published in Yemassee.

Margaret Anne Kean ‘20

Margaret Anne Kean’s ‘20 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poem, “The Flow of Tides,” appeared in Eunoia Review.

Angela La Voie ‘15

Angela La Voie’s ‘15 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay, “The Icehouse,” appeared in Flying South.

Erica Charis-Molling ‘19

Erica Charis-Molling’s ‘19 (Antioch University Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) chapbook How We Burn won the Robin Becker Series prize and will be published by Seven Kitchens Press in 2022.

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