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What’s happening with Antioch’s Alumni, Faculty, and Staff

  • Susan Vespoli ‘10

    Susan Vespoli ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The New Verse News for her poem, “Thinking About Love During Covid and Coups.” 

  • Shonda Buchanan ‘10

    Shonda Buchanan ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA) was chosen as a City of Los Angeles Master Artist by the Department of Cultural Affairs and was chosen as a USC Los Angeles…

  • Leonora Simonovis ‘20

    Leonora Simonovis ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA) was interviewed by 5280.

  • Lily Dulan ‘03, ‘06

    Lily Dulan ‘03, ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing and MA in Clinical Psychology) was featured in PsychCentral’s podcast, Inside Mental Health. In the Giving Grief Meaning After a…

  • Melissa Chadburn ‘09

    Melissa Chadburn’s ‘09 (Los Angeles, MFA) novel, A Tiny Upward Shove, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2022 and is available for preorder.

  • Chris Shorne ‘16

    Chris Shorne ‘16 (Los Angeles, MFA) has his essay “Your Grandpa’s Gender Identity: An Open Letter to My Brother’s Child,” appear in After Happy Hour Review.

  • Kim Langmaid ‘09

    Kim Langmaid ‘09 (New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) was named Mayor of the town of Vail, Colorado and will serve a two-year term. She was unanimously elected by her…

  • Brad Kessler

    MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Brad Kessler’s novel, North: A Novel, was published on October 5th from The Overlook Press. 

  • Marco Wilkinson

    MFA Faculty Marco Wilkinson’s memoir, Madder, was published by Coffee House Press.

  • Jacqueline Swett ‘08

    Jacqueline Swett ‘08 (New England, MA in Dance/Movement Therapy) has opened a private practice in Fryeburg, Maine. A licensed clinical professional counselor, she works with clients to address issues such…

  • Natashia Deón

    MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Natashia Deón‘s The Perishing was published on November 2nd by Counterpoint Press. It was listed as a must-read by Shondaland.

  • Victoria Chang

    Los Angeles MFA Program Chair Victoria Chang was profiled by Kamran Javadizadeh for The New Yorker about her books Dear Memory (Milkweed) and Obit (Copper Canyon Press): “Chang has followed…