Consuelo Flores

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 in police brutality. Flores, who attended the march as a nine-year-old, remembers the day fifty years ago when she wore her prized red tennis shoes to “a celebratory marcha for peace”—and then the police showed up, wielding batons. Read the full story here.

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Caitlin Coey ‘21

Caitlin Coey‘s ‘21 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) poem, “The rope and the hole,” appeared in Awakened Voices and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

January 21, 2022

C. Imani Williams ‘10

C. Imani Williams’s ‘10 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) book, Rootwork: Triumph Over Trauma, was published.

January 21, 2022

Nathan Elias ‘18

Nathan Elias’s ‘18 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Coil Quake Rift, was published by Montag Press.

January 21, 2022

Toni Ann Johnson ‘08

Toni Ann Johnson ‘08 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) was a guest on the Missouri Review’s Miller Aud-cast podcast.

January 21, 2022

Gabriella Souza ‘19

Gabriella Souza‘s ‘19 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) flash piece, “Little Feet,” was published in Cleaver and nominated for The Best Small Fictions anthology.

January 21, 2022

Gwynne Garfinkle ‘06

Gwynne Garfinkle’s ‘06 (Antioch Los Angeles, MFA) novel, Can’t Find My Way Home, will be published on January 15 by Aqueduct Press.

January 21, 2022
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Antiochians actively reflect these shared values to inspire positive change in the world. Common Thread is where we document the stories that showcase our communities actions, so the change we work for can be shared widely.  

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