As part of NPR’s celebrations of National Poetry Month, NPR asked Antioch MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Victoria Chang to share her favorite poetry submissions for All Things Considered. Listen…
Joël Barraquiel Tan ‘04
Joël Barraquiel Tan ‘04 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) has been named the executive director of the New Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, WA. He started his new position…
With New Role, Writer Alistair McCartney Continues 25-Year Journey at Antioch
When a person’s student visa expires in the United States, finding a job becomes imperative. This was certainly true for the accomplished author Alistair McCartney, who is an alum of…
Angel Harper ‘10
Angel Harper ‘10 (Education Teaching Credential, Los Angeles) was an elementary school teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District for 12 years, retiring in 2019. During COVID, she became…
Carol Davis
Carol V. Davis, Poet and Adjunct Faculty in Creative Writing in Los Angeles’ Undergraduate Program had her new book, Below Zero, accepted by Stephen F. Austin State University Press. It…
Tenika Jackson
Los Angeles faculty and newly appointed Chair of the MA in Clinical Psychology program, Dr. Tenika Jackson, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article “It’s a ‘sad and scary…
Stuck On Autopilot, We Ignore Daily Injustices. Can Art Shake Us Awake?
The idea of “defamiliarization” says that we sometimes become so used to our world that we grow numb to it. It takes powerful art to remind us of how strange an experience the opera can be, or how cruel it is that our society forces people to live without shelter on the freeway on-ramps. In this episode we interview the novelist and professor Alistair McCartney about his recent seminar on the Russian theorist Viktor Shklovski and his theory of “defamiliarization.” We talk about what exactly this term means, how it plays out in the works of Leo Tolstoy and Toni Morrison, and how this practice can be used both in and outside of literature to create a more empathetic world.
Brian Floca Wins 2022 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award For “Keeping The City Going”
Floca’s picture book is a tribute to the essential workers who stayed on the streets to keep their cities going during the Covid-19 pandemic. Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department is honored…
Rebecca Kuder ‘01
Rebecca Kuder ’01 (Los Angeles, MFA) had her debut novel, The Eight Mile Suspended Carnival, published by What Books Press. (More at https://rebeccakuder.com/.)
Alumni Magazine Traces Common Thread Across Antioch’s Many Difference-Makers
“Most of our alumni come as accomplished people. Then, with additional tools and connections they learn at Antioch, they go on to make even more of a difference,” says Laura…
Antioch Spotlight: Undergraduate Studies Alum Nina Louise
We recently caught up with Nina Louise, a writer and scholar exploring the intersection of Black and Asian cultures. After graduating from the Undergraduate Studies program at Antioch in Los…
Melissa Meszaros ‘12
Melissa Meszaros ‘12 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had her memoir Heavy Metal Headbang published by Oil on Water Press on March 3, 2022. A writer and comics industry…