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…

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.

Brad Kessler

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

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…

Adrian Ernesto Cepeda ‘16

Adrian Ernesto Cepeda‘s ’16 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) Speaking con Su Sombra was published in late September from Alegría Publishing. 

Dan Bellm

MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Dan Bellm’s translation of Balam Rodrigo’s poem, “The Patron Saints,” appeared in Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets.

Sarah Manguso

Los Angeles MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Sarah Manguso appeared on the Artist Reunion episode of the Shaddow//Yaddo podcast.