Wendy Fontaine ‘12

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

Margaret Anne Kean ‘20

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

Angela La Voie ‘15

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

Erica Charis-Molling ‘19

Erica Charis-Molling’s ‘19 (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.

Angela Brommel ‘09

Angela Brommel’s ‘09 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) essay and poem, “The Intimacy of Brevity: Praise for the Short Poem” and “O, White Columbine,” appeared in the Nevada Humanities…

Leslie Lehr ‘05

Leslie Lehr’s ‘05 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) upcoming book, A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me…And You, was reviewed by Publishers Weekly.

Shonda Buchanan ‘10

Shonda Buchanan ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) led a generative workshop as part of the California Poets in the Schools Symposium.

Anne Liu Kellor ‘06

Anne Liu Kellor’s ‘06 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) memoir, Heart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging, was published September 6, 2021 by She Writes Press. Her essay,…

Marva Hinton ‘10

Marva Hinton ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) interviewed author Deesha Philyaw ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) and author Brian Broome for the Read More podcast. 

Jessica O’Dwyer ‘18

Jessica O’Dwyer’s ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel Mother Mother was a 2021 San Diego Book Awards winner for Published General Fiction, a National Indie Excellence Awards finalist,…

Victoria Chang

MFA Program Chair Victoria Chang’s upcoming book, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, was included on Most Anticipated lists by both the Los Angeles Times and Time.

William Stegemann ‘17

William Stegemann ‘17 (Los Angeles, BA Liberal Studies) was welcomed as Colombia County Habitat for Humanity’s New ReStore Manager. He is responsible for overseeing all ReStore operations, ranging from donations…