LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen Podcast

Dec 05 2024 54 ep. 50 mins
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Lit Cit explores the multi-faceted life of a writer in today’s literary community through insightful interviews with authors, editors, agents, and all of the people who help make writing happen. The podcast is produced and run by members of Antioch Los Angeles’ MFA Creative Writing program.

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Antioch LitCit #54 Natashia Deón

Dec 05 2024 65 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA's LitCit, host Bo Thomas Newman engages in a thought-provoking conversation with author, attorney, and esteemed Antioch faculty member Natashia Deón. Delving into an exploration of Deon's acclaimed novels, Grace and The Perishing, Deon provides unique insights into her professional life as a writer, her activism, her adept juggling of diverse caree

Antioch LitCit #53 Jessica Johns

Nov 10 2024 54 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's Lit Cit, host Caren McDonald chats with author, Jessica Johns. They discuss Johns' debut novel, Bad Cree, the power of community, and the importance of learning your inner wisdom. This episode was produced by Bo Thomas Newman and mastered by Beth Dewey.

Antioch LitCit #52 Ken Liu

Oct 23 2024 67 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA program's LitCit, host Keshia Nash-Johnson chats with guest Ken Liu, author of the Dandelion Dynasty fantasy series, which inludes the novel The Grace of Kings, and the award-winning shortstory collection, The Paper Menagerie. They discuss his creation and use of the genre Silkpunk, his writing process, his literary influences, and the way his specula

Antioch LitCit #51 Lynn Ferguson

Sep 23 2024 65 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Amalia Mora chats with Lynn Ferguson, a self described "mongrel of the arts," whose career spans TV, radio, film, and stage. They discuss Lynn's work as a writer and storyteller, self-forgiveness as a cure for writer's block, and why creating connection-often through the use of humor-motivates her writing. They talk about her de

Antioch LitCit #50 Angela Harvey

Aug 29 2024 29 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Paula Williamson chats with guest and screenwriter, Angela Harvey. Angela reveals her unconventional path into television writing. She discusses her success in the stories of the supernatural, her exploration of race, religion and politics, and her excitement about the depiction of Black rural life onscreen. This episode was pro

Antioch LitCit #49 Shannon C. F. Rogers

Jun 14 2024 34 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Bo Thomas Newman chats with guest Shannon C.F. Rogers, winner of the 2024 APALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature and author of the debut YA novel, I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom. In this interview, Shannon discusses her upbringing in Albuquerque, her experience as a playwright, her Filipino-American identity

Antioch LitCit #48 Kimberly King Parsons

May 31 2024 22 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Bo Thomas Newman chats with guest Kimberly King Parsons, author of two works including her recent debut novel, We Were The Universe. In this interview, Kimberly shares her journey as a writer, the differences between crafting short-stories and novels, and how motherhood and psychedelia play a central part in We Were the Univ

Antioch LitCit #47 Ana Maria Spagna

May 17 2024 61 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program’s LitCit, Caren McDonald chats with guest Ana Maria Spagna, a writer, teacher, and former backcountry trails worker. They discuss Spagna’s newest book, Pushed: Miners, a Merchant and (Maybe) a Massacre, and the power of reframing narrative and honoring other people’s stories. They also talk about the importance of imagination for nonfict

Antioch LitCit #46 Isabel Yap

Apr 12 2024 28 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program’s LitCit, host Keshia Nash-Johnson engages author Isabel Yap in a discussion about her breakout short story collection Never Have I Ever. Isabel talks about fanfiction as a sandbox for a writer’s growth, the value of cultural mythology in her stories, monsters and the monstrous parts of humanity, death and its weight in her writing, the m

Antioch LitCit #45 Hanz Wasserburger

Mar 15 2024 65 mins  
On this episode of Antioch MFA Program’s LitCit, host Thomas Huisking chats with screenwriter Hanz Wasserburger. Hanz discusses his journey from lawyer (assistant attorney general in the Civil Medicaid Fraud Division) to screenwriter (A Tale of Two Coreys, Second Impression). This interview was conducted shortly after the 2023 Writers Guild of America Strike, and was produced and