Spring 2015 Instructor News

Neela Banerjee welcomed her first child, Kailash Banerjee Sukhadia, on December 4, 2014.

Chris Daley’s essay “Spark” was published as part of DUM DUM Zine’s issue #5, and she read it during the release party at The Echo, where the piece was set to music by LA band Bloody Death Skull. As a fiction and first fiction judge for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, she helped decide on the 2015 finalists announced March 4.

Seth Fischer has a piece forthcoming on the PANK blog, as part of their “Pictures of You” series. His essay “Notes from a Unicorn” was included in the anthology Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual, which is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

Karl Taro Greenfeld’s new novel, The Subprimes, will be published this May.

Edan Lepucki will be an honorary host at the Young Literati’s Seventh Annual Toast fundraiser for the LA Public Library on Saturday, March 28. Tickets are available here.

Ivy Pochoda welcomed her first child, Loretta Jane Pochoda, on November 29, 2014.

Diana Wagman’s new novel, Life #6, will be published this May. Her book launch will be at Skylight Books on Sunday, May 17th at 5 pm.