By Jefferson Beavers
Republished from We Grow Writers
Kudos to #FresnoWriters is a monthly series on the Fresno State MFA blog, celebrating the professional accomplishments of students, alumni, and faculty in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English at Fresno State.
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L.S. Arévalo (Creative Writing post-bac student) — Published the poem “Fogged Beams” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the poem “Xicana haiku” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Rodolfo Avelar (English undergrad student) — Published the poems “Little Brown Boy Watching Telenovelas with His Mom” and “I Had a Dream My Dad Died Before I Could Tell Him I’m Gay,” and also the story “El Prieto” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets.
Averie Basch (English undergrad student) — Published the story “The Bystander” in the San Joaquin Review journal. Published the poem “Heart for Sale” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine.
Yaritza Beltran (BA English) — Published the visual art “Valley Views” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Elizabeth Bolaños (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the story “Monsters” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the visual art “Joaquin the Nightcrawler” for the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Interviewed the author Monique Quintana in the San Joaquin Review online.
Caleigh Camara (English undergrad student) — Interviewed the author Ethan Chatagnier for the San Joaquin Review online.
Amber Carpenter (BA English) — Published the story “Mothers and Sons and Grabs at Control” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets.
Alexandra Carrillo (BA English) — Published the poems “Form Letter Gone Awry” and “Two Kitchens” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the poem “Fresno to Casa de Fruta to Los Banos” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Aidan Castro (BA English) — Published the poems “777” and “Justice in the Form of a Milkshake” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Also published the poem “Mornings in Fresno” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Ethan Chatagnier (BA English) — Published the story “Marsh Creek Lament” in the San Joaquin Review online. Interviewed by Caleigh Camara for the San Joaquin Review online.
Anthony Cody (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the poem “Variations on a Walk, Winter 2019” and also the visual art “flux~US” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets.
Mary Cruz (English grad student) — Published the poem “Sandpaper” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Ronald Dzerigian (MFA Creative Writing) — Published the poem “Ode” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the poem “Long Distance Runners” in the San Joaquin Review journal. Published the poem “Let Them Eat” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Published the poems “Sunbathing” and “Horse Passage” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Karissa Ellison (BA English) — Published the story “Anonymous” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets.
Roman Elrich (English undergrad student) — Published the story “Most Likely” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Published the essay “Ring” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Ashley Ferdinandsen (Creative Writing undergrad student) — Published the story “Dog Days” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine.
Kristin FitzPatrick (MFA Creative Writing) — Published the story “Honeymooners”in the San Joaquin Review online.
Chris Galvan (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the poem “Sighing as I Stare at a Facebook Debate on My Phone” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets.
Esmeralda Gamez (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the poem “After Lunch Thursday Afternoon” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the poem “Crush” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Published the poems “La Carnicería” and “Lo Que Hace Esa Gente” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Angel Gonzales (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the poem “Water Lillies, 1914-1915” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Rachel Greenmyer (English undergrad student) — Published the essay “Disneyland is for the Weak” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
J.J. Hernandez (MFA Creative Writing) — Published the visual art “flux~US” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets.
Patrick D. Hogan (English undergrad student) — Published the story “Money” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Ahlam Khadra (English grad student) — Published the poem “Helpless” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Published the poems “Empty” and “Moe” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Yia Lee (Creative Writing grad student) — Interviewed the author Tim Z. Hernandez for the San Joaquin Review online.
Michelle Leiva (Creative Writing undergrad student) — Published the story “Tales from El Codejo” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Andrea Marin Contreras (Creative Writing undergrad student) — Published the poem “Cold Body” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Carolina Mata (English undergrad student) — Published the story “The Great Storyteller” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Marisa Mata (English undergrad student) — Published the poem “To Be a Girl” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the poem “In the months following Nana’s death” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Michaela Mendoza (English Education undergrad student) — Published the essay “Homage to Their/My Hands” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Monique Quintana (MFA Creative Writing) — Interviewed by Elizabeth Bolaños for the San Joaquin Review online.
Breanna Ngo (English undergrad student) — Published the essay “Scrambled Egg Pancakes” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Angela Person (English grad student) — Published the essay “Going Home” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Chlorissa Prothro (Creative Writing undergrad student) — Published the essay “Hall of Mirrors” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Erica Ramirez-Ledesma (English Education undergrad student) — Published the poem “[er-i-kuh]” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Published the poem “Valle Central” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Ernesto Reyes (English undergrad student) — Published the story “Summer Days” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Zeyda Romero (English Education undergrad student) — Published the poem “New Year’s, 2019,” and also the visual art “Self-portrait” and “Have you seen me?” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Emily Saeteurn (English Education undergrad student) — Published the essay “Native Tongue” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Nohemi Samudio Gamis (English undergrad student) — Published the poems “in mexico” and “Only in Ingles” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the story “The Second Name de Lou” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine. Published the story “A Story for Him” and also the essay “Where My Father Went to Die, I Was Born” in the San Joaquin Review online.
Paul Sanchez (MFA Creative Writing) — Published the poem “Prose Poem Translation of ‘Evening Prayer’ by Rimbaud” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Manivone Sayasone (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the visual art “A Sky Blanked by White Space” and “Containment” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the visual art “Monoliths on the Horizon” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine.
Oscar Torrez (English undergrad student) — Published the poem “My Soul Less Worth Than That of Gold and Silver” in the San Joaquin Review journal.
Abigail Wise (English Education undergrad student) — Published the story “Dear Ruth” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine.
Jer Xiong (Creative Writing grad student) — Published the essay “Losing Language” in the journal Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. Published the essay “A Path to the Ancestors” in the (559) JOU-RNAL zine.
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