Creative Writing Student and Alumni Achievements

Publications in Creative Writing by SJSU Alumni

Listed by genre, then by author’s last name, then chronologically.

Note: this list features work appearing in periodicals and books produced by trade publishers.

Poetry

  • Ashton, Sally (BA ‘01).
    These Metallic Days. Main Street Rag Pub. Co., 2005.
    Her Name Is Juanita. Kore Press, 2009.
    Some Odd Afternoon. 1st ed, BlazeVOX, 2010.
    The Behaviour of Clocks : Poems. WordFarm, 2019.
    Listening to Mars : Poems. Cornerstone Press/University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024.
  • Bulone, Daniel (MFA ‘20). "The Bog Dragon." Eye to the Telescope, April 2024.
  • Cervantes, Lorna Dee (BA ‘84).
    Emplumada. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981.
    From the Cables of Genocide : Poems on Love and Hunger. Arte Publico Press, 1991.
    Drive : The First Quartet. Wings Press, 2006.
    Ciento : 100 100-Word Love Poems : A Amor, Amar, Amat, Allí, Allá, Acá, Por Vida. Wings Press, 2011.
    Sueño : New Poems. First Wings Press edition, Wings Press, 2013.
    April on Olympia. Marsh Hawk Press, 2021.
  • Coletta, Emily (MFA ‘23). "Other People.” The Chicago Quarterly Review, Fall 2024.
  • Dela Cruz, Darrell (MFA ‘11). This Is a Love Poem, Listen. Tourane Poetry Press, 2024.
  • Escamilla, Rachelle Linda (BA ‘08).
    Imaginary Animal. Willow Books, 2015.
    Me Drawing a Picture of Me[n]. Willow Books, a division of Aquarius Press, 2019.
    Space Junk from the Heavenly Palace. Edited by MK Chavez, Nomadic Press, 2023.
  • Giménez Smith, Carmen (BA ‘96).
    Glitch. Eavesdrop Publications, 2009.
    Odalisque in Pieces. University of Arizona Press, 2009.
    Bring down the Little Birds : On Mothering, Art, Work, and Everything Else. University of Arizona Press, 2010.
    Can We Talk Here. Belladonna Collaborative, 2011.
    The City She Was : Poems. The Center for Literary Pub./Colorado State Univ., 2011.
    Goodbye, Flicker : Poems. University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
    Milk & Filth. University of Arizona Press, 2013.
    Cruel Futures. City Lights, 2018.
    Be Recorder : Poems. Graywolf Press, 2019.
    Raised by Wolves : Fifty Poets on Fifty Poems : A Graywolf Anthology. Edited by Graywolf Press, Graywolf Press, 2024.
    A Painting I Can’t Remember 6. , Illustrated by Caitlyn Wouters, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, 2024.
  • Goss, Erica (MFA ‘07).
    Wild Place. Finishing Line Press, 2012.
    Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets. Pushpen Press, 2014.
    Night Court. Glass Lyre Press, 2017.
  • King, Hilary (MFA ‘25). Stitched on Me. Riot in Your Throat, 2024.
  • Le Falle, Deborah (BA ‘73). Homage: An Offering of Golden Shovel Poems. Broadstone, 2023.
  • Moody, Neli (MFA ‘06). After Altamira. Ishmael Reed Publishing Co., 2006.
  • Paris, Anne Jennings (MFA ‘04). Killing George Washington : The American West in Five Voices. Ooligan Press, 2009.
  • Pham, Phuong as Khải Đơn (MFA ‘22). Drowning Dragon Slips By Burning Plain. Dvan, 2023.
  • Rogers, Sarah Lyn (BA ‘13). Cosmic Tantrum: Poems. Curbstone Books, 2025.

Fiction

  • Adair, Marina (MFA ‘14).
    Kissing under the Mistletoe. Montlake Romance, 2012.
    Tucker’s Crossing. Kensington, 2012.
    Summer in Napa. Montlake Romance, 2013.
    Autumn in the Vineyard. Montlake Romance, 2013.
    Be Mine Forever. Montlake Romance, 2014.
    From the Moment We Met. Montlake Romance, 2014.
    Sugar’s Twice as Sweet : A Sugar, Georgia, Novel. Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
    Springtime in Sugar Lake. Forever, 2015.
    A Taste of Sugar. Forever, 2015.
    Sugar on Top : A Sugar, Georgia Novel. Forever, 2015.
    Need You for Always. Montlake Romance, 2015.
    Need You for Mine. Montlake Romance, 2016.
    Last Kiss of Summer. Forever, 2016.
    It Started with a Kiss. Montlake Romance, 2017.
    Every Little Kiss. Montlake Romance, 2017.
    Feels like the First Time : A Destiny Bay Novel. Forever, 2017.
    Promise Me You. Montlake Romance, 2018.
    RomeAntically Challenged : When in Rome. Book 1. Kensington, 2020.
    Hopeless Romantic : When in Rome Novel. Book 2. Kensington, 2021.
    Coming Home to Sugar Lake. Kensington, 2023.
    You’ve Got Male. First edition, Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, 2024.
    Love Him Not. Entangled Publishing, 2026.
  • Berg, Jane. “The Wedding Dancers.” Superstition Review, Issue 32 (Fall 2023).
  • Blair, Cassie (MFA ‘24).
    “SPLITTING.” The Quarter(ly): Vol. VIII (Spring 2024).
    “Cleaning Girls.” Chestnut Review 6:3 (Winter 2025).
  • Cameron, Rita (MFA ‘26). The House Party. William Morrow, 2022.
  • Olivas, Mara (MFA ‘25).
    Sundown in San Ojuela. Lanternfish Press, 2024.
    “The Man Who Fed Dilophosaurus.” Apex Magazine, January 2024.
    “Sangronas.” Uncanny Magazine, (Issue 60) Fall 2024.
  • Wood, Brian (MFA ‘15). Joytime Killbox: Stories. BOA Editions. 2019.

Creative Nonfiction

  • Arnold, Daniel (MFA ‘08). Early Days in the Range of Light : Encounters with Legendary Mountaineers. Counterpoint, 2010.
    Salt to Summit : A Vagabond Journey from Death Valley to Mount Whitney. Counterpoint, 2012.
    Snowblind : Stories of Alpine Obsession. Counterpoint Press, 2015.
  • Denny, Samantha (MFA ‘24).“On Rissóis.” Porridge Magazine. Winter 2024.
  • Goss, Erica (MFA ‘07). “The Other Erica.” Colorado Review, vol. 50, no. 1, 2023, pp. 147–65.
  • Kile, Elizabeth (MA ‘12). Haunted San Jose. The History Press, 2022.
  • Kelley, Erin (MFA ‘25). “Penniless in Nowhere, Nevada.” Stonecrop Magazine. Fall 2024.
  • Kennedy, Carmen (MFA ‘21). A Love Letter. Black Lawrence Press. 2023.
  • Hamilton, Katherine (MFA ‘26). “Night Rage.” Cagibi. 2024.
  • Tan, Ching Ching (MFA ‘23). “How Do I Explain Myself?” New England Review. 2023.
    “Spielberg’s West Side Story Shows Us the Value of Multilingualism.” CNN. 2021.
    “Oh, Small Peanuts.” Visible. 2021.
  • Vasistha, Bhushita (MFA ‘24). “Erasure.” River Teeth. 2024.