Our Teachers
Antony Fangary, Program Co-Director & Teaching Artist, is a writer and visual artist living in San Francisco. He was awarded the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and is the author of Haram (Etched Press 2019). His poetry has recently appeared in Gulf Coast, The Sycamore Review, West Branch, and elsewhere. His work has received support from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Center for Cultural Innovation.
Michelle Kicherer, Teaching Artist, is an instructor, editor, copywriter, and writing coach who loves to work with both fiction and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Berkeley Fiction Review, 580 Split, Into the Void, The Cutaway and many others. Michelle holds an MFA in English & Creative Writing from Mills College and specializes in transforming nonfiction books into scripts for online courses.
Tureeda Mikell, Teaching Artist, is a Story Medicine Woman, published poet and writer, Qigong Healer, storyteller, lyricist, astrologer and performance artist. She has published over 70 CA Poets in the Schools student anthologies since 1989, and performs storytelling in schools, libraries, and universities, and at public and private events including the National Association of Black Storytellers, Lawrence Hall and Golden Gate Academy of Sciences, Museum of the African Diaspora, and Randall and Oakland Museums. Her book Synchronicity: Oracles of Story Medicine was released in February 2020.
Christine No, Teaching Artist, is a Korean American poet, filmmaker, and daughter of immigrants. She is author of the book of poetry Whatever Love Means (Barrelhouse Books) and a Sundance Alum, VONA Fellow, two-time Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominee. She has served as Assistant Features Editor for the Rumpus, as Fellow, then as a Program Coordinator for VONA. Currently, Christine is a board member with Quiet Lightning, a Bay Area literary nonprofit. She lives and works in Oakland, California.
Lucie Pereira, Teaching Artist, is a San Francisco-based writer and educator. Her work has appeared in Honey Literary, The Hellebore, Yes Poetry, and Zone 3, among others. She also teaches creative writing to youth through programs at 826 Valencia and Children's After School Arts.
Tam Putnam, Program Co-Director & Teaching Artist, is a former editor at Elle, Gourmet, and European Travel & Life magazines. Her work has been published in The East Bay Times as well as Sunset and Diablo magazines. She received her MFA in nonfiction writing from University of San Francisco.
Kerry Radcliffe, Teaching Artist, grew up near Flint, Michigan, and is based in Richmond, California. She’s a writer, executive coach, and educator whose work has appeared in Up North, Café Society, and New Ventures West. Her study of poetry and fiction at University of San Francisco (MFA ’19) led to her current novel in progress, as well as a poetry collection. She teaches workshops on artistry and the soul, Zen writing, and spiritual memoir.
Denise Sullivan, Teaching Artist, is an author, journalist, and cultural worker. She is editor of the San Francisco story anthology, Your Golden Sun Still Shines, the author of five published titles, including Keep on Pushing: Black Power Music From Blues to Hip Hop as well as the S.F. Lives columnist at The San Francisco Examiner, a contributing writer to DownBeat and the San Francisco Chronicle. Denise is a fourth-generation San Franciscan and continues to chronicle the literary, musical and political history of her hometown.
Mary Gayle (MG) Thomas, Teaching Artist, was born and raised in Texas but has been improved by moving to the Bay Area. After a career in the business world, she now leads memoir writing classes for Litquake, the Community Living Campaign, and SF Rec & Parks. Her poems and short stories have been published in Sparkle & Blink, Persimmon Tree, and on the SF Library’s Poem of the Day.