Erica Anzalone
Erica Anzalone is the owner and founder of Witch Lit. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in poetry and a doctorate in English from UNLV, where she was awarded a Schaeffer fellowship. Her first book of poetry Samsara won the Noemi Press award. Poems from her second collection have been published in The Literary Review, Juked, Pangyrus, and elsewhere. Her latest creative non-fiction “Tarot for the Bardo” can be found in Autofocus Literary Review. With over two decades of teaching experience, she is always excited to support writers on their journey to publication and beyond.
Student Feedback for Erica
Thank you, Erica, for a fabulous class! I’ve learned so much about the writing process and relished the texts. Each class has helped awaken long slumbering skills of analysis and muscles of creativity that I haven’t exercised in some time. I’m especially grateful for the workshop portion, both for my own piece and for others. I’ve always been insecure about my writing style, but these classes have really boosted my confidence and filled my well of creativity. The workshop notes I received validated my process and helped magnify paths to take next. I’m so grateful to Erica and the writing coven that is forming through these classes. Kristilyn Ink
With Erica’s mentorship, I am now attending the MFA program of my choice and have published several of my poems. She saw potential where I did not, and she pushed me out of my comfort zone by encouraging me to write creative non-fiction. She taught me to trust in my own writing and the fact that my stories are valuable on their own. I fell in love with creative non-fiction because of her.
Not only did Erica spend an ample amount of time with me (more than she had to!), she provided me with pages of written feedback that helped me revise and assistance in the publication process.
I am a much stronger, more confident writer since working with Erica, and am successfully pursuing a career in the field of creative writing. Kerri Vasilakos
Erica helped me with my applications to MFA programs in Creative Writing. With her assistance, I was accepted or waitlisted to every place I applied, and I’m now a student in my top-choice program. Throughout our work together, Erica was empathetic, challenging, and generous. She helped me to present myself with confidence and clarity. Her feedback was always specific and extensive, and I know the advice she gave me was critical to the success of my applications. I’m sure these skills transfer over to her classes together. I can’t recommend working with Erica enough! Lizzie Fox
