Episode

Gatebreaking Creative Writing With Deanna Oudelha

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Washington Square On Air
Published
Oct 14, 2025
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1593
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Summary

Professor, student advocate, and writer, Deanna Oudelha, sits down with Washington Square Review editor Melissa Ford Lucken. A teacher and student who loves learning and teaching, Oudelha breaks down the hidden beauty of the English language, her frustration with academic gatekeeping, and how she embraces all possibilities in her work with first year students at the University of Omaha. Deanna Oudelha’s flash essay, I am humming, a living thing woven into countless lives among many , appears in the Summer 2025 issue of the Washington Square Review . Deanna's website _________________________ Website: Washington Square Review  Melissa's Website: Adventures in MFALand    Facebook: Melissa Ford Lucken   Instagram: Melissa Ford Lucken