Washington Square On-Air Ep 068 | Gatebreaking Creative Writing With Deanna Oudelha

EPISODE 68, • Tuesday, October 14, 2025 • Washington Square On Air • LCC Connect

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
http://www.deannaoudelha.com

Website: Washington Square Review
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Featuring:
Melissa Ford Lucken
Deanna Oudelha

Escape into a world of poetry and fiction with Washington Square On-Air. Hosted by Poetry Editors Rosalie Sanara Petrouske and Susan Serafin-Jess and Fiction Editor Melissa Lucken, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the Washington Square Review, how to submit your work and hear from published authors and poets themselves.

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