Henry Marchand

Office: HSS125/hmarchand@mpc.edu

Henry Marchand is a writer of prose and poetry, concentrating primarily in fiction. His short stories, essays, and an excerpt from a novel in progress have been published in magazines and newspapers in print and online. He has recently completed a screenplay involving giant mutant feral hogs, but he is not the Henri Marchand who wrote The Erotic History of France.

A native of New Jersey and longtime resident of northeast Ohio, he now lives in Marina with his wife, Lisa. The company they keep includes a dog, two cats, and a delightful variety of wildlife prowling around outside at all hours (the gophers and skunks are welcome to leave at any time; the coyotes keep things interesting, so they can stay.)

If you have questions about Creative Writing at MPC, please send them his way at the email address above.

Short Fiction and Nonfiction by Henry Marchand:

Out of Time (Fiction) in Blue Monday Review

Renshaw (Fiction) in Review Americana

A Hunger Artist (Fiction) in Cleaver Magazine

Looking Long (Nonfiction) in Scheherazade magazine and at medium.com

The Night John Lennon Died (Nonfiction) in Common Dreams News Center

Merry Dennehy

Office: HSS114/mdennehy@mpc.edu 

Merry Dennehy holds a BFA in music from California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Antioch University, Los Angeles. She has worked as a juggler, singer, and magician’s assistant, and currently teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at Monterey Peninsula College.

Her video art has been exhibited at the Visual Studies Workshop (Rochester, NY), the Channel Islands Film Festival (Oxnard, CA), and the Berkeley (CA) Video & Film Festival, among other venues. A newly published poet, she has three pieces in the Fall 2023 Gravity issue of Brink. She has lived in Bogotá, Colombia, London, England, and Nagano, Japan, but now calls Santa Cruz, California her home.

Joshua Converse

Office: HSS109/jconverse@mpc.edu

Joshua Converse is an MPC instructor and alumnus. He has earned a Creative Writing Certificate from the MPC Creative Writing Program, and has studied at UC Santa Cruz with the Creative Writing Program there. He has an MA in English Literature from SFSU. Joshua is a published writer of poetry and prose, including short stories and two novels. He is a teacher, father, husband, U.S. Army veteran, and bibliophile. Joshua has been published in UCSC'S Cinquapin, The Homestead Review, Literary Juice, the Monterey Herald, Monterey County Weekly, MPC's Scheherazade,  and Literary Matters. He lives in Seaside with his wife and their children. He is fond of ancient board games and enthusiastic about Cajun food.

You can browse some of his published work here:

 https://www.amazon.com/Joshua-Converse/e/B009OUE2C4/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1