Writing

Sophie Cabot Black ('84) Publishes 'The Exchange'
Writing Program alumna Sophie Cabot Black ('84) published The Exchange, a new collection of poems, on May 7, 2013.
Nicholas Christopher | 'Tiger Rag'
  • Tiger Rag
On January 1, 2013, Nicholas Christopher published his latest novel, Tiger Rag, from Dial Press.
 
Christopher, acclaimed author of Veronica and A Trip to the Stars, returns with a new novel based on one of the great legends of musical history.
Lucie Brock-Broido in 'The New Yorker'
Lucie Brock-Broido's poem, 'Noctuary,' was published in The New Yorker on April 15, 2013.
 
Lucie Brock-Broido received her B.A. and her M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. Her books of poetry include Trouble in Mind (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), recipient of the Massachusetts Book Award; The Master Letters (1995); and A Hunger (1988).
Robert Ostrom ('08) Publishes Debut Book of Poetry
  • The Youngest Butcher in Illinois
This past fall, alumnus Robert Ostrom ('08 SOA), released The Youngest Butcher in Illinois, a book of poems.
Gary Shteyngart at Selected Shorts
  • Gary Shteyngart
Stories by Writing faculty Gary Shteyngart and writer Etgar Keret will be read at Symphony Space for Selected Shorts on April 17, at 7:30 PM.
 
Strange situations, kooky misunderstandings, the world turned around and upside down and just the way it is. Stay tuned for some hilarity when these friends and fellow comic writers team up.
STALKING THE ESSAY CONFERENCE

The graduate Writing Program at Columbia University School of the Arts is pleased to announce the inaugural Stalking the Essay Conference, to be held Saturday, April 6th, from 10 AM to 6 PM. The conference, organized by Nonfiction Concentration Director Phillip Lopate, is free and open to the public. With this symposium, the Writing Program aims to encircle the practices, theories and possibilities of the essay form by bringing together those who love it.

BEN MARCUS | 'The Flame Alphabet'
Writing faculty Ben Marcus' most recent novel, The Flame Alphabet, will be released by Knopf on January 17. It is the story of an epidemic that sweeps the country, making the sound of children's voices lethal.
Sam Lipsyte | 'The Fun Parts'
  • The Fun Parts
The New York Times calls Sam Lipsyte's new collection, The Fun Parts, "sublime mayhem."
Heidi Julavits | 'The Vanishers'
According to Karen Russell's ('06) Featured Guest review on Amazon.com: "On the surface, The Vanishers is about two paranormal scholars with the ability to carry out perplexing psychic attacks on their adversaries, and it is without a doubt a chilling metaphysical mystery.
Patricia O'Toole | 'In The Words of Theodore Roosevelt'
  • Theodore Roosevelt

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