Writing

Writing Professor Ben Marcus Reads for The New Yorker

Columbia University Writing Program Professor Ben Marcus reads Kazuo Ishiguro’s story, “A Village After Dark,” for The New Yorker’s fiction podcast. 

Writing Faculty at the Brooklyn Book Festival

Writing Faculty Jonathan Dee, Timothy Donnelly, Deborah Eisenberg, Sam Lipsyte, Phillip Lopate, Richard Locke, Sigrid Nunez, Darcy Steinke, Mark Strand, Justin Taylor, and Writing alumna Tina Chang give readings and participate in discussions at The Brooklyn Book Festival.

 

Acclaimed Short Story Writer Deborah Eisenberg Joins Writing Program Faculty
  • Deborah Eisenberg; photo by Diana Michener

Dean Carol Becker announced today the appointment of Deborah Eisenberg to the Writing Program faculty. 

2011 Thesis Anthology: School of the Arts Writing Program
  • 2011 Thesis Anthology

 

 

 

 

Poetry Alumna Tracy K. Smith Reads from New Collection on PBS NewsHour

Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program alumna Tracy K. Smith ('97SOA) was featured on PBS NewsHour May 16. She read from her new collection, Life on Mars (Graywolf Press, 2011).

Writing Professor Gary Shteyngart: First American to Win Wodehouse Prize
  • Gary Shteyngart

Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program Assistant Professor Gary Shteyngart is the first American ever to win the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, for his novel Super Sad True Love Story.

Writing Alum's Journal Wins Prize from National Book Foundation

Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program alumna Kerri Majors' ('04SOA) young adult journal YARN has been awarded one of four Innovations in Reading Prizes from the National Book Foundation.

Writing Program Faculty, Alumni: Premiere Place in Spring Issues of "The New Yorker"
  • The New Yorker, March 21

Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program professors and alumni have occupied a premiere place in recent issues of The New Yorker, which have featured short stories by Fiction professors Donald Antrim, Sam Lipsyte, and Ben Marcus; essays by Fiction Professor Gary Shteyngart, and Fiction alumna Kiran Desai (’99SOA); and a feature article by Fiction alumna and Adjunct Professor Rivka Galchen (’06SOA).

Writing Professor Named 2011 Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program Profesor Michael Scammell was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in late April. He is one of seven Columbia University professors to be selected this year, and one of 212 new fellows total, including 16 foreign honorary members. They will be inducted at a ceremony on October 1 at the academy’s headquarters in Cambridge, Mass.

Writing Professor Richard Locke to Receive Presidential Teaching Award at Commencement

Columbia University School of the Arts is very proud that Richard Locke, Professor of Writing and head of the Creative Nonfiction concentration will be awarded the Presidential Teaching Award at this year's University Commencement. Established in 1996, the presidential awards honor the best of Columbia's teachers for the influence they have on the development of their students and their part in maintaining the University's longstanding reputation for educational excellence.

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