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Dinaw Mengestu ('05SOA): Work
  • The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program alumnus Dinaw Mengestu's ('05SOA) second novel, "How to Read the Air," will be available October 14 from Riverhead Books. Mengestu will have a reading, Q and A, and book signing at Barnes & Nobles Tribeca (97 Warren Street at Greenwich) in New York on the 14th at 7 p.m. more

 

On the Writing Program: Mary Jo Bang ('98SOA)
  • Elegy
"Of course it’s a contrivance to go back to any beginning and talk about what you thought then, how you felt, why you did as you did. Even what you did. Memory’s distorting jack-hammer makes remembrance, if not a false claim, at least somewhat a pretense. What can I say that’s undeniably true about that two-year period when I went to Columbia for my MFA in creative writing? more

 

On the Writing Program: Stephen Dubner ('94SOA)
  • Freakonomics
"When I was in my mid-twenties, I suffered the delusion that I might be able to do nothing more with my life than write books, and the School of the Arts Writing Program was a willing enabler in perpetuating this delusion. I have to say that I am very grateful."   more

 

Film Alumna Lauren Wolkstein's "Cigarette Candy"
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumna Lauren Wolkstein's thesis film, "Cigarette Candy," won the Short Film Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at the 2010 SWSX Film Festival; Best Student Short Film at the 2010 Cleveland International Film Festival; and Best Live Action Student Short Under 15 Minutes at the 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest, among several additional honors. http://cigarettecandy.com/ more

 

Film Alumnus Florin Serban: 2011 Oscar Contender, Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumnus Florin Serban ('08SOA) won the Silver Bear: Jury Grand Prize at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival--the runner-up to best picture at the festival--for his film "Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier" ("If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle") in February 2010.  more

 

VIDEO: On Obsession: Mary Jo Bang ('98SOA)
  Writing Program poetry alumna Mary Jo Bang (’98SOA) delivered the address at the 2010 Celebration of Graduates May 18. Before her speech, she talked about her process and her craft. more

 

Writing Professor Gary Shteyngart's "Super Sad True Love Story"
  • Super Sad True Love Story
Columbia University School of the Arts Writing Program Professor Gary Shteyngart's new novel Super Sad True Love Story was published in July 2010 by Random House to rave and starred reviews. more

 

VIDEO: Simon Kinberg Accepting 2010 Andrew Sarris Award
  Screenwriter and Film Program alumnus Simon Kinberg ('01SOA) accepted the Columbia University Film Festival's 2010 Andrew Sarris Award at Screenwriting Night at McGraw-Hill Theater May 4. Kinberg's writing credits include Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), which began as his thesis at the School of the Arts; X-Men: The Last Stand (2006); and Sherlock Holmes (2009). more

 

Film Alumna Kathryn Bigelow, Oscar Winner for "The Hurt Locker"
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumna Kathryn Bigelow ('81SOA) won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director at the 82nd annual Academy Awards on March 7 for her film "The Hurt Locker." She is the first woman in Oscar history to win Best Director, an honor she has already claimed twice this season, winning Best Director at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards and the Directors Guild of America's (DGA) top prize, for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film." The Oscar wins -- six in total -- cap an ext more

 

SLIDESHOW: 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition
Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program, in association with the Fisher Landau Center for Art, presented the 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, encompassing work by the 25 artists who graduated from the program this past May. The show was curated by Anthony Huberman.  more

 

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