Nonfiction News & Events

The Hearing Test, a debut novel by Writing alumna and Adjunct Assistant Professor Eliza Barry Callahan ’22 (CC ’17) was p

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. 

Writing alumna Kao Kalia Yang ’05 has published Where Rivers Part (Simon and Schuster, 2024), a memoir that centers her f

Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm(Knopf, 2024), a debut essay collection by Writing alumna Emmeline Clein ’22

In Splinters, her first memoir, Leslie Jamison explores her divorce and the birth of her daughter.

Writing alumna Chyana Marie Sage ’23 is set to publish her memoir Soft as Bones with House of Anansi in January 2025.

Brysen Boyd ’20 has been named one of twelve finalists for the 21st annual Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. 

Loneliness & Company, a debut novel from Adjunct Assistant Professor and alumna Charlee Dyroff ’20 (CC ’15), is forth

Writing alum Orla Tinsley ’20 has received an honorary Doctorate of Literature from The University College of Dublin for their achievements in writ

Prescription for Pain, a debut true crime book by Philip Eil ’11 will be published in April 2024 by Steerforth Press. 

From powerful memoir to page-turning fiction.

Writing alumna Cat Bohannon ’09 (GSAS ’22, '13, '10) is slated to publish her new book, Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Mil