Alumni Publications
Adjunct Assistant Professor Diksha Basu '14, author of Windfall (Ballantine Books, 2018) and The Destination Wedding (Ballantine Books, 2020), has just announced that her next novel, The Affairs of Mala Sen, is forthcoming with Harper Via in 2027. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing India, the novel follows a young widow living with her mother-in-law in New Delhi whose world unravels after she discovers her late husband's secrets.
Our Cavafy, a selection of new translations of Constantine P. Cavafy—widely considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century—by Constantine Contogenis '98 was released on July 10, 2026 by Finishing Line Press.
"My time at Columbia unsettled my sense of certainty," said Mansi Dahal '24, whose luminous debut poetry collection, Women in Marigold, is forthcoming from Stillhouse Press this September.
Paradise Pawn, the debut novel from Writing alum Meg Richardson '20—out July 14, 2026 with Tin House—follows the inseparable teenage duo, Jackie and Kayla, who hawk everything from luxury jewels to chainsaws at the pawn shop where they help out their fathers in Cherry Beach, Florida.
A man has been found slumped over the steering wheel of his BMW, dead, in a South Asian enclave of suburban New Jersey—and the Sharmas are at the center of the case. In Men Like Ours, the darkly comic debut novel by Writing alum Bindu Bansinath '23, coming-of-age meets murder mystery as Anita Sharma, her restless teenage daughter Leila, and the women of the neighborhood are roped into the investigation of their friend's death.
Fresh off the success of their debut novel, a writer wrestles with disillusionment, despair, and mysterious visions in surreal sophomore novel, Lucid Dreams, by Daphne Palasi Andreades '19.
Joana Urtasun '22 has published a translation of Between Fish Scales by Basque poet Leire Bilbao.
Film alum Nayantara 'Tara' Roy '17 is set to release her second novel, Sisters of a Halved Heart, this June with Algonquin Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.
But Octopi Don’t Sing, a chapbook by Li Zhuang '19, has been published by Purple Ink Press.
Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Adama Delphine Fawundu '18 is following up her recent exhibitions constellating the interconnectedness of geographies and our shared humanity with the release of two new art books, Praise House and In Search of the Spirit House.
As a new addition to the University of Mississippi Press’s American Made Music Series, John Melendez '23 (CC '18) and has co-written the first biography of American trumpeter and composer, Kenny Dorham.
Writing Program alum Woody Brown '24 draws from some of his own experiences as a non-verbal autistic man for his debut novel. Read more from Columbia Magazine.
