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Alumnus Jeff Elzinga '78 recently released his debut novel, The Distance Between Stars, through Water's Edge Press. The book is available for purchase here.
Peyak is alumna Bea Parsons '12 first solo exhibition with McBride Contemporain in Montreal, Quebec.
This Is Paris, a documentary about the life of Paris Hilton that was co-produced by alumna Tobey List '10, premiered on Youtube on September 14, 2020.
Entre tú y Milagros, a short film directed by alumna Mariana Saffon '19, written by Saffon and alumna Nathalie Álvarez Mesén '19, produced by Saffon and current student Jorge Granados Ross, associate produced by alumnus Saim Sadiq '19 and edited by alumnus Andrew Stephen Lee '18 won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the 77th Annual Venice International Film Festival.
Alumnus Toby Fell-Holden '13 was chosen as one of four participants for the inaugural 1497 Writer's Lab focused on South Asian screenwriters.
Professor and alumna from the Journalism program Margo Jefferson ’71 sat down with Associate Professor Deborah Paredez and 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey for a poetry reading and conversation reflecting on memory and the role we call daughter.
Alumnus Franz Nicolay '18 recently announced that his second book and first novel, Someone Should Pay for Your Pain, will be released in April 2021 by Gibson House Press.
This October, alumni Chris Molnar ’18 and Etan Nechin ’19 will publish Unpublishable, a collection from their notorious underground reading series of the same name at the POWERHOUSE ARENA.
The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing, the new novel by alumnus and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Creative Writing Joseph Fasano '08, was released by Platypus Press on September 1.
The 7th edition of the Biennale Gherdëina, this year curated by Adam Budak, features work from alumnus and visual artist Matthew C. Wilson ’13.
Just Us: An American Conversation, the new Literary Collection by Writing alumna Claudia Rankine ’93, was released on September 8 by Graywolf Press.
Recent alumna Lisa Foad ’20 has been named a finalist for the 2020 Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for her short story “Hunting.”
Film alumnus Ayad Akhtar ’02 will succeed novelist Jennifer Egan as PEN America’s next president on December 2, 2020.
Recent alumna Haya B. AlGhanim '20 and her screenplay Road 250 have been selected to participate in the Rawi Screenwriters Lab in Jordan this year.