In The School for Good Mothers, struggling mom Frida Liu finds herself a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion.

Wes Enzinna is a contributing editor at Harper’s and a visiting professor in Columbia University’s Nonfiction MFA Program.

Kayla Maiuri holds an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. Born in the Greater Boston area, she now lives in Brooklyn. 

Madeleine Cravens, a second-year student in the Poetry concentration, was recently awarded first place in Narrative’s annual poetry contest for her submission of five poems.

Through the lives of eight familiar nursery-rhyme characters, Herman delves into themes of adolescent lust, overprotective parents, dementia, gender confusion, and more.

Leichter will follow her acclaimed debut, Temporary (Coffee House Press, 2020) with two new novels slated for release in 2023 and 2024, respectively. 

Impastoral, Griffin's first book, won the Omnidawn Open Book Contest, selected by Brian Teare and is set for released in April 2022.

Freeman’s debut novel follows Mara, who after a devastating loss flees her family and ends up in a wealthy seaside town. Struck by grief, Mara spends her days searching for food and her nights swimming in the ocean.

Assistant Professor Rivka Galchen ’06, Adjunct Assistant Professor Jeremy Tiang, and Adjunct Assistant Professor Katrine Øgaard Jensen ’17 have been longlisted for the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards.

Jakob Guanzon is the author of Abundance, which was longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award. His writing has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize, and appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Split Lip Magazine, Breakwater Review, and elsewhere.