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The Sensualist: Adventures in Pure Pleasure is the New York Times bestselling author and Professor Gary Shteyngart's first collection of essays—despite having appeared in Best American Essays nine times.
"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.
Two books from Columbia alums are featured on this summer reading list from Columbia Magazine. Read more.
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia University School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Adjunct Associate Professor of Writing BK Fischer '97 about cranberry morphemes, plasticity, and tap dancing.
Associate Professor of Writing Anelise Chen and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre Vinson Cunningham named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in the categories of Memoir or Autobiography and Criticism respectively.
The National Book Foundation recently announced its list of the 5 Under 35 honorees for 2026. Among this year’s awardees are two School of the Arts MFA Writing alums, Anika Jade Levy '23, author of Flat Earth, and Stephanie Wambagu '24, author of Lonely Crowds.
Taiwan Travelogue, translated by Writing alum Lin King '22, has just been awarded the International Booker Prize.
Joana Urtasun '22 has published a translation of Between Fish Scales by Basque poet Leire Bilbao.
As part of the Undergraduate Creative Writing Program's Art + Life series, Ravn sat down with Associate Professor Rivka Galchen '06, for a conversation on her writing process and latest novel, The Wax Child. Read more from the Columbia Spectator.
