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Writing alumnus Raffi Joe Wartanian ’21 has been named the first Poet Laureate of Glendale, California. 

Lucky Dogs, a new novel from alumna Helen Schulman ’86, is coming soon from Knopf. 

Poetry alumna Emily Simon ’21 has published her first book titled In Many Ways (Winter Editions, 2023), a lyrical essay on selfhood, memor

Here, we talk to Adjunct Assistant Professor Piotr Orlov about Saturday Night Fever, mixtapes, and music storytelling.

Adjunct Assistant Professor Catherine Lacey ’10and Adjunct Professor Brenda Wineapple have been named 2023 Fellows of the Dorothy

Brown Girls, the debut novel from alumna Daphne Palasi Andreades ’19, has been shortlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Ficti

Here, we talk with Professor Leslie Jamison about empathy on the page, why she sees herself as a bowerbird writer, and how teaching influences her

Several Columbia University School of the Arts alumni have received Guggenheim Fellowships, one of the most prestigious awards in the arts and huma

Lying In, a new book of poems from alumna Elizabeth Metzger ’15, is out now from Milkweed Editions. 

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun, a new memoir from Associate Professor Shane McCrae, is coming this summer from Simon & Schuster. 

In Times to Come, a third novel from alumnus Kristopher Jansma ’06, has been acquired by Ecco for publication next year. 

Professor Margo Jefferson (JRN ’71) has been awarded the 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize for Constructing a Nervous System: a Memoir (Pantheon,