Writing News

News

Three School of the Arts faculty members and alumni have been inducted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Writing alumnus Francisco González ’19 has been awarded the prestigious O. Henry Prize for his short story "Serranos," published in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern.

In Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein '22 (CC '16) draws on her own story, as well as interviews, academic studies, history, and pop culture.

PEN America has released the 2024 PEN literary awards longlist, which includes work by five School of the Arts alumni.

Writing alumna Christine Calella ’18 has recently published her new novel, The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray, with Page Street YA. 

Alum Sarah Timmer Harvey ’18 has been shortlisted for the prestigious International Booker Prize for her translation of Dutch author Jente Posthuma's novel What I'd Rather Not Think About (Scribe, 2020).

In The Glittering Maw, a translation by writing alumna C. Francis Fisher ’23 of Syrian-Jewish surrealist poet Joyce Mansour, will be published by World Poetry in May 2024. 

Pleasure Principle, a debut poetry collection by writing alumna Madeleine Cravens ’22, will be published by Scribner in June, 2024. 

American Diva, a new work of literary nonfiction by Writing Chair and Associate Professor Deborah Paredez, will be published by W.W. Norton in May 2024. 

Writing alumnus Steve Schwartz ’73 is producing Anniversary, an upcoming thriller joining Schwartz's lineup of memorable movies, including All the Old Knives, The Road, and The Counselor.

The Hearing Test, a debut novel by Writing alumna and Adjunct Assistant Professor Eliza Barry Callahan ’22 (CC ’17) was published by Catapult Books, distributed by Penguin Random House, in March 2024.

The Child, a second novel by Writing alumnus Alistair Mackay '18 is forthcoming in April 2024 from Kwela Books, an imprint of the South African publishing house, NB Publishers. 

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