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Writing alumni Ashley Nelson Levy ’12 and Adam Z. Levy ’12 met on their first day in the Fiction program at the School of the Arts. The two would later marry and, in 2015, found Transit Books, a nonprofit indie press dedicated to publishing works in translation and international literature.
Ways and Means, a debut novel by writing alumnus Daniel Lefferts '19, was published by Abrams Books in February 2024.
How To Become Stupid, a poetry chapbook by Peter Patapis ’20, has been published by Bottlecap Press.
Writing alumni Jane Marchant ’18 (GS ’15), Meg Matich ’15, and Mary South ’14, are three among thirty-five writers who have been awarded National Endowment of the Arts Fellowships.
Every spring, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair is the must-attend destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. This year, a host of Columbia writers, alumni, and faculty will be stealing the show as the conference takes over Kansas City, Missouri.
Another Land of My Body, a new poetry collection by Writing alumnus Rodney Terich Leonard ’18, will be published by Four Way Books in March 2024.
Roxy and Coco, a novel by Writing alumna Terese Svoboda ’78, is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press in February 2024.
Writing alum Nathan Xavier Osorio '16 has been named the winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for his collection Querida. This collection, which will be Osorio’s debut, will be published by The University of Pittsburgh Press as part of the acclaimed Pitt Poetry Series on September 10, 2024.
With The Vulnerables, a seemingly random, often discursive, thoroughly wonderful new book, Sigrid Nunez ’75 (BC '72) has written not so much a novel as another of her virtuoso mash-ups of fiction, memoir, and intellectual rumination. Read more in Columbia Magazine.
When he was a child, Shane McRae’s grandparents abducted him, as he recounts in his memoir.
Writing student Asha Lemmie has recently published her second novel, The Wildest Sun. This eagerly anticipated release follows her successful New York Times bestselling debut, Fifty Words for Rain.
Alumna Terese Svoboda '78 discusses her journey as an artist and creator.
