Writing News

News

Sarah-Jane Collins ’18 is the author of Radiant Heat, a new novel set to be published by Berkley Books on January 23, 2024.

Writing alumna Tenzin Dickie ’14 has published The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays (Penguin, 2023), a groundbreaking anthology of modern Tibetan non-fiction.

Writing alumna Elysha Chang ’11 has just released her debut novel titled A Quitter’s Paradise.

Adjunct Associate Professor Adam Wilson ’09 has co-written the screenplay for the upcoming film Last Days of Basic Cable alongside Justin Taylor. Film alumnus Albert Berger ’83 is also attached to the project as one of the film's producers.

Writing alumnus Harold Rogers ’21 has published his first novel, Tropicália, released by Atria Books earlier this month.

In The Light Room, the School of the Arts writing professor captures both the joy and the exhaustion of motherhood.

Holliday, the newest book written by Matthew Di Paoli ’08, was published on July 3, 2023.

Heidi Julavits explores this and other questions in her memoir, Directions to Myself.

Laura from the Valley, a debut novel from Mark Lopez ’20, will be published by Running Wild Press on September 12, 2023.

Writing alumnus Francisco González ’19 has been awarded a 2023 Steinbeck Fellowship.

Three Columbia artists have been selected to participate in the 2023  Harvestworks New Works Artist Residencies. They are: Sound Arts alumni Kamari Carter ’19 and Julian Day ’20, and Writing Program alumna Mónica de la Torre ’95 (GSAS ’13).

Writing Alumnus Ricardo Alberto Maldonado '08 has recently been appointed as the Executive Director and President of the Academy of American Poets. This marks an unprecedented moment as Maldonado becomes the first Latino leader in the Academy's nearly century-long history. 

 

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