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The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the recipients of its highest honors for excellence in the arts, and Professor Phillip Lopate ’64 (CC) is among the honorees.
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) recently announced the 2022 nominations for the National Magazine Awards. Alumna Lacy Warner '16 reported and interviewed for a 2021 issue of New York Magazine that was nominated for an award. The issue, Remember the Office?, is available to read online and in print from New York Magazine.
Penguin Random House recently published the memoir Constructing a Nervous System by Professor and School of Journalism alumna Margo Jefferson '71. The book is now available for pre-order.
Lambda Literary recently announced the 2022 finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards. Assistant Professor Hasanthika Sirisena was named a finalist in the category Bisexual Nonfiction for Dark Tourist (Mad Creek Books, 2021). Assistant Professor and alumna Gila Ashtor '20 was named a finalist in the category LGBTQ Studies for Homo Psyche (Fordham University Press, 2021).
Eulalia Books recently published the long-awaited poetry debut, Cold, by Meg Matich '15. The collection is available for purchase at Eulalia Books.
Action Books recently published My Jewel Box, a collection of poems by Ursula Andkjær Olsen translated from the Danish by Adjunct Assistant Professor Katrine Øgaard Jensen '17. The book is now available for purchase.
Several Columbia University alumni have been nominated for the Writers Guild of America’s 2022 WGA Awards in the categories of television, new media, news, and radio/audio. They are: Jacey Heldrich ’13, Eric Tuchman ’87, Brysen Boyd '20, Ashley Lyle ’07 (CC ’02), Lucia Aniello (CC '04), and Sasha Stewart (CC '09).
The National Book Critics Circle recently announced a list of 30 finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Alumnus Steve Schwartz '73 is one of the producers of All the Old Knives, a new spy thriller starring Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton. Schwartz produced the film alongside his wife Paula Mae Schwartz, Nick Wechsler, Mark Gordon, and Matt Jackson.
Alumna E.J. Koh '13 recently won a 2022 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award for her memoir, The Magical Language of Others (Tin House, 2021). Koh placed first in the category of "Creative Writing: Prose."
2022 marks the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards. Among the nominees are five projects from Columbia alumni. The NAACP is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. The organization has more than 2,200 units across the nation, powered by well over 2 million activists.
Professor Wendy Walters helped shape “Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast,” which explores slavery and its legacies.
