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In his new book, Professor Lee Siegel explains that argument is at the heart of human experience.

Three projects worked on by School of the Arts alumni featured performances that were celebrated at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards. 

Associate Professor Hilton Als was recently named the 2022 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence by California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making during a pandemic.

Marvel Comics recently published Marvel’s Voices: Legacy (2022) #1, with contributions from Associate Professor and alumnus Victor LaValle ‘98.

Associate Professor of Writing and Director of Nonfiction Wendy S. Walters recently curated an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A Poet's Life is a series where we talk with Columbia poets about everything from living as a poet to making a living as a poet. 

Dottir Press recently published Quake: A Novel by Meg Matich '15 with a book talk to follow on March 1, 2022. 

Joel Sedano, a current Poetry and Literary Translation student, and JoAnne “Jo-Joe” Lee, a graduate student in the School of Social Work, recently received a 2022 Racial Justice Mini-Grant for their proposed project, a podcast titled Resilience Against Power and Privilege (RAPP).

Shteyngart’s recent appearance on WNYC’s Get Lit with All Of It on January 31, 2022, hosted by Alison Stewart, was a refreshingly reader-oriented stop on the tour of events for his latest novel, Our Country Friends.

Palm-Lined With Potience by Alumnus Basie Allen '19 will be published by Ugly Duckling Presse on March 15, 2022. The collection is now available for pre-order.

Alumna Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood '17, the founder of Neon Door, recently launched the site's first immersive literary exhibition. The website is now live at this link.

Student Series

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From Here to There

by Lisa Cochran

A series in conversation with recent Writing alumni whose books are hitting the shelves, where we reflect on what the writing life looks like on the other side.

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This Is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Past Lives

by Jessie Shohfi

A series featuring Columbia writers who began their professional lives on different career paths.