News
When it comes to Dante, acclaimed poet and translator Mary Jo Bang ’98 is all about being as vernacular as possible.
Berkley Imprint under Penguin Random House will publish The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher ‘04 on January 11, 2022. The book is now available for pre-order.
A debut nonfiction essay collection, The Way You Make Me Feel: Interracial Love in Black and Brown, by Nina Sharma ’16 was recently bought by Juli Kyan at Penguin Press.
It seems that to know Robert Walser is to love him. The great Swiss-German writer who lived, struggled, and worked prolifically in the early 20th century, a contemporary of Kafka and Herman Hesse, has been easily overlooked in the decades since his death, but for a robust and still growing following of Walser enthusiasts.
Our Country Friends by Associate Professor Gary Shteyngart was released by Random House on November 2, 2021.
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. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor Emily Skillings '17 about the public landscape in her poem “The Duke’s Forest,” the magical wormholes of poetry, and the intersections between poetry and dance.
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek '19 will be published by Tin House on April 5, 2022.
We’re delighted to welcome a number of new faculty members to the 2021/22 academic year.
Graywolf Press released Such Color: New and Selected Poems by alumna Tracy K. Smith '97 on October 5, 2021.
Alumni Mary Wang ’16 and Jared Jackson ’20 were recently selected as the 2021 winners of The Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowship.
Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform that helps bring creative projects to life, recently featured the short film project Brenda by Undergraduate Writing alumna Bernadette Bridges ('19 CC).
The Swallows of Lunetto by alumnus and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Creative Writing Joseph Fasano '08 was recently bought by Mallory Smart at Maudlin House.
