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Read her book to find out what to do if your mother is accused of being a sorceress.

Associate Professor Hilton Als has launched a new podcast series, entitled Hilton Als Presents, in collaboration with the New York Theatre Workshop.

In response to the murder of George Floyd and the national protests that followed, alumna Fajr Muhammad '19 co-edited a collection of work, How We Stay Free: Notes on a Black Uprising, along with Christopher R. Rogers and Paul Robeson House.

Writing Alumnus Daniel Penny '16 has been named one of the three Spring 2021 recipients of the prestigious McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism.

To Write As If Already Dead, a hybrid work by Adjunct Professor  Kate Zambreno, will be released by Columbia University Press on June 8, 2021.

In the quiet Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, there is one building unlike any other.

Soon After First Light is a series where we talk craft, process, and pandemic with Columbia's accomplished writing professors.

Second-year Writing student Nicole Saldarriaga was recently shortlisted for the 2021 Master's Review Winters Short Story Award for New Writers for her story, “Araucaria.”

Alumna Sara Davis '12 recently published her debut novel, The Scapegoat (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) and will read from the highly acclaimed work, as well as chat about the book with Adjunct Professor Hilary Leichter '12, at a virtual event for Point Reyes Books on May 25, 2021. 

Alumna Jean Kyoung Frazier '18 has joined the writing team for a new Netflix dramedy called Beef, created by Lee Sung Jin (Dave, Tuca & Bertie). 

Left Bank Books recently hosted Writing Alumnus G’Ra Asim ’18 for an evening of reading and conversation.

The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses recently announced its shortlist for the 2021 Firecracker Awards, given annually "to celebrate books and magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive to introduce important voices to readers far and wide."

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.