News
Writing alum Hannah Kauders '20 will publish a new translation of Fátima Vélez’s novel, Galapagos this December with Astra House, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Writing alum Aaron H. Aceves '20 was awarded the 2025 Judith A. Markowitz Award for an Exceptional New LGBTQ Writer from Lambda Literary, a non-profit dedicated to amplifying LGBTQ+ stories for over thirty-five years.
Poetry Concentration Head and Associate Professor Dorothea Lasky will publish her latest book, Memory, with Semiotext(e) on November 4, 2025.
Writing alum Eduardo Martinez-Leyva '15 has been awarded the 2025 Lammy Award for LGBTQ+ Poetry for his book Cowboy Park (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024).
Writing alum Kevin Wang '22 published his translation of Terao Tetsuya's Spent Bullets with HarperVia on October 14, 2024.
Fiction alum Karen Russell '06 and Poetry alum Gabrielle Calvocoressi '00 have made the shortlist for the 2025 National Book Award.
Writing alum, former faculty, and acclaimed translator Katrine Øgaard Jensen '17 has published her first book of poetry, Ancient Algorithms, with Sarabande Books.
The longlist for the 2025 First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction includes This is the Only Kingdom by Assistant Professor of Writing Jaquira Díaz and Liquid, a Love Story by Mariam Rahmani '21.
Jaquira Díaz, acclaimed writer and Assistant Professor of Writing, is set to publish her first novel, This is the Only Kingdom, on October 15, 2025 with Algonquin Books.
Sister Creatures, a debut novel by Writing alum Laura Venita Green '22, will be published October 7, 2025 from Unnamed Press.
Nonfiction alum Sasha Bonét '16 has published a debut memoir, The Waterbearers, with Alfred A. Knopf.
The Eternal Forest, a debut memoir by Writing alum Elena Sheppard '20, will be making its way to bookshelves on September 30, 2025.
