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Justine, a debut illustrated novel by alumna Forsyth Harmon '13 ('01 CC) was released by Tin House on March 2, 2021. The novel is available for purchase here.
Soon After First Light is a series where we talk craft, process, and pandemic with Columbia's accomplished writing professors.
HBO recently named alumnus Brysen Boyd '20 their first ever Writing Fellow to work directly on a show in progress.
Here, we talk with Associate Professor of Writing Deborah Paredez about COVID-19’s impact on her writing practice, the kinesthetic challenges in Zoom classrooms, and the pleasure in process over product.
Assistant Professor Leslie Jamison moderated a discussion on climate writing as part of The Center for Fiction On America series. Jamison is the author of three nonfiction books—The Recovering The Empathy Exams, and most recently, the essay collection Make it Scream, Make it Burn—as well as a novel, The Gin Closet. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times magazine.
Associate Professor Hilton Als recently sat down with acclaimed columnist and political commentator Charles M. Blow to discuss Blow’s latest book, The Devil You Know. The event was part of The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series.
Literary Translation at Columbia (LTAC), a component of the Columbia University MFA Writing Program, welcomed acclaimed poet and translator Sawako Nakayasu last month for a lecture and discussion.
Boom! Studios recently announced that Eve, a new five-issue original comic book series by Associate Professor and alumnus Victor LaValle '98 and artist Jo Mi-Gyeong, will be released in May of 2021.
Reign is Over, a debut chapbook by Poetry student Emily Simon, was published on February 14, 2021 by Choo Choo Press, a small Risograph press co-founded by student Taylor Zhang and NYC-based designer Emily Bluedorn.
Soon After First Light is a series where we talk craft, process, and pandemic with Columbia's accomplished writing professors.
The Body Scout, a debut novel by alumnus and adjunct faculty member Lincoln Michel '09, will be released by Orbit Books on September 21, 2021. Read the first chapter of this near-future dystopian tale here.
The Writing Program welcomed Mei-mei Berssenbrugge '73 and Campbell McGrath '88 to their Fifth Annual Alumni Poetry Reading Series. This marked the Poetry Concentration’s third reading of the 2020-21 academic year and was again hosted by Professor and Poetry Concentration Head Timothy Donnelly.
