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Undergraduate Writing Alumna Morgan Parker ’10 recently won the National Book Critic Circle Award in poetry with her book Magical Negro, published in February 2019.
Alumnus Cyrèe Jarelle Johnson ’19 was nominated for a Lambda for their book of poetry Slingshot. The book, published by Nightboat Books, came out in September 2019 to rave reviews.
Alumna Melissa Clark ’94 recently published a cookbook titled Dinner in French. This book contains classic French recipes as well as innovations and variations of classics based on Clark’s experience growing up in Brooklyn and summering in France with her family.
Current student Orla Tinsley, who studies writing at Columbia University, is the subject of an Irish-production documentary titled Orla Tinsley: Warrior. This documentary, which followed Tinsley as she goes through the process of a double lung transplant in New York in 2018, is a finalist for the New York Film Award 2020.
The National Endowment for the Arts recently granted $15,000 to Transit Books, a publishing press of work in fiction, nonfiction, and translation started by alumni Ashley Nelson Levy ’12 and Adam Z. Levy ’12.
Thin Places: Essays From In Between, a collection by writing alumna Jordan Kisner '16, was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this month. The collection came out on March 3, 2020.
Beyond Black and White: Writing about the Multiracial Experience, organized by Our Word and Columbia Artist/Teachers (CA/T), took place on February 25th, 2020 at the Lenfest Centre for the Arts.
Saint Joan of New York, by Writing alumnus Mark Alpert ’84, follows a math prodigy who becomes obsessed with discovering the Theory of Everything.
Molly Bit, a debut novel by Writing alumnus Dan Bevacqua ’11 was published by Simon and Schuster on February 4, 2020.
Even though Pizza Girl, debut novel by alumna Jean Kyoung Frazier ’18 has yet to hit bookstores (scheduled for release this summer), it has already made a mark as one of the more anticipated titles of the year.
Visiting Associate Professor Wendy S. Walters was recently awarded the prestigious Creative Capital award, given in support of innovative and adventurous artists.
Alumna and Adjunct Assistant Professor Hilary Leichter ’12 debuts her novel, Temporary, releasing on March 3 from Coffee House Press.
