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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.
Longreads announced their Best of 2019 in Arts and Culture recently, which asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories across the web. For Arts and Culture, Longreads columnist Soraya Roberts picked “The Artist Who Gave Up Her Daughter” by nonfiction alumna Sasha Bonét ’16.
This past year, alumna Tanya Paperny ’11, won the 2019 Tusculum Poetry Chapbook Prize for & OTHER VALUABLES that deals with sexual violence, intergenerational trauma, and resilience, a work available for publication.
Writers in Collaboration is a series covering writers involved in two art mediums and/or working with other artists. This week we sat down with current nonfiction student, Vera Carothers, whose work as an oral historian deeply influenced how she tells her own story.
Godflower, a novella by alumnus Kevin Magruder ’15 will debut with the literary press Outpost 19, which specializes in short story publication. The book is scheduled for release on March 4, 2020.
PEN America recently announced finalists for the 2020 PEN Literary Awards, and Xuan Juliana Wang '11, Professor Leslie Jamison, and Ruchika Tomar '12 are among them. More information on their work can be found below.
A Prayer for Orion: A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love, a memoir by fiction alumna Katherine James ’06 was published by IVP Books in January, 2020.
Alumna Jessica Hindman '09 (CC '03) is a finalist for the a 2019 National Book Critics Circle Awards for her autobiography Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir.
