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Read Professor Anelise Chen’s hybrid memoir, Clam Down, to find out.

Fiction alum Amber Medland '15, author of the novel Wild Pets, has published her second book, nonfiction investigation Attention Seeker: The Truth about ADHD, with Dialogue Books.

By Karen Russell ’06SOA (Alfred A. Knopf).

Poetry student Diana Athena explores healing after loss in her debut poetry collection Echoes in Still Air.

By Jemimah Wei ’22SOA (Doubleday).

Writing Professor Gary Shteyngart has announced the release of his latest novel Vera, or Faith, forthcoming from Random House in July 2025.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Writing Jeremy Tiang will publish their translation of Zhang Yueran’s Women, Seated, in August with Riverhead Books.

From Mariam Rahmani '21, John McWhorter, and other Columbia authors. 

Writing alum Carlie Hoffman ’16 published her third book of poetry, One More World Like This World, with Four Way Books in March.

Writing alum Naomi Falk ’17 published her debut book, The Surrender of Man, in April 2025 with independent press Inside the Castle.

Writing alum Jemimah Weh ’22 has been named one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35.

Writing alum and former adjunct faculty member Katrine Øgaard Jensen '17 has been appointed Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), a prestigious nonprofit that supports literary translators nationwide.

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.