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Talking to Rachel Kushner '01, author of the National Book Award-nominated and Booker Prize shortlisted novel Creation Lake, is like traversing through galactic orbits with black holes pulling you in without you knowing.
Writing alum Jessi Jezewska Stevens ’17 has been named a finalist for the 2025 Story Prize for her short story collection Ghost Pains. One of three finalists, Stevens’ work was selected from 107 submissions from 82 unique publishers and imprints.
Fiction alum Melora Wolff '87 has released her latest collection, Bequeath, a book of essays out now from LSU Press.
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor of Writing Anelise Chen is releasing her new book Clam Down on June 3, 2025 from One World, an imprint of Random House that specializes in the avant garde.
In her latest novel, Don’t Be a Stranger, Susan Minot ’83 explores the fallout from an unlikely affair and its profound impact on her heroine.
Adjunct Assistant Professor and Writing alum Emily Skillings ’17 has a new book of poems, Tantrums in Air, out June 17, 2025 from publisher The Song Cave.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Writing Ruth Franklin's latest book, The Many Lives of Anne Frank, investigates both the historical reality and cultural impact of Anne Frank's diary.
Alum Dolapo Demuren ’17 discusses his journey as an artist and creator.
Writing alum Laura Smyth ’89 has published a poetry collection, Fox Dreams. The book was released in November by Saint Julian Press, an interfaith imprint run out of the historic Trinity Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas.
How to Dodge a Cannonball, the second book from Writing alum and Adjunct Assistant Professor Dennard Dayle ’17 is being released in hardcover on June 17, 2025 from Henry Holt and Co., an imprint of Macmillan.
Rev Publishing, founded by Writing alum Jessica Ciencin Henriquez '17, is on a mission to disrupt and redefine the publishing industry with new metrics for success and a determination to put writers at the center of everything they do.
On a Wednesday afternoon in Kent Hall, a dozen students stand in a circle outside the classroom, eyes closed, arms linked.
