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Writing alumna Samantha Childs ’14 has recently published her new picture book titled Henri and the Magnificent Snort (Sea Lavender Publishing, 2023).
Writing alumnus Raffi Joe Wartanian ’21 has been named the first Poet Laureate of Glendale, California.
Several Columbia University School of the Arts alumni have received Guggenheim Fellowships, one of the most prestigious awards in the arts and humanities.
Professor Margo Jefferson (JRN ’71) has been awarded the 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize for Constructing a Nervous System: a Memoir (Pantheon, 2022).
Professor Phillip Lopate (CC ’64) has been voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a remarkable honor and well-deserved recognition of his lifetime of contributions to American literature.
Here, we talk to Adjunct Assistant Professor Melissa Smith about finding your path, tech-savviness, and the recent evolution of arts journalism.
Chasing Bright Medusas, a new biography from Adjunct Associate Professor Benjamin Taylor, is coming next October–and that’s not all. Soon after, Taylor’s work will hit Broadway.
Constructing a Nervous System (Pantheon Books, 2022), the latest memoir by Professor Margo Jefferson, is among the finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
My Pinup, a two-part memoir from Associate Professor Hilton Als, was recently released from New Directions Publishing.
All the Lies They Did Not Tell, a work of true-crime by Pablo Trincia and translated from the Italian by alumna Elettra Pauletto ’17, was recently published by Amazon Crossing.
“My Gentile Region,” an essay by Associate Professor Gary Shteyngart, has been included in this year’s Best American Essays collection.