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Poetry alumna Tiffany Troy ’22 has published Dominus (BlazeVOX, 2023), her first full-length poetry collection. Dominus was conceived and compiled during Troy's time as a student at Columbia.
Laura from the Valley, a debut novel from Mark Lopez ’20, will be published by Running Wild Press on September 12, 2023.
Writing Alumnus Ricardo Alberto Maldonado '08 has recently been appointed as the Executive Director and President of the Academy of American Poets. This marks an unprecedented moment as Maldonado becomes the first Latino leader in the Academy's nearly century-long history.
Writing Alumnus Aaron Poochigian ’16 is set to release Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage (Etruscan Press, June 2023). The book is a sequel to Mr. Either/Or, published in 2017 by the same publishing house.
Alumnus Matthew Gellman ’18 has emerged victorious in the highly prestigious 22nd Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize with Beforelight, a winning manuscript selected by poet and writer Tina Chang from 800 original submissions.
Poetry alumna Emily Simon ’21 has published her first book titled In Many Ways (Winter Editions, 2023), a lyrical essay on selfhood, memory, and language in New York City during the pandemic.
Lying In, a new book of poems from alumna Elizabeth Metzger ’15, is out now from Milkweed Editions.
Pulling the Chariot of the Sun, a new memoir from Associate Professor Shane McCrae, is coming this summer from Simon & Schuster.
When There Was Light, a second collection of poetry from alumna Carlie Hoffman ’16, is out now from Four Way Books.
Here, we talk with Professor Shane McCrae about why true poets are always abandoning themselves, how he starts writing poems, and the best ways to find one's own poetry.
Chariot, a fourth collection of poetry from Writing Professor Timothy Donnelly, is coming this spring from Wave Books.
Associate Professor Shane McCrae has been awarded the Arthur Rense Poetry Prize, a prestigious accolade from the Academy of Arts and Letters, which annually awards $20,000 to an exceptional poet.