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Palm-Lined With Potience by Alumnus Basie Allen '19 will be published by Ugly Duckling Presse on March 15, 2022. The collection is now available for pre-order.
Refusenik by Assistant Professor Lynn Melnick '97 will be published on February 22, 2022, and is now available for pre-order from YesYes Books.
Mónica de la Torre ’95 (GSAS ‘13 Ph.D), Adjunct Assistant Professor Tan Lin (GSAS ’95) and Cyrus Moussavi CC ’09 are among the recipients of the 2022 Creative Capital Awards.
Madeleine Cravens, a second-year student in the Poetry concentration, was recently awarded first place in Narrative’s annual poetry contest for her submission of five poems.
A new full-length poetry collection by alumnus Brandan Griffin ’19 is ready for pre-order with Chicago University Press.
Equestrian Monuments, a poetry collection by Luis Chaves and co-translated by two alumnae, Julia Guez ‘11 and Assistant Professor Samantha Zighelboim ‘11, will be published by After Hours Editions early 2022.
A Poet’s Life is a series where we talk with Columbia poets about everything from living as a poet to making a living as a poet. Here, we talk with Assistant Professor and alumnus Jay Deshpande '12 about the tools of self-expression, the joys and terrors of letting a poem enter the world, and how descriptive imagery can create a means for connection.
Jackson’s multivocal debut poetry collection features a chorus of Black women’s voices throughout time, including Jackson’s great-grandmother, the church ladies of her Philadelphia youth, Missy Elliott, and Black feminist scholar Hortense Spillers.
Graywolf Press released Such Color: New and Selected Poems by alumna Tracy K. Smith '97 on October 5, 2021.
No Crying in the Garden, the debut poetry collection by alumna Michelle Dominique Burk ’16, will be published by Barnes & Noble Press on October 15, 2021.
Ecologia by Undergraduate Writing alumna Sophia Tonnessen (‘19 CC) will be published by Unbound Edition Press on October 12, 2021.