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Reign is Over, a debut chapbook by Poetry student Emily Simon, was published on February 14, 2021 by Choo Choo Press, a small Risograph press co-founded by student Taylor Zhang and NYC-based designer Emily Bluedorn.
The Writing Program welcomed Mei-mei Berssenbrugge '73 and Campbell McGrath '88 to their Fifth Annual Alumni Poetry Reading Series. This marked the Poetry Concentration’s third reading of the 2020-21 academic year and was again hosted by Professor and Poetry Concentration Head Timothy Donnelly.
Writing alumnus Lytton Smith ’07 has published two books: The Square, a chapbook of poems about protest movements (New Michigan Press) and On Time and Water, a translation of a groundbreaking Icelandic book about climate change (Open Letter).
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has commissioned a poem by Writing alumna Tracy K. Smith 97 for its COVID-19 memorial, which honors the more than 100 MTA employees who have lost their lives to the virus.
Recently the National Endowment for the Arts announced the recipients of its 2021 Creative Writing Fellowships, naming among them alumna Robin Beth Schaer '05.
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
Sweetgum & Lighting, a debut poetry collection by Alumnus Rodney Terich Leonard '18, will be released on February 15, 2021 by Four Way Books.
Interstate Highway System, a poem by alumnus Adam O. Davis '06 recently published in The Believer, has been selected for inclusion in Best American Poetry by alumna Tracy K. Smith '97.
Ghost Letters, a collection of poetry by alumnus Baba Badji '15, was released by Parlor Press on January 1, 2021. Excerpts from Ghost Letters can be found here.
The Yale University Library recently announced that alumna Mei-mei Berssenbrugge '73 is the winner of the 2021 Bollingen Prize for Poetry.
The Brooklyn Public Library recently announced that alumnus Cyrée Jarelle Johnson '19 will be the library's first ever Poet-in-Residence.
Alumnus Rafiq Kathwari '00 recently published his newest collection of poems, My Mother's Scribe, with Yoda Press.