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Chen Chen (’14) nominated for Lambda Literary Award

May 25, 2018 | Featured News & Events

Poet alum Chen Chen’s (’14) has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry. Chen’s debut collection, “When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities,” (reviewed here by incoming 2018 poetry fellow Trevor...

Bushra Rehman (’11) publishes first collection of poetry

May 22, 2018 | Featured News & Events

Alumna Bushra Rehman (’11) has written her first full-length book of poetry.   Marianna’s Beauty Salon is published by Sibling Rivalry Press and will be released this Thursday, May 24.   Bushra was working on a novel during her 2011 residency....

Ama Codjoe ’17 awarded Rona Jaffe prize

Sep 1, 2017 | Featured News & Events, News

We are thrilled to learn that recent poetry Fellow Ama Codjoe was just awarded a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award.   From the Foundation’s website: “In recognition of the special contributions women writers make to our culture and society,...

Eric Berlin (’16): Finding Clarity

Sep 25, 2016 | News

Poet Eric Berlin has been feeling some urgency lately. Early this year, his poem “Night Errand”was awarded First Prize in The Poetry Society’s annual National Poetry Competition in London, England. The prize shone a spotlight on his writing, but having...

Francisco Marquez (’16): Writing In-Depth

Sep 10, 2016 | News

Poet Francisco Márquez is just beginning his second year in the MFA program at New York University. Being a full-time student with a part-time job doesn’t leave him much time to write. He was looking for an opportunity to delve deeply into his work for a...