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We invite you to find out what our community has been up to recently. You may view by date or by program (see left sidebar). <a href="https://communityofwriters.org/alumni/omnium-gatherum-monthly-alert-signup/">Sign up for monthly updates here</a>.</p> 610<p>We also invite alumni and staff to <a href="https://communityofwriters.org/alumni/send-us-your-news/">submit your news here</a>. Please note that news must be less than 12 months old, brief and to the point, and may be edited for brevity and/or clarity.</p> 611 <hr /> 612 613 614 </header><!-- .page-header --> 615 616 617 618<article id="post-77784" class="photo-text post-77784 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 619 620 <div class="entry-content"> 621 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9781556597299_FC-1024x1536-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> 622 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kazim Ali</h4> 623 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Participant, '98; Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 624 625<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kazim Ali’s newest collection, <em>The Man In 119</em>, was published by Copper Canyon Press in August 2026. More info <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/the-man-in-119-by-kazim-ali/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 626<div></div> </div> 627 628 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 629 630 <footer class="entry-footer"> 631 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 632</article><!-- #post-## --> 633 634 635 636<article id="post-77696" class="photo-text post-77696 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 637 638 <div class="entry-content"> 639 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9780374614362-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> 640 <h4 class="tight-heading">Victoria Chang</h4> 641 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 642 643<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Victoria Chang’s newest collection, <em>Tree of Knowledge</em>, was long listed for the National Book Award. More info <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-2026-national-book-awards-longlist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 644<div></div> </div> 645 646 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 647 648 <footer class="entry-footer"> 649 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 650</article><!-- #post-## --> 651 652 653 654<article id="post-77691" class="photo-text post-77691 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 655 656 <div class="entry-content"> 657 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Dungy_America_cvr-1024x1536-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> 658 <h4 class="tight-heading">Camille T. Dungy</h4> 659 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 660 661<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Camille T. Dungy’s <em>America, A Love Story</em> was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2026. More info <a href="https://camilledungy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 662<div></div> </div> 663 664 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 665 666 <footer class="entry-footer"> 667 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 668</article><!-- #post-## --> 669 670 671 672<article id="post-77688" class="photo-text post-77688 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 673 674 <div class="entry-content"> 675 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9780819502414-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 676 <h4 class="tight-heading">Brenda Hillman</h4> 677 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 678 679<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Brenda Hillman’s newest collection, <em>Still House in the Desert</em>, was long listed for the National Book Award. More info <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-2026-national-book-awards-longlist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 680<div></div> </div> 681 682 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 683 684 <footer class="entry-footer"> 685 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 686</article><!-- #post-## --> 687 688 689 690<article id="post-77679" class="photo-text post-77679 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 691 692 <div class="entry-content"> 693 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/81iBoM2HqmL._SY522_-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 694 <h4 class="tight-heading">KB Brookins</h4> 695 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '26</span> <div class="tight-content"> 696 697<p class="wp-block-paragraph">KB Brookins memoir, Pretty, was published by Vintage in 2026. More info <a href="https://earthtokb.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 698<div></div> </div> 699 700 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 701 702 <footer class="entry-footer"> 703 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 704</article><!-- #post-## --> 705 706 707 708<article id="post-77673" class="photo-text post-77673 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 709 710 <div class="entry-content"> 711 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/crw_1333h_2000-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 712 <h4 class="tight-heading">Adela Najarro</h4> 713 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 714 715<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Adela Najarro is the winner of a 2026 American Book Awards for her collection, <em>Variations in Blue: Poems</em>.<br></p> 716<div></div> </div> 717 718 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 719 720 <footer class="entry-footer"> 721 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 722</article><!-- #post-## --> 723 724 725 726<article id="post-77669" class="photo-text post-77669 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup"> 727 728 <div class="entry-content"> 729 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Web_Front_20260524472FINALWIAS_1500-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 730 <h4 class="tight-heading">Roxi Power</h4> 731 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 732 733<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Winter in America (Still, </em>whose editors include alums Paul E. Nelson and Roxi Power, was published in August 2026 and includes the works of many alum and staff including Kazim Ali, Lisa Alvarez, Cornelius Eady, Farnaz Fatemi, Rich Ferguson, Tess Gallagher, Brenda Hillman, Frank G. Karioris, Adela Najarro, Cintia Santana, Lynne Thompson, Maw Shein Win and others.</p> 734<div></div> </div> 735 736 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 737 738 <footer class="entry-footer"> 739 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 740</article><!-- #post-## --> 741 742 743 744<article id="post-77660" class="photo-text post-77660 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 745 746 <div class="entry-content"> 747 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/eac7f9_065320ee006d4278b51c7739842f90a5mv2-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 748 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nina Schuyler</h4> 749 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 750 751<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nina Schuyler’s novel, Open The Floodgates, was published by Reverberations Books on September 15, 2026. More info <a href="https://ninaschuyler.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 752<div></div> </div> 753 754 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 755 756 <footer class="entry-footer"> 757 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 758</article><!-- #post-## --> 759 760 761 762<article id="post-77610" class="photo-text post-77610 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 763 764 <div class="entry-content"> 765 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cover-spread-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 766 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ross Belot</h4> 767 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â26, â22, â19, â15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 768 <p>Sara Burant and Ross Belot have started an online journal for reviews and essays on poetry in translation. The journal has extended to book publishing of poetry in translation with the first book out September 15, Nicole Brossardâs <em>The Backtalking Back of Words</em>, translated by Karen McPherson. The book is available wherever you buy books or direct from the press. The journal has an always open call for submissions. More info <a href="https://www.thetransformationreview.com/essays/the-essay-that-created-a-press" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 769<div></div> 770 </div> 771 772 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 773 774 <footer class="entry-footer"> 775 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 776</article><!-- #post-## --> 777 778 779 780<article id="post-77608" class="photo-text post-77608 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 781 782 <div class="entry-content"> 783 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Mother-Wound-Front-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 784 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gauri Awasthi</h4> 785 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 786 <p>Poet and filmmaker Gauri Awasthi’s poetry collection, <em>Mother Wound</em> (Trio House Press) will be released on on Oct 1, 2026 and is available for orders. Poet Eileen Myles describes the poems as âbright and incidental.â The collection examines the inheritance of trauma from the speaker’s mother while grappling with questions of identity as a woman and non-citizen living between countries. Structured around the rhythm cycle of Indian classical music (SA-RE-GA-MA-PA-DHA-NI-SA, equivalent to Western Solfège), the book unfolds in eight sections, each corresponding to a musical note, with eight poems per section. More info <a href="https://www.gauriawasthi.com/#/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 787<div></div> 788 </div> 789 <br>Attended with the help of Yes. 790 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 791 792 <footer class="entry-footer"> 793 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 794</article><!-- #post-## --> 795 796 797 798<article id="post-77584" class="photo-text
798 post-77584 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 799 800 <div class="entry-content"> 801 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Citric-Acid-Logo-Hi-Res--150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 802 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 803 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 804 <p>Founding editor Andrew Tonkovich announces the award of a California Arts Council operations grant to <em>Citric Acid</em>, the Orange County, California-themed online literary and cultural arts quarterly now in its fifth year of publication. The journal features poetry, prose, longform journalism, art, and photography from and about the county. Among other CW alums, <em>Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Quarterly of Imagination of Reimagination</em> has recently published work by Mark Gozonsky, Lisa K. Richter, Mary Camarillo, Lisa Alvarez, Jonathan Cohen, Grant Hier, and Louis Jack. More info <a href="http://https://www.citricacid.ink/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 805<div></div> 806 </div> 807 808 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 809 810 <footer class="entry-footer"> 811 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 812</article><!-- #post-## --> 813 814 815 816<article id="post-77541" class="photo-text post-77541 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 817 818 <div class="entry-content"> 819 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/The-Deoliwallahs-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 820 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joy Ma</h4> 821 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 822 <p>This September, Rutgers University Press will release T<em>he Deoliwallahs: The True Story of the 1962 ChineseâIndian Internment</em>, coâauthored by Joy Ma and Dilip DâSouza. The book brings longâoverdue attention to a chapter of Indian history that has remained largely unexamined for more than sixty years: the incarceration of ChineseâIndians during the SinoâIndian War.<br /> 823In 1962, as tensions escalated between China and India, the Indian government detained more than 3,000 ChineseâIndians in a remote camp in Deoli, Rajasthan. The book documents this history through survivor testimonies, archival research, and political analysis. Joy, an alumna of the Writers Conference, was born in the Deoli camp. More info <a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-deoliwallahs/9781978845404" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 824<div></div> 825 </div> 826 827 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 828 829 <footer class="entry-footer"> 830 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 831</article><!-- #post-## --> 832 833 834 835<article id="post-77525" class="photo-text post-77525 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 836 837 <div class="entry-content"> 838 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Writer_Coates-Lawrence_Image31-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 839 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lawrence Coates</h4> 840 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '18, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 841 <p>Lawrence Coatesâs novella <em>Boom</em>, which was workshopped at the conference in 2023, was selected as the winner of the 2026 Fugere Book Prize for Finely Crafted Novellas. His book will appear in 2028 with Regal House Publishing. More info <a href="https://regalhousepublishing.com/the-fugere-prize-for-finely-crafted-novellas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 842<div></div> 843 </div> 844 845 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 846 847 <footer class="entry-footer"> 848 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 849</article><!-- #post-## --> 850 851 852 853<article id="post-77518" class="photo-text post-77518 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 854 855 <div class="entry-content"> 856 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MMSO-Final-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 857 <h4 class="tight-heading">Evan Brooke</h4> 858 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 859 <p>Evan Brooke’s debut novel, <em>Madeline McKnight Signs Off</em>, will be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster on November 3, 2026. More info <a href="http://evanmbrooke.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 860<div></div> 861 </div> 862 863 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 864 865 <footer class="entry-footer"> 866 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 867</article><!-- #post-## --> 868 869 870 871<article id="post-77488" class="photo-text post-77488 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 872 873 <div class="entry-content"> 874 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Siraganian-Everything.-Cover-2026-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 875 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jen Siraganian</h4> 876 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '12, '14, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 877 <p>Jen Siraganian’s debut collection, <em>Everything Has Been Moved</em>,<em> Even the Dead</em> was awarded the 2026 Perugia Press Prize and is forthcoming in September 2026. Using a docupoetic lens, the poet traces a self shaped by history, fragmentation, and memory as she weaves her familyâs past in the Middle East with her identity as an Armenian-American woman and mother. Whether portraying a grandparentâs survival during the Armenian Genocide, a fatherâs childhood in 1940s Palestine, or a sonâs birth when âdeath is a neighbor,â Siraganianâs poems interrogate concepts of home, origins, belonging, and displacement. More info <a href="https://perugiapress.org/product/everything-has-been-moved-even-the-dead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 878<div></div> 879 </div> 880 881 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 882 883 <footer class="entry-footer"> 884 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 885</article><!-- #post-## --> 886 887 888 889<article id="post-77192" class="photo-text post-77192 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 890 891 <div class="entry-content"> 892 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Lyds-LSO-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 893 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 894 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 895 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s in-depth feature ‘The People’s Symphony’ has been published in <em>Serenade Magazine</em>. It charts the journey of India’s child prodigy Lydian Nadhaswaram from his beginnings in India’s musical tradition to a jazz album and now, his composition a full symphony for a Western orchestra at the age of 19. The symphony ‘New Beginnings’ was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra. You can read it <a href="https://serenademagazine.com/the-peoples-symphony/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 896<div></div> 897 </div> 898 <a href="https://vishwasgaitonde.com">https://vishwasgaitonde.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship, '22 899 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 900 901 <footer class="entry-footer"> 902 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 903</article><!-- #post-## --> 904 905 906
907<article id="post-77164" class="photo-text post-77164 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-026-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 908 909 <div class="entry-content"> 910 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/California-Silence-Cover-Santamaria-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 911 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 912 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 913 <p>Stella Santamaria’s poetry collection, <em>California Silence,</em> was awarded the Ottoline Prize and will be published by Fence in November 10, 2026. Available now for pre-sales by <a href="http://https://itascabooks.com/products/california-silence?utm_source=Fence+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=fc81192064-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_11_02_09&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_82230606ac-fc81192064-39620062&amp;mc_cid=fc81192064&amp;mc_eid=55b95267c8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Itasca Books</a>.</p> 914<div></div> 915 </div> 916 <br>Attended with the help of Ancinas Scholarship 917 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 918 919 <footer class="entry-footer"> 920 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 921</article><!-- #post-## --> 922 923 924 925<article id="post-77151" class="photo-text post-77151 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 926 927 <div class="entry-content"> 928 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cow-Tarzan-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 929 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 930 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14,â 22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 931 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s longform narrative ‘The Crème de la Crème of Tarzan Films’ (on the one serious, literate attempt to treat Tarzanâs source material with genuine cinematic ambition) was published by <em>Counter Arts</em>. More info <a href="https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>
931 and <a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/the-cr%C3%A8me-de-la-cr%C3%A8me-of-tarzan-films-95252759b630?sk=98f7d6db1b3919df864d516634dbf0c2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 932<div></div> 933 </div> 934 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship '22 935 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 936 937 <footer class="entry-footer"> 938 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 939</article><!-- #post-## --> 940 941 942 943<article id="post-77066" class="photo-text post-77066 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 944 945 <div class="entry-content"> 946 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/9780875659848-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 947 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gretchen McCullough</h4> 948 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop, '06, '08, '19, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 949 <p>Gretchen McCulloughâs novel, <em>The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea</em>, which focuses on the intrigue in a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp under Rooseveltâs New Deal set in West Texas 1936, will be published by TCU press in November 2026. More info <a href="https://tcupress.tcu.edu/9780875659848/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 950<div></div> 951 </div> 952 953 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 954 955 <footer class="entry-footer"> 956 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 957</article><!-- #post-## --> 958 959 960 961<article id="post-77041" class="photo-text post-77041 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 962 963 <div class="entry-content"> 964 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/XenoGlossia_7d94f6a9-af6a-4a80-9553-cb2df6ad6940_1024x-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 965 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marci Vogel</h4> 966 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 967 <p>Marci Vogel was awarded a Camargo Fellowship, an international residency in Cassis, France, supporting innovative work in the arts and humanities. Her hybrid monograph, <em>XENO»GLOSSIA: An Illuminated Study of Christine de Pizan</em>, was published with Parlor Pressâs Illuminations Series on American Poetics and featured in Diana Arterianâs Lit Hub column, âThe Annotated Nightstand.â More info <a href="https://lithub.com/the-annotated-nightstand-what-marci-vogel-is-reading-now-and-next/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 968<div></div> 969 </div> 970 <br>Attended with the help of Hilary Gravendyk Memorial Scholarship 971 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 972 973 <footer class="entry-footer"> 974 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 975</article><!-- #post-## --> 976 977 978 979<article id="post-77007" class="photo-text post-77007 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 980 981 <div class="entry-content"> 982 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/61PDMKmPdeL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 983 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kimball C Pier</h4> 984 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '05, '12, '14, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 985 <p><em>The Naked Therapist â Stories from the Inside</em>, by Kimball C. Pier, Ph.D., was published in April of 2026 by Palmetto Publishing. More info <a href="https://sierra-agape.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 986<div></div> 987 </div> 988 989 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 990 991 <footer class="entry-footer"> 992 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 993</article><!-- #post-## --> 994 995 996 997<article id="post-77003" class="photo-text post-77003 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 998 999 <div class="entry-content"> 1000 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/barry-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1001 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barry Garelick</h4> 1002 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1003 <p>Barry Garelick had “Part of the World” published at <em><a href="https://www.bristolnoir.co.uk/site/part-of-the-world-by-barry-garelick/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bristol Noir</a> </em>and “Reacquaintance” at <em><a href="https://www.freedomfiction.com/2026/04/reacquaintance-by-barry-garelick/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedom Fiction Journal</a></em>.</p> 1004<div></div> 1005 </div> 1006 <a href="http://">http://</a> 1007 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1008 1009 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1010 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1011</article><!-- #post-## --> 1012 1013 1014 1015<article id="post-77502" class="photo-text post-77502 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1016 1017 <div class="entry-content"> 1018 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Habila_HC_Flat_edited-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1019 <h4 class="tight-heading">Wayétu Moore</h4> 1020 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1021 1022<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Wayétu Moore’s new novel, <em>Habila</em>, will be published by Viking on January 12, 2027. More info <a href="https://www.wayetu.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. </p> 1023<div></div> </div> 1024 1025 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1026 1027 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1028 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1029</article><!-- #post-## --> 1030 1031 1032 1033<article id="post-76999" class="photo-text post-76999 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1034 1035 <div class="entry-content"> 1036 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SMOLDER_cover_150-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1037 <h4 class="tight-heading">Colleen Morton Busch</h4> 1038 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â04, â15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1039 <p>Colleen Morton Busch’s prize-winning poetry collection, <em>Smolder</em>, was published in June by Ex Ophidia Press. More info <a href="http://www.colleenmortonbusch.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1040<div></div> 1041 </div> 1042 1043 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1044 1045 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1046 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1047</article><!-- #post-## --> 1048 1049 1050 1051<article id="post-76996" class="photo-text post-76996 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1052 1053 <div class="entry-content"> 1054 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/unRavel_front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1055 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marjorie Stein</h4> 1056 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1057 <p>Marjorie Stein’s poetry collection, <em>unRavel</em>, was selected by Elaine Equi for the Marsh Hawk Press 2025 Poetry Prize. More info <a href="http://www.marjoriestein.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1058<div></div> 1059 </div> 1060 1061 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1062 1063 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1064 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1065</article><!-- #post-## --> 1066 1067 1068 1069<article id="post-76759" class="photo-text post-76759 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1070 1071 <div class="entry-content"> 1072 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/9781961209817-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1073 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cornelius Eady</h4> 1074 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1075 <p>In January, Cornelius Eady read his original poem âProofâ for the swearing in of NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani. A chapbook of the poem, <em>Proof: Inaugural Poem Suite</em> was published on July 1st from Tupelo Press. Find it <a href="https://tupelopress.org/bookstore/p/proof-inaugural-poem-suite" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1076 1077 1078<div></div> 1079<div></div> </div> 1080 1081 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1082 1083 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1084 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1085</article><!-- #post-## --> 1086 1087 1088 1089<article id="post-76948" class="photo-text post-76948 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1090 1091 <div class="entry-content"> 1092 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Jamie-Cat-Callan-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1093 <h4 class="tight-heading">
1093Jamie Cat Callan</h4> 1094 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '90</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1095 <p>Author Jamie Cat Callan 1990 was inducted into the Norwalk Connecticut High School Alumni Association Wall of Honor with a bronze plaque in Literature and a photo of her that will be on permanent display in the main lobby of the school. Find her website <a href="http://www.JamieCatCallan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1096<div></div> 1097 </div> 1098 1099 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1100 1101 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1102 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1103</article><!-- #post-## --> 1104 1105 1106 1107<article id="post-76944" class="photo-text post-76944 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1108 1109 <div class="entry-content"> 1110 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-429x600.jpg 429w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-571x800.jpg 571w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/brick-wall-5x7-portrait-1.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 1111 <h4 class="tight-heading">Maureen O’Leary</h4> 1112 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1113 <p>Maureen O’Leary’s story “One Thing About Blue” appeared in Akashic Books’ Sacramento Noir edited by John Freeman, and was selected for Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026 edited by Megan Abbott and Steph Cha. More info <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-best-american-mystery-and-suspense-2026-megan-abbottsteph-cha?variant=44759076667426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1114<div></div> 1115 </div> 1116 1117 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1118 1119 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1120 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1121</article><!-- #post-## --> 1122 1123 1124 1125<article id="post-76940" class="photo-text post-76940 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1126 1127 <div class="entry-content"> 1128 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Adventures-of-a-Maybe-Human-eimage-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1129 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michele Montgomery</h4> 1130 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1131 <p>Michele Montgomery’s debut novel, <em>Adventures of A Maybe Human</em>, was published by Black Rose Writing and highlighted in the debut authors program at Thrillerfest. More info <a href="https://linktr.ee/mimont" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1132 1133 1134<div></div> 1135<div></div> </div> 1136 1137 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1138 1139 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1140 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1141</article><!-- #post-## --> 1142 1143 1144 1145<article id="post-76918" class="photo-text post-76918 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1146 1147 <div class="entry-content"> 1148 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_3571-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1149 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark Gozonsky</h4> 1150 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1151 <p>Mark Gozonsky published his 6th feature story in the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>. Earlier stories were on topics including great parks to sit and do nothing, and how to experience LA like a poet. This one is about becoming a woodworker. Read it <a href="https://www.latimes.c
1151om/lifestyle/list/los-angeles-woodworking-classes-tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1152<div></div> 1153 </div> 1154 1155 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1156 1157 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1158 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1159</article><!-- #post-## --> 1160 1161 1162 1163<article id="post-76916" class="photo-text post-76916 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1164 1165 <div class="entry-content"> 1166 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/9781963101249_FC_web-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1167 <h4 class="tight-heading">Seth Fleisher</h4> 1168 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '06, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1169 <p>Seth’s Fleisher’s debut literary-historical novel <em>The Father Shore</em> will be published by Green City Books on October 20, 2026.</p> 1170<p>THE FARTHER SHORE is a sweeping novel about fathers and sons, memory and race, and the dangerous fictions that shape usâinspired by the true story of Eugene Marais, one of history’s most extraordinary and forgotten minds. Now available for pre-order. More info <a href="http://sethfleisher.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1171<div></div> 1172 </div> 1173 1174 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1175 1176 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1177 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1178</article><!-- #post-## --> 1179 1180 1181 1182<article id="post-76913" class="photo-text post-76913 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1183 1184 <div class="entry-content"> 1185 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/small-headshot-jpg-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1186 <h4 class="tight-heading">Valentine Tino Freeman</h4> 1187 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1188 <p>Valentine Freeman’s “Familiars,” a group of four prose poems, will be published in the <em>Ploughshares</em> Summer issue in August 2026. More info <a href="http://valentinefreeman.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1189<div></div> 1190 </div> 1191 1192 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1193 1194 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1195 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1196</article><!-- #post-## --> 1197 1198 1199 1200<article id="post-76824" class="photo-text post-76824 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1201 1202 <div class="entry-content"> 1203 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_4777-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1204 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marianne Lonsdale</h4> 1205 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '11, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1206 <p>Marianne Lonsdale’s debut novel, <em>When The Road Curves</em>, was published by Sybilline Press on June 26.</p> 1207<p>When The Road Curves follows thirty-six-year-old Nora, as she navigates love, friendship and loss in the Bay Area in the 1990s. Returning home to Oakland after spending a decade working and playing hard in New York City, Nora is at a crossroadsâevaluating career choices and wondering if she wants marriage and children. Then she meets Paulâa singer-songwriter who is gorgeous, attentive and great in bedâbut struggles with anger issues. The road curves once more when her best friend Linda is diagnosed with AIDS, forcing Nora to make life-altering decisions.</p> 1208<p>More info <a href="http://mariannelonsdale.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1209<div></div> 1210 </div> 1211 1212 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1213 1214 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1215 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1216</article><!-- #post-## --> 1217 1218 1219 1220<article id="post-76790" class="photo-text post-76790 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1221 1222 <div class="entry-content"> 1223 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/OPRAHEMILY-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1224 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sarah Herrington</h4> 1225 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1226 <p>Sarah Herrington’s essay on how poetry helped her through a cancer diagnosis appeared in <em>Oprah Daily</em> in May 2026. Read it <a href="https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/wholeness/a71168410/coping-cancer-through-poetry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1227<div></div> 1228 </div> 1229 1230 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1231 1232 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1233 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1234</article><!-- #post-## --> 1235 1236 1237 1238<article id="post-76788" class="photo-text post-76788 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriter
1238s alumni-news-types-writers"> 1239 1240 <div class="entry-content"> 1241 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1789-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1242 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Wolff</h4> 1243 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '83 Screenwriting Workshop Participant '82</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1244 <p>Diane Wolff just published a book with the Mayo Clinic Press: <em>Cooking for Dysphagia</em>. The book aims to educate family caregivers who have come to the fore of the national conscience since the pandemic. More info <a href="http://www.cookingfordysphagia.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1245<div></div> 1246 </div> 1247 1248 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1249 1250 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1251 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1252</article><!-- #post-## --> 1253 1254 1255 1256<article id="post-76785" class="photo-text post-76785 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1257 1258 <div class="entry-content"> 1259 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/OfeliaAndNorma-Miscolta-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1260 <h4 class="tight-heading">Donna Miscolta</h4> 1261 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1262 <p>Donna Miscolta’s fourth book of fiction <em>Ofelia and Norma</em> will be published by Regal House Publishing September 29, 2026. More info <a href="https://donnamiscolta.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1263<div></div> 1264 </div> 1265 1266 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1267 1268 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1269 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1270</article><!-- #post-## --> 1271 1272 1273 1274<article id="post-76781" class="photo-text post-76781 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1275 1276 <div class="entry-content"> 1277 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Radiant-Cover-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1278 <h4 class="tight-heading">Elaine Elinson</h4> 1279 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '12, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1280 <p>Elaine Elinson’s novel <em>Radiant as the Stars</em>, which she started in Sands Hall’s Open Workshop, will be published by Sibylline Press on August 28, 2026. More info <a href="http://elaineelinson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1281<div></div> 1282 </div> 1283 1284 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1285 1286 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1287 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1288</article><!-- #post-## --> 1289 1290 1291 1292<article id="post-76772" class="photo-text post-76772 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters"> 1293 1294 <div class="entry-content"> 1295 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NMJA.amazon-new-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1296 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marjory Benedict</h4> 1297 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting Workshop Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1298 <p><em>Not My Job Anymore</em>, Margie Benedict’s latest novel, was published May 1, 2026, by Riveting Reads. More info <a href="https://www.margiebenedict.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1299<div></div> 1300 </div> 1301 1302 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1303 1304 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1305 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1306</article><!-- #post-## --> 1307 1308 1309 1310<article id="post-76771" class="photo-text post-76771 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 1311 1312 <div class="entry-content"> 1313 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sue_picture-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1314 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Henderson</h4> 1315 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09; Writers Workshops Teaching Staff.</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1316 <p>Susan Henderson was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship for the fall of 2026. She earned her eighth Pushcart Prize nomination for “Ode to Complicated Mothers,” published in Elm Leaves Journal. She served on the judging committee for the NBCC’s John Leonard Prize. And she is on the advisory board for the Huntington African American Museum, which will be built near the former stop on the Underground Railroad on Long Island, New York. More info <a href="https://www.litpark.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1317<div></div> 1318 </div> 1319 <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Scholarship 1320 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1321 1322 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1323 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1324</article><!-- #post-## --> 1325 1326 1327 1328<article id="post-76769" class="photo-text post-76769 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1329 1330 <div class="entry-content"> 1331 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cover-Final-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1332 <h4 class="tight-heading">Caleb Dardick</h4> 1333 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1334 <p>Caleb Dardick will publish his debut memoir, <em>
1334The Adventures of Superfreak: My Childhood on the Hippie Trail</em>, with Running Wild Press in September 2026. The book follows his familyâs 20,000-mile VW bus journey from Amsterdam to India and offers a childâs-eye view of counterculture life, disability, family resilience, and the costs of adult freedom. More info <a href="https://calebdardick.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1335<div></div> 1336 </div> 1337 1338 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1339 1340 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1341 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1342</article><!-- #post-## --> 1343 1344 1345 1346<article id="post-76767" class="photo-text post-76767 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1347 1348 <div class="entry-content"> 1349 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Three-Marys-Final_f72d540c-0055-4167-bf1a-686d9c3de309-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1350 <h4 class="tight-heading">Robin Somers</h4> 1351 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1352 <p>Robin Somers mystery, <em>Three Marys</em>, the second book in the <em>Wild Horses Mystery</em> series, launched in March, 2026. Published by Sibylline Press. More info <a href="http://www.robinsomers.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1353<div></div> 1354 </div> 1355 <br>Attended with the help of A William Turnbull Scholarship 1356 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1357 1358 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1359 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1360</article><!-- #post-## --> 1361 1362 1363 1364<article id="post-76765" class="photo-text post-76765 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1365 1366 <div class="entry-content"> 1367 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot_20260526-222630-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1368 <h4 class="tight-heading">Wendy Scheir</h4> 1369 <span style="font-size:80%;">Participant: Screenwriting '98, Writers Workshops: '99, '07, '13, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1370 <p>Wendy Scheirâs short stories were published in <em>The Iowa Review</em> (Winter 2025-2026) and <em>The Potomac Review</em> (Spring 2026).</p> 1371<div></div> 1372 </div> 1373 <a href="http://">http://</a> 1374 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1375 1376 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1377 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1378</article><!-- #post-## --> 1379 1380 1381 1382<article id="post-76763" class="photo-text post-76763 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 1383 1384 <div class="entry-content"> 1385 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/publicity-photo-2026-jcm-durant-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1386 <h4 class="tight-heading">Edie Meidav</h4> 1387 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1388 <p>Edie Meidav’s novel, <em>Dogs of Cuba</em>, will be coming out June 1, 2027. More info <a href="http://www.ediemeidav.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1389<div></div> 1390 </div> 1391 1392 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1393 1394 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1395 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1396</article><!-- #post-## --> 1397 1398 1399 1400<article id="post-76760" class="photo-text post-76760 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1401 1402 <div class="entry-content"> 1403 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/kateryna-hliznitsova-v2MxvXK9OU-unsplash-1024x701-1-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1404 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 1405 <span style="font-size:80%;">
1405Writers Workshops Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1406 <p>Anthony J. Mohr’s essay, “Zoom Pleas”, was published in the May 2026 issue of <em>Streetlight Magazine. </em>More info <a href="http://anthonyjmohr.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1407<div></div> 1408 </div> 1409 1410 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1411 1412 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1413 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1414</article><!-- #post-## --> 1415 1416 1417 1418<article id="post-77398" class="photo-text post-77398 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 1419 1420 <div class="entry-content"> 1421 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-20-at-2.16.26-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1422 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Fisher-Wirth</h4> 1423 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, 1992, 2000, 2013, 2020, 2026</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1424 <p>Invitation to Alums of the Community of Writers to submit! <br />“This is the call for submissions for the forthcoming issue of About Place Journal, a journal I am much involved with as a senior fellow of the Black Earth Institute. Please submit and spread the word, too. Submissions opened August 15 and close on October 1. The topic is the role(s) art can play in a rapidly changing world.”</p> 1425 1426 1427<div></div> 1428<div></div> </div> 1429 <a href="https://aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/">https://aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/</a> 1430 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1431 1432 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1433 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1434</article><!-- #post-## --> 1435 1436 1437 1438<article id="post-77287" class="photo-text post-77287 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 1439 1440 <div class="entry-content"> 1441 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bronfman_Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1442 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jill Bronfman</h4> 1443 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, 2026</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1444 <p>Jill Bronfman’s speculative debut novel, âThanks for Meeting Me Hereâ won the 2026 Keepers of the Fire Award from Raven Chronicles Press, and was published on August 5, 2026. It launches in San Francisco at Green Apple Books on the Park on August 12 at 7:00 PM. Available now where you buy books.</p> 1445<div></div> 1446 </div> 1447 <a href="https://www.jillbronfman.com/">https://www.jillbronfman.com/</a> 1448 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1449 1450 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1451 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1452</article><!-- #post-## --> 1453 1454 1455 1456<article id="post-76926" class="photo-text post-76926 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1457 1458 <div class="entry-content"> 1459 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/9798217044900-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1460 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eileen Garvin</h4> 1461 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1462 1463<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eileen Garvin’s novel, <em>Bumblebee Season</em>, was published in April by Dutton. More info <a href="https://www.eileengarvin.com/bumblebee-season" type="link" id="https://www.eileengarvin.com/bumblebee-season" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 1464<div></div> </div> 1465 1466 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1467 1468 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1469 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1470</article><!-- #post-## --> 1471 1472 1473 1474<article id="post-76921" class="photo-text post-76921 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1475 1476 <div class="entry-content"> 1477 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GHY-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1478 <h4 class="tight-heading">Daniel Pope</h4> 1479 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant â19, â21, â23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1480 1481<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Daniel Popeâs debut novel, <em>Go Help Yourself</em>, the winner of the University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize, was published in May by the University of New Orleans Press. More info <a href="https://danielpopewrites.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 1482<div></div> </div> 1483 <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 1484 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1485 1486 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1487 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1488</article><!-- #post-## --> 1489 1490 1491 1492<article id="post-76752" class="photo-text post-76752 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1493 1494 <div class="entry-content"> 1495 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/9781250395511-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1496 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vanessa Hua</h4> 1497 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '08, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1498 1499<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Vanessa Hua’s novel, <em>Coyoteland</em>, was published on May 12th by Flatiron Books. More info <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250395511/coyoteland/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 1500<div></div> </div> 1501 1502 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1503 1504 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1505 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1506</article><!-- #post-## --> 1507 1508 1509 1510<article id="post-76728" class="photo-text post-76728 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1511 1512 <div class="entry-content"> 1513 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-1.18.44-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1514 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mahru Elahi</h4> 1515 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1516 <p>Mahru Elahi’s essay, “Boghz بغض as Re-memory: an Iranian American Counternarrative to Diasp
1516oric Zionism and U.S. Imperialism,” a hybrid work of personal narrative and cultural critique in response to the war on Iran, was published by <em>Mizna Online</em> on April 24, 2026. More info <a href="http://mizna.org/mizna-online/boghz-%d8%a8%d8%ba%d8%b6-as-re-memory-an-iranian-american-counternarrative-to-diasporic-zionism-and-u-s-imperialism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1517<div></div> 1518 </div> 1519 <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Scholarship 1520 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1521 1522 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1523 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1524</article><!-- #post-## --> 1525 1526 1527 1528<article id="post-76718" class="photo-text post-76718 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 1529 1530 <div class="entry-content"> 1531 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-1.16.42-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1532 <h4 class="tight-heading">Martin J. Smith</h4> 1533 <span style="font-size:80%;">Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1534 1535<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Martin J. Smith published a personal essay, “My Brothers, Yin and Yang”, on “The Shitshow Observed” Substack. Read it <a href="https://martinjsmith.substack.com/p/role-models?r=uw9a&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 1536<div></div> </div> 1537 1538 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1539 1540 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1541 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1542</article><!-- #post-## --> 1543 1544 1545 1546<article id="post-76693" class="photo-text post-76693 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1547 1548 <div class="entry-content"> 1549 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/andrew-roe-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1550 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Roe</h4> 1551 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â97, â04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1552 <p>Andrew Roeâs short story âBecause Behold the Wonder of Our Wild and Reckless Boyfriendsâ was published in the latest issue of <em>McSweeneyâs</em>. He also has a story forthcoming in <em>Chicago Quarterly Review. </em>More info <a href="_wp_link_placeholder" data-wplink-edit="true">here</a>.</p> 1553<div></div> 1554 </div> 1555 <a href="https://www.andrewroeauthor.com/">https://www.andrewroeauthor.com/</a> 1556 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1557 1558 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1559 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1560</article><!-- #post-## --> 1561 1562 1563 1564<article id="post-76472" class="photo-text post-76472 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1565 1566 <div class="entry-content"> 1567 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Earth-Heaven-PEN-label-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1568 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 1569 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1570 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story collection <em>On Earth As It Is In Heaven</em> was longlisted for the PEN America Robert W. Bingham Prize. More info <a href="https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1571<div></div> 1572 </div> 1573 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship, '22 1574 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1575 1576 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1577 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1578</article><!-- #post-## --> 1579 1580 1581 1582<article id="post-76458" class="photo-text post-76458 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1583 1584 <div class="entry-content"> 1585 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/9781647792411-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1586 <h4 class="tight-heading">Desiree Zamorano</h4> 1587 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers workshop participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1588 <p>The University of Nevada Press is publishing Désirée Zamoranoâs collection of short stories June 2026.<br /> 1589<em>Amarisaâs Cooking Pot Tales of Life in All Its Wonders</em> runs from the gritty to the magical, and many of us could use much more magic these days! More info <a href="https://desireezamorano.com/amarisas-cooking-pot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1590<div></div> 1591 </div> 1592 1593 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1594 1595 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1596 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1597</article><!-- #post-## --> 1598 1599 1600 1601<article id="post-76407" class="photo-text post-76407 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1602 1603 <div class="entry-content"> 1604 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CvrWhiteBlue_bookstore-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1605 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chuck Joy</h4> 1606 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing the Medical Experience</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1607 <p><em>White and Blue</em>, the latest collection of new original poems from Chuck Joy, was published by Main Street Rag Publications. More info <a href="http://www.chuckjoy.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1608<div></div> 1609 </div> 1610 1611 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1612 1613 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1614 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1615</article><!-- #post-## --> 1616 1617 1618 1619<article id="post-76391" class="photo-text post-76391 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1620 1621 <div class="entry-content"> 1622 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Front-Cover_Old-Gnu_01092026-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1623 <h4 class="tight-heading">Charles Harper Webb</h4> 1624 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1625 <p>Charles Harper Webb’s poetry collection <em>Old Gnu</em> won the Longleaf Press Editor’s Choice Prize, and was published in March 2026. His collection of prose poems, <em>The Elephant of Surprise</em>, was published by Moon Tide Press in January 2026. More info <a href="http://Charlesharperwebb.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1626<div></div> 1627 </div> 1628 1629 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1630 1631 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1632 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1633</article><!-- #post-## --> 1634 1635 1636 1637<article id="post-76359" class="photo-text post-76359 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1638 1639 <div class="entry-content"> 1640 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CoverPublicity-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1641 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark Coggins</h4> 1642 <span style="font-size:80%;">
1642Writers Worshops Participant '96, Screenwriters Workshop Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1643 <p>Mark Coggins’ linked Sam Spade short stories “Mockingbird” and “The Russian Egg” were published as a coda in a new Poltroon Press edition of <em>The Maltese Falcon</em>, which was illustrated with B&W photographs of San Francisco also taken by him. More info <a href="https://www.markcoggins.com/the-maltese-falcon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1644<div></div> 1645 </div> 1646 1647 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1648 1649 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1650 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1651</article><!-- #post-## --> 1652 1653 1654 1655<article id="post-76317" class="photo-text post-76317 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 1656 1657 <div class="entry-content"> 1658 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Conveyances-of-the-Poets-by-Bubba-Henson-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1659 <h4 class="tight-heading">Bubba Henson</h4> 1660 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1661 <p><em>Conveyances of the Poets</em> is a new hybrid work by Bubba Henson that pairs more than fifty poets â from Basho and Sappho to Sylvia Plath, Langston Hughes, and Billy Collins â with their real or imagined conveyances, using each vehicle as a lens through which to illuminate the poet’s life, temperament, and art. The book braids research with flights of creative speculation, personal memoir, and invention, so that W.C. Williams gets a wheelbarrow, T.S. Eliot a beige Nissan Sentra with cloth seats, Ezra Pound an unwrapped Cybertruck (“fascist vehicle of choice”), and Emily Dickinson a Schwinn bicycle she never could have owned but surely deserved.</p> 1662<div></div> 1663 </div> 1664 <a href="http://">http://</a> 1665 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1666 1667 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1668 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1669</article><!-- #post-## --> 1670 1671 1672 1673<article id="post-76315" class="photo-text post-76315 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1674 1675 <div class="entry-content"> 1676 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Murderous-ebook-cover.jpg-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1677 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ellen Morris Prewitt</h4> 1678 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1679 <p>Ellen Morris Prewitt’s first traditionally-published novel releases April 1, 2026 from Literary Wanderlust. <em>When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women</em>, a literary fantasy, was inspired by her ancestral grandmothers. More info <a href="https://ellenmorrisprewitt.com/when-we-were-murderous-time-traveling-women/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1680<div></div> 1681 </div> 1682 1683 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1684 1685 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1686 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1687</article><!-- #post-## --> 1688 1689 1690 1691<article id="post-76313" class="photo-text post-76313 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1692 1693 <div class="entry-content"> 1694 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/St-Ulphias-Dead-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1695 <h4 class="tight-heading">Scott Lambridis</h4> 1696 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1697 <p>Scott Lambridis will publish his debut novel, <em>St. Ulphiaâs Dead</em>, with Regal House Publishing in July 2026. The darkly comic literary novel follows two disgraced medical researchers investigating mass psychosis and disappearances on a remote island, where the missing begin to reappear and the boundaries between science, folklore, and perception dissolve. More info <a href="http://scottlambridis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1698<div></div> 1699 </div> 1700 1701 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1702 1703 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1704 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1705</article><!-- #post-## --> 1706 1707 1708 1709<article id="post-76281" class="photo-text post-76281 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 1710 1711 <div class="entry-content"> 1712 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-28-at-2.18.36-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1713 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jude OâNym</h4> 1714 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant â95, â02, â21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1715 <p>J. OâNymâs poem, “Counting”, appears in the 50th anniversary issue (volume 35 no.3) of <em>CALYX</em> journal. More info <a href="https://www.calyxpress.org/shop/35-3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1716<div></div> 1717 </div> 1718 <a href="https://www.calyxpress.org/shop/35-3/">https://www.calyxpress.org/shop/35-3/</a> 1719 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1720 1721 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1722 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1723</article><!-- #post-## --> 1724 1725 1726 1727<article id="post-76262" class="photo-text post-76262 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1728 1729 <div class="entry-content"> 1730 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Cello-Who-Loved-Me-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1731 <h4 class="tight-heading">George Sorensen</h4> 1732 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '87, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1733 <p><strong>George Sorensen’s</strong> <em>The Cello Who Loved Me – An Accidental Pilgrimage to Master the World’s Most Beautiful Instrument</em> was published by Flexible Press, an independent publisher in Minnesota. This is his second narrative nonfiction title with them, his first was <em>Hot Dish Confidential – That Year My Friends Taught me to Cook</em>. More info <a href="http://www.georgesorensen.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1734<div></div> 1735 </div> 1736 <br>Attended with the help of NA 1737 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1738 1739 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1740 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1741</article><!-- #post-## --> 1742 1743 1744 1745<article id="post-76260" class="photo-text post-76260 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1746 1747 <div class="entry-content"> 1748 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/labor-9781668015407_hr-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1749 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Fariba Afsari</h4> 1750 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1751 <p>Dr Mary Fariba Afsari is coming out with her medical memoir, <em>Labor: One Women’s Work</em>, published by Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, on April 7, 2026. Her book received a Kirkus Starred Review and she will be featured as a debut author in an upcoming issue of Kirkus Review. She will be interviewed for NPR’s Morning Edition by Ayesha Rascoe on April 11, 2026 and is launching her book at Powell’s. More info <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Labor/Mary-Fariba-Afsari/9781668015407" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1752<div></div> 1753 </div> 1754 1755 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1756 1757 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1758 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1759</article><!-- #post-## --> 1760 1761 1762 1763<article id="post-75441" class="photo-text post-75441 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1764 1765 <div class="entry-content"> 1766 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TheCommitteeOfMen_CVR_1600px_RGB_SM-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1767 <h4 class="tight-heading">James Ciano</h4> 1768 <span style="font-size:80%;">
1768Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1769 <p>James Ciano’s debut collection of poetry, <em>The Committee of Men</em>, will be published by Boa Editions in April 2026. More info <a href="https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/new-releases/products/the-committee-of-men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1770<div></div> 1771 </div> 1772 <br>Attended with the help of Galway Kinnell Memorial Scholarship 1773 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1774 1775 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1776 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1777</article><!-- #post-## --> 1778 1779 1780 1781<article id="post-76255" class="photo-text post-76255 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1782 1783 <div class="entry-content"> 1784 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/shareable-WW-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1785 <h4 class="tight-heading">Molly Fisk</h4> 1786 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '92, '95, '98, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1787 <p>Molly Fisk’s third poetry collection, <em>Walking Wheel</em>, a novel-in-verse about newlyweds making a life in California’s Surprise Valley in 1875, is out from Red Hen Press in April, 2026. More info <a href="https://redhen.org/book/walking-wheel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1788<div></div> 1789 </div> 1790 1791 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1792 1793 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1794 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1795</article><!-- #post-## --> 1796 1797 1798 1799<article id="post-76148" class="photo-text post-76148 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1800 1801 <div class="entry-content"> 1802 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Fifty-Mothers_Book-Cover-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1803 <h4 class="tight-heading">Preeti Vangani</h4> 1804 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1805 <p>Preeti Vangani’s second book of poems, <em>Fifty Mothers</em> was published by River River Books in February 2026. More info <a href="https://riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preorder--Fifty-Mothers-by-Preeti-Vangani-p801227256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1806<div></div> 1807 </div> 1808 1809 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1810 1811 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1812 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1813</article><!-- #post-## --> 1814 1815 1816 1817<article id="post-76143" class="photo-text post-76143 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1818 1819 <div class="entry-content"> 1820 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Fly-My-Darling-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1821 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Richter</h4> 1822 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '05, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1823 <p>Lisa K. Richter’s debut memoir, <em>Fly, My Darling</em>–the intimate story of her years together with musician and composer Lynda Roth–received a Kirkus starred review and will be in print, ebook, and audio April 21, 2026 from She Writes Press. More info <a href="http://www.lisakrichter.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1824<div></div> 1825 </div> 1826 1827 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1828 1829 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1830 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1831</article><!-- #post-## --> 1832 1833 1834 1835<article id="post-76120" class="photo-text post-76120 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1836 1837 <div class="entry-content"> 1838 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/EK-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1839 <h4 class="tight-heading">Norman Minnick</h4> 1840 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1841 <p><em>We Rode the Rhythms as One: On the Poetry of Etheridge Knight</em>, edited by Norman Minnick, will be published in March by the University of Michigan Press. More info <a href="https://press.umich.edu/Books/W/We-Rode-the-Rhythms-as-One" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1842<div></div> 1843 </div> 1844 1845 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1846 1847 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1848 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1849</article><!-- #post-## --> 1850 1851 1852 1853<article id="post-76119" class="photo-text post-76119 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1854 1855 <div class="entry-content"> 1856 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/jefferis-sarah-web-revised-u-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1857 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sarah Beth Jefferis</h4> 1858 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1859 <p>Sarah Jefferis’<em>
1859 Lucky to Have You, </em>a collection of narrative lyric poems that meditate on romantic loss and love, was published in May 2026 by Finishing Line Press. More info <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/lucky-to-have-you-by-dr-sarah-jefferis/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPqhVZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1860<div></div> 1861 </div> 1862 1863 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1864 1865 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1866 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1867</article><!-- #post-## --> 1868 1869 1870 1871<article id="post-76117" class="photo-text post-76117 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 1872 1873 <div class="entry-content"> 1874 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_9339-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1875 <h4 class="tight-heading">Catherine Davenport</h4> 1876 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1877 <p>Catherine Davenportâs short story, âWhat Happens When You Arenât Lookingâ, was published in Banana Slug Booksâ debut story collection, Spokane Campfire Stories. More info <a href="https://www.bananaslugbooks.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1878<div></div> 1879 </div> 1880 1881 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1882 1883 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1884 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1885</article><!-- #post-## --> 1886 1887 1888 1889<article id="post-76115" class="photo-text post-76115 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 1890 1891 <div class="entry-content"> 1892 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cover-front-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1893 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeremy Cantor</h4> 1894 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1895 <p>Jeremy Cantorâs second volume of poetry, <em>Remodeling the Zen Masterâs Kitchen</em>, was published by Kelsay Books in 2025. More info <a href="https://kelsaybooks.com/products/remodeling-the-zen-master-s-kitchen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1896<div></div> 1897 </div> 1898 1899 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1900 1901 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1902 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1903</article><!-- #post-## --> 1904 1905 1906 1907<article id="post-76113" class="photo-text post-76113 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1908 1909 <div class="entry-content"> 1910 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Bostworth-Dossier-REV_012826_proof_Page_01-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1911 <h4 class="tight-heading">John Yewell</h4> 1912 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1913 <p>John Yewell published the first novel printed entirely on broadsheet newsprint. <em>The Botsworth Dossier</em> is about White nationalism, the promise and perils of journalism, unrequited love, and a fair amount of mountaineering. It takes place almost entirely in Northern California, except for a bit on the road and in Colorado. More info <a href="https://www.johnyewell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1914<div></div> 1915 </div> 1916 1917 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1918 1919 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1920 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1921</article><!-- #post-## --> 1922 1923 1924 1925<article id="post-76111" class="photo-text post-76111 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 1926 1927 <div class="entry-content"> 1928 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/EAN-9781968148324_1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1929 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matthew Murrey</h4> 1930 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '95</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1931 <p>Matthew Murrey’s second poetry collection, <em>Little Joy</em>, was published January 20, 2026, by Cornerstone Press (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His first collection, <em>Bulletproof</em>, selected by Marilyn Nelson for the Jacar Press full-length competition, was published in 2019. More info <a href="https://www.matthewmurrey.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1932<div></div> 1933 </div> 1934 1935 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1936 1937 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1938 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1939</article><!-- #post-## --> 1940 1941 1942 1943<article id="post-76150" class="photo-text post-76150 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1944 1945 <div class="entry-content"> 1946 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mail-Attachment-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1947 <h4 class="tight-heading">Parul Hinzen</h4> 1948 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1949 1950<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Parul Hinzen’s novel, <em>Inside The Mirror</em>, about twin sister artists in midcentury India, just won the Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award, a $25,000 prize which recognizes books centering creativity and art. </p> 1951<div></div> </div> 1952 1953 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1954 1955 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1956 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1957</article><!-- #post-## --> 1958 1959 1960 1961<article id="post-75162" class="photo-text post-75162 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1962 1963 <div class="entry-content"> 1964 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FC978-1-63628-476-7-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1965 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Pence</h4> 1966 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1967 <p>Red Hen Press will release Amy Pence’s debut novel, <em>YELLOW</em>, in March of 2026. More info <a href="http://www.amypence.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1968<div></div> 1969 </div> 1970 <br>
1970Attended with the help of a Gill Dennis scholarship 1971 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1972 1973 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1974 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1975</article><!-- #post-## --> 1976 1977 1978 1979<article id="post-75248" class="photo-text post-75248 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1980 1981 <div class="entry-content"> 1982 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Recipe-for-Joy-by-Monica-Comas_Cover_final-hi-res-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 1983 <h4 class="tight-heading">Monica Comas</h4> 1984 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 1985 <p>Monica Comas’s debut novel, <em>Recipe for Joy</em>, will be published on March 24, 2026. More info <a href="http://monicacomas.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 1986<div></div> 1987 </div> 1988 1989 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 1990 1991 <footer class="entry-footer"> 1992 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 1993</article><!-- #post-## --> 1994 1995 1996 1997<article id="post-75088" class="photo-text post-75088 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 1998 1999 <div class="entry-content"> 2000 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Book-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2001 <h4 class="tight-heading">Erin L. McCoy</h4> 2002 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2003 <p>Erin L. McCoy’s debut novel, <em>Underlake</em>, is forthcoming from Doubleday in April 2026.</p> 2004<p><em>Underlake</em> is a richly glittering debut about the interlocked fates of two women, raised worlds apart, who must join forces on an extraordinary journey, diving leagues beneath the waterâs surfaceâand straight into the fathomless heart of fear, forgiveness, and love. McCoy shrewdly explores the American obsession with inheritance, property, and race, asking how we stake our claim on the timeline of historyâand who we erase in the process. More info <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804090/underlake-by-erin-l-mccoy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2005<div></div> 2006 </div> 2007 <br>Attended with the help of Oakley Hall III Memorial Scholarship 2008 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2009 2010 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2011 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2012</article><!-- #post-## --> 2013 2014 2015 2016<article id="post-76030" class="photo-text post-76030 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2017 2018 <div class="entry-content"> 2019 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/The-Visible-Field-Cover-NEW-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2020 <h4 class="tight-heading">Zoë Ryder White</h4> 2021 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2022 <p>Zoë Ryder White’s first full length collection, The Visible Field, was published by River River Books in February, 2026. More info <a href="https://riverriverbooks.org/store/-Preorder--The-Visible-Field-by-Zo--Ryder-White-p797868282" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2023<div></div> 2024 </div> 2025 2026 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2027 2028 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2029 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2030</article><!-- #post-## --> 2031 2032 2033 2034<article id="post-76028" class="photo-text post-76028 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2035 2036 <div class="entry-content"> 2037 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/55061385389_39241a8c2d_o-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2038 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amelia L. Williams</h4> 2039 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2040 <p>Amelia L. Williams’ first full-length collection, <em>Species of Concern</em> (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2025), is a 2025 Best Book Awards Finalist for the category âPoetry: Nature.â Thanks to the staff and readers at American Book Fest and to Shanti Arts Publishing! And thanks for inspiration from the Community of Writers faculty and participants. More info <a href="http://www.wildink.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2041<div></div> 2042 </div> 2043 2044 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2045 2046 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2047 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2048</article><!-- #post-## --> 2049 2050 2051 2052<article id="post-76007" class="photo-text post-76007 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2053 2054 <div class="entry-content"> 2055 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/9781645663195-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2056 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tamika Thompson</h4> 2057 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2058 <p>Tamika Thompson’s debut gothic novel, <em>The Curse of Hester Gardens</em>, will be published by Erewhon/Kensington Books in March 2026. More info <a href="http://www.tamikathompson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2059<div></div> 2060 </div> 2061 2062 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2063 2064 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2065 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2066</article><!-- #post-## --> 2067 2068 2069 2070<article id="post-75923" class="photo-text post-75923 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2071 2072 <div class="entry-content"> 2073 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-12-at-9.23.08-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2074 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 2075 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2076 <p>Lauren Barbato was awarded second place in <em>CRAFT</em>‘s 2025 First Chapters Contest. Her winning novel excerpt, “As the Lord Hangs Around Her Neck”, is published online at <em>CRAFT</em>. More info <a href="https://www.craftliterary.com/2025/12/12/as-lord-
2076hangs-around-her-neck-lauren-barbato/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2077<div></div> 2078 </div> 2079 <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 2080 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2081 2082 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2083 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2084</article><!-- #post-## --> 2085 2086 2087 2088<article id="post-75890" class="photo-text post-75890 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2089 2090 <div class="entry-content"> 2091 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/def_6235_small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2092 <h4 class="tight-heading">Colleen Morton Busch</h4> 2093 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â04, â15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2094 <p>Colleen Morton Busch’s debut poetry collection, <em>Smolder</em>, was chosen by Felicia Zamora to win Ex Ophidia Press’s 2025 Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Prize and will be published in summer 2026. A poem from the manuscript was a finalist for the <em>Belleview Literary Review</em>‘s Allman Prize for Poetry and will appear in the spring 2026 issue of the magazine. More info <a href="http://www.colleenmortonbusch.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2095<div></div> 2096 </div> 2097 2098 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2099 2100 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2101 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2102</article><!-- #post-## --> 2103 2104 2105 2106<article id="post-75887" class="photo-text post-75887 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 2107 2108 <div class="entry-content"> 2109 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/List-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2110 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dylan Landis</h4> 2111 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff & Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2112 <p>Dylan Landis’s novel in stories, <em>List of All Possible Desires</em>, will be published May 2026 by Soho Press, which also will reissue her first two books in the <em>Rainey Royal</em> Cycle in April: <em>Rainey Royal</em>, a novel, and <em>Normal People Don’t Live Like This</em>, a novel in stories. Excerpts from the list will appear in the spring issues of <em>BOMB</em> and the <em>Santa Monica Review</em>.</p> 2113<div></div> 2114 </div> 2115 <a href="http://">http://</a> 2116 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2117 2118 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2119 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2120</article><!-- #post-## --> 2121 2122 2123 2124<article id="post-75881" class="photo-text post-75881 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-writers"> 2125 2126 <div class="entry-content"> 2127 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Watching-Sky-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2128 <h4 class="tight-heading">Judy Crowe</h4> 2129 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '87, '88, '90, '22, Poetry Program Participant, '08, '12, '15, '18, '20 '22, '25 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 2130 <p>Judy Croweâs poetry book, <em>The Watching Sky</em>, published by Cornerstone Press, has just received the 2025 Nebraska Book Award in Poetry. Judy has poems forthcoming in <em>Oberon</em> and <em>Cloudbank</em>.</p> 2131<div></div> 2132 </div> 2133 <a href="http://www.judybrackettcrowe.com">http://www.judybrackettcrowe.com</a> 2134 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2135 2136 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2137 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2138</article><!-- #post-## --> 2139 2140 2141 2142<article id="post-75867" class="photo-text post-75867 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-art-of-the-wild alumni-news-types-writers"> 2143 2144 <div class="entry-content"> 2145 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Solstice-A-Magazine-of-Diverse-Voices-Winter-2025-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2146 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lea Aschkenas</h4> 2147 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '02 and Art of the Wild Participant, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2148 <p>Lea Aschkenas’s essay, “The Almost Friend: On the Inter-Personal Legacy of US-Cuba Relations” was published in the Winter 2025 issue of Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. More info <a href="https://solsticelitmag.org/content/the-almost-friend-on-the-inter-personal-legacy-of-us-cuba-relations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="http://www.leaaschkenas.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2149<div></div> 2150 </div> 2151 2152 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2153 2154 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2155 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2156</article><!-- #post-## --> 2157 2158 2159 2160<article id="post-75862" class="photo-text post-75862 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2161 2162 <div class="entry-content"> 2163 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Scott-Mike-at-
2163Inkwell-2025-12-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2164 <h4 class="tight-heading">Scott Snibbe</h4> 2165 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2166 <p>Scott Snibbe’s <em>How to Train A Happy Marriage: A Buddhist Guide to Love that Lasts</em>, a guide to restoring and deepening relationships, was pitched to Dan Ambrosio at Diversion Books, for publication in spring 2027, by Michael Mungiello at Inkwell Management (world). More info <a href="https://www.snibbe.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2167<div></div> 2168 </div> 2169 2170 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2171 2172 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2173 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2174</article><!-- #post-## --> 2175 2176 2177 2178<article id="post-75860" class="photo-text post-75860 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2179 2180 <div class="entry-content"> 2181 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/disappearing-front-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2182 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michael P Zysk</h4> 2183 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2184 <p>Michael Zysk has published his fourth poetry collection <em>A Retreatantâs Guide to Disappearing</em> with Bottlecap Press. More info <a href="https://bottlecap.press/products/aretmz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2185<div></div> 2186 </div> 2187 2188 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2189 2190 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2191 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2192</article><!-- #post-## --> 2193 2194 2195 2196<article id="post-75399" class="photo-text post-75399 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2197 2198 <div class="entry-content"> 2199 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Whoa-Nelly-FINAL-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2200 <h4 class="tight-heading">Julia Park Tracey</h4> 2201 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '16, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2202 <p>Author Julia Park Traceyâs newest novel, <em>Whoa, Nelly! A Love Story</em>* (*with Footnotes), was published on November 14, 2025, by womenâs publishing company Sibylline Press. Available now in trade paperback, ebook, and in audiobook by Tantor Media. More info <a href="https://sibyllinepress.com/julia-park-tracey-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2203<div></div> 2204 </div> 2205 2206 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2207 2208 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2209 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2210</article><!-- #post-## --> 2211 2212 2213 2214<article id="post-75322" class="photo-text post-75322 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2215 2216 <div class="entry-content"> 2217 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_3601-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2218 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Marie Chiado, She/Her/They</h4> 2219 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2220 <p>Amanda Chiado’s first prose poetry collection, <em>Today I Wear the Bear Head</em>, won the 2026 Press 53 Award for Poetry, and will be published in March 2026. More info <a href="https://www.press53.com/award-for-poetry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2221<div></div> 2222 </div> 2223 2224 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2225 2226 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2227 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2228</article><!-- #post-## --> 2229 2230 2231 2232<article id="post-75314" class="photo-text post-75314 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2233 2234 <div class="entry-content"> 2235 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Somewhere-a-Playground-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2236 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rich Ferguson</h4> 2237 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04, '07, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2238 <p>Rich Fergusonâs third poetry collection, <em>Somewhere, a Playground</em>, was released by Moon Tide Press in June, 2025. More info <a href="https://linktr.ee/richfergusonpoetry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2239<div></div> 2240 </div> 2241 2242 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2243 2244 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2245 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2246</article><!-- #post-## --> 2247 2248 2249 2250<article id="post-75312" class="photo-text post-75312 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2251 2252 <div class="entry-content"> 2253 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CRK-2-Front-Cover-final-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2254 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cory Wilson (pen name: GenXCore)</h4> 2255 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2256 <p>The new GenXCore novel <em>California Roadkill 2: The In Between</em> will be published December 2025 by Los Angeles based publisher Mystic Boxing Commission. With a foreword from actor James Remar, “CRK 2” continues the unflinching story of Jimmy, Donny, and Rich, that triumvirate of childhood friends, punk rockers and recovering addicts, as they embark on a dark middle passage into the heart of America and the Sturm and Drang of <em>The In Between</em>: that liminal space where spirit and matter intertwine, perception strains for Truth, and the only foreseeable future is one of transformation or death. More info <a href="https://genxcore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2257<div></div> 2258 </div> 2259 2260 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2261 2262 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2263 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2264</article><!-- #post-## --> 2265 2266 2267 2268<article id="post-75307" class="photo-text post-75307 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2269 2270 <div class="entry-content"> 2271 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Points-in-the-Network-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2272 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gabrielle Myers</h4> 2273 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2274 <p>Gabrielle Myers’ fourth book, <em>Points in the Network</em>, a poetry collection, was published by Finishing Line Press in October 2025. Her third book, <em>Break Self: Feed</em>, a poetry collection, was reviewed in the Fall 2025 issue of the Mid-American Review. More info <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/points-in-the-network-by-gabrielle-myers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2275<div></div> 2276 </div> 2277 2278 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2279 2280 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2281 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2282</article><!-- #post-## --> 2283 2284 2285 2286<article id="post-75241" class="photo-text post-75241 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2287 2288 <div class="entry-content"> 2289 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/poppy-montgomery-gets-even-9781613167748_hr-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2290 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gordon Jack</h4> 2291 <span style="font-size:80%;">
2291Writers Workshops Participant, '03, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2292 <p>Gordon Jack’s comic novel, <em>Poppy Montgomery Gets Even</em>, will be published by Mysterious Press in June, 2026. The book follows an 80-year-old misanthrope as she discovers it’s never too late to make new friends, scam an international crime ring, and solve some murders. More info <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Gordon-Jack/258015830" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2293<div></div> 2294 </div> 2295 2296 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2297 2298 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2299 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2300</article><!-- #post-## --> 2301 2302 2303 2304<article id="post-75177" class="photo-text post-75177 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2305 2306 <div class="entry-content"> 2307 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/d46e49_8d03bc7f8bd54b8cb34641c39c35b07dmv2-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2308 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 2309 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2310 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde and his debut fiction book <em>On Earth as It Is in Heaven</em> have been featured in the Nov-Dec 2025 issue of Poets & Writers. More info <a href="https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2311<div></div> 2312 </div> 2313 <br>Attended with the help of Maat scholarship '22 2314 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2315 2316 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2317 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2318</article><!-- #post-## --> 2319 2320 2321 2322<article id="post-75855" class="photo-text post-75855 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2323 2324 <div class="entry-content"> 2325 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Cover-front-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2326 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeremy Cantor</h4> 2327 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2328 <p>Jeremy Cantorâs second collection of poems, <em>Remodeling the Zen Masterâs Kitchen</em>, was published by Kelsay Books in September, 2025. More info <a href="https://kelsaybooks.com/products/remodeling-the-zen-master-s-kitchen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2329<div></div> 2330 </div> 2331 2332 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2333 2334 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2335 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2336</article><!-- #post-## --> 2337 2338 2339 2340<article id="post-75591" class="photo-text post-75591 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2341 2342 <div class="entry-content"> 2343 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cover_THE-LONG-NOW-CONDITIONS-PERMIT-by-Jami-Macarty-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2344 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jami Macarty</h4> 2345 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '10, '14, '17, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2346 <p>Jami Macarty’s second full-length poetry collection <em>The Long Now Conditions Permit</em>, won Interim’s 2023 Test Site Poetry Series Prize and is a 2025 University of Nevada Press poetry title. More info <a href="https://unpress.nevada.edu/9781647792039/the-long-now-conditions-permit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2347<div></div> 2348 </div> 2349 2350 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2351 2352 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2353 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2354</article><!-- #post-## --> 2355 2356 2357 2358<article id="post-75577" class="photo-text post-75577 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2359 2360 <div class="entry-content"> 2361 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/UnhiredHandsfrontcover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2362 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Mills</h4> 2363 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '92, '96, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2364 <p>David Mills’ new collection of poems, <em>Unhired Hands</em>, about slavery in Massachusetts and Queens, was recently published by Broadstone Books. More info <a href="https://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/unhired-hands-poetry-by-david-mills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2365<div></div> 2366 </div> 2367 <a href="http://">http://</a> 2368 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2369 2370 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2371 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2372</article><!-- #post-## --> 2373 2374 2375 2376<article id="post-75542" class="photo-text post-75542 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2026-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2377 2378 <div class="entry-content"> 2379 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Mahru-jaimeborschuk-432-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2380 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mahru Elahi</h4> 2381 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2382 <p>Mahru Elahi’s lyric essay “Body Double” appears in Issue 52.1 of Black Warrior Review. In addition, Mahru was nominated for a 2025 Pushcart Prize for their lyric essay, “The Fuel of Nations: A Cold War Girlhood in Amrika” which was originally published in Foglifter Issue 10.1.</p> 2383<div></div> 2384 </div> 2385 <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle 2386 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2387 2388 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2389 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2390</article><!-- #post-## --> 2391 2392 2393 2394<article id="post-75525" class="photo-text post-75525 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2395 2396 <div class="entry-content"> 2397 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover-150x210.png 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover-431x600.png 431w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover-574x800.png 574w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover-768x1070.png 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover-1102x1536.png 1102w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HTFB-cover.png 1240w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
2397w, 150px" /> 2398 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kirk Glaser</h4> 2399 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '09, '15, '19, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2400 <p>Kirk Glaserâs poetry collection, <em>The House That Fire Built</em>, was published summer 2025 by MadHat Press. More info <a href="http://www.kirkglaser.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2401<div></div> 2402 </div> 2403 2404 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2405 2406 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2407 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2408</article><!-- #post-## --> 2409 2410 2411 2412<article id="post-75517" class="photo-text post-75517 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2413 2414 <div class="entry-content"> 2415 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/happyideascover-31july2025-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2416 <h4 class="tight-heading">Valentine Freeman</h4> 2417 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2418 <p>Valentine Freemanâs second chapbook, <em>Happy Ideas</em>, was published by Ghost City Press in August, 2025. All proceeds support Gaza Poets Society. More info <a href="https://ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-series/happy-ideas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2419<div></div> 2420 </div> 2421 2422 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2423 2424 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2425 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2426</article><!-- #post-## --> 2427 2428 2429 2430<article id="post-75406" class="photo-text post-75406 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2431 2432 <div class="entry-content"> 2433 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MV5BMzI5YTg4ZDYtNzA5MS00MjZhLWI3MDgtMmJmY2U2YmQ1ZGZkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2434 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joy Ma</h4> 2435 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2436 <p>Joy Maâs documentary <em>Voices of Deoli</em> is now streaming on Tubi. For Joy, who was the executive producer of the film, this deeply personal documentary brings to light the overlooked story of Indian families unjustly detained in a WWII-era internment camp in Rajasthan after the Sino-India War in 1962. By making the film freely accessible, she hopes it reaches wider audiences, sparks dialogue, and ensures that these voicesâonce silencedâare heard, remembered, and woven into the broader tapestry of history. More info <a href="https://tubitv.com/movies/100047263/voices-of-deoli" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2437<div></div> 2438 </div> 2439 2440 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2441 2442 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2443 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2444</article><!-- #post-## --> 2445 2446 2447 2448<article id="post-75309" class="photo-text post-75309 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2449 2450 <div class="entry-content"> 2451 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Painting-Grace-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2452 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Hester</h4> 2453 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17, '19, '20, '21, '22, '24.</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2454 <p>Mary Hesterâs debut novel, <em>Painting Grace</em>, will be published by Silent Clamor Press in February 2026. More info <a href="https://www.silentclamor.com/mary-hester" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2455<div></div> 2456 </div> 2457 2458 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2459 2460 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2461 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2462</article><!-- #post-## --> 2463 2464 2465 2466<article id="post-75201" class="photo-text post-75201 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2467 2468 <div class="entry-content"> 2469 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_9545-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2470 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nada Djordjevich</h4> 2471 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, â15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2472 <p>Nada Djordjevichâs first live action film, <em>Eat Surf Love</em>, was selected by audiences as among the top 3 of over 40 films in the Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema event in San Francisco. The film has been an official selection in 11 festivals and in 2024 won the audience award for best local drama at the San Francisco Short Film Festival. More info <a href="http://nadadjordjevich.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2473<div></div> 2474 </div> 2475 2476 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2477 2478 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2479 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2480</article><!-- #post-## --> 2481 2482 2483 2484<article id="post-75175" class="photo-text post-75175 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2485 2486 <div class="entry-content"> 2487 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BAE-2025-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2488 <h4 class="tight-heading">Laura Glen Louis</h4> 2489 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '87</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2490 <p>“Man Crossing an Ice Field,” an essay by Laura Glen Louis, appears in Best American Essays 2025, edited by Kim Dana Kupperman and guest edited by Jia Tolentino.</p> 2491<div></div> 2492 </div> 2493 <a href="http://">http://</a> 2494 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2495 2496 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2497 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2498</article><!-- #post-## --> 2499 2500 2501 2502<article id="post-75173" class="photo-text post-75173 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2503 2504 <div class="entry-content"> 2505 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/51WFTs7DhAL._AC_UL600_SR600600_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2506 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alice Jones</h4> 2507 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88, '89. Faculty, Writing Medical Experience-1st year</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2508 <p>Unbound Edition Press has published <em>Cadence of Vanishing</em> by Alice Jones, a mixed poetry/prose memoir of her life as a psychoanalyst. More info <a href="http://www.alice
2508jones.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2509<div></div> 2510 </div> 2511 2512 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2513 2514 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2515 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2516</article><!-- #post-## --> 2517 2518 2519 2520<article id="post-75171" class="photo-text post-75171 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2521 2522 <div class="entry-content"> 2523 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Tyrus_cover_sample_oblong-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2524 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Fang</h4> 2525 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2526 <p>Karen Fang’s book, <em>Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong</em> (Rutgers UP, 2024) was named a finalist by the Theatre Library Association for the 2024 Richard Wall Memorial Award for exemplary performance in recorded media. Partly developed in the Writers Workshop for Nonfiction in Summer with the support of the James Houston Memorial Fellowship, <em>Background Artist</em> is the biography of the Chinese immigrant artist, centenarian, and Disney Legend who helped make <em>Bambi</em>. More info <a href="http://alwayslookup.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2527<div></div> 2528 </div> 2529 <br>Attended with the help of James Houston Memorial scholarship 2530 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2531 2532 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2533 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2534</article><!-- #post-## --> 2535 2536 2537 2538<article id="post-75169" class="photo-text post-75169 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2539 2540 <div class="entry-content"> 2541 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_9094-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2542 <h4 class="tight-heading">Myra Shapiro</h4> 2543 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2544 <p>Myra Shapiro’ upcoming publication<em>, Crossing the Street to Paradis </em>was published by Kinchafoonee Creek Press in May, 2025. More info <a href="https://www.myrashapiro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2545<div></div> 2546 </div> 2547 2548 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2549 2550 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2551 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2552</article><!-- #post-## --> 2553 2554 2555 2556<article id="post-75160" class="photo-text post-75160 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2557 2558 <div class="entry-content"> 2559 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ca5a96f745ce998c19c7ac7155fae002-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2560 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Pence</h4> 2561 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2562 <p>Serving House Books published Amy Pence’s collection, <em>We Travel Towards It</em>, attentive to climate changeâs losses–both collective and personal– in the Spring of 2025. More info <a href="http://www.amypence.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2563<div></div> 2564 </div> 2565 2566 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2567 2568 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2569 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2570</article><!-- #post-## --> 2571 2572 2573 2574<article id="post-75159" class="photo-text post-75159 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2575 2576 <div class="entry-content"> 2577 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Flora-Thomas-scaled-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2578 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amber Flora Thomas</h4> 2579 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '13, '05, '02, '01, '99, '93 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 2580 <p>Amber Flora Thomas published three poems in <em>The Georgia Review</em>, an essay in <em>Quest: A Writer’s Journey</em> (Marsh Hawk Press, 2025), and a poem in <em>Prairie Schooner</em>.</p> 2581<div></div> 2582 </div> 2583 <a href="http://">http://</a> 2584 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2585 2586 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2587 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2588</article><!-- #post-## --> 2589 2590 2591 2592<article id="post-75157" class="photo-text post-75157 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2593 2594 <div class="entry-content"> 2595 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Naradzay1000-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2596 <h4 class="tight-heading">Bonnie J Naradzay</h4> 2597 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2598 <p>Bonnie Naradzayâs poetry collection, <em>Invited to the Feast</em>, was published by Slant Books in October, 2025. More info <a href="https://slantbooks.org/books/invited-to-the-feast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here </a>and <a href="https://www.bonnienaradzay.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2599<div></div> 2600 </div> 2601 2602 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2603 2604 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2605 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2606</article><!-- #post-## --> 2607 2608 2609 2610<article id="post-75155" class="photo-text post-75155 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2611 2612 <div class="entry-content"> 2613 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81qLWCeJtPL._SL1500_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2614 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dillon Osleger</h4> 2615 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2616 <p>Dillon Osleger’s manuscript, workshopped at the 2024 Writers Workshop, is slated for publication as a nonfiction novel under the title, <em>Trail Work,</em> by Heyday Books on May 12, 2026. More info <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Work-Restoring-Stories-Americas/dp/1597147133" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2617<div></div> 2618 </div> 2619 2620 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2621 2622 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2623 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2624</article><!-- #post-## --> 2625 2626 2627 2628<article id="post-75153" class="photo-text post-75153 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 2629 2630 <div class="entry-content"> 2631 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/253-SMRcover-nobg-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2632 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 2633 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2634 <p><em>Santa Monica Review</em> editor Andrew Tonkovich announces the arrival of the fall 2025 issue of the biannual literary arts journal. Celebrating both fiction and nonfiction, the issue features work by at least three CW alums: Warren Perkins, Reid Sherline, and Barbara Tannenbaum.<br /> 2635Subscribe or purchase a single issue <a href="https://www.smc.edu/sm-review/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2636<div></div> 2637 </div> 2638 2639 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2640 2641 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2642 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2643</article><!-- #post-## --> 2644 2645 2646 2647<article id="post-75151" class="photo-text post-75151 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr4-poetry-news"> 2648 2649 <div class="entry-content"> 2650 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_9663-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2651 <h4 class="tight-heading">Makshya Tolbert</h4> 2652 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2653 <p>MaKshya Tolbertâs debut collection, <em>Shade is A Place</em>, won the 2024 National Poetry Series, and is out November 4 (Penguin Books, 2025). More info <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/755803/shade-is-a-place-by-makshya-tolbert/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2654<div></div> 2655 </div> 2656 <br>Attended with the help of a W.S. Merwin Scholarship 2657 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2658 2659 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2660 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2661</article><!-- #post-## --> 2662 2663 2664 2665<article id="post-75148" class="photo-text post-75148 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 2666 2667 <div class="entry-content"> 2668 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/HuaVanessa01-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2669 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vanessa Hua</h4> 2670 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant and Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2671 <p>Vanessa Hua sold her first book of narrative nonfiction, <em>Uprooted: A Chinese American Story of Survival and Resistance</em>, braiding memoir, natural history, and sociocultural analysis to Tin House. It will be published in spring of 2027. More info <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DPRkb3kiTxL/?img_index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2672<div></div> 2673 </div> 2674 2675 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2676 2677 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2678 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2679</article><!-- #post-## --> 2680 2681 2682 2683<article id="post-75140" class="photo-text post-75140 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-art-of-the-wild"> 2684 2685 <div class="entry-content"> 2686 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Nettie-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2687 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nettie Reynolds</h4> 2688 <span style="font-size:80%;">Art of the Wild Participant, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2689 <p>
2689Nettie Reynolds just published “The Courage to Bloom” in <em>The Manifest Station</em>. More info <a href="https://www.themanifeststation.net/2025/10/12/the-courage-to-bloom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2690<div></div> 2691 </div> 2692 2693 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2694 2695 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2696 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2697</article><!-- #post-## --> 2698 2699 2700 2701<article id="post-75101" class="photo-text post-75101 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2702 2703 <div class="entry-content"> 2704 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/HMPL-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2705 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yamini Pathak</h4> 2706 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2707 <p>Yamini Pathak’s debut poetry collection, <em>Her Mouth a Palace of Lamps</em> (Milk & Cake Press) was published in October 2025. The collection was supported by her acceptance to the 2025 poetry cohort of <em>Poets & Writers</em> Get the Word Out publicity incubator for debut writers.</p> 2708<div></div> 2709 </div> 2710 2711 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2712 2713 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2714 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2715</article><!-- #post-## --> 2716 2717 2718 2719<article id="post-75086" class="photo-text post-75086 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2720 2721 <div class="entry-content"> 2722 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Wrecks-Cover-purple-feathers-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2723 <h4 class="tight-heading">Erin L. McCoy</h4> 2724 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2725 <p>Erin L. McCoy’s debut poetry collection, <em>Wrecks</em>, was published by Noemi Press on Oct. 15, 2025, and was a finalist for the Noemi Press Book Award. The book was inspired by the great auk, a flightless seabird driven to extinction in the mid-1800s. It investigates how the humanânonhuman binary and the dehumanization it enables makes space for violence, and is deeply embedded in colonial ideology. More info <a href="https://www.noemipress.org/catalog/poetry/wrecks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2726<div></div> 2727 </div> 2728 <br>Attended with the help of an Oakley Hall III Memorial Scholarship 2729 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2730 2731 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2732 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2733</article><!-- #post-## --> 2734 2735 2736 2737<article id="post-75084" class="photo-text post-75084 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2738 2739 <div class="entry-content"> 2740 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pan-pamela-web-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2741 <h4 class="tight-heading">Pamela Pan</h4> 2742 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2743 <p>Pamela Pan’s debut poetry chapbook <em>Tasting Moments</em>, set to be released by Finishing Line Press in January, 2026, is on presale now to Nov. 21. Rooted in personal history and resonant with universal truths, the twenty-one poems in this collection delve into themes of love, family, nature, healing, and the passage of time. More info <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/tasting-moments-by-pamela-pan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></p> 2744<div></div> 2745 </div> 2746 2747 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2748 2749 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2750 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2751</article><!-- #post-## --> 2752 2753 2754 2755<article id="post-75071" class="photo-text post-75071 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2756 2757 <div class="entry-content"> 2758 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/486561851_640831678705152_8897354980321577805_n-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2759 <h4 class="tight-heading">Catherine Strisik</h4> 2760 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '92, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2761 <p>Catherine Strisikâs 4th poetry book, <em>Goat, Goddess, Moon</em> was published by Holy Cow! Press in September, 2025. More info <a href="http://www.cathystrisik.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2762<div></div> 2763 </div> 2764 2765 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2766 2767 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2768 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2769</article><!-- #post-## --> 2770 2771 2772 2773<article id="post-75037" class="photo-text post-75037 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2774 2775 <div class="entry-content"> 2776 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-19-at-1.53.55-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2777 <h4 class="tight-heading">Neysa King</h4> 2778 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2779 <p>Neysa King’s poem “Clit,” published in <em>South Florida Poetry Journal</em>
2779, has been nominated for Best of the Net alongside poets like Danez Smith and Chen Chen. Read it <a href="https://www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/poetry-33-may-24.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2780<div></div> 2781 </div> 2782 2783 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2784 2785 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2786 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2787</article><!-- #post-## --> 2788 2789 2790 2791<article id="post-74983" class="photo-text post-74983 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2792 2793 <div class="entry-content"> 2794 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/pearlman-jill-diaspora-web-3-652x1024-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2795 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jill Pearlman</h4> 2796 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2797 <p>Jill Pearlman’s chapbook, <em>Diaspora of Things,</em> has just been published by Finishing Line Press. It is a Proustian tale, at once ordinary and nightmarish. In the dismantling of a family home, the speaker finds that dispossession has liberated things: they acquire a life of their own. It stirs up anarchic, chaotic energy. Nothing is excluded from the rites of possession and dispossession, including the poet’s identity. Just as she assesses, she is re-assessed; as she feels, she is felt. In the paradox of chaos, she finds multiple voices. Jill will be having a reading in Berkeley, CA, in early November (plans being solidified now). Please, please be in touch! More info <a href="https://jillpearlman.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2798<div></div> 2799 </div> 2800 2801 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2802 2803 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2804 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2805</article><!-- #post-## --> 2806 2807 2808 2809<article id="post-74981" class="photo-text post-74981 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2810 2811 <div class="entry-content"> 2812 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/molesini-editore-venezia-foster-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2813 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanne Foster</h4> 2814 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Participant, '00, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2815 <p>Jeanne Fosterâs selected poems, curated and translated into Italian by Bianca Tarossi with Introduction, <em>Ascoltando una conchiglia</em>, was published this Summer 2025 by Molesini Editore Venezia. More info <a href="https://jeannefosterwriter.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2816<div></div> 2817 </div> 2818 2819 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2820 2821 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2822 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2823</article><!-- #post-## --> 2824 2825 2826 2827<article id="post-74950" class="photo-text post-74950 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2828 2829 <div class="entry-content"> 2830 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/profile-pic-2024-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2831 <h4 class="tight-heading">Angie Romines</h4> 2832 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2833 <p>Angie Romines’ essay, “Gone for a Spell,” is reprinted in Best American Essays 2025. More info <a href="https://lithub.com/here-are-the-guest-editors-and-new-covers-for-the-best-american-series-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2834<div></div> 2835 </div> 2836 <br>Attended with the help of a Christina Meldrum Scholarship 2837 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2838 2839 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2840 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2841</article><!-- #post-## --> 2842 2843 2844 2845<article id="post-74946" class="photo-text post-74946 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2846 2847 <div class="entry-content"> 2848 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Creste-Book-Front-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2849 <h4 class="tight-heading">Laura Creste</h4> 2850 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2851 <p>Laura Cresté’s debut poetry collection, <em>In the Good Years</em>, was published by Four Way Books in September of 2025. More info <a href="https://www.lauracreste.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2852<div></div> 2853 </div> 2854 <br>Attended with the help of a Sharon Olds Honorary Scholarship 2855 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2856 2857 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2858 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2859</article><!-- #post-## --> 2860 2861 2862 2863<article id="post-74926" class="photo-text post-74926 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2864 2865 <div class="entry-content"> 2866 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Stitching-Freedom1x1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2867 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ellen Bravo</h4> 2868 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '02, '03, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2869 <p>Ellen Bravo collaborated with Gary Tyler on his memoir, <em>Stitching Freedom: A True Story of Injustice, Defiance and Hope</em>. The book, which will be released by One Signal Publishers on October 7, earned a starred review from <em>Booklist</em>. More info <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/stitching-freedom-a-true-story-of-injustice-defiance-and-hope-in-angola-prison-gary-tyler/01889c301c283bd0?ean=9781668097328&next=t" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2870<div></div> 2871 </div> 2872 2873 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2874 2875 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2876 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2877</article><!-- #post-## --> 2878 2879 2880 2881<article id="post-74942" class="photo-text post-74942 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 2882 2883 <div class="entry-content"> 2884 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AnnFisherWirth-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2885 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Fisher-Wirth</h4> 2886 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '00, '09, '13, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2887 2888<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ann Fisher-Wirth has been appointed Mississippi Poet Laureate for the four-year term 2025-2029.</p> 2889<div></div> </div> 2890 2891 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2892 2893 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2894 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2895</article><!-- #post-## --> 2896 2897 2898 2899<article id="post-74928" class="photo-text post-74928 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 2900 2901 <div class="entry-content"> 2902 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9781960145352_FC_large-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9781960145352_FC_large-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9781960145352_FC_large-320x450.jpeg 320w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
2902w, 150px" /> 2903 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kazim Ali</h4> 2904 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '98; Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2905 2906<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kazim Ali received the 2025 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. More info <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1723145/poetry-foundation-announces-2025-recipients-of-the-21st-annual-pegasus-awards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 2907<div></div> </div> 2908 2909 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2910 2911 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2912 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2913</article><!-- #post-## --> 2914 2915 2916 2917<article id="post-74882" class="photo-text post-74882 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2918 2919 <div class="entry-content"> 2920 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/JanellStrube_CoverReveal-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2921 <h4 class="tight-heading">Janell Strube</h4> 2922 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2923 <p>Janell Strube’s debut novel, <em>Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution</em>, will be published in January 2026. Inspired by the true story of one of the first women admitted to the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, <em>Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution</em>, is a sweeping, evocative portrait of ambition, courage, and resilience in the face of history’s fiercest storm. More info <a href="http://janellstrube.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2924<div></div> 2925 </div> 2926 2927 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2928 2929 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2930 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2931</article><!-- #post-## --> 2932 2933 2934 2935<article id="post-74880" class="photo-text post-74880 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 2936 2937 <div class="entry-content"> 2938 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tic-tic-tic-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2939 <h4 class="tight-heading">Heidi Seaborn</h4> 2940 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2941 <p>Heidi Seaborn’s third collection of poetry, <em>tic tic tic</em>, was published by Cornerstone Press in September 2025. More info <a href="https://heidiseabornpoet.com/tictictic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2942<div></div> 2943 </div> 2944 2945 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2946 2947 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2948 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2949</article><!-- #post-## --> 2950 2951 2952 2953<article id="post-74878" class="photo-text post-74878 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-writers"> 2954 2955 <div class="entry-content"> 2956 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Moth-thumbnail-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2957 <h4 class="tight-heading">Monika Rose</h4> 2958 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, Writers Workshops '02, and Art of the Wild Participant, '94, '95</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2959 <p>Monika Rose was appointed Poet Laureate of Calaveras County, 2024-2026. She co-directed the first three Annual Poetry Events in Calaveras County, 2022-2024, and organized the first annual Mother Lode Book Festival in May, 2025, and is organizing a November Poetry Celebration for 2025 and an anthology based on poetry and prose about the North Grove giant Sequoia at Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Her new Middle Grade poetic narrative novel, <em>Moths on a Limb</em>, was published November 2024. More info <a href="https://monikarosewriter.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2960<div></div> 2961 </div> 2962 2963 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2964 2965 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2966 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2967</article><!-- #post-## --> 2968 2969 2970 2971<article id="post-74876" class="photo-text post-74876 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 2972 2973 <div class="entry-content"> 2974 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9781647792305-150x210.avif" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2975 <h4 class="tight-heading">AnnElise Hatjakes</h4> 2976 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2977 <p>AnnElise Hatjakesâ debut short story collection, <em>Matter Out of Place</em>, will be published by the University of Nevada Press in February of 2026. More info <a href="http://www.annelisehatjakes.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2978<div></div> 2979 </div> 2980 2981 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 2982 2983 <footer class="entry-footer"> 2984 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 2985</article><!-- #post-## --> 2986 2987 2988 2989<article id="post-74874" class="photo-text post-74874 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 2990 2991 <div class="entry-content"> 2992 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/def_6235a_small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 2993 <h4 class="tight-heading">Colleen Morton Busch</h4> 2994 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â04, â15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 2995 <p>Colleen Morton Busch’s <em>The Problem of Happiness</em> was a finalist for AWP’s 2025 Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, judged by Cheryl Strayed. More info <a href="https://awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Contests/AWP-Award-Series/Sue-William/Overview.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 2996<div></div> 2997 </div> 2998 2999 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3000 3001 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3002 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3003</article><!-- #post-## --> 3004 3005 3006 3007<article id="post-74872" class="photo-text post-74872 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3008 3009 <div class="entry-content"> 3010 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sur_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3011 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Koehn</h4> 3012 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '04, '06, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3013 <p>David Koehnâs third poetry collection, <em>Sur</em> (Omnidawn, 2024), is a Hoffer Award finalist. He recently released several chapbooks: <em>intervals of</em> (Blue Bottle, 2024), an erasure of Doyleâs Sign of the Four, and <em>As a Signal Magnification of the General Miracle</em> (cuckoo grey, 2020), both co-authored with Rebecca Resinski. For Omnidawn, he has long taught âProsody as a Form of Revisionâ and âForms: Breaking the Bowl,â the latter now open for enrollment in Fall 2025 with guest speakers Lisa Rosenberg, Maria Nazos, Maw Shein Win, and Randall Mann. Now a lecturer in Comp and Creative Wrtiing at SJSU, Koehn has new work forthcoming in <em>Lana Turner, Swing, Thimble, Atlanta Review</em>, and <em>Blood + Honey</em>. More info <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo237307940.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3014<div></div> 3015 </div> 3016 3017 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3018 3019 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3020 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3021</article><!-- #post-## --> 3022 3023 3024 3025<article id="post-74870" class="photo-text post-74870 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3026 3027 <div class="entry-content"> 3028 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Shaken_Free_cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3029 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ilana DeBare</h4> 3030 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3031 <p>Ilana DeBare’s novel <em>Shaken Free</em>âthe conclusion to her fantasy duology set in an unjust, unraveling Hellâwas published by Hy
3031patia Press in June 2025. More info <a href="http://ilanadebare.com/shaken-free" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3032<div></div> 3033 </div> 3034 3035 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3036 3037 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3038 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3039</article><!-- #post-## --> 3040 3041 3042 3043<article id="post-74869" class="photo-text post-74869 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3044 3045 <div class="entry-content"> 3046 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Heggie_0240_800x450-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3047 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anita Amirrezvani</h4> 3048 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3049 <p>Anita Amirrezvani wrote the libretto for the opera “Earth 2.0” composed by Jake Heggie, which premiered at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on December 6, 2024. More info <a href="https://www.jakeheggie.com/works/earth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3050<div></div> 3051 </div> 3052 3053 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3054 3055 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3056 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3057</article><!-- #post-## --> 3058 3059 3060 3061<article id="post-74867" class="photo-text post-74867 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3062 3063 <div class="entry-content"> 3064 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/810T0145-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3065 <h4 class="tight-heading">Leslie Hsu Oh</h4> 3066 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14, '19, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3067 <p>Leslie Hsu Oh talks about the memoir she worked on as a Writers Workshops Participant, how the natural world shapes her creative process, and how she raises resilient children and champions for change in “People and Planet: Episode 6, Delaware Humanities Podcasts.” Listen <a href="https://dehumanities.org/programs/podcasts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3068<div></div> 3069 </div> 3070 <br>Attended with the help of an O'Dwyer Scholarship 3071 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3072 3073 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3074 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3075</article><!-- #post-## --> 3076 3077 3078 3079<article id="post-74861" class="photo-text post-74861 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3080 3081 <div class="entry-content"> 3082 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9781668094006-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3083 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alissa Lee</h4> 3084 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3085 <p>Alissa Leeâs novel, <em>With Friends Like These</em>, will be published by Simon & Schuster on November 4, 2025. Find it <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/With-Friends-Like-These/Alissa-Lee/9781668094006" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3086<div></div> 3087 </div> 3088 3089 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3090 3091 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3092 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3093</article><!-- #post-## --> 3094 3095 3096 3097<article id="post-74851" class="photo-text post-74851 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3098 3099 <div class="entry-content"> 3100 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WebFC_Betweenness2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3101 <h4 class="tight-heading">Varun Ravindran</h4> 3102 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3103 <p>Varun Ravindran’s debut full-length poetry collection, <em>Betweenness</em>, was published by Baobab Press. More info <a href="https://baobabpress.com/books/betweenness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3104<div></div> 3105 </div> 3106 <br>Attended with the help of a Lambda Literary Scholarship 3107 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3108 3109 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3110 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3111</article><!-- #post-## --> 3112 3113 3114 3115<article id="post-74832" class="photo-text post-74832 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3116 3117 <div class="entry-content"> 3118 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/d46e49_8d03bc7f8bd54b8cb34641c39c35b07dmv2-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3119 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 3120 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14,â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3121 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s prize-winning short story collection <em>On Earth As It Is In Heaven</em> has been published by Orison Books. More info <a href="https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3122<div></div> 3123 </div> 3124 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship, '22 3125 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3126 3127 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3128 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3129</article><!-- #post-## --> 3130 3131 3132 3133<article id="post-74816" class="photo-text post-74816 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3134 3135 <div class="entry-content"> 3136 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/VRG-Santa-Monica-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3137 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 3138 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14,â 22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3139 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story “The Street With Five Speed Bumps” was published in Oratoria magazine. You can read it <a href="https://oratoriamag.substack.com/p/the-street-with-five-speed-bumps?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=9bsdp&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3140<div></div> 3141 </div> 3142 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship '22 3143 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3144 3145 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3146 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3147</article><!-- #post-## --> 3148 3149 3150 3151<article id="post-74802" class="photo-text post-74802 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3152 3153 <div class="entry-content"> 3154 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9781643756912-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3155 <h4 class="tight-heading">A.M. Sosa</h4> 3156 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3157 3158<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A.M. Sosa’s latest novel,<em> And Iâll Take Out Your Eyes, </em>will be published in October, 2025 by Algonquin Books. </p> 3159<div></div> </div> 3160 3161 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3162 3163 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3164 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3165</article><!-- #post-## --> 3166 3167 3168 3169<article id="post-74797" class="photo-text post-74797 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3170 3171 <div class="entry-content"> 3172 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9780316582797_bb2b6d-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3173 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jimin Han</h4> 3174 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '95</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3175 3176<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jimin Han’s latest novel, <em>Dreamt I Found You</em>, will be published by Little, Brown and Company in April 2026. Find it <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jimin-han/dreamt-i-found-you/9780316582797/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 3177<div></div> </div> 3178 3179 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3180 3181 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3182 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3183</article><!-- #post-## --> 3184 3185 3186 3187<article id="post-74685" class="photo-text post-74685 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3188 3189 <div class="entry-content"> 3190 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Johnson_But-Wheres-Home_Final-cvr-for-publ-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3191 <h4 class="tight-heading">Toni Ann Johnson</h4> 3192 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops Participant, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3193 <p>In February 2026, Screen Door Press, an imprint of the University Press of Kentucky will publish the linked short story collection <em>But Whereâs Home?</em> by Toni Ann Johnson. Winner of the 2024 Screen Door Press Fiction Prize, the book follows Johnson’s previous collection, <em>Light Skin Gone to Waste</em>, a 2023 NAACP Image Award nominee for Outstanding Literary Work and winner of the 2021 Flannery O’Connor Award. Deeply emotional, funny, and unflinchingly honest, <em>But Where’s Home?</em> lays bare the realities of Black life in America, challenging readers to confront issues of racism and classism as well as narcissistic abuse and parent-child relationships. More info <a href="https://www.toniannjohnson.com/writing/but-wheres-home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3194<div></div> 3195 </div> 3196 <br>Attended with the help of a Kimbilio Scholarship 3197 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3198 3199 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3200 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3201</article><!-- #post-## --> 3202 3203 3204 3205<article id="post-74677" class="photo-text post-74677 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 3206 3207 <div class="entry-content"> 3208 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patty-at-5-Dancing-with-Dad-CAPTION-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3209 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia K. Meyer</h4> 3210 <span style="font-size:80%;">
3210Writers/Adaptation Workshop Teaching Staff: '08-'25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3211 <p>Patricia K. Meyer launched a podcast: <em>Daughters and Their Fathers: It’s Complicated</em>, to explore the under-charted subject of daughters and how they are influenced and informed by the first man in their lives. Tune in to listen to experts in the field, including the lone dad so far, the esteemed Ernest Thompson who wrote the seminal father-daughter play and film, <em>On Golden Pond</em>. Listen <a href="https://www.patriciakmeyer.net/podcast.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>,<br /> 3212as well as RSS, Apple, Amazon, and Spotify. I invite the daughters and dads in the Community of Writers to join me for a conversation about your experience “raising each other.” Please reach out via Facebook: @Patty Meyer or #pattymeyerwriter.</p> 3213<div></div> 3214 </div> 3215 3216 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3217 3218 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3219 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3220</article><!-- #post-## --> 3221 3222 3223 3224<article id="post-74673" class="photo-text post-74673 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3225 3226 <div class="entry-content"> 3227 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VG-CoW-Pic-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3228 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 3229 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3230 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story “To Tame A Monster” was published in <em>Pleiades Magazine</em> Spring 2025 issue. This story was discussed in workshop at the 2022 Community of Writers conference. More info <a href="https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3231<div></div> 3232 </div> 3233 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship '22 3234 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3235 3236 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3237 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3238</article><!-- #post-## --> 3239 3240 3241 3242<article id="post-74671" class="photo-text post-74671 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3243 3244 <div class="entry-content"> 3245 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Piecework_ShimshonSanto-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3246 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Shimshon-Santo</h4> 3247 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Participant, '20, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3248 <p>Amy Shimshon-Santo’s new book <em>Piecework: Ethnographies of Place</em> is available to preorder (Unsolicited Press, Year of Womxn Series). The book of essays, with prose poems sprinkled in, shares life lessons from collective action for access to the arts in urban schools, neighborhoods, museums, and households in California. Real world strategies for community action are the pulse of every piece. The book honors public memory at a time when we are facing unprecedented disinvestments, and even punishment, for efforts to create and sustain inclusive spaces in education, libraries, and museums. (Resource for arts educators and creatives with a vital social practice.) More info <a href="https://asterismbooks.com/product/piecework-ethnographies-of-place-amy-shimshon-santo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3249<div></div> 3250 </div> 3251 3252 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3253 3254 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3255 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3256</article><!-- #post-## --> 3257 3258 3259 3260<article id="post-74669" class="photo-text post-74669 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3261 3262 <div class="entry-content"> 3263 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Richardson_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3264 <h4 class="tight-heading">James Richardson</h4> 3265 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3266 <p>James Richardsonâs book, <em>The Abolitionistâs Journal: Memories of and American Antislavery Family</em>, published by High Road Books, won the Forward Reviews INDIE Gold Award for History 2022. More than 2,600 titles in 55 categories were considered. âIndependent presses and authors are publishing some of the most innovative, creative, and beautiful books. To honor the very best of indie publishing each year, weâre pleased to host the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.â More info <a href="https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/the-abolitionists-journal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3267<div></div> 3268 </div> 3269 3270 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3271 3272 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3273 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3274</article><!-- #post-## --> 3275 3276 3277 3278<article id="post-74667" class="photo-text post-74667 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3279 3280 <div class="entry-content"> 3281 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/HannaBahedry-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3282 <h4 class="tight-heading">
3282Hanna Bahedry</h4> 3283 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3284 <p>Hanna Bahedry won the 1st place prize for the <em>Writerâs Digest</em>Â 2025 Short Short Story Competition. Her story âA Beautiful and Everlasting Moment of Pleasureâ will appear in the September/October issue in print and online <a href="https://www.writersdigest.com/">here</a>. More info <a href="http://hannabahedry.me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3285<div></div> 3286 </div> 3287 3288 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3289 3290 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3291 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3292</article><!-- #post-## --> 3293 3294 3295 3296<article id="post-74595" class="photo-text post-74595 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3297 3298 <div class="entry-content"> 3299 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_7474-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3300 <h4 class="tight-heading">Devi S. Laskar</h4> 3301 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '04, '08, '14, '21, and fiction '04, '15. Teaching Staff, '21, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3302 <p>Devi S. Laskarâs debut poetry collection, <em>Self-Portraits Ex Machina</em>, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in November 2025. Her third novel, <em>Midnight at the War</em>, is forthcoming from Mariner Books in April 2026. Her debut spoken-word album, based on her poetry, is forthcoming from Someplace Called Brooklyn record label this winter. More info <a href="http://devislaskar.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3303<div></div> 3304 </div> 3305 3306 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3307 3308 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3309 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3310</article><!-- #post-## --> 3311 3312 3313 3314<article id="post-74663" class="photo-text post-74663 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-writers"> 3315 3316 <div class="entry-content"> 3317 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Rene-with-22Homage22-and-22For-Veronica22-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3318 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nancy Kelly</h4> 3319 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '06, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3320 <p>“Smitten”, Nancy Kelly’s award-winning documentary about art collector Rene di Rosa, is screening as part of FAR OUT: Northern California Art from the di Rosa Collection. More info <a href="https://www.dirosaart.org/2025/04/far-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://kelly-yamamoto.com/portfolio_page/smitten/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3321<div></div> 3322 </div> 3323 3324 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3325 3326 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3327 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3328</article><!-- #post-## --> 3329 3330 3331 3332<article id="post-74662" class="photo-text post-74662 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 3333 3334 <div class="entry-content"> 3335 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1_ceoYtvV1YhUIRgLFd3F5MQ-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3336 <h4 class="tight-heading">Martin J. Smith</h4> 3337 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff & Participant, '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3338 <p>Medium published Martin J. Smith’s essay “Butterfly Wings, Tornadoes, and the Astounding Power of Storytelling.” More info <a href="https://martinjsmith.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/@martinjsmith/butterfly-wings-tornadoes-and-the-astounding-power-of-storytelling-49543bb1a2f5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a></p> 3339<div></div> 3340 </div> 3341 3342 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3343 3344 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3345 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3346</article><!-- #post-## --> 3347 3348 3349 3350<article id="post-74638" class="photo-text post-74638 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3351 3352 <div class="entry-content"> 3353 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Step
3353henBlackburn-Headshot-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3354 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stephen Blackburn</h4> 3355 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '03, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3356 <p>Towne Street Theatre selected Stephen Blackburn’s 10-minute monologue, Frederick Douglass-Unexpected, 1884, as one of 9 winners to be produced for four weeks in October at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood as part of the fifth âIn Responseâ theater festival. According to TST: âThis yearâs festivalâs theme is RISE UP!, continuing its tradition of offering playwrights, directors, actors and other performing artists a dynamic platform to respond to todayâs urgent events, social issues, and personal experiences through compelling plays and other performing arts mediums.â More info <a href="https://www.townestreetla.org/inresponse2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3357<div></div> 3358 </div> 3359 3360 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3361 3362 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3363 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3364</article><!-- #post-## --> 3365 3366 3367 3368<article id="post-74635" class="photo-text post-74635 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3369 3370 <div class="entry-content"> 3371 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Seacliff-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Seacliff-Cover-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Seacliff-Cover.jpg 427w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 3372 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cate Lycurgus</h4> 3373 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3374 <p>Cate Lycurgus’s chapbook <em>Seacliff</em> is forthcoming from Bull City Press in October 2025. Anchored by a vivid and resounding sequence, <em>Seacliff</em> enacts the relentless crash and dissolution of our bodies, landscapes, and spirits, even as they are recombined to return. Unlike other works, this seascape impels a meditation that is not merely metaphorical. In the face of very real forces, the uncertainty is not whether one must surrender, but when and how. This testament of perseverance invites us to submit toâand to celebrateâthe vast vigor of our planet. Here, alongside the Northern California coast, <em>Seacliff</em> offers a path, one lyric runner of shine, out to a fresh horizon. More info <a href="https://catelycurgus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3375<div></div> 3376 </div> 3377 3378 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3379 3380 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3381 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3382</article><!-- #post-## --> 3383 3384 3385 3386<article id="post-74736" class="photo-text post-74736 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3387 3388 <div class="entry-content"> 3389 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/UNO-1958-Go-Help-Yourself_COVER-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3390 <h4 class="tight-heading">Daniel Pope</h4> 3391 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3392 3393<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Daniel Pope’s newest novel, <em>Go Help Yourself</em>, will be available in May 2026 from University of New Orleans Press. It won the University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize, and was longlisted for the First Pages Contest.</p> 3394<div></div> </div> 3395 3396 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3397 3398 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3399 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3400</article><!-- #post-## --> 3401 3402 3403 3404<article id="post-74719" class="photo-text post-74719 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 3405 3406 <div class="entry-content"> 3407 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9780316224659-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3408 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peter Orner</h4> 3409 <div class="tight-content"> 3410 3411<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Peter Orner’s newest novel, <em>The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter</em>, was published by Little, Brown and Company in August 2025. </p> 3412 3413 3414 3415<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The cold case of a young Hollywood starletâs death sets a contemporary writer on an epic and comic quest to uncover the truth, and its connection to his own familyâa new novel by âa major talentâ (<em>New York Times</em>) and âone of the most distinctive voices of his generationâ (<em>Granta</em>).</p> 3416<div></div> </div> 3417 3418 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3419 3420 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3421 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3422</article><!-- #post-## --> 3423 3424 3425 3426<article id="post-74688" class="photo-text post-74688 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3427 3428 <div class="entry-content"> 3429 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/61brzfYOs2L._UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3430 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 3431 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07, '10, '14, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3432 3433<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jeanine Stevens’ latest poetry collection, <em>Left Handed Hummingbird</em>, was published by Clare Songbirds Publishing House in 2025. The title poem began at the Community of Writers in 2007 in Jimmy Santiago Baca’s Workshop.</p> 3434<div></div> </div> 3435 3436 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3437 3438 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3439 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3440</article><!-- #post-## --> 3441 3442 3443 3444<article id="post-74620" class="photo-text post-74620 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 3445 3446 <div class="entry-content"> 3447 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/LesterLennon_1_4.30.17-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3448 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lester Lennon</h4> 3449 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '99, 0'01, '03, '05, '07, '09, '11, '13, '15, '17 ,'25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3450 3451<p class="wp-block-paragraph">
3451Lester Graves Lennon (along Sehba Sarwar) was named a 2025 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow of Altadena, California.</p> 3452 3453 3454 3455<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Per the Academy of American Poets: “In partnership with the Altadena Library District, Lester Graves Lennon and Sehba Sarwar will launch âAfter the Fires: Healing from Histories,â a poetry initiative that seeks to provide space for the Altadena/Pasadena community to document history and heal from the devastation caused by the 2025 Eaton Fire. They will work in collaboration with the library district and local arts spaces to offer monthly workshops and readings that will culminate in a publication and a daylong festival. The participation of Altadena residents, especially those who experienced displacement and/or loss as a result of the fires, will be prioritized. Lennon and Sarwar will build upon the work started by past poets laureate who have been serving the community since 2006.</p> 3456<div></div> </div> 3457 3458 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3459 3460 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3461 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3462</article><!-- #post-## --> 3463 3464 3465 3466<article id="post-74510" class="photo-text post-74510 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3467 3468 <div class="entry-content"> 3469 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9781802067064-jacket-large-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3470 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nick Makoha</h4> 3471 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3472 3473<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nick Makohaâs second collection, <em>The New Carthaginians</em>, was published by Penguin (Allen Lane) in February 2025. The book, a mythic and formally inventive long poem, explores flight, identity, and the 1976 Entebbe hijacking through three interlinked figures: Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Black Icarus, and âthe Poet.â Combining poetry, myth, and history, Makoha builds a new diasporic epic that bridges personal memory and collective mythmaking.</p> 3474 3475 3476 3477<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Makohaâs recent work includes essays in <em>Callaloo</em> and <em>Unbound Magazine</em>, a portfolio of poems and prose edited for the <em>Poetry Foundation</em>, and performances across the UK and US, including headline events at the Coronet Theatre, Verve Festival and Hay Festival.</p> 3478<div></div> </div> 3479 <br>Attended with the help of Cave Canem Scholarship 3480 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3481 3482 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3483 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3484</article><!-- #post-## --> 3485 3486 3487 3488<article id="post-74450" class="photo-text post-74450 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3489 3490 <div class="entry-content"> 3491 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1746970495-900-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3492 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meriwether Clarke</h4> 3493 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3494 <p>Meriwether Clarke’s debut poetry collection, <em>Body Memory</em>, will be released from Unsolicited Press on October 7, 2025.</p> 3495<div></div> 3496 </div> 3497 3498 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3499 3500 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3501 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3502</article><!-- #post-## --> 3503 3504 3505 3506<article id="post-74422" class="photo-text post-74422 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3507 3508 <div class="entry-content"> 3509 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IndianCountry_Cover_0130_b-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3510 <h4 class="tight-heading">Shobha Rao</h4> 3511 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3512 <p>Shobha Rao’s novel, <em>Indian Country</em>, will be published on August 5, 2025. She is also the author of the novel, <em>Girls Burn Brighter</em>, and the short story collection, <em>An Unrestored Woman</em>. More info <a href="http://shobharao.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3513<div></div> 3514 </div> 3515 3516 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3517 3518 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3519 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3520</article><!-- #post-## --> 3521 3522 3523 3524<article id="post-74413" class="photo-text post-74413 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3525 3526 <div class="entry-content"> 3527 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/057_RowenaSinger100223_photobyAndriaLo-21-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3528 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rowena Leong Singer</h4> 3529 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3530 <p>Rowena Leong Singer’s essay, “Ghost from Chickens Past”–about vandal ghosts, kamikaze birds, and the lingering effects of trauma–appears in the Summer 2025 issue of <em>North American Review</em>
3530 (with a shoutout from the editors!) More info <a href="https://northamericanreview.org/node/18319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3531<div></div> 3532 </div> 3533 3534 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3535 3536 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3537 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3538</article><!-- #post-## --> 3539 3540 3541 3542<article id="post-74387" class="photo-text post-74387 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3543 3544 <div class="entry-content"> 3545 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-429x600.jpg 429w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-572x800.jpg 572w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-768x1073.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-1099x1536.jpg 1099w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover-1465x2048.jpg 1465w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Steinorth-Walton_Cover.jpg 1710w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 3546 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jen Sperry Steinorth</h4> 3547 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3548 <p>Jen Sperry Steinorth’s hybrid documentary, <em>Boys Behind Glass</em>, is forthcoming from TRP in September. In this third full-length collection, portraits from artist Jenny Walton’s online dating catalog, <em>Match/Enemy</em>, coupled with ekphrastic sonnets & a maximalist glossary– lyric notations of pop culture, masculinity, politics, tech and intimacy–a rollicking diagnostic of loneliness, longing, and the ailing hearts we hide. More info <a href="https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781680034424/boys-behind-glass/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3549<div></div> 3550 </div> 3551 3552 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3553 3554 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3555 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3556</article><!-- #post-## --> 3557 3558 3559 3560<article id="post-74352" class="photo-text post-74352 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3561 3562 <div class="entry-content"> 3563 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Craft_Paperback-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3564 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ananda Lima</h4> 3565 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3566 <p>Ananda Limaâs <em>Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil</em> came out in paperback in June 2025. <em>Craft</em> was longlisted for the Story Prize, the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal. The New York Times describes it as âa remarkable debut that announces the arrival of a towering talent in speculative fiction. More info <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250292988/craft/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3567<div></div> 3568 </div> 3569 3570 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3571 3572 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3573 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3574</article><!-- #post-## --> 3575 3576 3577 3578<article id="post-74350" class="photo-text post-74350 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 3579 3580 <div class="entry-content"> 3581 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/81ev-R-1bkL._UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3582 <h4 class="tight-heading">Robin Somers</h4> 3583 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3584 <p>
3584Robin Somers released <em>Eleven Stolen Horses</em> (Sibylline Press fall 2024), a Wild Horses Mystery. The book was the Finalist in Best Western for Pacific Book Review. More info <a href="http://www.robinsomers.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3585 3586 3587<div></div> 3588<div></div> </div> 3589 <br>Attended with the help of William Turnbull Scholarship 3590 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3591 3592 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3593 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3594</article><!-- #post-## --> 3595 3596 3597 3598<article id="post-74348" class="photo-text post-74348 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 3599 3600 <div class="entry-content"> 3601 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screen-Shot-2025-04-26-at-1.39.14-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3602 <h4 class="tight-heading">DeWitt Henry</h4> 3603 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Teaching Staff, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3604 <p>DeWitt Henryâs novel <em>Top Cop Kills</em> was published in April, 2025 by Pierian Springs Press, which has also revived his Peter Taylor Prize novel <em>The Marriage of Anna Maye Potts</em> with a foreword by Margot Livesey (April, 2024) and will publish <em>Perspectives: Uncollected Essays</em> in Winter, 2025. More info <a href="http://www.dewitthenry.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3605<div></div> 3606 </div> 3607 3608 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3609 3610 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3611 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3612</article><!-- #post-## --> 3613 3614 3615 3616<article id="post-74347" class="photo-text post-74347 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3617 3618 <div class="entry-content"> 3619 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Front-Cover-Periodic-Elements-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Front-Cover-Periodic-Elements-150x210.webp 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Front-Cover-Periodic-Elements.webp 395w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 3620 <h4 class="tight-heading">Georgia San Li</h4> 3621 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3622 <p>In her second chapbook, <em>Periodic Elements</em>, Georgia San Li explores both love and lamentation. Her poems have been shortlisted for the 2023 Oxford Poetry Prize, longlisted for the 2024 London Magazine Poetry Prize, and nominated twice for the 2025 Pushcart Prize. Her chapbook arrangement of âSmall Galaxies for Breakfastâ was a semifinalist for the 2024 Tomaž Å alamun Prize. She lives and writes in New England. More info <a href="https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/books/periodic-elements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3623<div></div> 3624 </div> 3625 3626 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3627 3628 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3629 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3630</article><!-- #post-## --> 3631 3632 3633 3634<article id="post-74345" class="photo-text post-74345 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 3635 3636 <div class="entry-content"> 3637 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Alison-Turner-002-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3638 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alison Turner</h4> 3639 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3640 <p>Alison Turner’s poem written during the Los Angeles fires was selected by Alicia Ostriker to win the 2025 Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation Poetry Prize. More info <a href="https://www.torhouse.org/prize" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3641<div></div> 3642 </div> 3643 3644 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3645 3646 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3647 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3648</article><!-- #post-## --> 3649 3650 3651 3652<article id="post-74343" class="photo-text post-74343 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3653 3654 <div class="entry-content"> 3655 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/81i8kqIDdRL-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3656 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Fang</h4> 3657 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3658 <p>Karen Fangâs nonfiction book, <em>
3658Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong</em>, was named Honorable Mention in the 2025 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award for Adult Nonfiction. More info <a href="https://www.cala-web.org/awards/bestbook/2025recipients" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3659<div></div> 3660 </div> 3661 <br>Attended with the help of James D Houston Memorial Scholarship 3662 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3663 3664 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3665 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3666</article><!-- #post-## --> 3667 3668 3669 3670<article id="post-74341" class="photo-text post-74341 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3671 3672 <div class="entry-content"> 3673 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2a4befc9-75a7-4eab-b2b6-f323be34d179_971x1500-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3674 <h4 class="tight-heading">Swetha Amit</h4> 3675 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers workshop, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3676 <p>Swetha Amit’s latest chapbook, <em>Sailing Paper Boats & other stories</em>, was published by Alien Buddha Press and released on April 6th, 2025. The chapbook is a collection of flash fiction stories about the impact of climate catastrophe on human lives, relationships, their beliefs, and faith. It’s available for purchase on Amazon. More info <a href="https://swethaamit.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3677<div></div> 3678 </div> 3679 3680 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3681 3682 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3683 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3684</article><!-- #post-## --> 3685 3686 3687 3688<article id="post-74338" class="photo-text post-74338 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3689 3690 <div class="entry-content"> 3691 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Deep-Dive-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3692 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terry Shames</h4> 3693 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3694 <p>Terry Shamesâ <em>DEEP DIVE</em>, the second in the Jessie Madison thriller series comes out July 2 from Severn House Publishing. Booklist calls it a âmust-read thriller.â More info <a href="http://www.terryshames.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3695<div></div> 3696 </div> 3697 3698 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3699 3700 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3701 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3702</article><!-- #post-## --> 3703 3704 3705 3706<article id="post-74325" class="photo-text post-74325 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3707 3708 <div class="entry-content"> 3709 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Me_LakeGeorge-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3710 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 3711 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3712 <p>Lauren Barbato’s short story “The Great Renunciation” won the 2025 Short Fiction Award from American Literary Review and appears in the journal’s spring issue. Her story “Dhamma Talks” was also shortlisted for the 2024 Reprint Prize from The Masters Review. More info <a href="https://americanliteraryreview.com/2025/04/03/lauren-barbato/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3713 3714 3715<div></div> 3716<div></div> </div> 3717 <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 3718 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3719 3720 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3721 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3722</article><!-- #post-## --> 3723 3724 3725 3726<article id="post-74317" class="photo-text post-74317 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3727 3728 <div class="entry-content"> 3729 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/def_
37296235_small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3730 <h4 class="tight-heading">Colleen Morton Busch</h4> 3731 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3732 <p>Colleen Morton Busch’s debut poetry collection, <em>Smolder</em>, was a finalist for both The Word Works’ 2024 Summer Reading Period and the 2024 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry prize. More info <a href="http://www.colleenmortonbusch.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3733<div></div> 3734 </div> 3735 3736 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3737 3738 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3739 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3740</article><!-- #post-## --> 3741 3742 3743 3744<article id="post-74193" class="photo-text post-74193 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 3745 3746 <div class="entry-content"> 3747 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_2216-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3748 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 3749 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3750 <p>Stella Santamaria’s second poetry collection, <em>PERPETUAL</em>, is a finalist for the Two Sylvias Press Wilder Prize 2024. More info <a href="https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/stella_santamaria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3751<div></div> 3752 </div> 3753 <br>Attended with the help of Ancinas Family Scholarship 3754 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3755 3756 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3757 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3758</article><!-- #post-## --> 3759 3760 3761 3762<article id="post-74189" class="photo-text post-74189 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3763 3764 <div class="entry-content"> 3765 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/hills-full-of-holes-cover-d-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3766 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dan Alter</h4> 3767 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '11, '14, '18, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3768 <p>Dan Alter’s second collection, <em>Hills Full of Holes</em>, was published by Fernwood Press in March 2025. In addition, <em>Take a Breath, You’re Getting Excited</em>, a volume of his translations from the Hebrew of Yakir Ben Moshe, was published by Ben Yehuda Press in the fall of 2024. More info <a href="http://danalter.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3769<div></div> 3770 </div> 3771 3772 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3773 3774 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3775 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3776</article><!-- #post-## --> 3777 3778 3779 3780<article id="post-74187" class="photo-text post-74187 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3781 3782 <div class="entry-content"> 3783 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PTTJ_Final-Cover_Omnidawn-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3784 <h4 class="tight-heading">Maw Shein Win</h4> 3785 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3786 <p>Maw Shein Win’s third full-length poetry collection, <em>Percussing the Thinking Jar</em>, was published by Omnidawn in Fall 2024. More info <a href="http://mawsheinwin.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3787<div></div> 3788 </div> 3789 3790 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3791 3792 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3793 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3794</article><!-- #post-## --> 3795 3796 3797 3798<article id="post-74185" class="photo-text post-74185 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3799 3800 <div class="entry-content"> 3801 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Aslan-Hindu-periphery-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3802 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 3803 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14,â 22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3804 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s essay “Narnia Through Hindu Eyes” was published in <em>Counter Arts</em>. You can read it <a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/narnia-through-
3804hindu-eyes-fda2a33576e2?sk=d5c5422fcc64937023bd6635b770a6ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Find Vishwas’ website <a href="http://www.vishwasgaitonde.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3805<div></div> 3806 </div> 3807 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship '22 3808 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3809 3810 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3811 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3812</article><!-- #post-## --> 3813 3814 3815 3816<article id="post-74183" class="photo-text post-74183 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 3817 3818 <div class="entry-content"> 3819 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/poster_stills-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3820 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joy Ma</h4> 3821 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3822 <p>Joy Ma’s documentary “Voices of Deoli” sheds light on the untold stories of individuals interned in Deoli Camp after the brief Indo-China War of 1962. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and will be screened on June 29 in San Francisco. Through firsthand accounts and historical insights, the film brings to life a chapter of history that deserves recognition.</p> 3823<p>The event includes a Q&A session with the film crew, offering a chance to engage in meaningful discussions. Reserve your spot now and be part of a community that values storytelling and historical awareness. More info <a href="https://bit.ly/4jM9Ulq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://festival.vcmedia.org/2025/movies/voices-of-deoli/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3824<div></div> 3825 </div> 3826 3827 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3828 3829 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3830 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3831</article><!-- #post-## --> 3832 3833 3834 3835<article id="post-74270" class="photo-text post-74270 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup"> 3836 3837 <div class="entry-content"> 3838 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/81kCbH31mrL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3839 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rickey Fayne</h4> 3840 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '23, Writers Workshops Staff, '25</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3841 3842<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rickey Fayne’s debut novel, <em>The Devil Three Times</em>, was published by Little, Brown and Company on May 13, 2025. More info <a href="https://www.rickeyfayne.com/the-devil-three-times" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 3843<div></div> </div> 3844 3845 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3846 3847 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3848 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3849</article><!-- #post-## --> 3850 3851 3852 3853<article id="post-74121" class="photo-text post-74121 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3854 3855 <div class="entry-content"> 3856 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Almost-family-cover-final-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3857 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Bancroft</h4> 3858 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3859 <p><em>Almost Family</em>, the debut novel of AWA affiliate Ann Bancroft, was awarded this month with both the Sarton Prize for best contemporary fiction and the Somerset Award for literary fiction. The novel is the story of three people who meet in a comically awful support group for metastatic cancer. They ditch the group and form their own, calling themselves the Oakland Mets. Their goal is to have some fun outdoors, but they wind up helping each other reach acceptance and solve the unfinished business of their lives. More info <a href="https://annbancroftauthor.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3860<div></div> 3861 </div> 3862 3863 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3864 3865 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3866 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3867</article><!-- #post-## --> 3868 3869 3870 3871<article id="post-74095" class="photo-text post-74095 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3872 3873 <div class="entry-content"> 3874 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Phoenix-Girl-Art_Yvonne-Chan_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3875 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michelle Yang</h4> 3876 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3877 <p>Michelle Yangâs Memoir <em>
3877Phoenix Girl: How A Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love</em> launches on May 6, 2025, from Fifth Avenue Press. More info <a href="https://www.michelleyangwriter.com/events/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3878<div></div> 3879 </div> 3880 3881 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3882 3883 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3884 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3885</article><!-- #post-## --> 3886 3887 3888 3889<article id="post-74093" class="photo-text post-74093 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3890 3891 <div class="entry-content"> 3892 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/977D81D7-6904-4CF1-96F2-E9C79C596740-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3893 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marianne Villanueva</h4> 3894 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3895 <p>Marianne Villanuevaâs fourth short story collection, <em>Residents of the Deep</em>, is forthcoming in August 2025 from Unsolicited Press.</p> 3896<p>She has been granted admission to Yaddo this summer, where she will focus on completing her first novel, <em>White Sails, Green Oceans</em>, about a priest who is sent to the Philippines to fight demons. More info <a href="https://www.mariannevillanuevaauthor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3897<div></div> 3898 </div> 3899 3900 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3901 3902 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3903 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3904</article><!-- #post-## --> 3905 3906 3907 3908<article id="post-74091" class="photo-text post-74091 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 3909 3910 <div class="entry-content"> 3911 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Again_Cover-for-UEP-Shop_Front-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3912 <h4 class="tight-heading">Charles Douthat</h4> 3913 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '04, '09, '12, '14, '20, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3914 <p>Charles Douthatâs second collection of poetry, <em>Again</em>, was published by Unbound Editions Press in April 2025. More info <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/product/again-charles-douthat-poetry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3915<div></div> 3916 </div> 3917 3918 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3919 3920 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3921 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3922</article><!-- #post-## --> 3923 3924 3925 3926<article id="post-74046" class="photo-text post-74046 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 3927 3928 <div class="entry-content"> 3929 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-05-05-at-2.20.11â¯PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3930 <h4 class="tight-heading">Christopher R. Vaughan</h4> 3931 <span style="font-size:80%;">Virtual Valley Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3932 <p>Christopher R. Vaughan’s poem “Pittsburgh” was published in Southeast Review. More info <a href="https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/43-1-christopher-r-vaughan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://christophervaughanpoet.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3933<div></div> 3934 </div> 3935 3936 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3937 3938 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3939 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3940</article><!-- #post-## --> 3941 3942 3943 3944<article id="post-74044" class="photo-text post-74044 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 3945 3946 <div class="entry-content"> 3947 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/81lX4JUBUCL._UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3948 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karleigh Frisbie Brogan</h4> 3949 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3950 <p>Karleigh Frisbie Brogan’s memoir, <em>Holding: A Memoir About Mothers, Drugs, and Other Comforts</em>, will be published by Steerforth in August 2025. Excerpts from this book won her a 2024 Oregon Literary Fellowship. More info <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788182/holding-by-karleigh-frisbie-brogan/http://" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3951<div></div> 3952 </div> 3953 <br>Attended with the help of George Pascoe Miller Scholarship 3954 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3955 3956 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3957 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3958</article><!-- #post-## --> 3959 3960 3961 3962<article id="post-74043" class="photo-text post-74043 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 3963 3964 <div class="entry-content"> 3965 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/61Z98NO52L._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3966 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dan Bellm</h4> 3967 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '90, '92, '95, '97, '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3968 <p>Dan Bellmâs most recent translation, <em>Central American Book of the Dead</em>, by Mexican poet Balam Rodrigo, was a finalist for the 2024 National Translation Award. More info <a href="http://danbellm.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 3969<div></div> 3970 </div> 3971 3972 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3973 3974 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3975 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3976</article><!-- #post-## --> 3977 3978 3979 3980<article id="post-74129" class="photo-text post-74129 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 3981 3982 <div class="entry-content"> 3983 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/81cFVjWKjiL-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 3984 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jason Roberts</h4> 3985 <span style="font-size:80%;">Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 3986 3987<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jason Roberts’ book, <em>Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life</em> (Random House) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. More info <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2025" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 3988<div></div> </div> 3989 3990 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 3991 3992 <footer class="entry-footer"> 3993 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 3994</article><!-- #post-## --> 3995 3996 3997 3998<article id="post-74038" class="photo-text post-74038 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 3999 4000 <div class="entry-content"> 4001 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_1447-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4002 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 4003 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4004 <p>Stella Santamaria is a writer in residence at T.S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts next summer as part of The Ottoline Book Prize for <em>California Silence,</em> forthcoming 2026 by FENCE Books.</p> 4005<div></div> 4006 </div> 4007 <br>Attended with the help of Ancinas Family Scholarship 4008 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4009 4010 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4011 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4012</article><!-- #post-## --> 4013 4014 4015 4016<article id="post-74036" class="photo-text post-74036 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 4017 4018 <div class="entry-content"> 4019 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1925-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4020 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tom Lutz</h4> 4021 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff, '17, '19, '20, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4022 <p>Tom Lutz’s new book, <em>1925: A Literary Encyclopedia, </em>was published by Rare Bird Lit in March 2025. More info <a href="http://theyear1925.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4023<p>A new novel, <em>Chagos Archipelago</em> is due in October from Red Hen Press.</p> 4024<div></div> 4025 </div> 4026 4027 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4028 4029 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4030 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4031</article><!-- #post-## --> 4032 4033 4034 4035<article id="post-74034" class="photo-text post-74034 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 4036 4037 <div class="entry-content"> 4038 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/9781595343086-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4039 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joe M Lamb</h4> 4040 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4041 <p>Joe Lamb’s poem, “Trinity”, was published in <em>Attached to the Living World</em>, A New Ecopoetry Anthology<br /> 4042Edited by Ann Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray Street.</p> 4043<p>Joe’s poem, “The Lowly Worm Climbs up a Winding Stair”, will be published in upcoming print edition of <em>The Nature of Our Times: Poems on Americaâs Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders</em>. Five of Joe’s poems have been published in the accompanying online gallery. Find them <a href="https://natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/?s=Joe+Lamb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4044<div></div> 4045 </div> 4046 4047 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4048 4049 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4050 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4051</article><!-- #post-## --> 4052 4053 4054 4055<article id="post-74031" class="photo-text post-74031 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4056 4057 <div class="entry-content"> 4058 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/9780814259511-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4059 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tyler McAndrew</h4> 4060 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4061 <p>Tyler McAndrew’s debut book, <em>My Prisoner & Other Stories</em>
4061âwhich won the 2024 Non / Fiction Prize with Mad Creek Books / Ohio State University Pressâis now available for pre-order. More info <a href="https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814259511.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4062<div></div> 4063 </div> 4064 <br>Attended with the help of Gill Dennis Memorial Scholarship 4065 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4066 4067 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4068 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4069</article><!-- #post-## --> 4070 4071 4072 4073<article id="post-74008" class="photo-text post-74008 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4074 4075 <div class="entry-content"> 4076 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_1005479393_168511392084_1_original-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4077 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joy Ma</h4> 4078 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4079 4080<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 4081<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Voices of Deoli”, produced by Joy Ma, premieres at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.</p> 4082 4083 4084 4085<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A feature documentary that shares the untold stories of survivors from the Deoli Internment Camp in India, this timely and deeply resonant film sheds light on a nearly forgotten chapter of history in which around 3,000 Indian Chinese were unjustly imprisoned after the 1962 Sino-India war. As immigration policies and narratives around national identity continue to evolve, both in the U.S. and globally, the film offers powerful insights into how the past still echoes today. What happened in the past can happen again, and often does.</p> 4086 4087 4088 4089<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Find more info about the screening <a href="https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/cinema/2025/voices-of-deoli-2025-with-director-lulu-men-and-producer-joy-ma.html">here</a>.</p> 4090</blockquote> 4091<div></div> </div> 4092 4093 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4094 4095 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4096 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4097</article><!-- #post-## --> 4098 4099 4100 4101<article id="post-73940" class="photo-text post-73940 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4102 4103 <div class="entry-content"> 4104 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/VG-Terracotta-Wall-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4105 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 4106 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4107 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story “Open Secrets” was published in <em>The Brussels Review</em>, Spring 2025. This story was discussed in workshop in 2014. More info <a href="https://www.vishwasgaitonde.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4108<div></div> 4109 </div> 4110 <br>Attended with the help of A Maat Scholarship '22 4111 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4112 4113 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4114 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4115</article><!-- #post-## --> 4116 4117 4118 4119<article id="post-73715" class="photo-text post-73715 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4120 4121 <div class="entry-content"> 4122 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Perrin_Disquiet-headshot-high-res-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4123 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sarah Perrin</h4> 4124 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, â24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4125 <p>Sarah Perrin’s short story “Just Girls” was published in <em>Granta</em>. More info <a href="https://granta.com/just-girls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4126<div></div> 4127 </div> 4128 <br>Attended with the help of A Ruth Nyswander Del Duca Memorial Scholarship 4129 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4130 4131 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4132 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4133</article><!-- #post-## --> 4134 4135 4136 4137<article id="post-73709" class="photo-text post-73709 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4138 4139 <div class="entry-content"> 4140 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/VG-writ-caf-pic-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4141 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 4142 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4143 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s memoir slice ‘Happy Days with Perry Mason’ was published in <em>Gargoyle</em>, March 2025. You can read it <a href="https://gargoylemagazine.com/vishwas-r-gaitonde/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4144<div></div> 4145 </div> 4146 <br>Attended with the help of A Maat scholarship '22 4147 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4148 4149 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4150 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4151</article><!-- #post-## --> 4152 4153 4154 4155<article id="post-73969" class="photo-text post-73969 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writing-the-medical-experience"> 4156 4157 <div class="entry-content"> 4158 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/9798992573312_p0_v1_s600x595-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4159 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kenneth Weinberg</h4> 4160 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing the Medical Experience, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4161 4162<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kenneth Weinberg’s latest book, <em>Exquisite Moment of Sorrow and Grace</em>, was published in April 2025. Find it <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/exquisite-moments-of-sorrow-and-grace-kenneth-r-weinberg/1147288863?ean=9798992573312" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 4163<div></div> </div> 4164 4165 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4166 4167 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4168 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4169</article><!-- #post-## --> 4170 4171 4172 4173<article id="post-73966" class="photo-text post-73966 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 4174 4175 <div class="entry-content"> 4176 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Headshot-2024_0-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4177 <h4 class="tight-heading">Antonio López</h4> 4178 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Program Participant, '17, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4179 4180<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Antonio López was named San Mateo County Poet Laureate in April 2025. More info <a href="https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/antonio-lopez-new-san-mateo-county-poet-laureate" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 4181<div></div> </div> 4182 4183 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4184 4185 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4186 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4187</article><!-- #post-## --> 4188 4189 4190 4191<article id="post-73865" class="photo-text post-73865 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4192 4193 <div class="entry-content"> 4194 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/RebelFallsCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4195 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tim Wendel</h4> 4196 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '86, '87, '88, '89</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4197 <p><em>Rebel Falls</em> by Tim Wendel captured the 2025 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for excellence in military fiction. The book was published by Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Boyd Award honors the best American military fiction set in a period when the United States was at war.<br /> 4198<em>“Rebel Falls</em> is a riveting novel set during the American Civil War,” the ALA says. “The book was inspired by true stories of female spies who risked everything for the Union cause.” More info <a href="https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/rebel-falls-tim-wendel-winner-2025-wy-boyd-literary-award#:~:text=the%202025%20W.Y.-,Boyd%20Literary%20Award,Cornell%20University%20Press%20in%202024." target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4199<div></div> 4200 </div> 4201 4202 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4203 4204 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4205 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4206</article><!-- #post-## --> 4207 4208 4209 4210<article id="post-73712" class="photo-text post-73712 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4211 4212 <div class="entry-content"> 4213 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Left-Handed-Hummingbird-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4214 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 4215 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07, '10, '14, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4216 4217<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jeanine Steven’s newest poetry collection, <em>Left-Handed Hummingbird</em>, was published by Clare Songbirds Publishing House in January 2025. Her title poem was developed at the Community of Writers in 2007.</p> 4218<div></div> </div> 4219 4220 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4221 4222 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4223 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4224</article><!-- #post-## --> 4225 4226 4227 4228<article id="post-73620" class="photo-text post-73620 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4229 4230 <div class="entry-content"> 4231 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/6KX6BPSC5CPORNRTSRUESTQF-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4232 <h4 class="tight-heading">May Kuroiwa</h4> 4233 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4234 <p>May Kuroiwa’s poem, “When Nothing is All You Can Do”, is included in the anthology <em>Chaos, Crises, Conflict</em>, published by Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia.</p> 4235<div></div> 4236 </div> 4237 4238 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4239 4240 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4241 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4242</article><!-- #post-## --> 4243 4244 4245 4246<article id="post-73577" class="photo-text post-73577 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4247 4248 <div class="entry-content"> 4249 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/KhoraIssue43-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4250 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cathy Wang</h4> 4251 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4252 <p>Cathy Wang is featured in Issue 43 of <em>KHÃRA</em>. Her piece, “The Shape of Hope,” is published under her pen name “Cathy Lue-W.” More info <a href="http://www.corporealkhora.com/issue/43/the-shape-of-hope" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4253<div></div> 4254 </div> 4255 4256 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4257 4258 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4259 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4260</article><!-- #post-## --> 4261 4262 4263 4264<article id="post-73575" class="photo-text post-73575 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4265 4266 <div class="entry-content"> 4267 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Andrew-Roe-author-photo_color-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4268 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Roe</h4> 4269 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â97, â04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4270 <p>Andrew Roeâs short fiction has been recently published in <em>Story, Wigleaf, MoonPark Review</em>, and <em>Pithead</em> <em>Chapel</em>. More info <a href="https://www.andrewroeauthor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4271<div></div> 4272 </div> 4273 4274 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4275 4276 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4277 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4278</article><!-- #post-## --> 4279 4280 4281 4282<article id="post-73573" class="photo-text post-73573 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4283 4284 <div class="entry-content"> 4285 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/bridge-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4286 <h4 class="tight-heading">Freeman Ng</h4> 4287 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4288 <p><em>Bridge Across The Sky</em>, Freeman Ng’s verse novel based on the Chinese immigration experience through Angel Island, won the National Consortium For Teaching About Asia’s 2024 Freeman Award (name correspondence entirely coincidental!) for Young Adult/High School literature. More info <a href="https://www.AngelIslandNovel.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4289<div></div> 4290 </div> 4291 4292 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4293 4294 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4295 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4296</article><!-- #post-## --> 4297 4298 4299 4300<article id="post-73572" class="photo-text post-73572 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4301 4302 <div class="entry-content"> 4303 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot2024-09-30at12.53.29â¯PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4304 <h4 class="tight-heading">Therà Pickens</h4> 4305 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17, '20, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4306 <p>Therà Pickensâs debut poetry collection, <em>What Had Happened Was</em>, has been published by Duke University Press in March 2025. More info <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/what-had-happened-was">here</a>.</p> 4307<div></div> 4308 </div> 4309 4310 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4311 4312 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4313 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4314</article><!-- #post-## --> 4315 4316 4317 4318<article id="post-73554" class="photo-text post-73554 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4319 4320 <div class="entry-content"> 4321 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/24_Young_Museum_Cover_FRONT_CMYK-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loadi
4321ng="lazy" /> 4322 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andy Young</h4> 4323 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4324 <p>Andy Young’s poetry collection, <em>Museum of the Soon to Depart</em>, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press in October 2024. More info <a href="http://andyyoung.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4325<div></div> 4326 </div> 4327 4328 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4329 4330 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4331 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4332</article><!-- #post-## --> 4333 4334 4335 4336<article id="post-73549" class="photo-text post-73549 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4337 4338 <div class="entry-content"> 4339 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Danger-Jessica-Head-Shot--150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4340 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jessica Danger</h4> 4341 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4342 <p>Jessica Danger was recently named the Nonfiction Alumni Fellowship at Bennington College (Winter 2025) and was selected as a nonfiction mentor in <em>The Adroit Journal</em> Summer Mentorship program for Summer of 2025. Danger also has a forthcoming publication, due out in May 2026 with Santa Fe Writers Project, titled <em>No Heroic Measures: A Memoir</em>. More info <a href="https://www.bennington.edu/events/2025-01-13/alumni-fellows-reading-nico-amador-jessica-danger-and-james-roseman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4343<div></div> 4344 </div> 4345 4346 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4347 4348 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4349 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4350</article><!-- #post-## --> 4351 4352 4353 4354<article id="post-73548" class="photo-text post-73548 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 4355 4356 <div class="entry-content"> 4357 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GZzMYySWEAASZ3l-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4358 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Fisher-Wirth</h4> 4359 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4360 <p><em>Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology</em>, coedited by Ann Fisher-Wirth and Laura-Gray<br /> 4361Street, was published in March 2025 by Trinity UP. This updates the 2013 Ecopoetry Anthology with poems written and/or published since 2010 by poets not in the first book.<br /> 4362Ann’s eighth book of poems, <em>Into the Chalice of Your Thoughts</em>, was published in 2024 by Guadalajara UP. It is an ekphrastic project with Guadalajara-based photographer Wilfried Raussert; the poems were translated into Spanish by the Women in Translation group based at U Wisconsin-Madison. Works were exhibited at the 2023 Guadalajara Book Festival and in Mexico City. Now, an expanded MS seeks an American publisher. More info <a href="https://tupress.org/9781595343086/attached-to-the-living-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4363<div></div> 4364 </div> 4365 4366 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4367 4368 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4369 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4370</article><!-- #post-## --> 4371 4372 4373 4374<article id="post-73546" class="photo-text post-73546 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 4375 4376 <div class="entry-content"> 4377 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_5917-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4378 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ronald Lauderbach</h4> 4379 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4380 <p>Ronald Lauderbach and his wife, Kathleen Hurder, have published a book containing photos of oil paintings showing their Provence experiences, with accompanying poems. The poems were translated into French by Dr. Hadley Wood, Professor Emerita of Point Loma Nazarene University.</p> 4381<div></div> 4382 </div> 4383 <a href="http://">http://</a> 4384 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4385 4386 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4387 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4388</article><!-- #post-## --> 4389 4390 4391 4392<article id="post-73544" class="photo-text post-73544 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4393 4394 <div class="entry-content"> 4395 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dizzying-words-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4396 <h4 class="tight-heading">Claudia Reder</h4> 4397 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop, '10, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4398 <p>Claudia M. Rederâs third collection of poems, <em>Dizzying Words</em>, was published by Main Street Rag, January, 2025. More info <a href="https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/?s=Reder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4399<div></div> 4400 </div> 4401 4402 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4403 4404 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4405 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4406</article><!-- #post-## --> 4407 4408 4409 4410<article id="post-73539" class="photo-text post-73539 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4411 4412 <div class="entry-content"> 4413 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/74785-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4414 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tim Foley</h4> 4415 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '01, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4416 <p>Tim Foley’s collection of ghost stories, <em>Tales Nocturnal</em>, has been published by PS Publishing, UK. More info <a href="https://pspublishing.co.uk/tales-nocturnal-trade-paperback--by-tim-foley-6460-p.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4417<div></div> 4418 </div> 4419 4420 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4421 4422 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4423 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4424</article><!-- #post-## --> 4425 4426 4427 4428<article id="post-73537" class="photo-text post-73537 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4429 4430 <div class="entry-content"> 4431 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Cvr_ThisWorldNext_bookstore-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4432 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dave Essinger</h4> 4433 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4434 <p>Dave Essinger’s second novel, <em>This World and the Next</em>, was released from Main Street Rag Publishing Company in 2024. “Some fiction feels so real it is astonishing. This book is like that. …it almost felt like it could have been tracking real events.” -Vick Mickunas</p> 4435<p>More info <a href="https://dave-essinger.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4436<div></div> 4437 </div> 4438 <br>Attended with the help of a LoJo Foundation Scholarship 4439 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4440 4441 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4442 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4443</article><!-- #post-## --> 4444 4445 4446 4447<article id="post-73528" class="photo-text post-73528 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4448 4449 <div class="entry-content"> 4450 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Perrin_headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4451 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sarah Perrin</h4> 4452 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4453 <p>Sarah Perrin’s short story “Just Girls” won the 2025 DISQUIET Literary Prize for fiction and will be published in <em>Granta</em>. More info <a href="https://disquietinternational.org/the-program/contests-scholarships/contest-scholarship-winners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4454<div></div> 4455 </div> 4456 <br>Attended with the help of A Ruth Nyswander Del Duca Memorial Scholarship 4457 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4458 4459 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4460 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4461</article><!-- #post-## --> 4462 4463 4464 4465<article id="post-73504" class="photo-text post-73504 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 4466 4467 <div class="entry-content"> 4468 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_5161-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4469 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark Gozonsky</h4> 4470 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop â24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4471 <p>Mark Gozonsky published an essay in <em>The Los Angeles Times </em>about his successful quest to play tennis on every public tennis court in LA County.</p> 4472<div></div> 4473 </div> 4474 <a href="http://gozonsky.com">http://gozonsky.com</a> 4475 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4476 4477 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4478 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4479</article><!-- #post-## --> 4480 4481 4482 4483<article id="post-73499" class="photo-text post-73499 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 4484 4485 <div class="entry-content"> 4486 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_6218-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4487 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nettie Reynolds</h4> 4488 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Participant, 1999</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4489 <p>
4489Nettie Reynolds essayist and playwright most recently had her essay âSafety with Gene Hackmanâ published in popular humorâs <em>Little Old Lady Comedy</em>. The essay is an homage to youthful longing and Gene.</p> 4490<div></div> 4491 </div> 4492 <a href="https://www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/safety-with-gene-hackman">https://www.littleoldladycomedy.com/all-works/safety-with-gene-hackman</a> 4493 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4494 4495 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4496 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4497</article><!-- #post-## --> 4498 4499 4500 4501<article id="post-73498" class="photo-text post-73498 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish hentry"> 4502 4503 <div class="entry-content"> 4504 4505 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 4506 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Participant, 1993/ Ongoing Staff Member</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4507 <p>Andrew Tonkovichâs review of Sue Coe and Stephen F. Eisenmanâs <em>The Young Personâs Illustrated Guide to American Fascism</em> appears in the online Los Angeles Review of Books.</p> 4508 4509 4510<div></div> 4511<div></div> </div> 4512 <a href="http://https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like/">http://https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like/</a> 4513 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4514 4515 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4516 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4517</article><!-- #post-## --> 4518 4519 4520 4521<article id="post-73495" class="photo-text post-73495 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4522 4523 <div class="entry-content"> 4524 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pope-Daniel-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4525 <h4 class="tight-heading">Daniel Pope</h4> 4526 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19, '21, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4527 4528<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Daniel Pope has won the 2024 University of New Orleans Press Publishing Lab Prize! His winning manuscript, <em>Go Help Yourself</em>, is set for publication in Spring 2026.</p> 4529 4530 4531 4532<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A gripping exploration of obsession and loneliness in the vein of Gabe Habashâs <em>Stephen Florida</em> with the sharp comic edge of Gabriel Smithâs <em>Brat, Go Help Yourself</em> examines the American fascination with self-help, pop psychology, and compulsive dieting through the poignant lens of a troubled mother-son relationship.</p> 4533<div></div> </div> 4534 4535 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4536 4537 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4538 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4539</article><!-- #post-## --> 4540 4541 4542 4543<article id="post-73452" class="photo-text post-73452 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4544 4545 <div class="entry-content"> 4546 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sue-Repko-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4547 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sue Repko</h4> 4548 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4549 <p>Sue Repko’s essay “What To Do With The Bodies” appeared in The Manifest Station in February 2025. More info here. More info <a href="https://www.themanifeststation.net/2025/02/22/what-to-do-with-the-bodies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4550<div></div> 4551 </div> 4552 4553 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4554 4555 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4556 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4557</article><!-- #post-## --> 4558 4559 4560 4561<article id="post-73466" class="photo-text post-73466 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4562 4563 <div class="entry-content"> 4564 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20130522_karen_terrey-88-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4565 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Terrey</h4> 4566 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4567 4568<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Karren Terrey was named 2025 Poet Laureate of Nevada County.</p> 4569<div></div> </div> 4570 4571 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4572 4573 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4574 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4575</article><!-- #post-## --> 4576 4577 4578 4579<article id="post-73441" class="photo-text post-73441 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4580 4581 <div class="entry-content"> 4582 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Stella-Santamaria-Photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4583 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 4584 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4585 <p>Stella Santamaria’s <em>California Silence</em> won the Ottoline Book Prize and will be published by FENCE Books in the fall/winter of 2026. More info <a href="https://mailchi.mp/fenceportal/make-way-for-the-ottoline-prize-books?e=f008055208" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/stella_santamaria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4586<div></div> 4587 </div> 4588 <br>Attended with the help of an Ancinas Family Scholarship 4589 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4590 4591 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4592 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4593</article><!-- #post-## --> 4594 4595 4596 4597<article id="post-73417" class="photo-text post-73417 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4598 4599 <div class="entry-content"> 4600 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/bafkreibqhvhm2pw5mhhk3mw3apuse5dtyorz7w7f7plw4nqohzpumr5ovm-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4601 <h4 class="tight-heading">John Harvey</h4> 4602 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '95; Writers Workshops Participant, '97</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4603 4604<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 4605<p class="wp-block-paragraph">John Harveyâs most recent chapbook, <em>Blue in Green</em>, was published in the UK by Shoestring Press in March, 2025.</p> 4606</blockquote> 4607<div></div> </div> 4608 4609 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4610 4611 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4612 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4613</article><!-- #post-## --> 4614 4615 4616 4617<article id="post-73368" class="photo-text post-73368 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4618 4619 <div class="entry-content"> 4620 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51RBNhkD3RL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4621 <h4 class="tight-heading">Merridawn Duckler</h4> 4622 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4623 <p>Merridawn Duckler’s newest book, <em>Arrangement</em>, is a full-length collection of short stories, and flash-and micro-fictions published in September 2024 by Southernmost Books. More details <a href="https://southernmostbooks.wordpress.com/bookstore/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="http://www.merridawnduckler.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4624<div></div> 4625 </div> 4626 4627 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4628 4629 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4630 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4631</article><!-- #post-## --> 4632 4633 4634 4635<article id="post-73324" class="photo-text post-73324 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 4636 4637 <div class="entry-content"> 4638 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Headshot-for-Beyond-That-Hill-I-Gather-cropped-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4639 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Kingman</h4> 4640 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant â12, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4641 <p>Jeffrey Kingmanâs poem âLake Michiganâ was published in <em>eMerge Magazine</em> in January of 2025. More info <a href="https://emerge-magazine.com/lake-michigan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4642<div></div> 4643 </div> 4644 4645 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4646 4647 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4648 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4649</article><!-- #post-## --> 4650 4651 4652 4653<article id="post-73279" class="photo-text post-73279 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4654 4655 <div class="entry-content"> 4656 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/71vQykDD0L._A
4656C_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4657 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Tober</h4> 4658 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4659 <p>Diane Tober’s new book, <em>Eggonomics: The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors Who Supply Them, </em>was awarded the Carol R. Ember Book Prize by the Society for Anthropological Sciences (SAS). The SAS Carol R. Ember Book Prize recognizes books whose significant theoretical, empirical, or methodological contributions to anthropology embody the mission of SAS to advance the scientific study of human societies.</p> 4660<p>“Dr. Toberâs eye-opening exposé on the treatment of egg donors is a much-needed challenge to the hearts-and-flowers narrative that relies on exploitative, harmful practices to fuel the ready supply of eggs to desperate infertile recipients.” Liz Scheier, author of <em>Never Simple: A Memoir</em>.</p> 4661<p>More info <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Eggonomics-The-Global-Market-in-Human-Eggs-and-the-Donors-Who-Supply-Them/Tober/p/book/9781032549910?srsltid=AfmBOoqDjnobiV7nI7ojwnVtF8fozkW-QGfiIWyvRgyCPYcWBOZis8KK" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4662<div></div> 4663 </div> 4664 4665 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4666 4667 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4668 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4669</article><!-- #post-## --> 4670 4671 4672 4673<article id="post-73226" class="photo-text post-73226 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 4674 4675 <div class="entry-content"> 4676 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/becoming-mariella-9781647427689_hr-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4677 <h4 class="tight-heading">Janet Constantino</h4> 4678 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '08, '09, '11, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4679 <p>Janet Constantino’s debut novel, <em>Becoming Mariella</em>, will be released on February 4, 2025. The novel is published by SheWrites Press and is distributed by Simon & Schuster. Ms. Constantino won 2nd prize in the MFK Fisher Last House Writing Contest, for an excerpt from <em>Becoming Mariella</em>. More info <a href="http://janetconstantino.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4680<div></div> 4681 </div> 4682 4683 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4684 4685 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4686 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4687</article><!-- #post-## --> 4688 4689 4690 4691<article id="post-73224" class="photo-text post-73224 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4692 4693 <div class="entry-content"> 4694 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/914PDD1t6JL-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4695 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rachel Richardson</h4> 4696 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4697 <p>Rachel Richardson’s third collection of poems, <em>Smother</em>, was published by W. W. Norton in February 2025. More info <a href="http://rachelbjrichardson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4698<div></div> 4699 </div> 4700 4701 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4702 4703 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4704 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4705</article><!-- #post-## --> 4706 4707 4708 4709<article id="post-73188" class="photo-text post-73188 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 4710 4711 <div class="entry-content"> 4712 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TheInvisibleSun_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4713 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sholeh Wolpé</h4> 4714 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4715 <p><em>The Invisible Sun</em> by Attar was collected and translated by Sholeh Wolpé. (Harper Collins, 2025)</p> 4716<p>Twelfth-century Persian poet Attar (1145â1221) was revered by Rumi and though his work is beloved around the world, he is mostly unknown to English readers. Translated in simple, elegant language by poet Sholeh Wolpéâone among generations of poets influenced by Attarâs poetryâ<em>The Invisible Sun</em> is a beautiful treasury of Attarâs most prescient poetry, offering comfort and inspiration. More info <a href="https://www.sholehwolpe.com/books-sholehwolpe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4717<div></div> 4718 </div> 4719 4720 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4721 4722 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4723 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4724</article><!-- #post-## --> 4725 4726 4727 4728<article id="post-73273" class="photo-text post-73273 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4729 4730 <div class="entry-content"> 4731 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chronicle-of-Drifting_9781556597053_FC-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chronicle-of-Drifting_9781556597053_FC-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chronicle-of-Drifting_9781556597053_FC-426x600.jpeg 426w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
4731w, 150px" /> 4732 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yuki Tanaka</h4> 4733 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4734 4735<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yuki Tanakaâs first full-length poetry collection, <em>Chronicle of Drifting</em>, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in April 2025. More info <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/chronicle-of-drifting-by-yuki-tanaka/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 4736<div></div> </div> 4737 <br>Attended with the help of a Lucille Clifton Scholarship 4738 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4739 4740 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4741 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4742</article><!-- #post-## --> 4743 4744 4745 4746<article id="post-73169" class="photo-text post-73169 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4747 4748 <div class="entry-content"> 4749 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Muleskinner-Journal1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4750 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Graham</h4> 4751 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4752 <p>Ann Grahamâs short story, âSparkle and Shine,â was published by <em>Muleskinner Journal</em>, <em>Another Twist of Fate</em> issue. More info <a href="http://www.ann-graham.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4753<div></div> 4754 </div> 4755 4756 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4757 4758 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4759 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4760</article><!-- #post-## --> 4761 4762 4763 4764<article id="post-73166" class="photo-text post-73166 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4765 4766 <div class="entry-content"> 4767 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/9798888385593_p0_v1_s1200x630-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4768 <h4 class="tight-heading">Georgia San Li</h4> 4769 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23; Writers Workshops Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4770 <p>Georgia San Li’s poetry chapbook, <em>Wandering</em> (FLP), was released in 2024. Her poetry was longlisted for the 2024 London Magazine Poetry Prize. <em>We Eat Ugly Lionfish</em> (Willow Springs, Winter 2024) and The <em>Full Report</em> (Exposition Review, Summer 2024) have been nominated for the 2025 Pushcart Prize.</p> 4771<div></div> 4772 </div> 4773 4774 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4775 4776 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4777 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4778</article><!-- #post-## --> 4779 4780 4781 4782<article id="post-73164" class="photo-text post-73164 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4783 4784 <div class="entry-content"> 4785 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Monster-Mash_Browne-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4786 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Browne</h4> 4787 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88, '11, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4788 <p>Susan Browne’s fourth poetry collection, <em>Monster Mash</em>, will be published in March, 2025, by Four Way Books. More info <a href="https://fourwaybooks.com/site/monster-mash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4789<div></div> 4790 </div> 4791 4792 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4793 4794 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4795 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4796</article><!-- #post-## --> 4797 4798 4799 4800<article id="post-73162" class="photo-text post-73162 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 4801 4802 <div class="entry-content"> 4803 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jim-Headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4804 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jim Gunshinan</h4> 4805 <span style="font-size:80%;">
4805Poetry Participant '98, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4806 <p>Under the mentorship of Brian Tierney, Jim Gunshinan is experimenting with the Pantoum. Three of these <a href="https://hvwg.org/2024/12/three-poems-jim-gunshinan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poems</a> were published by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild.</p> 4807<div></div> 4808 </div> 4809 4810 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4811 4812 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4813 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4814</article><!-- #post-## --> 4815 4816 4817 4818<article id="post-73158" class="photo-text post-73158 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4819 4820 <div class="entry-content"> 4821 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Variations-in-Blue-CVR-300dpi-RGB-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4822 <h4 class="tight-heading">Adela Najarro</h4> 4823 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4824 <p>Adela Najarroâs latest book, <em>Variations in Blue</em>, was chosen by the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Collaborative as the second volume in their curated series, published March 2025. More info <a href="http://adelanajarro.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4825<div></div> 4826 </div> 4827 4828 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4829 4830 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4831 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4832</article><!-- #post-## --> 4833 4834 4835 4836<article id="post-73156" class="photo-text post-73156 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2025-qtr-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4837 4838 <div class="entry-content"> 4839 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TheophaniesFINALcover-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4840 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sarah Ghazal Ali</h4> 4841 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4842 <p>Sarah Ghazal Ali’s debut collection <em>Theophanies</em> recently won the 2025 GLCA New Writers Award in poetry, and was just named a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. More info <a href="https://www.glca.org/glca-announces-winner-of-2024-new-writers-award-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4843 4844 4845<div></div> 4846<div></div> </div> 4847 4848 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4849 4850 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4851 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4852</article><!-- #post-## --> 4853 4854 4855 4856<article id="post-73109" class="photo-text post-73109 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 4857 4858 <div class="entry-content"> 4859 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/81efrz3MmqL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4860 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sameer Pandya</h4> 4861 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04; Writers Workshops Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4862 4863<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sameer Pandya’s upcoming novel, <em>Our Beautiful Boys</em>, will be published by Ballantine Books on March 18, 2025. Preorder it <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743614/our-beautiful-boys-by-sameer-pandya/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 4864<div></div> </div> 4865 4866 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4867 4868 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4869 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4870</article><!-- #post-## --> 4871 4872 4873 4874<article id="post-73003" class="photo-text post-73003 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4875 4876 <div class="entry-content"> 4877 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Carysnow-22-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4878 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 4879 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4880 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story “God Made Chardonnay, The Devil Made Merlot” was published in <em>Litro</em> magazine. You can read it <a href="https://www.litromagazine.com/end-your-weekend-with-a-collection-of-the-best-stories-litro-magazine-has-to-offer/god-made-chardonnay-the-devil-made-merlot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4881<div></div> 4882 </div> 4883 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat scholarship 4884 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4885 4886 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4887 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4888</article><!-- #post-## --> 4889 4890 4891 4892<article id="post-73071" class="photo-text post-73071 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4893 4894 <div class="entry-content"> 4895 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_2549-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4896 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lindsey Steffes</h4> 4897 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4898 <p>Lindsey Steffes’ debut novel, <em>Gichigami</em>, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction and will be published by the University of Massachusetts Press in March 2025. More info <a href="http://www.umasspress.com/9781625348500/gichigami/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4899<div></div> 4900 </div> 4901 <br>Attended with the help of an O'Dwyer Scholarship 4902 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4903 4904 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4905 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4906</article><!-- #post-## --> 4907 4908 4909 4910<article id="post-73010" class="photo-text post-73010 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4911 4912 <div class="entry-content"> 4913 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/J-Riccio_The-Orchid-in-Lieu-of-a-Horse-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4914 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jon Riccio</h4> 4915 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4916 <p>Jon Riccio’s newest chapbook, <em>The Orchid in Lieu of a Horse,</em> was published by Seven Kitchens Press in November 2024. More info <a href="https://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2024/11/jon-riccio-orchid-in-lieu-of-horse.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4917<div></div> 4918 </div> 4919 4920 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4921 4922 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4923 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4924</article><!-- #post-## --> 4925 4926 4927 4928<article id="post-73012" class="photo-text post-73012 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4929 4930 <div class="entry-content"> 4931 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BlueOnABluePalette_CVR_LR3-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4932 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Thompson</h4> 4933 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4934 <p>Lynne Thompson’s newest poetry collection, <em>Blue on a Blue Palette, </em>was published by BOA Editions in 2024. She was also elected Board President of the Cave Canem Foundation, beginning January 1, 2025. More info <a href="https://www.lynnethompson.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4935<div></div> 4936 </div> 4937 <a href="http://">http://</a> 4938 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4939 4940 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4941 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4942</article><!-- #post-## --> 4943 4944 4945 4946<article id="post-73005" class="photo-text post-73005 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 4947 4948 <div class="entry-content"> 4949 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/49758401_9798888388563_xl-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4950 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lydia Liu</h4> 4951 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4952 <p>Lydia T. Liu’s first chapbook of poems, t<em>he problem of deer</em>, was published by Finishing Line Press in January 2025, after being selected as a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship. t<em>he problem of deer</em> is a lyrical exploration of transitory landscapes. “This is a short book that contains thousands of books.” (Eileen Myles) More info <a href="https://lydialiupoet.com/the-problem-of-deer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4953<div></div> 4954 </div> 4955 <br>Attended with the help of a C.D. Wright Memorial Scholarship 4956 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4957 4958 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4959 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4960</article><!-- #post-## --> 4961 4962 4963 4964<article id="post-72985" class="photo-text post-72985 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4965 4966 <div class="entry-content"> 4967 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TSMPaperbackCover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4968 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alix Christie</h4> 4969 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4970 <p>Alix Christie’s novel, <em>The Shining Mountains,</em> appears in paperback in March 2025. Her short story “
4970Everychild” won a 2024 Pushcart Prize, and the opening of her forthcoming novel, <em>Rubble Women,</em> won the gold prize in the 20th-century category of the Historical Fiction Society’s 2024 First Chapters Competition. More info <a href="http://www.alixchristie.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4971<div></div> 4972 </div> 4973 4974 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4975 4976 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4977 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4978</article><!-- #post-## --> 4979 4980 4981 4982<article id="post-72983" class="photo-text post-72983 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 4983 4984 <div class="entry-content"> 4985 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AGirlWithinaGirl1C-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 4986 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nanda Reddy</h4> 4987 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 4988 <p>Nanda Reddyâs novel, <em>A Girl Within A Girl Within A Girl</em>, debuts March 4, 2025 (Zibby Books). In this story of identity and immigration, an Indo-Guyanese woman grapples with revealing her hidden past to her husband of decades. She peels back secrets to reveal the multiple identities she inhabited to survive her adolescence. âToo important and gripping to put downâ¦â Kirkus. âA powerful story of resilience and reinventionâ¦â Publisherâs Weekly. More info <a href="http://www.nandareddy.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 4989<div></div> 4990 </div> 4991 4992 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 4993 4994 <footer class="entry-footer"> 4995 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 4996</article><!-- #post-## --> 4997 4998 4999 5000<article id="post-72951" class="photo-text post-72951 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5001 5002 <div class="entry-content"> 5003 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Pamela-Pan-headshot-pink-dreass--150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5004 <h4 class="tight-heading">Pamela Pan</h4> 5005 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5006 <p>Pamela Panâs story âBabaâs Accordionâ is published in California Writers Clubâs Best of the Best: 2024 Literary Review. Her short story âWaitingâ is published in <em>Vision & Verse: A Fusion of Poetry, Prose, and Photography</em>, 2024. More info <a href="http://www.pamelapan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5007<div></div> 5008 </div> 5009 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 5010 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5011 5012 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5013 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5014</article><!-- #post-## --> 5015 5016 5017 5018<article id="post-72943" class="photo-text post-72943 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5019 5020 <div class="entry-content"> 5021 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PLAY-WITH-KNIVES-cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5022 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanette Horn</h4> 5023 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5024 <p>Jeanette Horn’s debut novel, <em>Play, With Knives</em>, was published by Regal House Publishing in March 2025. More info <a href="https://bio.site/jeanettehorn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5025<div></div> 5026 </div> 5027 5028 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5029 5030 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5031 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5032</article><!-- #post-## --> 5033 5034 5035 5036<article id="post-72872" class="photo-text post-72872 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5037 5038 <div class="entry-content"> 5039 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Muleskinner-Journal-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5040 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Graham</h4> 5041 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, â08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5042 <p>Ann Grahamâs short story, âSparkle and Shine,â is in <em>The Muleskinner Journal: Another Twist of Fate</em>. More info <a href="http://www.ann-graham.com/p/publications.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5043<div></div> 5044 </div> 5045 5046 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5047 5048 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5049 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5050</article><!-- #post-## --> 5051 5052 5053 5054<article id="post-72863" class="photo-text post-72863 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5055 5056 <div class="entry-content"> 5057 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WILLIAMS_SPECIES_COVER_FRONT-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5058 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amelia L Williams</h4> 5059 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5060 <p>Amelia L. Williams’ debut poetry collection <em>Species of Concern</em> from Shanti Arts (January, 2025) is now available from the publisher and other booksellers. The book examine braided journeys of personal loss and environmental grief, of grasping and letting go. Each section opens with a poem set in a speculative future; subsequent poems return readers to the teeming planet we inhabitâwhere grounding practices of mindfulness allow us to manage many species of concernâhumans among them, both vulnerable and culpable. More info <a href="https://www.shantiarts.co/uploads/files/vwxyz/WILLIAMS_SPECIES.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5061<div></div> 5062 </div> 5063 5064 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5065 5066 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5067 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5068</article><!-- #post-## --> 5069 5070 5071 5072<article id="post-72851" class="photo-text post-72851 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5073 5074 <div class="entry-content"> 5075 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Smith_cardimage-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5076 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sherry Lynne Smith</h4> 5077 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '97, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5078 5079<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In December 2024, Sherry Smithâs article, “The Vote for Freedom to Liberia from Prospect Hill Plantation, 1847,” and dataset, were published in the <em>Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation</em> 5, no. 4 (2024): 93-101. More info <a href="https://jsdp.enslaved.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a></p> 5080<div></div> </div> 5081 5082 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5083 5084 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5085 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5086</article><!-- #post-## --> 5087 5088 5089 5090<article id="post-72845" class="photo-text post-72845 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5091 5092 <div class="entry-content"> 5093 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CAT-CO
5093VER-poetrybook2024-7-frontcoveronly-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5094 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanne Wagner</h4> 5095 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5096 <p>Jeanne Wagner won the 2024 Catamaran Poetry Prize for her manuscript <em>One Needful Song</em>. More info <a href="https://www.jeannewagnerpoetry.net/media.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5097<div></div> 5098 </div> 5099 5100 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5101 5102 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5103 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5104</article><!-- #post-## --> 5105 5106 5107 5108<article id="post-72839" class="photo-text post-72839 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5109 5110 <div class="entry-content"> 5111 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Tasting-Flight-copy-scaled-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5112 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yiskah Rosenfeld</h4> 5113 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01, '03, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5114 <p>Yiskah Rosenfeldâs poem âBird Call Koan with Glossaryâ from her new book <em>Tasting Flight</em> was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. It first appeared in Issue #14 of OGQ. More info <a href="http://yiskahrosenfeld.com/poems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5115<div></div> 5116 </div> 5117 5118 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5119 5120 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5121 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5122</article><!-- #post-## --> 5123 5124 5125 5126<article id="post-72837" class="photo-text post-72837 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-writers"> 5127 5128 <div class="entry-content"> 5129 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Fitchett_Kevin800-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5130 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kevin Fitchett</h4> 5131 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '14; Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5132 <p>Kevin Fitchett has received a second-year fellowship for fiction at the Fine Arts Work Center, where he will be in residence until April 2025.</p> 5133<div></div> 5134 </div> 5135 5136 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5137 5138 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5139 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5140</article><!-- #post-## --> 5141 5142 5143 5144<article id="post-72868" class="photo-text post-72868 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup"> 5145 5146 <div class="entry-content"> 5147 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/iHTH-Cvr-Bashir-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5148 <h4 class="tight-heading">Samiya Bashir</h4> 5149 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5150 5151<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Samiya Bashir’s upcoming book, <em>I Hope This Helps</em>, will be published in May, 2025 by Nightboat Books.</p> 5152<div></div> </div> 5153 5154 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5155 5156 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5157 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5158</article><!-- #post-## --> 5159 5160 5161 5162<article id="post-72785" class="photo-text post-72785 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5163 5164 <div class="entry-content"> 5165 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Guns-of-Lanai-cover-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5166 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 5167 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '72 & '73; Teaching Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5168 <p>Terence Clarkeâs new novel, <em>The Guns of Lana’i</em>, will be published on January 3, 2025. More info <a href="http://terenceclarke.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="http://www.terenceclarke.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a></p> 5169<div></div> 5170 </div> 5171 5172 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5173 5174 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5175 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5176</article><!-- #post-## --> 5177 5178 5179 5180<article id="post-72743" class="photo-text post-72743 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-202425-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5181 5182 <div class="entry-content"> 5183 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Barcelona_Dawn_Angelicca_COV-em-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5184 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dawn Angelicca Barcelona</h4> 5185 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5186 <p>Dawn Angelicca Barcelona’s debut chapbook, <em>Roundtrip</em>, will be published by Finishing Line Press in March 2025. <em>Roundtrip</em> was named as the second honorable mention in Finishing Line Press’s 2023 New Women’s Voices chapbook competition. More info <a href="https://dawnangelicca.com/roundtrip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5187<div></div> 5188 </div> 5189 5190 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5191 5192 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5193 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5194</article><!-- #post-## --> 5195 5196 5197 5198<article id="post-72741" class="photo-text post-72741 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5199 5200 <div class="entry-content"> 5201 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/call-her-freedom-9781668051658_hr-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5202 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tara Dorabji</h4> 5203 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5204 <p>Tara Dorabjiâs debut novel, <em>Call Her Freedom</em>, won the Books Like Us Grand Prize and will be published by Simon & Schuster in January 2025. More info <a href="https://www.dorabji.com/call-her-freedom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5205<div></div> 5206 </div> 5207 5208 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5209 5210 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5211 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5212</article><!-- #post-## --> 5213 5214 5215 5216<article id="post-72739" class="photo-text post-72739 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5217 5218 <div class="entry-content"> 5219 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/TFOODcover-with-blurb-copy-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5220 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Henderson</h4> 5221 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5222 <p>Susan Henderson’s novel, <em>The Flicker of Old Dreams</em> (HarperCollins, 2018), is included on This House of Books’ list of the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century. More info <a href="https://thishouseofbooks.com/list/top-100-books-21st-century" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here </a>and <a href="https://www.litpark.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5223 5224 5225<div></div> 5226<div></div> </div> 5227 <br>Attended with the help of a Lojo Foundation Scholarship 5228 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5229 5230 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5231 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5232</article><!-- #post-## --> 5233 5234 5235 5236<article id="post-72663" class="photo-text post-72663 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5237 5238 <div class="entry-content"> 5239 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.23.59â¯AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5240 <h4 class="tight-heading">Toni Martin</h4> 5241 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5242 <p>Toni Martinâs short story “Hold On”
5242 won the Craft 2024 Short Fiction Prize, judged by Deesha Philyaw . She is the author of <em>When the Personal Was Political: Five Women Doctors Look Back</em> (2008) and her short stories and essays have appeared in <em>Zyzzyva,</em> <em>The Bellevue Literary Review</em> and <em>The Threepenny Review. </em>More info <a href="https://www.craftliterary.com/2024/10/25/hold-on-toni-martin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5243<div></div> 5244 </div> 5245 5246 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5247 5248 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5249 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5250</article><!-- #post-## --> 5251 5252 5253 5254<article id="post-72643" class="photo-text post-72643 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5255 5256 <div class="entry-content"> 5257 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Revised-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5258 <h4 class="tight-heading">Scot Siegel</h4> 5259 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5260 <p>Scot Siegelâs fourth collection of poems, <em>Tender Currencies</em>, won the Sally Albiso Book Award, and will be published by Concrete Wolf-MoonPath Press in January, 2025. More info <a href="http://www.scotsiegel.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5261<div></div> 5262 </div> 5263 5264 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5265 5266 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5267 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5268</article><!-- #post-## --> 5269 5270 5271 5272<article id="post-72459" class="photo-text post-72459 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 5273 5274 <div class="entry-content"> 5275 <img width="150" height="157" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JPL-150x157.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5276 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 5277 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Teaching Staff & Participant, '93</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5278 <p>Andrew Tonkovich’s first stanzas of a post-election Bob Dylan-inspired ekphrastic poem, “Rows of Desolation,” appear in the current <em>The Journal of the Plague Years</em>. He continues writing daily, in dialog with both Dylan’s song and our political moment. More info <a href="https://www.journaloftheplagueyears.ink/blog/rows-of-desolation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5279 5280 5281<div></div> 5282<div></div> </div> 5283 5284 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5285 5286 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5287 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5288</article><!-- #post-## --> 5289 5290 5291 5292<article id="post-72341" class="photo-text post-72341 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5293 5294 <div class="entry-content"> 5295 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cover-2024-2-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5296 <h4 class="tight-heading">Wendy Scheir</h4> 5297 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshop Participant, '98, '99, '07, '13, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5298 <p>Wendy Scheirâs short stories appear in the Spring 2024 issue of <em>The Thieving Magpie</em> and the Fall/Winter 2024 issue of <em>Hypertext Review</em>. More info <a href="https://www.hypertextmag.com/27615-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5299<div></div> 5300 </div> 5301 <br>Attended with the help of Barber, Gill Dennis, Henry Carlisle, and Getty Scholarships 5302 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5303 5304 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5305 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5306</article><!-- #post-## --> 5307 5308 5309 5310<article id="post-72114" class="photo-text post-72114 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5311 5312 <div class="entry-content"> 5313 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Banana-Wars-COVER-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5314 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alan Grostephan</h4> 5315 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5316 <p>Alan Grostephan’s novel <em>The Banana Wars</em> was published by Dzanc Books in May 2024 and chosen by <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> for its summer reading list. More info <a href="https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/summer-books-our-guide-to-the-best-reading-of-the-season-48c96667" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://www.alangrostephan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5317 5318 5319<div></div> 5320<div></div> </div> 5321 <br>Attended with the help of a UC Irvine Scholarship 5322 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5323 5324 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5325 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5326</article><!-- #post-## --> 5327 5328 5329 5330<article id="post-72101" class="photo-text post-72101 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5331 5332 <div class="entry-content"> 5333 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Tyrus_cover_sample-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5334 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Fang</h4> 5335 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5336 <p>Karen Fang’s new book, <em>
5336Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong</em>, which she workshopped with the Community of Writers, is out in print and audio. The biography of a Chinese American immigrant artist launched with several events in California, and has been praised as “the definitive new biography” (<em>Smithsonian Magazine</em>) and “a deserving tribute to a groundbreaking artist” (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>). More info <a href="http://alwayslookup.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5337<div></div> 5338 </div> 5339 <br>Attended with the help of a James D. Houston Memorial Scholarship 5340 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5341 5342 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5343 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5344</article><!-- #post-## --> 5345 5346 5347 5348<article id="post-72099" class="photo-text post-72099 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5349 5350 <div class="entry-content"> 5351 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GRATITUDE-DIARY-cover-with-no-trim-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5352 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jessica Cohn</h4> 5353 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5354 <p>Jessica Cohn launched <em>Gratitude Diary</em> (Main Street Rag, NC), her first poetry collection, in October 2024. Cohn, a long-time nonfiction writer, debuted at age 66. More info <a href="http://jessicacohn.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5355<div></div> 5356 </div> 5357 5358 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5359 5360 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5361 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5362</article><!-- #post-## --> 5363 5364 5365 5366<article id="post-72097" class="photo-text post-72097 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5367 5368 <div class="entry-content"> 5369 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The-Whole-Catastrophe-Macarty-chapbook-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5370 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jami Macarty</h4> 5371 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '10, '14, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5372 <p>Jami Macarty’s fourth chapbook, <em>The Whole Catastrophe,</em> was published by Vallum Chapbook Series in September 2024. More info <a href="https://jamimacarty.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5373<div></div> 5374 </div> 5375 5376 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5377 5378 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5379 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5380</article><!-- #post-## --> 5381 5382 5383 5384<article id="post-71962" class="photo-text post-71962 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5385 5386 <div class="entry-content"> 5387 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AsIfScattered-FrontCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5388 <h4 class="tight-heading">Holaday Mason</h4> 5389 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '00, '06, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5390 <p>Holaday Mason’s 6th full length collection, <em>As If Scattered,</em> was published by Giant Claw/What Books Press in October of 2024. More info <a href="http://holadaymason.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5391<div></div> 5392 </div> 5393 5394 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5395 5396 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5397 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5398</article><!-- #post-## --> 5399 5400 5401 5402<article id="post-71920" class="photo-text post-71920 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5403 5404 <div class="entry-content"> 5405 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ReadersFavoriteBestBook-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5406 <h4 class="tight-heading">Janine Kovac</h4> 5407 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '11, '12, '14, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5408 <p>Janine Kovac’s <em>The Nutcracker Chronicles: A Fairytale Memoir</em> was a finalist for the American Best Book Award in the Performing Arts category. In their 5-star review, Readers Favorite had this to say: “
5408The descriptions of [Kovac’s] emotional highs and lows of pursuing a passionâsuch as the thrill of performance, the sting of competition, and how personal relationships coexistâwill resonate with anyone who has ever chased a dream.” The Nutcracker Chronicles launches on November 12, 2024 and is available wherever books are sold. More info <a href="https://www.janinekovac.com/events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5409<div></div> 5410 </div> 5411 <br>Attended with the help of A George Pascoe Miller Scholarship, a Carlisle Family Scholarship, and an Eshleman Scholarship 5412 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5413 5414 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5415 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5416</article><!-- #post-## --> 5417 5418 5419 5420<article id="post-71918" class="photo-text post-71918 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5421 5422 <div class="entry-content"> 5423 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9382-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5424 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Nicholls</h4> 5425 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5426 <p>“As Man Is To God”, Andrew Nicholls’ long poem in Seussian verse on the troubled making of Werner Herzog’s 1982 film Fitzcarraldo, was published by Slow Lightning Lit, November, 2024. More info <a href="https://www.slowlightninglit.com/bookstore/p/as-man-is-to-god-a-poem-on-the-making-of-werner-herzogs-fitzcarraldo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5427<div></div> 5428 </div> 5429 5430 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5431 5432 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5433 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5434</article><!-- #post-## --> 5435 5436 5437 5438<article id="post-71915" class="photo-text post-71915 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5439 5440 <div class="entry-content"> 5441 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cover-for-zoom-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5442 <h4 class="tight-heading">KB Ballentine</h4> 5443 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5444 <p>KB Ballentine’s ninth collection of poetry <em>All the Way Through</em> will be released this November with Sheila-Na-Gig Inc. More info <a href="http://www.kbballentine.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5445 5446 5447<div></div> 5448<div></div> </div> 5449 5450 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5451 5452 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5453 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5454</article><!-- #post-## --> 5455 5456 5457 5458<article id="post-71910" class="photo-text post-71910 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5459 5460 <div class="entry-content"> 5461 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1084-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5462 <h4 class="tight-heading">James Toupin</h4> 5463 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5464 <p>James Toupin’s first book, <em>Upon the Century Called American</em>, was issued in November 2024 by Main Street Rag Publishing. It tells, from the author’s point of view, histories running from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire through the Covid pandemic. Of local Community interest, it includes a poem inspired by the drive from San Francisco to the 2010 Workshop (which remembers the author’s taking the same ride as a child) and another depicting Lake Tahoe in the drought of the 1980s that first ran in an anthology next to a poem by Robert Hass. More info <a href="https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/upon-a-century-called-american-james-toupin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5465<div></div> 5466 </div> 5467 5468 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5469 5470 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5471 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5472</article><!-- #post-## --> 5473 5474 5475 5476<article id="post-71909" class="photo-text post-71909 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 5477 5478 <div class="entry-content"> 5479 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GG0524_GoodDog_01-1120x1200-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5480 <h4 class="tight-heading">Martin J. Smith</h4> 5481 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5482 <p>Martin J. Smith’s latest essay, “For the Love of A Smart Dog”, is now available on Garden & Gun. Read it <a href="https://gardenandgun.com/articles/for-the-love-of-a-smart-dog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5483<div></div> 5484 </div> 5485 5486 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5487 5488 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5489 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5490</article><!-- #post-## --> 5491 5492 5493 5494<article id="post-71904" class="photo-text post-71904 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5495 5496 <div class="entry-content"> 5497 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/shuzo-takiguchi-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5498 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yuki Tanaka</h4> 5499 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5500 <p>Yuki Tanaka’s co-translation with Mary Jo Bang, <em>A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi</em>, was published by <em>Princeton University Press</em> in November as part of The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. This is the first time the work of the great Japanese surrealist has been made available in English. More info <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691263885/a-kiss-for-the-absolute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5501 5502 5503<div></div> 5504<div></div> </div> 5505 <br>Attended with the help of A Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship 5506 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5507 5508 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5509 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5510</article><!-- #post-## --> 5511 5512 5513 5514<article id="post-71903" class="photo-text post-71903 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5515 5516 <div class="entry-content"> 5517 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AnthonyMohr1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5518 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J Mohr</h4> 5519 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, 08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5520 <p>Anthony J. Mohrâs essay âThey Went Around My Endâ was published in volume 13.4 of the <em>Cumberland River Review</em>. His essay âTotally Atwoodâ appeared in <em>Isele Magazine</em>. More info <a href="http://anthonyjmohr.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5521 5522 5523<div></div> 5524<div></div> </div> 5525 5526 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5527 5528 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5529 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5530</article><!-- #post-## --> 5531 5532 5533 5534<article id="post-71781" class="photo-text post-71781 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5535 5536 <div class="entry-content"> 5537 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/9780593802724-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5538 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</h4> 5539 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5540 5541<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel <em>Dream Count</em> will be published in March 2025 by Penguin Random House. Preorder <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753002/dream-count-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. More info <a href="https://www.chimamanda.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 5542<div></div> </div> 5543 5544 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5545 5546 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5547 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5548</article><!-- #post-## --> 5549 5550 5551 5552<article id="post-71728" class="photo-text post-71728 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5553 5554 <div class="entry-content"> 5555 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-booklist-carnegie-social-longlist-fiction-announceindividual-CRAFTS-SQUARE-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5556 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ananda Lima</h4> 5557 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5558 5559<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ananda Limaâs novel <em>Craft Stories I Wrote for the Devil</em>, published by Macmillan, is a 2025 Long List Selection of the American Library Associationâs Carnegie Medal. The short list will be announced in November.<br></p> 5560<div></div> </div> 5561 5562 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5563 5564 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5565 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5566</article><!-- #post-## --> 5567 5568 5569 5570<article id="post-71725" class="photo-text post-71725 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 5571 5572 <div class="entry-content"> 5573 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-booklist-carnegie-social-longlist-fiction-announceindividualTHESONSOFELREY_SQUARE-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5574 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alex Espinoza</h4> 5575 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5576 5577<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Alex Espinozaâs novel <em>Sons of El Ray</em>, published by Simon and Schuster, is a 2025 Long List Selection of the American Library Associationâs Carnegie Medal. The short list will be announced in November.<br></p> 5578<div></div> </div> 5579 5580 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5581 5582 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5583 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5584</article><!-- #post-## --> 5585 5586 5587 5588<article id="post-71669" class="photo-text post-71669 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 5589 5590 <div class="entry-content"> 5591 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Falconer_Front-Cover-scaled-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5592 <h4 class="tight-heading">Blas Falconer</h4> 5593 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5594 <p>Blas Falconer’s newest poetry book, <em>
5594Rara Avis,</em> was published by Four Way Books in September 2024. More info <a href="https://fourwaybooks.com/site/rara-avis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5595<div></div> 5596 </div> 5597 5598 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5599 5600 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5601 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5602</article><!-- #post-## --> 5603 5604 5605 5606<article id="post-71620" class="photo-text post-71620 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5607 5608 <div class="entry-content"> 5609 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/462146722_10234212472283974_191147316788943881_n-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5610 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michael Croft</h4> 5611 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '87, '89, '94, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5612 <p>Michael Croft’s upcoming novel, <em>The Eleanor</em>, is set to release on November 15 from ELJ Editions.</p> 5613<div></div> 5614 </div> 5615 5616 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5617 5618 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5619 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5620</article><!-- #post-## --> 5621 5622 5623 5624<article id="post-71612" class="photo-text post-71612 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5625 5626 <div class="entry-content"> 5627 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1726189838-600-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5628 <h4 class="tight-heading">Laura Paul</h4> 5629 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5630 <p>Laura Paulâs new book, <em>Film Elegy</em>, was published by PRROBLEM Press in October, 2024. More info <a href="https://asterismbooks.com/product/film-elegy-laura-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5631<div></div> 5632 </div> 5633 5634 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5635 5636 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5637 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5638</article><!-- #post-## --> 5639 5640 5641 5642<article id="post-71618" class="photo-text post-71618 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 5643 5644 <div class="entry-content"> 5645 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TenEntryoftheRulingClass-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5646 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 5647 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '93, Writers Workshops Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5648 <p>Andrew Tonkovich curates a show of the painting, drawing, and writing of his mentor-teacher: “Peter Carr: Artist for Survival.” It opens at Cerritos College Art Gallery Monday, October 28 with a reception talk by Tonkovich: a long-ago student of the “outsider artist,” Comp Lit professor, activist, and writer at CSU Long Beach. Carr’s paintings, drawings, and illustrations evoke Blake, Whitman, German Expressionism, Kenneth Patchen, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti with celebratory emphasis on the ecosystem of Laguna Beach and popular resistance to war, nuclear power, US intervention, and ecological destruction. Carr self-published a dozen books including <em>Aliso Creek</em>. Free through December 13. More info <a href="https://www.cerritos.edu/art-gallery/main-pages/exhibitions_2024_petercarr.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5649<div></div> 5650 </div> 5651 5652 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5653 5654 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5655 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5656</article><!-- #post-## --> 5657 5658 5659 5660<article id="post-71611" class="photo-text post-71611 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 5661 5662 <div class="entry-content"> 5663 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lisa-Alvarez-2018-bw-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5664 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Alvarez</h4> 5665 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '92, '93; Writers Workshops Co-Director</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5666 <p>Lisa Alvarez’s short story “Strongman” appears in the new issue of <em>About Place Journal</em>. The issue is a special themed one titled <em>Shaping Destiny: Election Season, Before, During and After</em>. Alvarez read from the story at last summer’s workshop. More info <a href="http://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/shaping-destiny/before/lisa-alvarez/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFqOehleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHesuTphjkJ32dmgEjcFZCSDzoYn_a87ipXz6JIP74JRPhqhkcAyzGLdh3g_aem_fl5a6QTSR4iLbkWSLdEnxQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5667 5668 5669<div></div> 5670<div></div> </div> 5671 <br>Attended with the help of UCI & Ancinas Scholarships 5672 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5673 5674 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5675 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5676</article><!-- #post-## --> 5677 5678 5679 5680<article id="post-71700" class="photo-text post-71700 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 5681 5682 <div class="entry-content"> 5683 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Evie_Shockley_2023-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5684 <h4 class="tight-heading">Evie Shockley</h4> 5685 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '99 Staff, '09, '10, '13, '15, '18, '21, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5686 5687<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Evie Shockley was awarded the $25,000 2024 Academy of American Poets Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement. More info <a href="https://poets.org/academy-american-poets-announces-2024-winners-wallace-stevens-award-and-academy-fellowship" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 5688<div></div> </div> 5689 5690 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5691 5692 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5693 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5694</article><!-- #post-## --> 5695 5696 5697 5698<article id="post-71694" class="photo-text post-71694 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 5699 5700 <div class="entry-content"> 5701 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Beacon-cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5702 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alison Owings</h4> 5703 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '03, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5704 5705<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Alison Owings most recent oral-history book, <em>Mayor of the Tenderloin / Del Seymour’s Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco</em>, was published in September, 2024 by Beacon Press. An unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco. Honest and compelling, <em>Mayor of the Tenderloin </em>follows homelessness in one of Americaâs toughest neighborhoods as it was livedâin the words of someone who lived it and is now fighting to solve it. This book was nine-years in the making, and <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> called it “A richly satisfying tapestry.â</p> 5706<div></div> </div> 5707 5708 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5709 5710 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5711 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5712</article><!-- #post-## --> 5713 5714 5715 5716<article id="post-71607" class="photo-text post-71607 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5717 5718 <div class="entry-content"> 5719 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Frank-Dark-Final2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5720 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stephen Massimilla</h4> 5721 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '04, '06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5722 <p>Stephen Massimillaâs new prizewinning poetry book, <em>Frank Dark</em>, was published by Barrow Street Press and won the 2023 American Book Festival Best Book Award, the North American Book Award, and others, and has been reviewed widely. (Massimilla also did the cover painting.)<br /> 5723And his co-edited anthology, <em>Stronger Than Fear: Poems of Empowerment, Compassion, and Social Justice</em>, won several recent awards, such as the International Book Award, The ABF Best Book Award, and the IPPY Living Now Award. It includes work by many of todayâs most accomplished poets, including alumni of and poets who have taught at the Community of Writers: Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Brenda Hillman, Major Jackson, Patricia Spears Jones, Ada Limón, and several others. More info <a href="https://www.poetryinfo.com/books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5724<div></div> 5725 </div> 5726 5727 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5728 5729 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5730 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5731</article><!-- #post-## --> 5732 5733 5734 5735<article id="post-71564" class="photo-text post-71564 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5736 5737 <div class="entry-content"> 5738 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Repko_Brevity-Blog_DSC_6693-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5739 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sue Repko</h4> 5740 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5741 <p>Sue Repko’s essay, “Air and Light and Time: Pruning Your Writing Projects for a Better Harvest,” appeared in the August 28, 2024 issue of the Brevity Blog. More info <a href="https://brevity.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/air-and-light-and-time/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5742<div></div> 5743 </div> 5744 5745 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5746 5747 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5748 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5749</article><!-- #post-## --> 5750 5751 5752 5753<article id="post-71525" class="photo-text post-71525 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5754 5755 <div class="entry-content"> 5756 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Revel-2-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5757 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alice Jones</h4> 5758 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry, '88, '89. Staff: Writing the Medical Experience</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5759 <p>A section of a psychoanalytic memoir by Alice Jones has just appeared in the literary journal, <em>Revel 2</em>. Unbound Edition bringing out the book in September, 2025.<br /> 5760Excerpts also appear in the January, 2022 issue of the <em>Kenyon Review</em>. More info <a href="http://www.unboundedition.com/product/revel-no-2-peter-campion-ed-literary-journal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and <a href="https://kenyonreview.org/journals/page/2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5761<div></div> 5762 </div> 5763 5764 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5765 5766 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5767 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5768</article><!-- #post-## --> 5769 5770 5771 5772<article id="post-71479" class="photo-text post-71479 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 5773 5774 <div class="entry-content"> 5775 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Romm_Front-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5776 <h4 class="tight-heading">Robin Romm</h4> 5777 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Teaching Staff, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5778 <p>Robin Romm’s second story collection, <em>Radical Empathy</em>, was recently published by Four Way Books. The first story in it won a 2024 O’Henry Prize and will also be published in The Best Short Stories 2024: The O’Henry Prize Winners. More info <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robin-romm/radical-empathy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5779<div></div> 5780 </div> 5781 5782 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5783 5784 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5785 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5786</article><!-- #post-## --> 5787 5788 5789 5790<article id="post-71456" class="photo-text post-71456 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5791 5792 <div class="entry-content"> 5793 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/book.headshot-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5794 <h4 class="tight-heading">Emily Hyland</h4> 5795 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5796 <p>Emily Hyland’s first collection of poetry, <em>Divorced Business Partners</em>, debuts through Howling Bird Press on October 21st, 2024. She will be reading in conversation with Mark Doty at Poets House in NYC on 10/22. More info <a href="http://emilyhyland.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5797<div></div> 5798 </div> 5799 5800 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5801 5802 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5803 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5804</article><!-- #post-## --> 5805 5806 5807 5808<article id="post-71454" class="photo-text post-71454 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5809 5810 <div class="entry-content"> 5811 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Face-cover-2020-07-02-04-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5812 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marcia Meier</h4> 5813 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5814 <p>Marcia Meier’s 2021 memoir, <em>Face</em>, won the New Mexico-Arizona Book award and several other honors. Kirkus Reviews called
5814it “a philosophically searching memoir, and it’s emotionally stirring, as wellâa profoundly personal work that should resonate with anyone who’s wrestled with trauma and its aftermath.”<br /> 5815Her February 2023 anthology, <em>Writing Through the Apocalypse, Pandemic Poetry and Prose</em>, includes the work of members of her <em>Writing Through the Apocalypse</em> writing group, which has been meeting weekly since early 2020. From Kirkus: “A heartfelt collection that captures the resilience and creativity of a virtual writing community in a trouble time.” More info <a href="http://www.marciameier.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5816<div></div> 5817 </div> 5818 5819 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5820 5821 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5822 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5823</article><!-- #post-## --> 5824 5825 5826 5827<article id="post-71404" class="photo-text post-71404 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5828 5829 <div class="entry-content"> 5830 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/The-Whole-Catastrophe-by-Jami-Macarty-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5831 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jami Macarty</h4> 5832 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '10, '14, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5833 <p>Jami Macarty’s fourth chapbook <em>The Whole Catastrophe</em> (Vallum Chapbook Series, 2024), which critic Rosie Long Decter calls “a testament to the necessary entanglement of all things,” was published on September 11, 2024. More info <a href="https://vallummag.com/product/38-jami-macarty-the-whole-catastrophe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5834<div></div> 5835 </div> 5836 5837 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5838 5839 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5840 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5841</article><!-- #post-## --> 5842 5843 5844 5845<article id="post-71392" class="photo-text post-71392 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5846 5847 <div class="entry-content"> 5848 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BrutalCompanion_6x9_C1_final_RGB_300dpi-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5849 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruben Quesada</h4> 5850 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5851 <p>Ruben Quesada’s new poetry collection is now available for Pre-order. <em>Brutal Companion</em>, winner of the Barrow Street Press Editors Prize, will be published on October 15, 2024. More info <a href="https://barrowstreet.org/press/product/brutal-companion-ruben-quesada/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5852 5853 5854<div></div> 5855<div></div> </div> 5856 <br>Attended with the help of a UC Riverside Scholarship 5857 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5858 5859 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5860 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5861</article><!-- #post-## --> 5862 5863 5864 5865<article id="post-71390" class="photo-text post-71390 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5866 5867 <div class="entry-content"> 5868 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/10_23-Grace-Notes-IG-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5869 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruben Quesada</h4> 5870 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5871 <p>Ruben Quesada will be read from his award-winning collection of poetry at Grace Cathedral with poets A. Van Jordan, Dorianne Laux, and Alice Templeton on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 7:30-9:00 PDT. Save the date and RSVP <a href="https://bit.ly/litgracecat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5872<div></div> 5873 </div> 5874 <br>Attended with the help of a UC Riverside Scholarship 5875 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5876 5877 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5878 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5879</article><!-- #post-## --> 5880 5881 5882 5883<article id="post-71387" class="photo-text post-71387 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5884 5885 <div class="entry-content"> 5886 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2592C131-ED1E-436F-BED9-0423FE187CA3-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5887 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marty Simpson Mitchell</h4> 5888 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5889 <p>Marty Mitchellâs piece âRidge Walk,â excerpted from her book-in-progress, <em>The Lost Sierra</em>, has been accepted for the inaugural edition of Haymaker, to be published in December. Three other pieces from <em>The Lost Sierra</em> have been published in the past year, in <em>Haimat, Meadowlark Review</em>
5889, and the Canadian journal <em>Prairie Fire</em>.</p> 5890<div></div> 5891 </div> 5892 5893 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5894 5895 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5896 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5897</article><!-- #post-## --> 5898 5899 5900 5901<article id="post-71385" class="photo-text post-71385 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5902 5903 <div class="entry-content"> 5904 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/santanabookcover4-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5905 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cintia Santana</h4> 5906 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '94; Poetry Participant, '14, '17, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5907 <p>Cintia Santanaâs debut poetry collection, <em>The Disordered Alphabet</em> (Four Way Books), won the 43rd Annual Northern California Book Award in Poetry. More info <a href="https://www.poetryflash.org/programs/?p=ncba_2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5908<div></div> 5909 </div> 5910 5911 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5912 5913 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5914 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5915</article><!-- #post-## --> 5916 5917 5918 5919<article id="post-71383" class="photo-text post-71383 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5920 5921 <div class="entry-content"> 5922 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jeanne-bw-4-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5923 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanne Wagner</h4> 5924 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5925 <p>Jeanne Wagner’s book, <em>One Needful Song</em>, will be published in late 2024 as winner of the Catamaran Poetry Prize. More info <a href="http://www.jeannewagnerpoetry.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5926 5927 5928<div></div> 5929<div></div> </div> 5930 5931 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5932 5933 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5934 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5935</article><!-- #post-## --> 5936 5937 5938 5939<article id="post-71355" class="photo-text post-71355 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 5940 5941 <div class="entry-content"> 5942 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Mark-Gozonsky-Wattle-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5943 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark Gozonsky</h4> 5944 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5945 <p>Mark Gozonsky’s story-essay “Wattle” will appear in a forthcoming issue of <em>The Sun</em>. More info <a href="http://gozonsky.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 5946 5947 5948<div></div> 5949<div></div> </div> 5950 5951 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5952 5953 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5954 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5955</article><!-- #post-## --> 5956 5957 5958 5959<article id="post-71408" class="photo-text post-71408 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 5960 5961 <div class="entry-content"> 5962 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/i-love-hearing-your-dreams-9781668059807_lg-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5963 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matthew Zapruder</h4> 5964 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5965 5966<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Matthew Zapruder’s newest poetry collection, <em>I Love Hearing Your Dreams</em>, was published by Scribner on September 24th, 2024. More info <a href="https://matthewzapruder.com/i-love-hearing-your-dreams/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 5967<div></div> </div> 5968 5969 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5970 5971 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5972 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5973</article><!-- #post-## --> 5974 5975 5976 5977<article id="post-71306" class="photo-text post-71306 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 5978 5979 <div class="entry-content"> 5980 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/10010-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 5981 <h4 class="tight-heading">Brenda Hillman</h4> 5982 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Staff, '95, '97, '98, '04, '07, '09, '10, '12, '13, '15, '17, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 5983 5984<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Poet Brenda Hillman’s first book of prose, <em>Three Talks (Metaphor and Metonymy, Meaning and Mystery, Magic and Morality</em>) was published by <a href="https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10010/">University of Virginia Press</a>.</p> 5985 5986 5987 5988<div></div> 5989<div></div> </div> 5990 5991 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 5992 5993 <footer class="entry-footer"> 5994 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 5995</article><!-- #post-## --> 5996 5997 5998 5999<article id="post-71291" class="photo-text post-71291 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6000 6001 <div class="entry-content"> 6002 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/VG-Miramar-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6003 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 6004 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â14, â22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6005 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story ‘The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of’ was published in J<em>erry Jazz Musician</em> magazine. You can read it <a href="https://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of-a-short-story-by-vishwas-r-gaitonde/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> to ponder over dreams turning to reality, and reality fading into dream.</p> 6006<div></div> 6007 </div> 6008 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 6009 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6010 6011 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6012 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6013</article><!-- #post-## --> 6014 6015 6016 6017<article id="post-71267" class="photo-text post-71267 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6018 6019 <div class="entry-content"> 6020 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6021 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michael Zysk</h4> 6022 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6023 <p>Michael Zysk’s third poetry collection, <em>Sophia’s Wisdom</em> (Wipf and Stock) integrates themes of Shekinah Theology with Sophia Christology. Verses of Part 1 explores cosmic creation and destruction with images from astrophysics woven with Jewish hermeneutics; verses of Part 2 survey the evolution of the divine personification of Wisdom across Jewish, Christian, and Gnostic scriptures. More info <a href="http://michaelzysk.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6024<div></div> 6025 </div> 6026 6027 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6028 6029 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6030 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6031</article><!-- #post-## --> 6032 6033 6034 6035<article id="post-71265" class="photo-text post-71265 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6036 6037 <div class="entry-content"> 6038 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/VG-Writing-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6039 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 6040 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6041 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s longform essay “American Lotus: The Cultural Strengths of Kamala Harris” has been published on Medium. You can access it <a href="https://shorturl.at/161qw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. It is suggested that you watch the short embedded videos as you come to them as they complement the narrative</p> 6042 6043 6044<div></div> 6045<div></div> </div> 6046 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 6047 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6048 6049 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6050 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6051</article><!-- #post-## --> 6052 6053 6054 6055<article id="post-71245" class="photo-text post-71245 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6056 6057 <div class="entry-content"> 6058 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2024PatriciaJonesBW-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6059 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Spears Jones</h4> 6060 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91, Staff: '16, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6061 6062<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Patricia Spears Jones’ poetry collection, <em>The Beloved Community</em>, was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Awards.</p> 6063<div></div> </div> 6064 6065 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6066 6067 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6068 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6069</article><!-- #post-## --> 6070 6071 6072 6073<article id="post-71241" class="photo-text post-71241 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6074 6075 <div class="entry-content"> 6076 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/meg_2015-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6077 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meg Waite Clayton</h4> 6078 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6079 6080<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meg Waite Clayton’s upcoming novel, <em>Typewriter Beach</em>, will be published by HarperCollins on July 1st, 2025. </p> 6081<div></div> </div> 6082 6083 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6084 6085 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6086 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6087</article><!-- #post-## --> 6088 6089 6090 6091<article id="post-71210" class="photo-text post-71210 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6092 6093 <div class="entry-content"> 6094 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/unnamed-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6095 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sue Parman</h4> 6096 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '98, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6097 <p>Sue Parmanâs short story, âGannets and Ghouls,â appears in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine September/October, pp. 83-94. Her nonfiction memoir essay, âYou Canât Get There from Here,â won Travelers Tales, Eighteenth Annual Solas Awards Grand Prize Gold Winner for Best Travel Tale of 2024. More info <a href="http://www.sueparman.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6098<div></div> 6099 </div> 6100 6101 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6102 6103 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6104 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6105</article><!-- #post-## --> 6106 6107 6108 6109<article id="post-71080" class="photo-text post-71080 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-art-of-the-wild"> 6110 6111 <div class="entry-content"> 6112 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/A-Door-Into-the-Wild-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6113 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ellery Akers</h4> 6114 <span style="font-size:80%;">Art of the Wild Teaching Staff, '94</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6115 <p>Ellery Akers’ new book, <em>A Door into the Wild: Poetry and Art</em>, won the 2024 Blue Light Award and is forthcoming in September. Gary Young has called
6115it a” sublime conjunction of word and image….an extraordinary conversation between dazzling drawings and subtle, heart-rending poems. This book is a gift.” Akers’ previous collection, <em>Swerve: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance</em>, won BookAuthority’s Award for Best Environmentalism Books of All Time. More info <a href="http://elleryakers.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6116<div></div> 6117 </div> 6118 6119 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6120 6121 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6122 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6123</article><!-- #post-## --> 6124 6125 6126 6127<article id="post-71097" class="photo-text post-71097 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6128 6129 <div class="entry-content"> 6130 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/file-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6131 <h4 class="tight-heading">Edith Friedman</h4> 6132 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6133 <p>Edith Friedman’s collection <em>Reconstruction</em> was chosen by Lee Ann Roripaugh as the 2024 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook winner, and will be released September 7, 2024. More <a href="https://whitewhalebookstore.com/events/20240907" target="_blank" rel="noopener">info</a> here.</p> 6134<div></div> 6135 </div> 6136 6137 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6138 6139 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6140 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6141</article><!-- #post-## --> 6142 6143 6144 6145<article id="post-71082" class="photo-text post-71082 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6146 6147 <div class="entry-content"> 6148 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/9780316568067-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/9780316568067-150x210.webp 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/9780316568067-322x450.webp 322w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 6149 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eugenie Montague</h4> 6150 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6151 6152<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eugenie Montague’s new novel, <em>Swallow the Ghost</em>, was published on August 20, 2024 by Mulholland Books. </p> 6153<div></div> </div> 6154 6155 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6156 6157 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6158 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6159</article><!-- #post-## --> 6160 6161 6162 6163<article id="post-71051" class="photo-text post-71051 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6164 6165 <div class="entry-content"> 6166 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/santanabookcover4-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6167 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cintia Santana</h4> 6168 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '94; Poetry Participant, '14, '17, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6169 <p>Cintia Santanaâs debut poetry collection, <em>The Disordered Alphabet </em>(Four Way Books), won the 2024 IPPY Bronze Medal and is a finalist for the Northern California Book Award in Poetry. More info <a href="https://fourwaybooks.com/site/the-disordered-alphabet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6170<div></div> 6171 </div> 6172 6173 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6174 6175 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6176 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6177</article><!-- #post-## --> 6178 6179 6180 6181<article id="post-71008" class="photo-text post-71008 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6182 6183 <div class="entry-content"> 6184 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hermelinda-hernandez-monjaras-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6185 <h4 class="tight-heading">Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras</h4> 6186 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6187 <p>Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras is the recipient of a 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. More info <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hermelinda-hernandez-monjaras" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6188<div></div> 6189 </div> 6190 <br>Attended with the help of a Dreamer Scholarship 6191 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6192 6193 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6194 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6195</article><!-- #post-## --> 6196 6197 6198 6199<article id="post-70986" class="photo-text post-70986 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6200 6201 <div class="entry-content"> 6202 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hi-res-Jesse-Nathan-9-bw-copy-1638x2048-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6203 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jesse Nathan</h4> 6204 <span style="font-size:80%;">
6204Poetry Participant, '15, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6205 <p>Jesse Nathan’s first book of poems, <em>Eggtooth</em>, has been nominated for the 2024 Northern California Book Award. More info <a href="http://www.jessenathan.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6206<div></div> 6207 </div> 6208 6209 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6210 6211 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6212 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6213</article><!-- #post-## --> 6214 6215 6216 6217<article id="post-70984" class="photo-text post-70984 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6218 6219 <div class="entry-content"> 6220 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Wildflowers-cover-Final-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6221 <h4 class="tight-heading">Beverly Parayno</h4> 6222 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6223 <p>Beverly Parayno’s debut short story collection <em>Wildflowers</em> has been nominated and shortlisted for the 43rd Annual Northern California Book Award in Fiction. More info <a href="https://www.wildflowersbp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6224<div></div> 6225 </div> 6226 6227 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6228 6229 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6230 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6231</article><!-- #post-## --> 6232 6233 6234 6235<article id="post-70971" class="photo-text post-70971 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6236 6237 <div class="entry-content"> 6238 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tyrus_cover_sample-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6239 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Fang</h4> 6240 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6241 <p>Karen Fangâs biography of Chinese immigrant artist, Disney legend, and centenarian, <em>Background Artist: The Life and Work of Tyrus Wong</em>, will be published in October. More info <a href="http://alwayslookup.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6242<div></div> 6243 </div> 6244 <br>Attended with the help of a James D. Houston fellowship 6245 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6246 6247 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6248 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6249</article><!-- #post-## --> 6250 6251 6252 6253<article id="post-70970" class="photo-text post-70970 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6254 6255 <div class="entry-content"> 6256 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/bridge-across-the-sky-9781665948593_hr-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6257 <h4 class="tight-heading">Freeman Ng</h4> 6258 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6259 <p><em>Bridge Across The Sky</em>, Freeman Ng’s young adult novel-in-verse about the Chinese immigration experience through Angel Island in the early 1900’s, goes on sale on August 27. Published by Atheneum Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, the book is a Junior Library Guild “Gold Standard Selection” and received a starred Publishers Weekly review. More info <a href="https://www.AngelIslandNovel.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6260<div></div> 6261 </div> 6262 6263 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6264 6265 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6266 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6267</article><!-- #post-## --> 6268 6269 6270 6271<article id="post-70967" class="photo-text post-70967 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6272 6273 <div class="entry-content"> 6274 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sewell-Flood-Plain-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6275 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Sewell</h4> 6276 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6277 <p>Lisa Sewell’s upcoming book of poetry, <em>Flood Plain</em>, will be published by Grid Books in January 2025. More info <a href="http://lisasewell.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6278<div></div> 6279 </div> 6280 6281 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6282 6283 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6284 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6285</article><!-- #post-## --> 6286 6287 6288 6289<article id="post-70963" class="photo-text post-70963 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6290 6291 <div class="entry-content"> 6292 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mt.-Hood-3-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6293 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Lukas</h4> 6294 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6295 <p>David Lukas now writes a weekly nature newsletter (<a href="http://www.lukasguides.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.lukasguides.com</a>) that covers a wide range of nature and language topics.</p> 6296<div></div> 6297 </div> 6298 6299 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6300 6301 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6302 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6303</article><!-- #post-## --> 6304 6305 6306 6307<article id="post-70932" class="photo-text post-70932 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6308 6309 <div class="entry-content"> 6310 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/4-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6311 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tyler McAndrew</h4> 6312 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6313 <p>Tyler McAndrew’s debut bookâa short story collection titled “My Prisoner & Other Stories”âwon the 2024 Non / Fiction Prize and will be published fall 2025 with Ohio State University Press / Mad Creek Books. More info <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ohiostatepress/p/C-a_sXkx6jK/?img_index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6314<div></div> 6315 </div> 6316 <br>Attended with the help of a Gill Dennis Memorial Scholarship 6317 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6318 6319 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6320 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6321</article><!-- #post-## --> 6322 6323 6324 6325<article id="post-70929" class="photo-text post-70929 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6326 6327 <div class="entry-content"> 6328 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LUNSTRUM-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6329 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum</h4> 6330 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '02; Alumni Reader: '05.</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6331 <p>Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum’s debut novel, <em>Elita</em>, will be published in January 2025 by TriQuarterly/Northwestern University Press. Unfolding during the moody Pacific N
6331orthwest winter of 1951, <em>Elita</em> is a literary mystery, about which author Melissa Febos writes, “I devoured this novel, held sway by its expert construction and luminous prose, and I am haunted still by the wise and impossible questions that simmer under its breathless plot and within its indelible characters.” More info <a href="https://www.kirstensundberglunstrum.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6332<div></div> 6333 </div> 6334 <br>Attended with the help of an Eshleman Scholarship 6335 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6336 6337 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6338 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6339</article><!-- #post-## --> 6340 6341 6342 6343<article id="post-70973" class="photo-text post-70973 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6344 6345 <div class="entry-content"> 6346 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/REIB-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6347 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Shimshon-Santo</h4> 6348 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6349 <p>Amy Shimshon-Santoâs new book is out with Flowersong Press and includes a plurilingual Orality Archive. â<em>Random Experiments in Bioluminescence</em> is a remarkable collection of luminous poems for cherishing cultures, languages, and the Earth.â More info <a href="https://www.flowersongpress.com/store-j9lRp/p/random-experiments-in-bioluminescence-by-amy-shimshon-santo-forthcoming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6350<div></div> 6351 </div> 6352 6353 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6354 6355 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6356 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6357</article><!-- #post-## --> 6358 6359 6360 6361<article id="post-70824" class="photo-text post-70824 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6362 6363 <div class="entry-content"> 6364 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Last_Breath_Home-NEW-FRONT-COVER-ONLY-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6365 <h4 class="tight-heading">Laurie Wall</h4> 6366 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6367 <p><em>Last Breath Home</em> is Laurieâs debut novel. Having dyslexia from an early age, she had difficulty reading. Following a trip to the book store and discovering Louis LâAmour, she grew to love reading one sentence at a time. Life was not easy for Laurieâs family when her brother returned from Vietnam following a psychotic break, eventually, schizophrenia. Through a series of tragic events, and with Godâs help, she healed and grew to love her brother. Redemption flourished. Attending The Community of Writers Workshop gave her the courage to complete this novel.<br /> 6368Her story is the motivation for <em>Last Breath Home</em>.</p> 6369<div></div> 6370 </div> 6371 6372 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6373 6374 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6375 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6376</article><!-- #post-## --> 6377 6378 6379 6380<article id="post-70793" class="photo-text post-70793 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6381 6382 <div class="entry-content"> 6383 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/978-1-80135-259-8-frontcover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6384 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 6385 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6386 <p>Lynne Goldsmith’s new poetry collection, <em>From the Edge of Chaos and Form,</em> was published in July, 2024 by the Transnational Press.</p> 6387<div></div> 6388 </div> 6389 6390 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6391 6392 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6393 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6394</article><!-- #post-## --> 6395 6396 6397 6398<article id="post-70759" class="photo-text post-70759 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6399 6400 <div class="entry-content"> 6401 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Apple-Thieves-front-cvr3-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6402 <h4 class="tight-heading">Beverley Bie Brahic</h4> 6403 <span style="font-size:80%;">
6403Poetry Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6404 <p><em>Apple Thieves</em>, Beverley Bie Brahicâs fifth collection of poetry, will be published by Carcanet Press in the U.K. in August 2024. More info <a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=1820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6405<div></div> 6406 </div> 6407 6408 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6409 6410 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6411 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6412</article><!-- #post-## --> 6413 6414 6415 6416<article id="post-70746" class="photo-text post-70746 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6417 6418 <div class="entry-content"> 6419 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Silkworm-final-cover-for-author-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6420 <h4 class="tight-heading">Shi Naseer</h4> 6421 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6422 <p>Shi Naseer’s debut novel, <em>The Cry of the Silkworm</em>, was released in June 2024 with Atlantic Books/Allen&Unwin. Set against the backdrop of the one-child policy, it is the story of a girlâs poignant coming of age in rural China and her quest for vengeance against a government official in Shanghai. Her personal essay on the inspiration behind her novel is forthcoming in <em>The Guardian</em>‘s A Moment That Changed Me column. More info <a href="http://www.shinaseer.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6423<div></div> 6424 </div> 6425 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 6426 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6427 6428 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6429 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6430</article><!-- #post-## --> 6431 6432 6433 6434<article id="post-70735" class="photo-text post-70735 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6435 6436 <div class="entry-content"> 6437 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240130_Jeanne_Carstensen_ML_0333-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6438 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanne Carstensen</h4> 6439 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, 2018</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6440 <p>Jeanne Carstensen’s <em>A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis</em> will be published by Simon & Schuster/One Signal in March, 2025. More info <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Greek-Tragedy/Jeanne-Carstensen/9781668083147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6441<div></div> 6442 </div> 6443 6444 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6445 6446 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6447 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6448</article><!-- #post-## --> 6449 6450 6451 6452<article id="post-70608" class="photo-text post-70608 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6453 6454 <div class="entry-content"> 6455 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wildflowers-cover-Final-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6456 <h4 class="tight-heading">Beverly Parayno</h4> 6457 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6458 <p>Beverly Parayno’s debut short story collection <em>Wildflowers</em> (PAWA Press) won a 2024 IPPY Bronze Medal, a 2024 National Indie Excellence Award for Asian American & Pacific Islander Fiction and was named a 2023 Foreword INDIES Finalist. More info <a href="https://www.wildflowersbp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6459<div></div> 6460 </div> 6461 6462 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6463 6464 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6465 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6466</article><!-- #post-## --> 6467 6468 6469 6470<article id="post-70593" class="photo-text post-70593 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6471 6472 <div class="entry-content"> 6473 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_20240606_071823-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6474 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lori D’Angelo</h4> 6475 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6476 <p>Lori D’Angelo’s debut short story collection, <em>The Monsters Are Here</em>, will be published by ELJ Editions in 2024. More info <a href="https://elj-editions.com/the-monsters-are-here/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6477<div></div> 6478 </div> 6479 <br>Attended with the help of a Ford Scholarship 6480 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6481 6482 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6483 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6484</article><!-- #post-## --> 6485 6486 6487 6488<article id="post-70587" class="photo-text post-70587 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6489 6490 <div class="entry-content"> 6491 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/610dfWJqRVL._AC_SL1500_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6492 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 6493 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6494 <p>Lynne Goldsmith’s middle grade novel <em>The Language of Fragments</em> was publised in June 2024 by Wipf and Stock.</p> 6495<div></div> 6496 </div> 6497 <a href="http://">http://</a> 6498 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6499 6500 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6501 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6502</article><!-- #post-## --> 6503 6504 6505 6506<article id="post-70517" class="photo-text post-70517 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6507 6508 <div class="entry-content"> 6509 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FON-cover-low-res-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6510 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gina DeMillo Wagner</h4> 6511 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6512 <p>Gina DeMillo Wagner’s memoir, <em>Forces of Nature</em>, was published in May by Running Wild Press and received a rave review from <em>The Washington Post</em>. More info <a href="https://ginadwagner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6513<div></div> 6514 </div> 6515 6516 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6517 6518 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6519 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6520</article><!-- #post-## --> 6521 6522 6523 6524<article id="post-70372" class="photo-text post-70372 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6525 6526 <div class="entry-content"> 6527 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Almost-family-cover-final-copy-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6528 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Bancroft</h4> 6529 <span style="font-size:80%;">
6529Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6530 <p>Ann Bancroft’s debut novel, <em>Almost Family</em>, was just published by She Writes Press on May 28th, 2024. Itâs a tender and darkly funny story of a lonely, obsessive woman who meets two unlikely friends in a support group for Stage Four cancer patients. The three of them ditch the group and form their own â The Oakland Mets (for âmetastasesâ) aiming to enjoy life toward its end and not talk about cancer all the time. In the process, they help one another accept their fates and resolve family issues, finding love and peace at the end of their lives. More info <a href="http://annbancroftauthor.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6531<div></div> 6532 </div> 6533 6534 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6535 6536 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6537 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6538</article><!-- #post-## --> 6539 6540 6541 6542<article id="post-70378" class="photo-text post-70378 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6543 6544 <div class="entry-content"> 6545 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1307-3-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6546 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jamie Cat Callan</h4> 6547 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participants, '90</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6548 <p>Jamie Cat Callan recently received fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center (2024) and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2023). More info <a href="http://www.JamieCatCallan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6549<div></div> 6550 </div> 6551 6552 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6553 6554 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6555 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6556</article><!-- #post-## --> 6557 6558 6559 6560<article id="post-70415" class="photo-text post-70415 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6561 6562 <div class="entry-content"> 6563 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WW_PineSootTendonBone_web-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6564 <h4 class="tight-heading">Radha Marcum</h4> 6565 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6566 <p>Radha Marcum’s second poetry collection, <em>Pine Soot Tendon Bone</em>, winner of the 2023 Washington Prize, is now available. Carol Moldaw says: “Radha Marcum writes unflinchingly and with a rare synthesis of lyric and scientific intelligence, investigating just what it is to exist with consciousness now. Charged, luminous, and hard-won, these poems are indispensable.” More info <a href="https://www.radhamarcum.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6567<div></div> 6568 </div> 6569 6570 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6571 6572 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6573 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6574</article><!-- #post-## --> 6575 6576 6577 6578<article id="post-70437" class="photo-text post-70437 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-ww-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6579 6580 <div class="entry-content"> 6581 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Arnold-Igor.svcw_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6582 <h4 class="tight-heading">Howard Rappaport</h4> 6583 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6584 <p>Howard Rappaport’s novel, <em>Arnold & Igor</em>, a historical/contemporary fiction about the rivalry of modernist composers Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky, was published by Fomite Press in June (2024). More info <a href="https://howardrappaport.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6585<div></div> 6586 </div> 6587 <br>Attended with the help of a John Z Memorial Scholarship 6588 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6589 6590 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6591 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6592</article><!-- #post-## --> 6593 6594 6595 6596<article id="post-70366" class="photo-text post-70366 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6597 6598 <div class="entry-content"> 6599 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Official-TF-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6600 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yiskah Rosenfeld</h4> 6601 <span style="font-size:80%;">
6601Poetry Participant '01, '03, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6602 <p>Yiskah Rosenfeld’s first full-length collection, <em>Tasting Flight,</em> was published June 18, 2024 by Madville Books. <em>Tasting Flight</em> was runner-up for the Arthur Smith Award, a finalist for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize, and received a Louis Award honorable mention. Chad Sweeney writes, “<em>Tasting Flight</em> is a Hebraic Sutra where Rosenfeld sits in meditation until she and the garden are one, bread and night are one, sacred and mundane, the cursed and the blessed, until Lilith and Eve complete the circle whose center is everywhere.” More info <a href="https://yiskahrosenfeld.com/books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6603<div></div> 6604 </div> 6605 6606 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6607 6608 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6609 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6610</article><!-- #post-## --> 6611 6612 6613 6614<article id="post-70364" class="photo-text post-70364 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6615 6616 <div class="entry-content"> 6617 6618 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barbara B Ristine</h4> 6619 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant, '18, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6620 <p>Barbara Ristine’s unpublished novel <em>The Face Painter</em> has been selected as the Second Place/Silver Medal Winner for Children’s and Young Adult Historical Fiction in the Historical Novel Society’s First Chapters Competition. Her short story “Canary Girl” has been published in the historical anthology <em>Feisty Deeds: Historical tales of Daring Women</em>, which launched June 8, 2024.</p> 6621<div></div> 6622 </div> 6623 6624 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6625 6626 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6627 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6628</article><!-- #post-## --> 6629 6630 6631 6632<article id="post-71428" class="photo-text post-71428 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 6633 6634 <div class="entry-content"> 6635 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Rickey-Fayne-author-photo-qmxp85qj1e9vp2kxk1fs089btfdh93udpns0jxueu8-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6636 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rickey Fayne</h4> 6637 <div class="tight-content"> 6638 6639<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rickey Fayne</strong>‘s first novel, <em>All Godâs Children</em>, is forthcoming from Little, Brown in 2025.</p> 6640 6641 6642 6643<div></div> 6644<div></div> </div> 6645 <br>Attended with the help of the Kimbilio Scholarship 6646 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6647 6648 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6649 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6650</article><!-- #post-## --> 6651 6652 6653 6654<article id="post-70337" class="photo-text post-70337 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6655 6656 <div class="entry-content"> 6657 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/057_RowenaSinger100223_photobyAndriaLo-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6658 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rowena Leong Singer</h4> 6659 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6660 <p>Rowena Leong Singer’s short story, âMister Birdcage,â is now in the Spring/Summer 2024 <em>Black Warrior Review</em> Issue 50.2 (for the second 50th-Anniversary edition)!</p> 6661<p>âMister Birdcageââalong with other stories, poems, nonfiction pieces, and flashâis only available in print, which you can purchase <a href="https://bwr.ua.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6662<div></div> 6663 </div> 6664 6665 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6666 6667 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6668 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6669</article><!-- #post-## --> 6670 6671 6672 6673<article id="post-70327" class="photo-text post-70327 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6674 6675 <div class="entry-content"> 6676 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Headshot-for-Beyond-That-Hill-I-Gather-cropped-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6677 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeffrey Kingman</h4> 6678 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '12, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6679 6680<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Jeffrey Kingmanâs</strong> <strong>(’12, ’22)</strong> poem, âWe Can All Listen,â was published in <em>Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, </em>April 2024. His poem, âCollege,â was published in <em>Your Impossible Voice</em>, Issue 30, May 2024. More info <a href="https://www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/college/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 6681<div></div> </div> 6682 6683 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6684 6685 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6686 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6687</article><!-- #post-## --> 6688 6689 6690 6691<article id="post-70295" class="photo-text post-70295 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6692 6693 <div class="entry-content"> 6694 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Corey-Campbell-Levis-reading-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6695 <h4 class="tight-heading">Corey Campbell</h4> 6696 <span style="font-size:80%;">
6696Writers Workshop Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6697 <p>Corey Campbell was named a MacDowell Fellow in fiction writing in Spring-Summer 2024. More info <a href="https://www.macdowell.org/news/155-artists-awarded-prized-fellowships-to-nations-first-artist-residency-program-this-spring-summer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6698<div></div> 6699 </div> 6700 <br>Attended with the help of Isobel English Scholarship 6701 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6702 6703 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6704 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6705</article><!-- #post-## --> 6706 6707 6708 6709<article id="post-70290" class="photo-text post-70290 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6710 6711 <div class="entry-content"> 6712 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/9798987954164_p0_v1_s1200x630-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6713 <h4 class="tight-heading">Carrie Nassif</h4> 6714 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6715 <p>Carrie Nassifâs speculative memoir in experimental poetry, T<em>he Vulture Girl</em>, comes out from Saddle Road Press June 17th. Her book launch will be at SOMOS in Taos, NM, July 27th. More info <a href="http://www.carrienassifphd.com/author" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6716<div></div> 6717 </div> 6718 <br>Attended with the help of Janice Bevilacqua Memorial Scholarship 6719 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6720 6721 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6722 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6723</article><!-- #post-## --> 6724 6725 6726 6727<article id="post-70269" class="photo-text post-70269 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-3-poetry-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 6728 6729 <div class="entry-content"> 6730 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FireRoadCoverYingling-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6731 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nicholas Yingling</h4> 6732 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6733 <p>Nicholas Yingling’s debut poetry collection, <em>The Fire Road</em>, was published by Barrow Street Press in April 2024. More info <a href="https://barrowstreet.org/press/product/the-fire-road-nicholas-yingling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6734<div></div> 6735 </div> 6736 6737 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6738 6739 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6740 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6741</article><!-- #post-## --> 6742 6743 6744 6745<article id="post-70155" class="photo-text post-70155 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6746 6747 <div class="entry-content"> 6748 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Finley-author-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6749 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mara Finley</h4> 6750 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, â23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6751 <p>Mara Finley won a Bread Loaf Katharine Bakeless Nason Participant Scholarship in Nonfiction for the 2024 Bread Loaf Writersâ Conference.</p> 6752<div></div> 6753 </div> 6754 <br>Attended with the help of OâDwyer Family Scholarship 6755 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6756 6757 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6758 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6759</article><!-- #post-## --> 6760 6761 6762 6763<article id="post-70230" class="photo-text post-70230 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-writers"> 6764 6765 <div class="entry-content"> 6766 <img width="150" height="112" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/KDP_PRINT_BOOK_CONVERTED_FULL_WRAP_COVER_THUMBNAIL_160-150x112.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6767 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Wolff</h4> 6768 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '83/Screenwriting Workshop Participant, '84 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 6769 <p>Diane Wolff launched her new book, <em>Cobalt Blue: Marco Polo in Dadu</em>, on the occasion of the citywide celebration of the city of Venice for the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s death. More info <a href="http://dianewolff.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6770<div></div> 6771 </div> 6772 6773 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6774 6775 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6776 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6777</article><!-- #post-## --> 6778 6779 6780 6781<article id="post-70253" class="photo-text post-70253 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6782 6783 <div class="entry-content"> 6784 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9798987719701-Life-Span-ebook-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6785 <h4 class="tight-heading">Molly Giles</h4> 6786 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6787 <p>Molly Giles’s memoir, <em>Life Span</em>, was published by WTAW Press in June. More info <a href="http://mollygiles.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6788<div></div> 6789 </div> 6790 6791 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6792 6793 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6794 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6795</article><!-- #post-## --> 6796 6797 6798 6799<article id="post-70240" class="photo-text post-70240 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6800 6801 <div class="entry-content"> 6802 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9780593536131-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6803 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Tan</h4> 6804 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '87; Special Guest, '99-'23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6805 6806<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amy Tan’s new book, <em>Backyard Bird Chronicles</em> (Knopf, 2024), made the <em>New York Times</em> Bestseller List.</p> 6807<div></div> </div> 6808 6809 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6810 6811 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6812 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6813</article><!-- #post-## --> 6814 6815 6816 6817<article id="post-70236" class="photo-text post-70236 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6818 6819 <div class="entry-content"> 6820 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Book-Covers-2-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6821 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diannely Antigua</h4> 6822 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6823 6824<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Diannely Antigua’s recent poetry collection, <em>Good Monster,</em> was published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2024. <em>Good Monster</em> grapples with the body as a site of chronic pain and trauma. Poignant and guttural, the collection âvoyage[s] the land / between crisis and hope,â chronicling Antiguaâs re
6824ckoning with shame and her fallout with faith. </p> 6825<div></div> </div> 6826 6827 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6828 6829 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6830 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6831</article><!-- #post-## --> 6832 6833 6834 6835<article id="post-69985" class="photo-text post-69985 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6836 6837 <div class="entry-content"> 6838 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HollyLaBarbera_FrontCover_Lock_3D-1-2-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6839 <h4 class="tight-heading">Holly LaBarbera</h4> 6840 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6841 <p>Holly LaBarberaâs debut novel will be released on June 11 and is available now for preorders. <em>All I Know</em> is the story of a young woman who overcomes childhood trauma and tragedy to try and build a life with the boy sheâs always loved. LaBarbera, a psychotherapist and professor, uses her extensive knowledge and experience to explore the complexities of romantic relationships as well as those within families and among friends, showing that love comes in many forms, including choosing to love oneself. Itâs a hopeful, uplifting story about strength and resilience, rising from devastation to build and rebuild a life, over and over again. More info <a href="https://hollyclabarbera.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6842<div></div> 6843 </div> 6844 6845 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6846 6847 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6848 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6849</article><!-- #post-## --> 6850 6851 6852 6853<article id="post-69900" class="photo-text post-69900 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6854 6855 <div class="entry-content"> 6856 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Exhibit-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6857 <h4 class="tight-heading">R. O. Kwon</h4> 6858 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6859 <p>R. O. Kwon’s second novel, <em>Exhibit</em>, will be published on May 21 with Riverhead Books. <em>Exhibit</em> has been named a most anticipated book by over 20 outlets, including <em>The New York Times</em>. <em>Poets & Writers</em> called it one of the buzziest books of the year, and said itâs âfiery, sexual, and undeniably original.â Kwon will be on tour for three weeks, and her tour stops are listed at <a href="http://ro-kwon.com/exhibit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6860<div></div> 6861 </div> 6862 6863 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6864 6865 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6866 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6867</article><!-- #post-## --> 6868 6869 6870 6871<article id="post-69869" class="photo-text post-69869 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6872 6873 <div class="entry-content"> 6874 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Shelleys-book-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6875 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rochelle Duffy</h4> 6876 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6877 <p>Rochelle Duffy workshopped her book <em>Flight from Silence A Journey to Free Oneâs Voice in a Family of Seventeen Children</em> in the 2019 Writers Workshops. It was published in March 2024 by Empress Publications.</p> 6878<div></div> 6879 </div> 6880 6881 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6882 6883 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6884 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6885</article><!-- #post-## --> 6886 6887 6888 6889<article id="post-69852" class="photo-text post-69852 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6890 6891 <div class="entry-content"> 6892 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/61tqUygR7rL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6893 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tamam Kahn</h4> 6894 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6895 <p>Tamam Kahnâs poetry book <em>Across The Difficult: With Rabia of Basra and Others</em> won a first place award from The BookFest, Spring 2024. More info <a href="https://completeword.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6896<div></div> 6897 </div> 6898 6899 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6900 6901 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6902 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6903</article><!-- #post-## --> 6904 6905 6906 6907<article id="post-69849" class="photo-text post-69849 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6908 6909 <div class="entry-content"> 6910 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Santana-media-book-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6911 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cintia Santana</h4> 6912 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '14, '17, '23 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 6913 <p>Cintia Santana’s first collection of poems, <em>The Disordered Alphabet</em> (Four Way Books), received the 2023 North American Book Awards Silver Medal and was short-listed for the 2023 Golden Poppy Prize. More info <a href="https://fourwaybooks.com/site/the-disordered-alphabet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6914<div></div> 6915 </div> 6916 6917 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6918 6919 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6920 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6921</article><!-- #post-## --> 6922 6923 6924 6925<article id="post-69847" class="photo-text post-69847 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 6926 6927 <div class="entry-content"> 6928 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jonheadshots-4-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6929 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joseph Bardin</h4> 6930 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6931 <p>Joe Bardin’s essay, “Forever House”, is published in the Spring 2023 issue of Superstition Review. More info <a href="http://josephbardin.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6932<div></div> 6933 </div> 6934 6935 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6936 6937 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6938 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6939</article><!-- #post-## --> 6940 6941 6942 6943<article id="post-69846" class="photo-text post-69846 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 6944 6945 <div class="entry-content"> 6946 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-04-at-12.01.33-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6947 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Graham</h4> 6948 <span style="font-size:80%;">
6948Writers Workshop Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6949 <p>Ann Grahamâs short story, âPour Your Own Joe,â is in the current, spring 2024, issue of October Hill Magazine. More info <a href="https://www.octoberhillmagazine.com/archives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6950<div></div> 6951 </div> 6952 6953 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6954 6955 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6956 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6957</article><!-- #post-## --> 6958 6959 6960 6961<article id="post-69844" class="photo-text post-69844 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 6962 6963 <div class="entry-content"> 6964 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9781538181522-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6965 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peter Dale Scott</h4> 6966 <div class="tight-content"> 6967 <p>In 2024, Peter Dale Scott published two interrelated books, <em>Reading the Dream: A Post-Secular History of Enmindment (</em>Rowman & Littlefield), and <em>Dreamcraft</em> (McGill-Queen’s University Press). Both are sequels to his 2023 book, <em>Ecstatic Pessimist: Czeslaw Milosz, Poet of Catastrophe and Hope</em> (Rowman & Littlefield). More info <a href="http://www.peterdalescott.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6968<div></div> 6969 </div> 6970 <a href="Writers' Annex Guest">Writers' Annex Guest</a> 6971 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6972 6973 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6974 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6975</article><!-- #post-## --> 6976 6977 6978 6979<article id="post-69842" class="photo-text post-69842 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 6980 6981 <div class="entry-content"> 6982 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Every-Other-Weekend-cover.jpeg-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 6983 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 6984 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 6985 <p>Anthony J. Mohr’s memoir, <em>Every Other WeekendâComing of Age With Two Different Dads</em>, swept the spring 2024 Outstanding Creators Awards, including tying in first place for the best nonfiction book and first place in the categories of autobiographies and memoirs, biographies, family, and parenting. His essay “The Last Carefree Summer” was published in Volume 20, No. 1 of the Loch Raven Review. More info <a href="http://www.anthonyjmohr.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 6986<div></div> 6987 </div> 6988 6989 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 6990 6991 <footer class="entry-footer"> 6992 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 6993</article><!-- #post-## --> 6994 6995 6996 6997<article id="post-69833" class="photo-text post-69833 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 6998 6999 <div class="entry-content"> 7000 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ThePalaceofFortyPillarsFrontCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7001 <h4 class="tight-heading">Armen Davoudian</h4> 7002 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7003 <p>Armen Davoudian’s debut book of poems, <em>The Palace of Forty Pillars</em>, was published by Tin House in March 2024. Titled after a landmark in Isfahan, Iran, where twenty pillars are reflected in a courtyard pool, thereby becoming forty, the book explores a life divided between home and exile, queerness and familial belonging. More info <a href="https://tinhouse.com/book/palace-of-forty-pillars/?tab=id_paperback" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7004<div></div> 7005 </div> 7006 <br>
7006Attended with the help of a Barbara E. Hall Scholarship 7007 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7008 7009 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7010 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7011</article><!-- #post-## --> 7012 7013 7014 7015<article id="post-69830" class="photo-text post-69830 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 7016 7017 <div class="entry-content"> 7018 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/815eK7biOxL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7019 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Tan</h4> 7020 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '87; Special Guest, '99-'23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7021 7022<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amy Tan’s <em>Backyard Bird Chronicles</em> will will officially launch on April 23, 7 PM at Book Passageâs event at Angelico Hall at Dominican University in San Rafael.<br>In conversation: Amy Tan and Keith Hansen. Tickets are in-person or virtual, and include a signed book, illustrated bird postcard, and quick start guide to nature journaling.</p> 7023<div></div> </div> 7024 7025 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7026 7027 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7028 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7029</article><!-- #post-## --> 7030 7031 7032 7033<article id="post-69773" class="photo-text post-69773 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 7034 7035 <div class="entry-content"> 7036 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Coming-Home-Cover_Siew-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7037 <h4 class="tight-heading">Angela Siew</h4> 7038 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7039 <p>Angela Siew’s poetry chapbook, <em>Coming Home</em>, was a finalist for the 2023-24 CutBank Chapbook Contest (University of Montana). More info <a href="https://angelasiew.com/books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7040<div></div> 7041 </div> 7042 <br>Attended with the help of Attended with the help of a Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship 7043 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7044 7045 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7046 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7047</article><!-- #post-## --> 7048 7049 7050 7051<article id="post-69770" class="photo-text post-69770 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7052 7053 <div class="entry-content"> 7054 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3709-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7055 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mara Finley</h4> 7056 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7057 <p>Mara Finleyâs story, “Her Berliner” (originally published in <em>The Missouri Review</em>) won first runner up in the Lighthouse Emerging Fiction Writers contest, as well as a fellowship for Jenny Offillâs Advanced Fiction Workshop. More info <a href="https://lighthousewriters.org/2024-lit-fest-fellows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7058<div></div> 7059 </div> 7060 <br>Attended with the help of the OâDwyer Family Scholarship 7061 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7062 7063 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7064 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7065</article><!-- #post-## --> 7066 7067 7068 7069<article id="post-69703" class="photo-text post-69703 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-p-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 7070 7071 <div class="entry-content"> 7072 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Final-Points-of-Light-V3-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7073 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cameron Walker</h4> 7074 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '02, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7075 <p>Cameron Walker’s essay collection, <em>Points of Light: Curious Essays on Science, Nature, and Other Wonders Along the Pacific Coast</em>
7075, was published this spring by Hidden River Press.</p> 7076<div></div> 7077 </div> 7078 7079 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7080 7081 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7082 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7083</article><!-- #post-## --> 7084 7085 7086 7087<article id="post-69678" class="photo-text post-69678 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 7088 7089 <div class="entry-content"> 7090 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fowler-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7091 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sara Ellen Fowler</h4> 7092 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7093 <p>Sara Ellen Fowler’s first book, <em>Two Signatures</em>, has been selected by Joan Naviyuk Kane for the 2023 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. It will be published by the University of Utah Press in April 2024. More info <a href="http://www.saraellenfowler.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7094<div></div> 7095 </div> 7096 7097 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7098 7099 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7100 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7101</article><!-- #post-## --> 7102 7103 7104 7105<article id="post-69485" class="photo-text post-69485 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 7106 7107 <div class="entry-content"> 7108 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pope-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7109 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Pope</h4> 7110 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7111 <p>Susan Pope’s memoir <em>Rivers and Ice: A Woman’s Journey Toward Family and Forgiveness</em> was published in March 2024 by Riddle Brook Publishing. She began working on the book during her week at Writers Workshop. More info <a href="http://susanpope.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7112<div></div> 7113 </div> 7114 7115 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7116 7117 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7118 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7119</article><!-- #post-## --> 7120 7121 7122 7123<article id="post-69470" class="photo-text post-69470 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 7124 7125 <div class="entry-content"> 7126 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ECC2D045-89EB-4B51-BFC7-F589C8C4B1E6-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7127 <h4 class="tight-heading">RJ Ingram</h4> 7128 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7129 <p>RJ Ingramâs debut poetry collection, <em>The Autobiography of Nancy Drew,</em> is forthcoming in April 2024 from White Stag Publishing. Pre orders will start coming out early April. More info <a href="https://whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books-1/the-autobiography-of-nancy-drew-by-rj-ingram-pre-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7130<div></div> 7131 </div> 7132 7133 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7134 7135 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7136 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7137</article><!-- #post-## --> 7138 7139 7140 7141<article id="post-69468" class="photo-text post-69468 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7142 7143 <div class="entry-content"> 7144 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jim-color-pea-coat-green-background-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7145 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jim Morgan</h4> 7146 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '95, '98, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7147 <p>J.W.M. Morgan is writing a novel-in-stories titled <em>Dangerous John,</em> about the inspiration of the abolitionist John Brown. Stories from the collection have appeared in <em>Valparaiso Fiction Review, The Courtship of Winds, AvantAppal(achia), Unlikley Stories Mark V, </em>and<em> Isele Magazine</em>. More info <a href="http://jim.jwmmorgan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7148<div></div> 7149 </div> 7150 7151 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7152 7153 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7154 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7155</article><!-- #post-## --> 7156 7157 7158 7159<article id="post-69466" class="photo-text post-69466 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 7160 7161 <div class="entry-content"> 7162 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ceasefire-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7163 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 7164 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff, </span> <div class="tight-content"> 7165 <p>Andrew Tonkovich, founding editor of <em>Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly of Imagination and Reimagination</em>, announces the release of the spring issue, themed âResistance.â Among other contributors, CW fiction alum Mary Camarillo (<em>Those People Behind Us</em>) offers an essay on Huntington Beach, CA and poetry alum Chris Davidson (<em>Why To These Rocks: 50 Years of Poetry from the Community of Writers</em>) shares new work. More info <a href="https://www.citricacid.ink/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7166<div></div> 7167 </div> 7168 7169 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7170 7171 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7172 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7173</article><!-- #post-## --> 7174 7175 7176 7177<article id="post-69455" class="photo-text post-69455 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 7178 7179 <div class="entry-content"> 7180 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9781984855206-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7181 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jason Roberts</h4> 7182 <span style="font-size:80%;">
7182Writers Workshops Staff, '08, '09, '11, '12, '14, '16, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7183 7184<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jason Roberts’ upcoming book, <em>Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life</em>, will be will be available on April 9th, 2024. </p> 7185<div></div> </div> 7186 7187 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7188 7189 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7190 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7191</article><!-- #post-## --> 7192 7193 7194 7195<article id="post-69435" class="photo-text post-69435 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7196 7197 <div class="entry-content"> 7198 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-03-04-07.38.19-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7199 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anara Guard</h4> 7200 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7201 <p>Anara Guardâs second poetry book, <em>Kansas, Reimagined</em>, is published by The Poetry Box. These persona poems give new life to familiar characters and to prairie entities. Gregory Maguire, author of <em>Wicked</em>, said that in these poems âthe world of Kansas (and of Oz) does come filling in with a heavy, gravitational physicality. I so enjoyed reading them.â More info <a href="https://thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/kansas-reimagined" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7202<div></div> 7203 </div> 7204 7205 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7206 7207 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7208 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7209</article><!-- #post-## --> 7210 7211 7212 7213<article id="post-69418" class="photo-text post-69418 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 7214 7215 <div class="entry-content"> 7216 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/keramati-self-mythology-cover-r1-a-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7217 <h4 class="tight-heading">Saba Keramati</h4> 7218 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7219 <p>Saba Keramati’s debut poetry collection, <em>Self-Mythology</em>, was selected by Patricia Smith for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and is available now. More info <a href="https://www.uapress.com/product/self-mythology/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7220<div></div> 7221 </div> 7222 <br>Attended with the help of a Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship 7223 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7224 7225 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7226 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7227</article><!-- #post-## --> 7228 7229 7230 7231<article id="post-69411" class="photo-text post-69411 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7232 7233 <div class="entry-content"> 7234 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bridge-5624104_1920-1024x655-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7235 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mara Finley</h4> 7236 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7237 <p>Mara Finleyâs story, âHer Berliner,â was published in <em>The Missouri Review</em>âs online BLAST series. More info <a href="https://missourireview.com/her-berliner-by-mara-finley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7238<div></div> 7239 </div> 7240 <br>Attended with the help of an OâDwyer scholarship 7241 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7242 7243 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7244 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7245</article><!-- #post-## --> 7246 7247 7248 7249<article id="post-69406" class="photo-text post-69406 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writing-the-medical-experience"> 7250 7251 <div class="entry-content"> 7252 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_5527-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7253 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chuck Joy</h4> 7254 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing the Medical Experience, '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7255 <p>Chuck Joy was featured poet in the <em>Periodical Issue #2</em> from Poetsâ Hall Press in Erie PA. Find his website <a href="http://www.chuckjoy.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7256<div></div> 7257 </div> 7258 7259 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7260 7261 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7262 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7263</article><!-- #post-## --> 7264 7265 7266 7267<article id="post-69404" class="photo-text post-69404 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 7268 7269 <div class="entry-content"> 7270 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Catalog-Vertical_The-Widow-on-Dwyer-Court-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7271 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Kusel</h4> 7272 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7273 <p>Lisa Kusel’s psychological thriller novel, <em>The Widow on Dwyer Court</em>, will be published by Blackstone Publishing on July 16, 2024. More info <a href="http://lisakusel.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7274<div></div> 7275 </div> 7276 7277 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7278 7279 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7280 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7281</article><!-- #post-## --> 7282 7283 7284 7285<article id="post-69400" class="photo-text post-69400 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 7286 7287 <div class="entry-content"> 7288 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Accountable_YALSA_WINNER-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7289 <h4 class="tight-heading">
7289Dashka Slater</h4> 7290 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7291 <p>Dashka Slater’s book <em>Accountable: the True Story of a Racist Instagram Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed</em> has won the prestigious J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. It is the first young adult title to ever win the award. The awards, established in 1998 and named for the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author and investigative journalist, are presented by the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Previous winners include Robert Caro, Jill Lepore and Isabel Wilkerson. More info <a href="https://www.accountablebook.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7292<div></div> 7293 </div> 7294 7295 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7296 7297 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7298 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7299</article><!-- #post-## --> 7300 7301 7302 7303<article id="post-69399" class="photo-text post-69399 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 7304 7305 <div class="entry-content"> 7306 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/61kpgxY8i0L._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7307 <h4 class="tight-heading">George John Berger</h4> 7308 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '04, '05, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7309 <p>G. J. Berger’s recent book, released February, 2024, <em>To Steal A Moment’s Time</em>, is a first-person memoir by the most famous and sought after German actress in the last year of WWII. Kirkus Reviews says, “This work is a rare feat, a seamless amalgam of an unflinching literary realism with an unsentimental affirmation of life. A beautiful war accountâboth unsettling and inspiring.” More info <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1283976669211479&amp;set=a.931965411079275" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7310<div></div> 7311 </div> 7312 7313 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7314 7315 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7316 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7317</article><!-- #post-## --> 7318 7319 7320 7321<article id="post-69397" class="photo-text post-69397 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7322 7323 <div class="entry-content"> 7324 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9798985796230ita_533x-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7325 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 7326 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '72, '73; Staff, '13, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7327 <p>Terence Clarke is the co-author, with Ron Kaufman, of the novel <em>M.M. Diaries</em>, published in January 2024. He continues writing a regular column on <a href="http://terenceclarke.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Substack</a>.</p> 7328<div></div> 7329 </div> 7330 7331 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7332 7333 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7334 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7335</article><!-- #post-## --> 7336 7337 7338 7339<article id="post-69395" class="photo-text post-69395 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7340 7341 <div class="entry-content"> 7342 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FullSizeRender-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7343 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rajeev Prasad</h4> 7344 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops, '09, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7345 <p>Rajeev has published numerous short stories and novelettes in <em>The Magazine of Fantasy</em> <em>
7345and Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Haven Speculative, Catamaran Literary, TasuvaarNama</em>, and other markets. He is currently drafting a fantasy novel set in a mythical South Asia. More info <a href="https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/prasad_02_24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7346<div></div> 7347 </div> 7348 7349 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7350 7351 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7352 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7353</article><!-- #post-## --> 7354 7355 7356 7357<article id="post-69393" class="photo-text post-69393 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7358 7359 <div class="entry-content"> 7360 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Almost-family-cover-final-copy-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7361 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Bancroft</h4> 7362 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7363 <p>Ann Bancroft’s debut novel, <em>Almost Family</em>, will be published May 28, 2024 by She Writes Press. Kirkus Reviews said “It’s a story that follows a remarkable trajectory from loneliness and heartbreak to lasting love, An often-resonant narrative of adversity and friendship.” Ann worked on the novel at the Community of Writers in 2019. More info <a href="http://annbancroftauthor.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7364<div></div> 7365 </div> 7366 7367 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7368 7369 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7370 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7371</article><!-- #post-## --> 7372 7373 7374 7375<article id="post-69391" class="photo-text post-69391 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7376 7377 <div class="entry-content"> 7378 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/INSIDE-THE-MIRROR-COVER-IMAGE-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7379 <h4 class="tight-heading">Parul Kapur</h4> 7380 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7381 <p>Parul Kapur’s debut novel, <em>Inside The Mirror</em>, Winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, was published on March 1, 2024 by the University of Nebraska Press. Set in 1950s Bombay (Mumbai), India, the novel centers on twin sisters who aspire to become artists in defiance of a protective family and shaming society. It is an exploration of female creativity and identity-making in a society remaking its own identity in the aftermath of colonial rule. More info <a href="https://www.parulkapur.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7382<div></div> 7383 </div> 7384 7385 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7386 7387 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7388 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7389</article><!-- #post-## --> 7390 7391 7392 7393<article id="post-69366" class="photo-text post-69366 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7394 7395 <div class="entry-content"> 7396 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9781959030362_HoldForReveal-1-scaled-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7397 <h4 class="tight-heading">Armen Davoudian</h4> 7398 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7399 7400<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Armen Davoudianâs new collection <em>The Palace of Forty Pillars</em> was published by Tin House Books in March, 2024. More info <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-palace-of-forty-pillars-armen-davoudian/20140830?ean=9781959030362" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 7401<div></div> </div> 7402 7403 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7404 7405 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7406 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7407</article><!-- #post-## --> 7408 7409 7410 7411<article id="post-69339" class="photo-text post-69339 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7412 7413 <div class="entry-content"> 7414 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Nathan_Eggtooth_Cover-for-UEP-Shop-high-res-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7415 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jesse Nathan</h4> 7416 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7417 <p><em>Eggtooth</em>, Jesse Nathan’s debut collection, has won the 2024 New Writers Award in Poetry. It’s also been long-listed for the Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize, and been named a finalist for the Golden Poppy and the Medal Provocateur/Eric Hoffer Award. More info <a href="http://www.jessenathan.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7418<div></div> 7419 </div> 7420 7421 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7422 7423 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7424 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7425</article><!-- #post-## --> 7426 7427 7428 7429<article id="post-69355" class="photo-text post-69355 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 7430 7431 <div class="entry-content"> 7432 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2024patriciajonesstaffphoto-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="Photo of Patricia Spears Jones" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7433 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Spears Jones</h4> 7434 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91; Teaching Staff, '16, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7435 7436<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Patricia Spears Jones has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Porter Fund, an organization supporting the literary arts in Arkansas. The Porter Fundâs Lifetime Achievement Award is given out every five years to an Arkansas writer with a substantial and recognized body of work. </p> 7437<div></div> </div> 7438 7439 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7440 7441 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7442 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7443</article><!-- #post-## --> 7444 7445 7446 7447<article id="post-69296" class="photo-text post-69296 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 7448 7449 <div class="entry-content"> 7450 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ChicagoHouseMusiccover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7451 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marguerite L Harrold</h4> 7452 <span style="font-size:80%;">
7452Poetry Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7453 <p>Marguerite L Harroldâs first book, <em>Chicago House Music, Culture and Community</em> (Belt Publishing) will be published August 13, 2024. It is available for pre-order. More info <a href="https://beltpublishing.com/products/chicago-house-music-culture-and-community" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7454<div></div> 7455 </div> 7456 7457 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7458 7459 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7460 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7461</article><!-- #post-## --> 7462 7463 7464 7465<article id="post-69294" class="photo-text post-69294 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news"> 7466 7467 <div class="entry-content"> 7468 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TheStonecuttersWife-Image-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7469 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 7470 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '19, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7471 <p>His story “The Stonecutter’s Wife” appears in Bulb Culture Collective. More info <a href="https://www.bulbculturecollective.com/read/the-stonecutters-wife-jeff-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7472<div></div> 7473 </div> 7474 <a href="http://">http://</a> 7475 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7476 7477 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7478 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7479</article><!-- #post-## --> 7480 7481 7482 7483<article id="post-69106" class="photo-text post-69106 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7484 7485 <div class="entry-content"> 7486 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RMeneses_DrakesBeach-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7487 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rashaan Alexis Meneses</h4> 7488 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7489 <p>Rashaan Alexis Meneses’ review of Beverly Parayno’s debut short story collection <em>Wildflowers</em> (PAWA Press 2023) wass published in <a href="https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/strangers-in-strange-lands" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Positively Filipino</em></a>.</p> 7490<div></div> 7491 </div> 7492 <br>Attended with the help of an Ancinas scholarship 7493 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7494 7495 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7496 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7497</article><!-- #post-## --> 7498 7499 7500 7501<article id="post-69252" class="photo-text post-69252 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7502 7503 <div class="entry-content"> 7504 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9781646034277-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7505 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peter Stenson</h4> 7506 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7507 <p>Peter Stenson’s fourth novel, <em>We, Adults</em> (Regal House Publishing), will be released on March 26th, 2024. More info <a href="http://peterstensonwrites.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7508<div></div> 7509 </div> 7510 7511 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7512 7513 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7514 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7515</article><!-- #post-## --> 7516 7517 7518 7519<article id="post-69232" class="photo-text post-69232 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7520 7521 <div class="entry-content"> 7522 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/temporary-front-2-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7523 <h4 class="tight-heading">Max Stone</h4> 7524 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant â23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7525 <p>Max Stone recently published three poems. “Would you date yourself?” in the February 2024 issue of <em>Ghost City Review</em>, “Dysphoria Blues,” in Issue 2 of <em>Frozen Sea</em>, and “Something is always burning,” in <em>Baby Teeth Journal</em>. His chapbook, <em>Temporary Preparations</em>, was published by Bottlecap Press in July 2023. More info <a href="http://maxenemy.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7526<div></div> 7527 </div> 7528 <br>Attended with the help of a Carlisle Family Scholarship 7529 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7530 7531 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7532 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7533</article><!-- #post-## --> 7534 7535 7536 7537<article id="post-69230" class="photo-text post-69230 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7538 7539 <div class="entry-content"> 7540 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/north-american-review-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7541 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 7542 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7543 <p>Lauren Barbato’s latest short story, “We Heard You Had Something to Say to Us,” appears in the Spring 2024 print issue of <a href="https://northamericanreview.org/magazine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>North American Review</em></a>.</p> 7544<div></div> 7545 </div> 7546 <br>Attended with the help of a Lojo Foundation Scholarship 7547 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7548 7549 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7550 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7551</article><!-- #post-## --> 7552 7553 7554 7555<article id="post-69228" class="photo-text post-69228 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7556 7557 <div class="entry-content"> 7558 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hi-Res-Cover-Image_On-Gold-Hill-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7559 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jaclyn Moyer</h4> 7560 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7561 <p>Jaclyn Moyer’s debut hybrid memoir, <em>On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family from Punjab to California</em>, is forthcoming from Beacon Press on March 26th, 2024. More info <a href="https://www.jaclynmoyer.com/on-gold-hill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7562<div></div> 7563 </div> 7564 <br>Attended with the help of a Carlisle Scholarship 7565 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7566 7567 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7568 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7569</article><!-- #post-## --> 7570 7571 7572 7573<article id="post-69226" class="photo-text post-69226 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7574 7575 <div class="entry-content"> 7576 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Sue-notanized-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7577 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sue Parman</h4> 7578 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7579 <p>Sue Parmanâs short story, âYou Canât Get There from Here,â was awarded the Grand Prize by Travelersâ Tales in their Eighteenth Annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year on March 1, 2024. Her short story, âGannets and Ghouls,â was accepted for publication in November 2024 by <em>Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.</em> More info <a href="http://www.sueparman.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7580<div></div> 7581 </div> 7582 7583 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7584 7585 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7586 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7587</article><!-- #post-## --> 7588 7589 7590 7591<article id="post-69120" class="photo-text post-69120 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7592 7593 <div class="entry-content"> 7594 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Authorphoto-copy-21-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7595 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lawrence Coates</h4> 7596 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '16, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7597 <p>
7597Lawrence Coates received an Individual Excellence Award in Fiction from the Ohio Arts Council. He submitted an excerpt from the novel-in-progress that he brought to the Writers Workshops in Summer 2023. More info <a href="https://oac.ohio.gov/home/news-and-events/all-news/75-individual-excellence-awards-approved-for-ohio-artists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7598<div></div> 7599 </div> 7600 7601 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7602 7603 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7604 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7605</article><!-- #post-## --> 7606 7607 7608 7609<article id="post-69118" class="photo-text post-69118 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7610 7611 <div class="entry-content"> 7612 <img width="140" height="189" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/photo-by-Leslie-Roth-bw.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7613 <h4 class="tight-heading">Beverley Brahic</h4> 7614 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7615 <p>Beverley Bie Brahic’s translation of Hélène Cixous’s <em>Well-Kept Ruins</em> (Paris, Gallimard, 2020) was published by Seagull Books in 2022. <em>Apple Thieves</em>, her fifth collection of poetry, is forthcoming from Carcanet (U.K.) in 2024. More info <a href="https://www.beverleybiebrahic.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7616<div></div> 7617 </div> 7618 7619 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7620 7621 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7622 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7623</article><!-- #post-## --> 7624 7625 7626 7627<article id="post-69116" class="photo-text post-69116 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7628 7629 <div class="entry-content"> 7630 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-23-at-4.48.04-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7631 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gwen Goodkin</h4> 7632 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '07, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7633 <p>Gwen Goodkin’s TV pilot “The Plant” was selected as a semifinalist for Cinestory’s TV Retreat & Fellowship Contest. More info <a href="https://cinestory.org/congratulations-to-our-2024-tv-contest-semifinalists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7634<div></div> 7635 </div> 7636 7637 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7638 7639 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7640 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7641</article><!-- #post-## --> 7642 7643 7644 7645<article id="post-69114" class="photo-text post-69114 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 7646 7647 <div class="entry-content"> 7648 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/authorphoto2024-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7649 <h4 class="tight-heading">Elizabeth Rosner</h4> 7650 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '82, '83, '87; Poetry Participant, '99; Staff: '06, '15, '18, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7651 <p>Elizabeth Rosner’s newest book of nonfiction, coming in September 2024 from Counterpoint, <em>Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening </em>(<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Third-Ear-Reflections-Science-Listening/dp/1640095519/ref" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>) is a hybrid memoir interweaving personal stories of a multilingual upbringing with the latest scientific breakthroughs in inter-species communication to show how the skill of deep listening enhances our curiosity and empathy toward the world around us.<br /> 7652<em>Gravity</em>, her poetry collection (Atelier26 Books, 2014), will be published as <em>Gravedad</em> in a bilingual Spanish/English edition this March 2024 from Bajamar Editores, translated by Laura Miñano Mañero.<br /> 7653More about her previous books <a href="https://www.elizabethrosner.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7654<div></div> 7655 </div> 7656 7657 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7658 7659 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7660 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7661</article><!-- #post-## --> 7662 7663 7664 7665<article id="post-69110" class="photo-text post-69110 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7666 7667 <div class="entry-content"> 7668 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Unswerving-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7669 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barbara Ridley</h4> 7670 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7671 <p>Barbara Ridley’s second novel <em>Unswerving</em>, will be published March 2024 by University of Wisconsin Press. Foreword Reviews calls it “gripping…a woman facing tremendous losses transforms because of her courage, resilience, and community.” More info on author <a href="https://www.barbararidley.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>.</p> 7672<div></div> 7673 </div> 7674 7675 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7676 7677 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7678 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7679</article><!-- #post-## --> 7680 7681 7682 7683<article id="post-69205" class="photo-text post-69205 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7684 7685 <div class="entry-content"> 7686 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/9781960018434_p0_v1_s1200x630-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7687 <h4 class="tight-heading">Desiree Zamorano</h4> 7688 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '89, '05, '15 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 7689 <p>Désiréeâ Zamoranoâs novel <em>Dispossessed</em> is forthcoming from RIZE Press, September, 2024.<br /> 7690As a small boy, Manuel is separated from his parents during the mass expatriation of Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals in Los Angeles during the 1930s. He spends a lifetime in search of the missing pieces of his heart. More info <a href="http://www.desireezamorano.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7691<div></div> 7692 </div> 7693 7694 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7695 7696 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7697 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7698</article><!-- #post-## --> 7699 7700 7701 7702<article id="post-69175" class="photo-text post-69175 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 7703 7704 <div class="entry-content"> 7705 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7706 <h4 class="tight-heading">George Sorensen</h4> 7707 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '87, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7708 <p><em>Hot Dish Confidential – That Year My Friends Taught me to Cook</em> by George Sorensen is being published by Flexible Press. This is a small press in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This creative non-fiction memoir recount the raucous year when George organized his friends, who claimed they were gourmet cooks, to teach him cooking skills. This resulted in themed dinners including a Greek Tunic Party, Charles Dickens Christmas, South of France, New Orleans, and other events. It also resulted in wine store adventures, romance, ill mannered guests and a blue ribbon for apricot jam at the state fair. More info <a href="http://www.georgesorensen.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7709<div></div> 7710 </div> 7711 7712 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7713 7714 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7715 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7716</article><!-- #post-## --> 7717 7718 7719 7720<article id="post-69108" class="photo-text post-69108 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7721 7722 <div class="entry-content"> 7723 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Marisa-Lin_headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7724 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marisa Lin</h4> 7725 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7726 <p>Marisa Lin’s chapbook, <em>
7726Dream Elevator</em>, will be published on March 12, 2024 by Kernpunkt Press. More info here. More info <a href="http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p40/dreamelevator.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7727<div></div> 7728 </div> 7729 7730 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7731 7732 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7733 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7734</article><!-- #post-## --> 7735 7736 7737 7738<article id="post-69105" class="photo-text post-69105 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7739 7740 <div class="entry-content"> 7741 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/rmeneses_drakesbeach-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7742 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rashaan Alexis Meneses</h4> 7743 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7744 <p>Rashaan Alexis Meneses’ short personal essay “Tribute to a Lost Star” was recently published in <a href="http://www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/essays/tribute-to-a-lost-star" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Write or Die Magazine.</em></a></p> 7745<div></div> 7746 </div> 7747 <br>Attended with the help of an Ancinas scholarship 7748 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7749 7750 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7751 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7752</article><!-- #post-## --> 7753 7754 7755 7756<article id="post-69102" class="photo-text post-69102 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7757 7758 <div class="entry-content"> 7759 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CUNE_Shah_600x960-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7760 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gretchen McCullough</h4> 7761 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '06, '08, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7762 <p>Gretchen McCullough’s linked book of short stories, <em>Shahrazad’s Gift,</em> set in Cairo, Egypt, was published by Cune Press, February 2024. More info <a href="http://www.gretchenmcculloughfictionwriter.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7763<div></div> 7764 </div> 7765 7766 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7767 7768 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7769 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7770</article><!-- #post-## --> 7771 7772 7773 7774<article id="post-69095" class="photo-text post-69095 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-writers"> 7775 7776 <div class="entry-content"> 7777 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lisa-e1582591970137-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7778 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Alvarez</h4> 7779 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Participant, Co-director of the Fiction Program, Assistant to the Director of the Poetry Program</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7780 7781<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lisa Alvarezâs debut collection of short fiction, <em>Some Final Beauty and other Stories</em> is forthcoming from the University of Nevada Press, as part of their New Oeste series.</p> 7782<div></div> </div> 7783 7784 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7785 7786 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7787 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7788</article><!-- #post-## --> 7789 7790 7791 7792<article id="post-69064" class="photo-text post-69064 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-writers"> 7793 7794 <div class="entry-content"> 7795 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/91ZdyXYt
7795LL._SL1500_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7796 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tim Wendel</h4> 7797 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '86, '87, '88, '89; Screenwriting Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7798 7799<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tim Wendel’s <a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774881/rebel-falls/#bookTabs=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">historical novel</a>, <em>Rebel Falls</em>, will be published by Three Hills/Cornell Press in May. Ken Burns says, “Once again, Tim Wendel finds a riveting story to tell, this time in a little-known theater of our most complicated of wars.”</p> 7800<div></div> </div> 7801 7802 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7803 7804 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7805 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7806</article><!-- #post-## --> 7807 7808 7809 7810<article id="post-68983" class="photo-text post-68983 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7811 7812 <div class="entry-content"> 7813 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/COVERONLY_TurtleHouse-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7814 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Churchill</h4> 7815 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer Workshop Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7816 7817<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amanda Churchill’s debut novel, <em>The Turtle House</em>, will be published by Harper Books on February 20, 2024. Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo, <em>The Turtle House</em> is an emotionally engaging story about a grandmother and granddaughter who connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry. “Sweeping yet intimate, Amanda Churchillâs <em>Turtle House</em> spans cultures and continents. Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together, they find a way through in this gripping debut.” -Vanessa Hua, author of <em>Forbidden City. </em>More info <a href="https://www.amandagannchurchill.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 7818<div></div> </div> 7819 7820 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7821 7822 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7823 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7824</article><!-- #post-## --> 7825 7826 7827 7828<article id="post-68967" class="photo-text post-68967 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7829 7830 <div class="entry-content"> 7831 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RAADonline-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7832 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joseph Bardin</h4> 7833 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7834 <p>Joe Bardin’s essay, “Blessings from the Devil”, is published in the <em>Examined Life Journal, Volume 11</em>, a publication of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. More info <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CVB2MXDY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7835<div></div> 7836 </div> 7837 7838 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7839 7840 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7841 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7842</article><!-- #post-## --> 7843 7844 7845 7846<article id="post-68724" class="photo-text post-68724 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7847 7848 <div class="entry-content"> 7849 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Swallow-the-Ghost-Book-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7850 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eugenie Montague</h4> 7851 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7852 <p>Eugenie Montague’s debut novel, <em>Swallow the Ghost</em>, will be published by Mulholland Books in August 2024. Part Rashomon, part Cloud Atlas, part the internet, <em>Swallow the Ghost</em> traces the impact of one event on three different lives, each interlocking story offering a complex, contradictory truth. More details and available for preorder <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/swallow-the-ghost-eugenie-montague/20969295?gclid=Cj0KCQiAwvKtBhDrARIsAJj-kTjOJw94hTMkCTOxFeo65cXenbwSGu3KhpxBE4UztrKkSdRKQFogWdwaAjPSEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7853<div></div> 7854 </div> 7855 7856 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7857 7858 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7859 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7860</article><!-- #post-## --> 7861 7862 7863 7864<article id="post-68716" class="photo-text post-68716 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7865 7866 <div class="entry-content"> 7867 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yiisskahheadshot-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7868 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yiskah Rosenfeld</h4> 7869 <span style="font-size:80%;">
7869Poetry Participant, '01, '03, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7870 <p>Yiskah Rosenfeld’s poem won a <a href="https://www.frontierpoetry.com/2024/01/24/2023-frontier-roots-and-roads-winner-yiskah-rosenfeld/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Frontier Poetry Roots and Roads Prize</a>, judged by Craig Santos Perez. The poem will appear in her next book, <em>Tasting Flight</em> (Madville Publishing, June, 2024).</p> 7871<div></div> 7872 </div> 7873 7874 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7875 7876 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7877 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7878</article><!-- #post-## --> 7879 7880 7881 7882<article id="post-68704" class="photo-text post-68704 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7883 7884 <div class="entry-content"> 7885 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20230515_1434367293-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7886 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Hohle</h4> 7887 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7888 <p>Lauren Hohle’s short story “Basements” (workshopped at the Writers Workshops) was published by the <a href="https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/577/basements" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Sun</em></a>, in January 2024. She is the new managing editor for <em>Conjunctions</em>.</p> 7889<div></div> 7890 </div> 7891 7892 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7893 7894 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7895 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7896</article><!-- #post-## --> 7897 7898 7899 7900<article id="post-68680" class="photo-text post-68680 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7901 7902 <div class="entry-content"> 7903 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dallas-parking-shutterstock_2138889805-scaled-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7904 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Graham</h4> 7905 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7906 <p>Ann Graham published a poem, “From There to Here,” in the <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/poem-from-there-to-here-ann-graham/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas Observer</a>, Nov-Dec 2023 issue.</p> 7907<div></div> 7908 </div> 7909 7910 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7911 7912 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7913 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7914</article><!-- #post-## --> 7915 7916 7917 7918<article id="post-68643" class="photo-text post-68643 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7919 7920 <div class="entry-content"> 7921 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/elder-headshots-55_edited-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7922 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michael Zysk</h4> 7923 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7924 <p>Michael Zysk’s third poetry collection <em>Sophia’s Wisdom</em> will be published in 2024 by Wipf and Stock. Blending astrophysics with hermeneutics, the poems trace the evolution of Biblical Wisdom, its enlightenment, and divine person as the feminine aspect of God. More info <a href="http://michaelzysk.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7925<div></div> 7926 </div> 7927 7928 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7929 7930 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7931 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7932</article><!-- #post-## --> 7933 7934 7935 7936<article id="post-68631" class="photo-text post-68631 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7937 7938 <div class="entry-content"> 7939 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/How-to-Train-A-Happy-Mind-cover-512-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7940 <h4 class="tight-heading">Scott Snibbe</h4> 7941 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7942 <p>Featuring a foreword by the Dalai Lama, Scott Snibbe’s first book, <em>How to Train a Happy Mind: A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment</em>, will be released by Penguin Random House on March 12, 2024. Find it <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738264/how-to-train-a-happy-mind-by-scott-snibbe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7943<div></div> 7944 </div> 7945 7946 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7947 7948 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7949 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7950</article><!-- #post-## --> 7951 7952 7953 7954<article id="post-68604" class="photo-text post-68604 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 7955 7956 <div class="entry-content"> 7957 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0240-624x784-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7958 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tricia Knoll</h4> 7959 <span style="font-size:80%;">Galway Kinnell Workshop, '23 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 7960 <p>Tricia Knoll’s newest chapbook, <em>The Unknown Daughter</em>, will be released by Finishing Line Press on March 1, 2024. Twenty-four poems by different speakers who acknowledge what it means to be unknown at the monument to the Unknown Daughter. More info <a href="https://triciaknoll.com/the-unknown-daughter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7961<div></div> 7962 </div> 7963 7964 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7965 7966 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7967 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7968</article><!-- #post-## --> 7969 7970 7971 7972<article id="post-68593" class="photo-text post-68593 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 7973 7974 <div class="entry-content"> 7975 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/images-3-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7976 <h4 class="tight-heading">Charlotte Suttee</h4> 7977 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '22, '24</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7978 <p>Charlotte Suttee’s debut speculative fiction novel <em>Weather and Beasts and Growing Things</em> (2023) has been published through Lethe Press. Find Independent Book Review’s glowing review of it <a href="https://independentbookreview.com/2023/12/06/weather-and-beasts-and-growing-things/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7979<div></div> 7980 </div> 7981 7982 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 7983 7984 <footer class="entry-footer"> 7985 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 7986</article><!-- #post-## --> 7987 7988 7989 7990<article id="post-68588" class="photo-text post-68588 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 7991 7992 <div class="entry-content"> 7993 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TemporaryBeastCoverImage-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 7994 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joanna Solfrian</h4> 7995 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 7996 <p>
7996Joanna Solfrian’s fourth poetry collection, <em>Temporary Beast</em>, is available for order from <a href="https://www.beltwayeditions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beltway Editions</a>.<br /> 7997She is also teaching a generative, in-person <a href="https://brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/attention-must-be-paid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">workshop</a> in March on symbolic details at Brooklyn Poets. Find her website <a href="http://www.joannasolfrian.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 7998<div></div> 7999 </div> 8000 8001 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8002 8003 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8004 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8005</article><!-- #post-## --> 8006 8007 8008 8009<article id="post-68586" class="photo-text post-68586 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8010 8011 <div class="entry-content"> 8012 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Roxi-Power-Book-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8013 <h4 class="tight-heading">Roxanne Hamilton</h4> 8014 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 8015 <p>Roxi Powerâs book, <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-songs-that-objects-would-sing-by-roxi-power/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Songs That Objects Would Sing</em></a>, was published Fall 2023.<br /> 8016C.S. Giscombe writes, “The first line of Roxi Powerâs incredible burst of poems lays down the law with one hand and sets things in motion with anotherâthat is, she writes, as if to remark on the coming noise made by fire, death, loveâ¦The many motions of this music, of these songs that objects would sing, will brush the reader with a difficult and worthy joy.â</p> 8017<div></div> 8018 </div> 8019 8020 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8021 8022 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8023 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8024</article><!-- #post-## --> 8025 8026 8027 8028<article id="post-68584" class="photo-text post-68584 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8029 8030 <div class="entry-content"> 8031 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PORTAL-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8032 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tracy Fuad</h4> 8033 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8034 <p>Tracy Fuad’s second collection of poetry, <em>Portal</em>, won the Phoenix Emerging Poets’ Prize and will be published on February 19th by University of Chicago Press. More info <a href="https://tracyfuad.c
8034om/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8035<div></div> 8036 </div> 8037 <br>Attended with the help of a Galway Kinnell Scholarship 8038 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8039 8040 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8041 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8042</article><!-- #post-## --> 8043 8044 8045 8046<article id="post-68582" class="photo-text post-68582 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8047 8048 <div class="entry-content"> 8049 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/audiobook-cover2-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8050 <h4 class="tight-heading">Iris Jamahl Dunkle</h4> 8051 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '99, '10, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8052 <p>Iris Jamahl Dunkleâs biography <em>Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer</em> was published as an audiobook in January 2024. Listen to it <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Charmian-Kittredge-London-Audiobook/B0CRBP4BC6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8053<div></div> 8054 </div> 8055 8056 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8057 8058 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8059 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8060</article><!-- #post-## --> 8061 8062 8063 8064<article id="post-68594" class="photo-text post-68594 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news"> 8065 8066 <div class="entry-content"> 8067 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GSL-Author-Photo-Wandering-3-29-23-for-Brett-trying-3-4-aspect-ratio--150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8068 <h4 class="tight-heading">Georgia San Li</h4> 8069 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, 2023 & Writers Workshops Participant, 2022</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8070 8071<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Georgia San Li’s poetry chapbook <em>Wandering</em> will be published May, 2024 by Finishing Line Press. This collection explores questions of myth and meaning through strands of broken history, ambition, love, abandonment and connectivity. Advance sales are available now at <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/wandering-by-georgia-san-li/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Finishing Line Press</a>. Her poetry work was shortlisted for the 2023 Oxford Poetry prize and appears or is forthcoming in <em>The Glacier</em>, <em>LIT Magazine</em>, <em>SWWIM</em>, <em>Willow Springs</em> and <em>The Missouri Review</em>.  <br></p> 8072<div></div> </div> 8073 8074 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8075 8076 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8077 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8078</article><!-- #post-## --> 8079 8080 8081 8082<article id="post-68388" class="photo-text post-68388 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8083 8084 <div class="entry-content"> 8085 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GAIA6YYX0AAJ9Ld-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8086 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yiskah Rosenfeld</h4> 8087 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01, '03, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8088 <p>Yiskah Rosenfeldâs ekphrastic chapbook <em>Naked Beside Fish</em> will be published in March, 2024. Advance sales are available now at Finishing Line Press or <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/naked-beside-fish-by-yiskah-rosenfeld/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8089<div></div> 8090 </div> 8091 8092 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8093 8094 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8095 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8096</article><!-- #post-## --> 8097 8098 8099 8100<article id="post-68272" class="photo-text post-68272 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8101 8102 <div class="entry-content"> 8103 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/New-Author-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8104 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ellen Morris Prewitt</h4> 8105 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8106 <p>Ellen Morris Prewittâs literary thriller, <em>In the Name of Mississippi</em>, was named to the Long List in the Grindstone International Novel Competition and Finalist, Killer Nashville, Mainstream/Commercial, joining a previous naming as runner-up in the William Faulkner Literary Contest. More info <a href="http://ellenmorrisprewitt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8107<div></div> 8108 </div> 8109 8110 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8111 8112 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8113 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8114</article><!-- #post-## --> 8115 8116 8117 8118<article id="post-68264" class="photo-text post-68264 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8119 8120 <div class="entry-content"> 8121 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_3117-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8122 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 8123 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14 '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8124 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s story “Mahatma Gandhi’s Pen” has been published in Bewildering Stories magazine. You can read it <a href="http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue1027/gandhis_pen1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8125<div></div> 8126 </div> 8127 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship, '22 8128 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8129 8130 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8131 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8132</article><!-- #post-## --> 8133 8134 8135 8136<article id="post-68262" class="photo-text post-68262 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8137 8138 <div class="entry-content"> 8139 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Nora_PhotoCommunityofWriters-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8140 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nora Rodriguez Camagna</h4> 8141 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8142 <p>Nora Rodriguez Camagna’s essay, “Boysenberry Girls” was published in The Common’s Issue 26 portfolio of writing from the farmworker community. Read it <a href="https://www.thecommononline.org/boysenberry-girls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8143<div></div> 8144 </div> 8145 8146 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8147 8148 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8149 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8150</article><!-- #post-## --> 8151 8152 8153 8154<article id="post-68277" class="photo-text post-68277 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8155 8156 <div class="entry-content"> 8157 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/images-4-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8158 <h4 class="tight-heading">Arthur Solway</h4> 8159 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8160 8161<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Arthur Solway’s most recent poetry collection, <em>Friday Night, Shanghai, </em>was published by Finishing Line Press in 2023.</p> 8162 8163 8164 8165<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“<em>Friday Night, Shanghai </em>is a love letter to one of the most dynamic cities on the planet. Living as an expatriate in China for well over a decade, Solwayâs poems are intimate meditations on what it means to be nomadic at heart, or âstranded in a world that wonât let go.â “</p> 8166<div></div> </div> 8167 8168 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8169 8170 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8171 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8172</article><!-- #post-## --> 8173 8174 8175 8176<article id="post-68210" class="photo-text post-68210 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriter
8176s alumni-news-types-writers"> 8177 8178 <div class="entry-content"> 8179 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GeishaConfidentialCover400x600-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8180 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark Coggins</h4> 8181 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '96, Screenwriting Workshop Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8182 <p>Mark Coggins’ newest novel, <em>Geisha Confidential</em>, the eighth in the August Riordan crime fiction series, will be released from Down & Out Books on March 4, 2024. More info <a href="https://www.markcoggins.com/geisha-confidential/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8183<div></div> 8184 </div> 8185 8186 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8187 8188 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8189 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8190</article><!-- #post-## --> 8191 8192 8193 8194<article id="post-68208" class="photo-text post-68208 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8195 8196 <div class="entry-content"> 8197 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8198 <h4 class="tight-heading">Renee Thompson</h4> 8199 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '03, '07, 10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8200 <p>Renée Thompsonâs short story, âThe Spectacular,â won <em>Narrative Magazine</em>âs Fall 2023 Story Contest, and placed as a finalist in <em>The Missouri Review</em>âs Jeffrey E. Smith Editorsâ Prize. Find her website <a href="http://www.reneethompson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8201<div></div> 8202 </div> 8203 8204 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8205 8206 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8207 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8208</article><!-- #post-## --> 8209 8210 8211 8212<article id="post-68217" class="photo-text post-68217 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 8213 8214 <div class="entry-content"> 8215 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/9780374611132-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8216 <h4 class="tight-heading">Victoria Chang</h4> 8217 <span style="font-size:80%;">Teaching Staff: '20, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8218 8219<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Victoria Changâs forthcoming book of poems, <em>With My Back to the World </em>will be published in 2024 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Corsair Books in the U.K.</p> 8220<div></div> </div> 8221 8222 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8223 8224 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8225 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8226</article><!-- #post-## --> 8227 8228 8229 8230<article id="post-68201" class="photo-text post-68201 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8231 8232 <div class="entry-content"> 8233 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/71fEqIaC8SL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8234 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeremy Nobel</h4> 8235 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07, '09, '12, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8236 8237<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Jeremy Nobel’s most recent book, <em>Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection</em>, he leverages many voices, from pioneering researchers, to leaders in business, education, the arts, and health care, to the lived experience of lonely people of every age, background, and circumstance. He discovers that the pandemic isolated us in ways that were not only physical, and that, at its core, a true sense of loneliness results from a disconnection to the self. He clarifies how meaningful reconnection can be nourished and sustained. More info <a href="https://jeremynobel.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 8238<div></div> </div> 8239 8240 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8241 8242 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8243 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8244</article><!-- #post-## --> 8245 8246 8247 8248<article id="post-68194" class="photo-text post-68194 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 8249 8250 <div class="entry-content"> 8251 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/200234798-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8252 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barbara Ridley</h4> 8253 <div class="tight-content"> 8254 8255<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Barbara Ridley’s upcoming novel, <em>Unswerving</em>, will be published on March 26, 2024 by University of Wisconsin Press.</p> 8256<div></div> </div> 8257 8258 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8259 8260 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8261 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8262</article><!-- #post-## --> 8263 8264 8265 8266<article id="post-68184" class="photo-text post-68184 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 8267 8268 <div class="entry-content"> 8269 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/March2022-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8270 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruben Quesada</h4> 8271 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8272 <p>Ruben Quesada’s collection of poetry, <em>Brutal Companion</em>, has been selected for the 2023 Editors’ Choice award for poetry. The collection will be published in late 2024. More info <a href="https://rubenquesada.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8273<div></div> 8274 </div> 8275 <br>Attended with the help of a UC Riverside Scholarship 8276 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8277 8278 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8279 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8280</article><!-- #post-## --> 8281 8282 8283 8284<article id="post-68181" class="photo-text post-68181 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8285 8286 <div class="entry-content"> 8287 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6992-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8288 <h4 class="tight-heading">Robin L. Martin</h4> 8289 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8290 <p>Robin Luce Martin won the <em>Eyelands</em> Three Rock Prize in 2020 for her novel manuscript <em>Lizardmaid</em>, securing a Greek translation. It was published by Strange Day Books in November 2023. More info <a href="https://www.robinlucemartin.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8291<div></div> 8292 </div> 8293 8294 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8295 8296 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8297 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8298</article><!-- #post-## --> 8299 8300 8301 8302<article id="post-68174" class="photo-text post-68174 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-ww-news-roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 8303 8304 <div class="entry-content"> 8305 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Kirkus-Dec-2023-cover-Best-Indie-100-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8306 <h4 class="tight-heading">Julia Park Tracey</h4> 8307 <span style="font-size:80%;">
8307Writers Workshops Participant, '16, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8308 <p>Julia Park Tracey’s historical novel, <em>The Bereaved</em>, which was inspired and workshopped at the Community of Writers, was given a starred review by <em>Kirkus</em>, and then selected for their top 100 Indie Books of 2023.</p> 8309<div></div> 8310 </div> 8311 <a href="http://">http://</a> 8312 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8313 8314 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8315 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8316</article><!-- #post-## --> 8317 8318 8319 8320<article id="post-68158" class="photo-text post-68158 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 8321 8322 <div class="entry-content"> 8323 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Clotheslinepoems1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8324 <h4 class="tight-heading">Molly Fisk</h4> 8325 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '92, '95, '98 & Art of the Wild</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8326 <p>Molly Fisk’s third collection, <em>Walking Wheel</em>, a series of linked poems set in 1875, is under contract with Red Hen Press for publication in 2026. Find her website <a href="http://www.mollyfisk.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8327<div></div> 8328 </div> 8329 8330 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8331 8332 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8333 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8334</article><!-- #post-## --> 8335 8336 8337 8338<article id="post-68067" class="photo-text post-68067 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8339 8340 <div class="entry-content"> 8341 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TerenceClarke-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8342 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 8343 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '72, '73</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8344 <p>Find Terence Clark’s ongoing translations of Eduardo Galeano’s <em>Memory of Fire</em> (and other news) <a href="http://www.terenceclarke.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8345<div></div> 8346 </div> 8347 8348 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8349 8350 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8351 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8352</article><!-- #post-## --> 8353 8354 8355 8356<article id="post-68089" class="photo-text post-68089 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8357 8358 <div class="entry-content"> 8359 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/a79c8f19-fe32-4e26-b824-8b420a04c579_1050x824-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8360 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 8361 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '72, '73</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8362 <p>Terence Clark’s review of <em>The Only Playboy</em>: “What It’s Like to be the Playboy of the Western World” can be found <a href="https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/the-only-playboya-story?utm_campaign=email-post&r=fmezl&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8363<div></div> 8364 </div> 8365 8366 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8367 8368 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8369 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8370</article><!-- #post-## --> 8371 8372 8373 8374<article id="post-68087" class="photo-text post-68087 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8375 8376 <div class="entry-content"> 8377 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Citron-Tree-Image-OUAC-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8378 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 8379 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8380 <p>Jeff Adams’ short story “The Citron Tree” appears in <em>Once Upon a Crocodile</em>. Find it <a href="https://onceuponacrocodile.weebly.com/the-citron-tree-by-jeff-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8381<div></div> 8382 </div> 8383 8384 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8385 8386 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8387 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8388</article><!-- #post-## --> 8389 8390 8391 8392<article id="post-68038" class="photo-text post-68038 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-sample-writer-staff-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 8393 8394 <div class="entry-content"> 8395 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Oj1001ny_400x400-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8396 <h4 class="tight-heading">Louis B. Jones</h4> 8397 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Co-director and Teaching Staff / Participant, '89 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 8398 <p>His essay, “Power Failure” was published in the Winter, 2024 Issue of the <em>ThreePenny Review</em>, edited by Wendy Lesser. Read it <a href="https://www.threepennyreview.com/power-failure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8399<div></div> 8400 </div> 8401 <br>Attended with the help of UC Irvine Scholarship 8402 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8403 8404 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8405 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8406</article><!-- #post-## --> 8407 8408 8409 8410<article id="post-67932" class="photo-text post-67932 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-sample-poet-staff-news"> 8411 8412 <div class="entry-content"> 8413 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Joe_cover-1-700x1024-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8414 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joseph Zaccardi</h4> 8415 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '06, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8416 <p>Joseph Zaccardi’s new collection, <em>Songbirds of the Nine Rivers</em>, was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2023. During his time as a Navy corpsman in the Vietnam War, he found refuge in a volume of ancient Chinese and Vietnamese poetry. His study, now lifelong, has borne fruit in this present volume. For more details, visit <a href="https://sixteenrivers.org/authors/zaccardi/#:~:text=Songbirds%20of%20the%20Nine%20
8416Rivers&amp;text=At%20once%20a%20scholarly%20work,%2C%20even%20in%20grief%2C%20exultant." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sixteen Rivers Press</a>.</p> 8417<div></div> 8418 </div> 8419 8420 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8421 8422 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8423 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8424</article><!-- #post-## --> 8425 8426 8427 8428<article id="post-67920" class="photo-text post-67920 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8429 8430 <div class="entry-content"> 8431 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-26-at-2.24.20-PM-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8432 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 8433 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '11, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8434 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s collection of short stories, <em>On Earth As It Is In Heaven</em>, has won the 2023 Orison Fiction Prize, and will be published by Orison Books.</p> 8435<div></div> 8436 </div> 8437 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 8438 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8439 8440 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8441 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8442</article><!-- #post-## --> 8443 8444 8445 8446<article id="post-67879" class="photo-text post-67879 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-sample-poet-staff-news"> 8447 8448 <div class="entry-content"> 8449 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Szymborska-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8450 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joan Baranow</h4> 8451 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '90, '91, '92 '93, '94, '99, '01, '03, '06, '08, '11, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8452 <p>Joan Baranow’s sixth collection, <em>Reading Szymborska in a Time of Plague</em>, won the Brick Road Poetry contest and was published in June 2023. Much of the book centers around the covid-19 pandemic; many were inspired by Galway Kinnell’s “Sheffield Ghazals.” Michael Waters says, “Whether writing elegies or confronting her own mortality, Baranow leans toward community for consolation and renewal.” More info <a href="http://www.brickroadpoetrypress.com/order-books/joan-baranow-reading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8453<div></div> 8454 </div> 8455 8456 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8457 8458 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8459 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8460</article><!-- #post-## --> 8461 8462 8463 8464<article id="post-67845" class="photo-text post-67845 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-sample-poet-staff-news"> 8465 8466 <div class="entry-content"> 8467 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/thompson-resurrection-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8468 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jay Aquinas Thompson</h4> 8469 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8470 <p>Jay Aquinas Thompson is publishing a hybrid memoir, <em>The Resurrection Appearances: Fragments of a Daybook</em>, with Gold Line Press in January 2024. An account of a grief year told in dreams, poetry, myth fragments, and childhood memories, <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781938900532/the-resurrection-appearances-fragments-of-a-daybook.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Resurrection</em></a> received its first readers as hybrid texts in the poetry workshops at Community of Writers.</p> 8471<div></div> 8472 </div> 8473 <br>Attended with the help of a Hilary Gravendyk Memorial Scholarship 8474 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8475 8476 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8477 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8478</article><!-- #post-## --> 8479 8480 8481 8482<article id="post-67843" class="photo-text post-67843 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-poetry-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 8483 8484 <div class="entry-content"> 8485 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FrozenSeaCover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8486 <h4 class="tight-heading">William Ward Butler</h4> 8487 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8488 <p>William Ward Butler co-founded a new online poetry journal called <a href="https://frozensea.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Frozen Sea</em></a>; Issue Two was published on December 15, 2023.</p> 8489<div></div> 8490 </div> 8491 8492 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8493 8494 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8495 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8496</article><!-- #post-## --> 8497 8498 8499 8500<article id="post-67841" class="photo-text post-67841 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8501 8502 <div class="entry-content"> 8503 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_9814-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8504 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peggy Dobreer</h4> 8505 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop, â21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8506 <p><em>Slow Lightning: Astonished Poetry</em>, was released on November 12. Edited by Peggy Dobreer, this wildly diverse collection of poems, all originating in Slow Lightning daily somatic writing practice, was written with several Community of Writers faculty and alum includes: Janet Fitch, David Francis, Georgia San Li, Jacinta Camacho Kaplan, Darothy Durkac, Carrie Nassif, Jamie OâHalloran and others. More info <a href="http://www.peggydobreer.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8507<div></div> 8508 </div> 8509 <br>Attended with the help of a Sharon Olds Poetry Scholarship 8510 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8511 8512 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8513 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8514</article><!-- #post-## --> 8515 8516 8517 8518<article id="post-67839" class="photo-text post-67839 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8519 8520 <div class="entry-content"> 8521 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Em-Option-7-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8522 <h4 class="tight-heading">
8522Haley Lasche</h4> 8523 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8524 <p>Haley Lasché published her first full-length poetry collection, <em>ONE</em> with <a href="http://www.beautyschooleditions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beauty School Editions</a>, LLC, a poetry press she founded and runs with poet Paula Cisewski. She continues to edit and produce <em>Concision Poetry Journal</em> triannually.</p> 8525<div></div> 8526 </div> 8527 8528 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8529 8530 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8531 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8532</article><!-- #post-## --> 8533 8534 8535 8536<article id="post-67837" class="photo-text post-67837 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8537 8538 <div class="entry-content"> 8539 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Every-Other-Weekend-cover.jpeg-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8540 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 8541 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8542 <p>Anthony J. Mohr’s memoir, <em>Every Other Weekend–Coming of Age With Two Different Dads</em>, placed third in the parenting and relationship category of the BookFest Awards. It also became a finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards. In April, it won first place in nonfiction in the Firebird Book Awards. More info <a href="http://anthonyjmohr.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8543<div></div> 8544 </div> 8545 8546 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8547 8548 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8549 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8550</article><!-- #post-## --> 8551 8552 8553 8554<article id="post-67832" class="photo-text post-67832 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8555 8556 <div class="entry-content"> 8557 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AC35ED86-5D11-4DCE-8925-7B0E3375BDAC_1_105_c-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8558 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tamam Kahn</h4> 8559 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8560 <p><em>Across the Difficult: With Rabia of Basra and Others</em>âPoems by Tamam Kahn was published by Albion-Andalus Books in July. âA book of history and bravery, poems that burst through silences of centuries, unafraid of either bliss or agony. Tamam Kahn has become a branch on the mighty tree of knowledge that is womenâs knowledge of the unbreakable connection between flesh and spirit. She declares, and we all can declare, âWe could have world history rewritten. Right now. Why not?ââ Alicia Ostriker, author of <em>Waiting for the Light and The Volcano and After. </em>More info <a href="https://completeword.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8561<div></div> 8562 </div> 8563 8564 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8565 8566 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8567 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8568</article><!-- #post-## --> 8569 8570 8571 8572<article id="post-67830" class="photo-text post-67830 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8573 8574 <div class="entry-content"> 8575 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Photo-on-12-31-22-at-2.50-PM-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8576 <h4 class="tight-heading">Victoria Dalkey</h4> 8577 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8578 <p>Victoria Dalkey’s new poems “Sleepwalker” and “Kulicke’s Orange” will appear in the Summer 2023 issue of The Sacramento Poetry Center’s <em>Tulle Review</em> and six of her recent poems “Floating Island,” “Our Peaches,” “Sea Change,” “Nile Fable/Babylonian Tale,” “Sappho’s Breath,” and “January Night, 28 Degrees” are included in Cold River Press’s new anthology <em>Voices 2023: Dahlias, Gods & Mermaids.</em></p> 8579<div></div> 8580 </div> 8581 <a href="http://">http://</a> 8582 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8583 8584 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8585 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8586</article><!-- #post-## --> 8587 8588 8589 8590<article id="post-67827" class="photo-text post-67827 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-sample-writer-staff-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8591 8592 <div class="entry-content"> 8593 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/COVER-ONLY_TurtleHouse-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8594 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Churchill</h4> 8595 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8596 <p>Amanda Churchill’s debut novel, <em>The Turtle House</em>, will be published by Harper Books on February 20, 2024. Moving between late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Jap
8596an and occupied Tokyo, <em>The Turtle House</em> is an emotionally engaging story about a grandmother and granddaughter who connect over a beloved lost place and the secrets they both carry. “Sweeping yet intimate, Amanda Churchillâs <em>Turtle House</em> spans cultures and continents. Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together, they find a way through in this gripping debut.” -Vanessa Hua, author of <em>Forbidden City. </em>More info <a href="https://www.amandagannchurchill.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8597<div></div> 8598 </div> 8599 <br>Attended with the help of a James D. Houston Memorial Scholarship 8600 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8601 8602 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8603 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8604</article><!-- #post-## --> 8605 8606 8607 8608<article id="post-67812" class="photo-text post-67812 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8609 8610 <div class="entry-content"> 8611 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Alex-Russell-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8612 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alex Russell</h4> 8613 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19,'21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8614 <p>Alex Russellâs novel was selected by Percival Everett as the sole finalist for the 2023 AWP James Alan McPherson Prize. More info <a href="https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8615<div></div> 8616 </div> 8617 8618 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8619 8620 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8621 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8622</article><!-- #post-## --> 8623 8624 8625 8626<article id="post-67775" class="photo-text post-67775 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2024-q1-news-roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-sample-poet-staff-news"> 8627 8628 <div class="entry-content"> 8629 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Craft_comp_final-no-quote-scaled-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8630 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ananda Lima</h4> 8631 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8632 <p>Ananda Limaâs short story collection <em>Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil</em> is forthcoming from Tor (a Macmillan imprint). <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250292971/craft" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Craft</em></a> is a surreal linked stories collection revolving around the absurdity of our times, art, and writing, as well as a complex view of the immigrant experience. The stories are written by a fictitious writer who sleeps with he Devil at a Halloween party in 1999 and sees him again and again throughout her life as she writes him stories about things that are both impossible and true. Kelly Link, author of <em>Book of Love</em>, calls it âan absolutely thrilling reminder that short stories can be the best kind of magic.â</p> 8633<div></div> 8634 </div> 8635 8636 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8637 8638 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8639 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8640</article><!-- #post-## --> 8641 8642 8643 8644<article id="post-67773" class="photo-text post-67773 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 8645 8646 <div class="entry-content"> 8647 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_80321-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8648 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meg Waite Clayton</h4> 8649 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff & Participant: â00, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8650 <p>Meg Waite Clayton was in Paris for the launches of two new editions of <em>Dernier Train pour Londres</em>, the French translation of her international bestseller and Jewish Book Award finalist, <em>The Last Train to London</em>. A France Loisirs book club edition released it on October 20, and a new Pocket Books paperback on October 26. A Ukrainian translation will release it in November. The novel is being published in twenty languages. More info <a href="http://megwaiteclayton.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8651<div></div> 8652 </div> 8653 8654 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8655 8656 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8657 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8658</article><!-- #post-## --> 8659 8660 8661 8662<article id="post-67261" class="photo-text post-67261 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-sample-writer-staff-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8663 8664 <div class="entry-content"> 8665 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Finding-Meaning-Book-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8666 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nicole Eyer</h4> 8667 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8668 <p>T.N. Eyer’s debut novel <em>Finding Meaning in the Age of Immortality</em> was released on November 7 by Stillhouse Press. <em>Finding Meaning</em> is an arresting work of speculative fiction set in a near future, where the discovery of a cure for mortalityâa very expensive and difficult cureârips apart the fabric of society and brings two very dissim
8668ilar families together in a fraught and unlikely partnership. More info <a href="http://www.tneyer.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8669<div></div> 8670 </div> 8671 8672 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8673 8674 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8675 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8676</article><!-- #post-## --> 8677 8678 8679 8680<article id="post-67706" class="photo-text post-67706 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8681 8682 <div class="entry-content"> 8683 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/c-PersonalLeahKorican__IMG8035_1645487559296-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8684 <h4 class="tight-heading">Leah Korican</h4> 8685 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8686 <p>Leah Korican’s excerpt, “Evergreen”, from her in-progress memoir about growing up on a hippie commune in backwoods Oregon was published in the Fall issue of Heartwood Literary Magazine. More info <a href="https://www.heartwoodlitmag.com/evergreen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8687<div></div> 8688 </div> 8689 8690 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8691 8692 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8693 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8694</article><!-- #post-## --> 8695 8696 8697 8698<article id="post-67656" class="photo-text post-67656 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-sample-poet-staff-news"> 8699 8700 <div class="entry-content"> 8701 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/71iJsbj8fvL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8702 <h4 class="tight-heading">Valyntina Grenier</h4> 8703 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, â05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8704 <p>Valyntina Grenierâs first full-length collection of poems, <em>Honeymoon Shoes</em>, was published by Cathexis Northwest Press in October, 2023. She is a multi-genre eco artist living with her wife in Tucson, AZ. She works with paint, ink, Neon, encaustic medium, recycled or repurposed materials and words. She is the author of the chapbooks, <em>Fever Dream/ Take Heart</em> (Cathexis Northwest Press, 20) and <em>In Our Now</em> (Finishing Line Press, 22). Youâll find her work in, Beyond Queer Words, Genre: Urban Arts, Impermanent Earth, Querencia, and The Wardrobe. Find her work <a href="http://valyntinagrenier.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8705<div></div> 8706 </div> 8707 8708 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8709 8710 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8711 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8712</article><!-- #post-## --> 8713 8714 8715 8716<article id="post-67606" class="photo-text post-67606 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-sample-writer-staff-news"> 8717 8718 <div class="entry-content"> 8719 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/LastVerseHC_Final_rev-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8720 <h4 class="tight-heading">Caroline Frost</h4> 8721 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17, '21, Published Alumni Reader '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8722 <p>Caroline Frostâs second novel, <em>The Last Verse</em>, will be published by William Morrow on March 5, 2024. Set in the Nashville music scene of 1977, the story follows a struggling musician who writes a hit song that both promises her fame and implicates her in a heinous crime. More info <a href="http://carolinefrost.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8723<div></div> 8724 </div> 8725 8726 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8727 8728 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8729 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8730</article><!-- #post-## --> 8731 8732 8733 8734<article id="post-67592" class="photo-text post-67592 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roun
8734dup alumni-news-types-sample-writer-staff-news"> 8735 8736 <div class="entry-content"> 8737 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CTHiResCoverlowrescopy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8738 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eileen Garvin</h4> 8739 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8740 <p>Her second novel, <em>Crow Talk</em>, will be published April 30, 2024. It tells the story of three wounded souls whose lives intersect at a remote alpine lake. <a href="https://www.eileengarvin.com/crow-talk" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Crow Talk</em></a> is a story of love, loss, and the healing power of the natural world.</p> 8741<div></div> 8742 </div> 8743 8744 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8745 8746 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8747 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8748</article><!-- #post-## --> 8749 8750 8751 8752<article id="post-67594" class="photo-text post-67594 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 8753 8754 <div class="entry-content"> 8755 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Tobar_HectorBW-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8756 <h4 class="tight-heading">Héctor Tobar</h4> 8757 <div class="tight-content"> 8758 8759<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Héctor Tobar (Teaching Staff: 2020, 2021, 2023) was awarded the Kirkus Prize for his nonfiction, <em>Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”. </em>The Kirkus judges called <em>Our Migrant Souls</em> a “vital work of autobiography and cultural commentary â which also serves as a potent manifesto. “</p> 8760<div></div> </div> 8761 8762 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8763 8764 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8765 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8766</article><!-- #post-## --> 8767 8768 8769 8770<article id="post-67564" class="photo-text post-67564 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish hentry"> 8771 8772 <div class="entry-content"> 8773 8774 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ken Weinberg</h4> 8775 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing the Medical Experience, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8776 <p>Ken Weinberg’s recent memoir weaves together his many stories from the ER, Urgent Care and house calls, with chapters covering his participation in The Program in Narrative Medicine at Columbia P&S, political activism with Physicians for a National Health Program and more. He submitted a chapter on literature and medicine to <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/bedside-manners/202310/the-books-they-carry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Psychology Today</a> and now has a blog.</p> 8777<div></div> 8778 </div> 8779 8780 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8781 8782 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8783 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8784</article><!-- #post-## --> 8785 8786 8787 8788<article id="post-67520" class="photo-text post-67520 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriters"> 8789 8790 <div class="entry-content"> 8791 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Peter-Vanderwall-with-Macs-Big-Wish-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8792 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peter Vanderwall</h4> 8793 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting Participant, '93</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8794 <p>Peter Vanderwallâs childrenâs picture story book, <em>Macâs Big Wish,</em> was recently published by Luminare Press. The book has just been named one of five nominees for the 2024 Patricia Gallagher Childrenâs Choice Picture Book Award. Oregon school children of all ages are eligible to vote for their favorite title during the current school year. The Oregon State Literacy Association will announce the winner in May 2024. More info <a href="https://www.petervanderwall.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8795<div></div> 8796 </div> 8797 <a href="https://www.petervanderwall.com/">https://www.petervanderwall.com/</a> 8798 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8799 8800 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8801 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8802</article><!-- #post-## --> 8803 8804 8805 8806<article id="post-67495" class="photo-text post-67495 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 8807 8808 <div class="entry-content"> 8809 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/welcome_to_los_angeles_detail-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8810 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 8811 <span style="font-size:80%;">Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8812 <p>Santa Monica Review editor Andrew Tonkovich announces the fall 2023 issue of the magazine, marking its 35th year of publication. The newest collection of fiction and nonfiction includes writing from four (!) Community of Writers alums: Rebecca Schultz, Lauren Hohle, Michael Guista, <span style="color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Laurel Leigh, </span>and Victoria Patterson. Read it <a href="https://www.smc.edu/sm-review/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8813<div></div> 8814 </div> 8815 8816 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8817 8818 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8819 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8820</article><!-- #post-## --> 8821 8822 8823 8824<article id="post-67278" class="photo-text post-67278 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8825 8826 <div class="entry-content"> 8827 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hoboken-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8828 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chuck Joy</h4> 8829 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing the Medical Experience, 2003</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8830 <p>Chuck Joy has a new collection, “Vinyl”, of 15 poems from <em>What Why Aesthetics</em> (Erie PA) exploring the border between this book and a record album.</p> 8831<div></div> 8832 </div> 8833 8834 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8835 8836 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8837 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8838</article><!-- #post-## --> 8839 8840 8841 8842<article id="post-67259" class="photo-text post-67259 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8843 8844 <div class="entry-content"> 8845 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/9781915553287-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8846 <h4 class="tight-heading">John Harvey</h4> 8847 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '93, '95</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8848 <p>New collection of poetry, <em>On Balance</em>, published by Shoestring Press, Nottingham UK, November 2023.</p> 8849<div></div> 8850 </div> 8851 <a href="http://www.mellotone.co.uk">http://www.mellotone.co.uk</a> 8852 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8853 8854 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8855 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8856</article><!-- #post-## --> 8857 8858 8859 8860<article id="post-67257" class="photo-text post-67257 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-screenwriter
8860s"> 8861 8862 <div class="entry-content"> 8863 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cjp-Zoom-5-7-22-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8864 <h4 class="tight-heading">CJ Palmisano</h4> 8865 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriters' Workshop, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8866 <p>CJ Palmisanoâs short story, âHow Far to Woodstock?â was published in Stanfordâs 2021 Annual Anthology, 166 Palms. The <em>London Writersâ Salon</em> published two of her short stories in their annual anthologies: âRoundaboutâ (in 2022) and âCotton Candy and the Tilt-A-Whirlâ (in 2023). Palmisanoâs screenplay, <em>ROADS TAKEN</em>, was selected by the Nostos Screenwritersâ Lab in Tuscany. Along with eight other screenwriters, she spent 3-1/2 weeks working with professionals to develop the script in Arezzo, Italy this past May (2023).</p> 8867<div></div> 8868 </div> 8869 8870 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8871 8872 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8873 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8874</article><!-- #post-## --> 8875 8876 8877 8878<article id="post-67256" class="photo-text post-67256 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8879 8880 <div class="entry-content"> 8881 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CASANOVA-pic-KCPitch-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8882 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stephen Blackburn</h4> 8883 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '03, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8884 <p>In mid-May, after 27 years, <em>Each One Teach One-Up and Out of Poverty: Memoirs of a Street Activist</em>, by Ron Casanova as told to Stephen Blackburn was re-issued in paperback by Curbstone Press/Northwestern University Press. âAn eloquent voice for Americans too often ignored or scapegoated.â â Booklist. More info <a href="http://www.stephenblackburn.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8885<div></div> 8886 </div> 8887 8888 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8889 8890 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8891 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8892</article><!-- #post-## --> 8893 8894 8895 8896<article id="post-67254" class="photo-text post-67254 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 8897 8898 <div class="entry-content"> 8899 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TPBU-COVER-small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8900 <h4 class="tight-heading">MARY CAMARILLO</h4> 8901 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshop Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8902 <p>Mary Camarilloâs second novel, <em>Those People Behind Us</em>, was published in October of 2023. Set in the summer of 2017 in a suburban coastal town, five neighborsâ lives are impacted by politics, protests, and escalating housing prices. Each character searches for home and community in a neighborhood where no one can agree who belongs. <em>Those People Behind Us</em> was a finalist for General Fiction in the 2023 American Book Awards and was shortlisted for the 2023 Hawthorne prize. More info <a href="http://www.MaryCamarillo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8903<div></div> 8904 </div> 8905 8906 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8907 8908 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8909 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8910</article><!-- #post-## --> 8911 8912 8913 8914<article id="post-67252" class="photo-text post-67252 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8915 8916 <div class="entry-content"> 8917 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BoulevardCOVERSpring2023-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8918 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kristen-Paige Madonia</h4> 8919 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing Workshops Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8920 <p>Kristen-Paige Madonia’s short story, “Free Weights”, was recently published in the 2023 issue of <em>Boulevard Magazine</em>. More info <a href="http://www.kristenpaigemadonia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8921<div></div> 8922 </div> 8923 <br>Attended with the help of a Carlisle Family Scholarship 8924 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8925 8926 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8927 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8928</article><!-- #post-## --> 8929 8930 8931 8932<article id="post-67250" class="photo-text post-67250 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8933 8934 <div class="entry-content"> 8935 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/KapurContributorSpotlights-493-231012-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8936 <h4 class="tight-heading">Parul Kapur</h4> 8937 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8938 <p>Parul Kapur’s short story “Geronimo!” about the troubles around the forthcoming marriage of the son of aspiring Indian Americans and the daughter of old-money Atlantans, appears in the Fall 2023 issue of <a href="https://www.pshares.org/omnibus/fall-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ploughshares</em></a>, dedicated to longform prose.</p> 8939<div></div> 8940 </div> 8941 <a href="https://www.pshares.org/omnibus/fall-2023">https://www.pshares.org/omnibus/fall-2023</a> 8942 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8943 8944 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8945 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8946</article><!-- #post-## --> 8947 8948 8949 8950<article id="post-67234" class="photo-text post-67234 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roun
8950dup alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 8951 8952 <div class="entry-content"> 8953 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/81NwRi6XfsL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8954 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Otis</h4> 8955 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '00, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8956 8957<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mary Otis’ most recent book, <em>Burst</em>, won the Silver Medal in Literary Fiction 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards. It was also chosen by <em>Good Morning America</em> and the <em>New York Post </em>as a “Best of Spring Books” pick.</p> 8958<div></div> </div> 8959 <br>Attended with the help of a Getty Scholarship 8960 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8961 8962 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8963 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8964</article><!-- #post-## --> 8965 8966 8967 8968<article id="post-66916" class="photo-text post-66916 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 8969 8970 <div class="entry-content"> 8971 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Dwell-Time-cover-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8972 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rosa Lowinger</h4> 8973 <div class="tight-content"> 8974 8975<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Rosa Lowinger’s memoir, <em>Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile and Repair</em> was published by Row House Books on October 10, 2023. More details can be found on her <a href="https://rosalowinger.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">website.</a></p> 8976<div></div> </div> 8977 8978 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8979 8980 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8981 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 8982</article><!-- #post-## --> 8983 8984 8985 8986<article id="post-67191" class="photo-text post-67191 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 8987 8988 <div class="entry-content"> 8989 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4900-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 8990 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 8991 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 8992 <p>Stella Santamaria was nominated for Best of Net Nominee for her poem <em>on a kayak in this miami bedroom</em> published by the Rising Phoenix Review. Read it <a href="https://therisingphoenixreview.com/2023/01/17/on-a-kayak-in-this-miami-bedroom-by-stella-santamaria/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 8993<div></div> 8994 </div> 8995 <br>Attended with the help of an Ancinas Scholarship 8996 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 8997 8998 <footer class="entry-footer"> 8999 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9000</article><!-- #post-## --> 9001 9002 9003 9004<article id="post-67162" class="photo-text post-67162 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 9005 9006 <div class="entry-content"> 9007 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/620x350-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9008 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diana Fuller</h4> 9009 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting Program Director</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9010 9011<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Diana Fuller’s newest movie, <em>Tails of the City</em>, is set to premiere at the prestigious 2023 San Francisco Short Film Festival. <em>Tails of the City</em> is a visual adventure, experienced through the eyes of dogs and their parents that proves mixed breeds can find love, laughter and mutual pleasure when sharing common ground.</p> 9012<div></div> </div> 9013 9014 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9015 9016 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9017 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9018</article><!-- #post-## --> 9019 9020 9021 9022<article id="post-66912" class="photo-text post-66912 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roun
9022dup alumni-news-types-poets"> 9023 9024 <div class="entry-content"> 9025 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Book-Covers-6-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9026 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Spears Jones</h4> 9027 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91, '92, '94; Teaching Staff: '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9028 9029<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Patricia Spears Jones’ fifth poetry collection, <em>The Beloved Community</em>, was published September, 26 2023 by Copper Canyon Press. More information <a href="https://www.theshipmanagency.com/patricia-spears-jones" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9030<div></div> </div> 9031 9032 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9033 9034 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9035 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9036</article><!-- #post-## --> 9037 9038 9039 9040<article id="post-67041" class="photo-text post-67041 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9041 9042 <div class="entry-content"> 9043 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/barry-2-964x1024-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9044 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barry Garelick</h4> 9045 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9046 <p>Barry Garelick had several short stories published in online journals: “<a href="https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2023/05/the-invisible-by-barry-garelick.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Invisible</a>“, “<a href="https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2022/11/elizabeth-by-barry-garelick-ristretto.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elizabeth</a>“, “<a href="https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2023/06/how-has-1973-been-for-you-by-barry.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How Has 1973 Been for You?</a>“, and “<a href="https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/2023/01/pretty-girls-who-never-wear-lipstick-by.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pretty Girls Who Never Wear Lipstick</a>“.</p> 9047<div></div> 9048 </div> 9049 9050 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9051 9052 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9053 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9054</article><!-- #post-## --> 9055 9056 9057 9058<article id="post-67024" class="photo-text post-67024 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-writers"> 9059 9060 <div class="entry-content"> 9061 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cover-pic-smaller-for-website-WIP--150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9062 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jessie Ren Marshall</h4> 9063 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9064 <p>Jessie Ren Marshallâs debut story collection, WOMEN! IN! PERIL!, will be published April 2, 2024 as part of a two-book deal with Bloomsbury. In this ferociously feminist, genre-bending book, Marshall balances humor and gravitas to explore the complexities of queerness, toxic relationships, parenting and divorce, Asian and Asian American identity, and so much more. Whether they exist in the grounded realism of a college dance studio or the speculative world of Deep Space, the women of WOMEN! IN! PERIL! push against the status quo to find a better future. Jessie’s website can be found <a href="http://jessierenmarshall.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 9065<div></div> 9066 </div> 9067 <br>Attended with the help of a James D. Houston Memorial Scholarship 9068 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9069 9070 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9071 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9072</article><!-- #post-## --> 9073 9074 9075 9076<article id="post-66979" class="photo-text post-66979 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9077 9078 <div class="entry-content"> 9079 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AC35ED86-5D11-4DCE-8925-7B0E3375BDAC_1_105_c-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9080 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tamam Kahn</h4> 9081 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '18, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9082 <p>Tamam’s new book of poetry, <em>Across the Difficult: With Rabia of Basra and Others</em>, was published in July, 2023 by Albion-Andalus Books, with poems about Rabia of Basra and historical women of the Middle East.</p> 9083<div></div> 9084 </div> 9085 9086 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9087 9088 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9089 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9090</article><!-- #post-## --> 9091 9092 9093 9094<article id="post-66977" class="photo-text post-66977 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9095 9096 <div class="entry-content"> 9097 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_0812-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9098 <h4 class="tight-heading">Swathi Desai</h4> 9099 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant â17, â18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9100 <p>Swathi Desaiâs novel excerpt âAn Offering to the Godsâ was a finalist in the 2023 DISQUIET literary prize.</p> 9101<div></div> 9102 </div> 9103 9104 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9105 9106 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9107 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9108</article><!-- #post-## --> 9109 9110 9111 9112<article id="post-66974" class="photo-text post-66974 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9113 9114 <div class="entry-content"> 9115 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-20-at-10.31.57-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9116 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Fisher-Wirth</h4> 9117 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry, '92, '00, '09, '13, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9118 <p>Ann Fisher-Wirth’s book-length poetry/photography collaboration with Wilfried Raussert, <em>Into the Chalice of Your Thoughts</em>, will be exhibited at the Guadalajara Book Fair in November 2023 and published by Guadalajara University Press, with facing translations of the poem into Spanish by the 4W-Women in Translation Project located in Madison, Wisconsin.</p> 9119<p>Ann’s seventh book of poems, <em>Paradise Is Jagged</em>, was published in February 2023 by Terrapin Books. Also in February 2023 she received the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Poetry and Literature from the Mississippi Arts Commission. Find her website <a href="http://annfisherwirth.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 9120<div></div> 9121 </div> 9122 9123 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9124 9125 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9126 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9127</article><!-- #post-## --> 9128 9129 9130 9131<article id="post-66972" class="photo-text post-66972 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9132 9133 <div class="entry-content"> 9134 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Adela-Najarro-Established-Artist-Pic-1
913450x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9135 <h4 class="tight-heading">Adela Najarro</h4> 9136 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Particpant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9137 <p>Adela Najarro has been selected as a 2023 Individual Artist Fellow by the California Arts Council for the Central California Region. The California Arts Council and the administering organization SVCREATES has recognized her as an established artist with a stipend in unrestricted funding to support her writing endeavors. Find her website <a href="https://adelanajarro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 9138<div></div> 9139 </div> 9140 9141 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9142 9143 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9144 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9145</article><!-- #post-## --> 9146 9147 9148 9149<article id="post-66965" class="photo-text post-66965 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9150 9151 <div class="entry-content"> 9152 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG-0554-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9153 <h4 class="tight-heading">Hermelinda Hernandez</h4> 9154 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9155 <p>Hermelinda Hernandezâs poem âThe Exitâ won the 2023 Ernesto Trejo Memorial Prize and was published in the Academy of American Poets prizes for the University & College Poetry Prizes. More information <a href="https://poets.org/2023-ernesto-trejo-memorial-prize" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 9156<div></div> 9157 </div> 9158 9159 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9160 9161 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9162 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9163</article><!-- #post-## --> 9164 9165 9166 9167<article id="post-66936" class="photo-text post-66936 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 9168 9169 <div class="entry-content"> 9170 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9780819500700_p0_v2_s1200x630-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9171 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kazim Ali</h4> 9172 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '98/ Staff Poet: '10, '12, '16, '18, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9173 9174<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kazim Ali’s newest collection of poems, <em>Sukun</em>, was published by Wesleyan University Press in September 2023.</p> 9175<div></div> </div> 9176 9177 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9178 9179 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9180 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9181</article><!-- #post-## --> 9182 9183 9184 9185<article id="post-66931" class="photo-text post-66931 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 9186 9187 <div class="entry-content"> 9188 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aee3939c5b9cef610a3d7f95dccd3832-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9189 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jesse Nathan</h4> 9190 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9191 9192<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Jesse Nathan’s first collection of poems, <em>Eggtooth</em>, with a foreword by Robert Hass, was published in September 2023.</p> 9193<div></div> </div> 9194 9195 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9196 9197 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9198 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9199</article><!-- #post-## --> 9200 9201 9202 9203<article id="post-66929" class="photo-text post-66929 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roun
9203dup alumni-news-types-poets"> 9204 9205 <div class="entry-content"> 9206 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/VanDorenSIBILANCE_covfront.highres-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9207 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sally Van Doren</h4> 9208 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01, '03, '06, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9209 9210<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sally Van Doren’s fourth poetry book, <em>Sibilance,</em> was published by Louisiana State University Press in September 2023. You can find it <a href="https://lsupress.org/books/detail/sibilance/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9211<div></div> </div> 9212 9213 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9214 9215 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9216 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9217</article><!-- #post-## --> 9218 9219 9220 9221<article id="post-66925" class="photo-text post-66925 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9222 9223 <div class="entry-content"> 9224 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/temp-anom-image-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9225 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matt Broaddus</h4> 9226 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9227 9228<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Matt Broaddus’ first book of poetry, <em>Temporal Anomalies</em>, by was published by Ricochet Editions on September 15, 2023. You can find it <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781938900495/temporal-anomalies.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9229<div></div> </div> 9230 <br>Attended with the help of a Cave Canem Scholarship 9231 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9232 9233 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9234 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9235</article><!-- #post-## --> 9236 9237 9238 9239<article id="post-66922" class="photo-text post-66922 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 9240 9241 <div class="entry-content"> 9242 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/The-Disordered-Alphabet-Cover-scaled-e1689981051867-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9243 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cintia Santana</h4> 9244 <div class="tight-content"> 9245 9246<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cintia Santana’s first collection of poems, <em>The Disordered Alphabet</em>, was published by Four Way Books on September 15. You can find her website <a href="http://cintiasantana.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9247<div></div> </div> 9248 9249 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9250 9251 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9252 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9253</article><!-- #post-## --> 9254 9255 9256 9257<article id="post-66899" class="photo-text post-66899 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9258 9259 <div class="entry-content"> 9260 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Dwell-Time-cover-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9261 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rosa Lowinger</h4> 9262 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9263 <p>Rosa Lowinger’s forthcoming book (Row House Books, October 2023), <em>Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile and Repair,</em> received a starred review from <em>Kirkus</em> in August 2023 and has been selected as a 2023-2024 Book Club pick from the Jewish Women’s Archive. Some upcoming West Coast events can be found on her <a href="https://rosalowinger.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website.</a></p> 9264<div></div> 9265 </div> 9266 9267 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9268 9269 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9270 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9271</article><!-- #post-## --> 9272 9273 9274 9275<article id="post-66830" class="photo-text post-66830 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9276 9277 <div class="entry-content"> 9278 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MesaWLIIFSlarge-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9279 <h4 class="tight-heading">Helena Mesa</h4> 9280 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9281 <p>Helena Mesaâs <em>Where Land Is Indistinguishable from Sea</em> was published by Terrapin Books. <a href="https://helenamesa.com/where-land-is-indistinguishable-from-sea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">More details</a>.</p> 9282<div></div> 9283 </div> 9284 9285 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9286 9287 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9288 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9289</article><!-- #post-## --> 9290 9291 9292 9293<article id="post-66818" class="photo-text post-66818 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roun
9293dup alumni-news-types-writers"> 9294 9295 <div class="entry-content"> 9296 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SITLOS-front-cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9297 <h4 class="tight-heading">Violeta Orozco</h4> 9298 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9299 <p>Violeta Orozco’s second full-length poetry collection <em>Stillness in the Land of Speed</em>, winner of the New Voices Award was published by Jacar Press in North Carolina.</p> 9300<div></div> 9301 </div> 9302 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 9303 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9304 9305 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9306 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9307</article><!-- #post-## --> 9308 9309 9310 9311<article id="post-66783" class="photo-text post-66783 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9312 9313 <div class="entry-content"> 9314 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/VG-Miramar-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9315 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 9316 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9317 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story “The Cow In His Throat” has been published in <em>Books and Pieces</em> magazine. You can read it <a href="https://booksnpieces.com/A/short-story-the-cow-in-his-throat-by-vishwas-r-gaitonde/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and find him on <a href="https://twitter.com/weareji" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>.</p> 9318<div></div> 9319 </div> 9320 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship 9321 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9322 9323 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9324 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9325</article><!-- #post-## --> 9326 9327 9328 9329<article id="post-66768" class="photo-text post-66768 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 9330 9331 <div class="entry-content"> 9332 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/81sJ5kxUiKL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9333 <h4 class="tight-heading">Molly Giles</h4> 9334 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Staff, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9335 9336<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Molly Giles’ most recent book, <em>The Home for Unwed Husbands</em>, was published by Leapfrog Press in August 2023. She will be touring the U.S., reading from her new novel starting August 19, 2023. Find her website <a href="https://mollygiles.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9337<div></div> </div> 9338 9339 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9340 9341 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9342 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9343</article><!-- #post-## --> 9344 9345 9346 9347<article id="post-66765" class="photo-text post-66765 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9348 9349 <div class="entry-content"> 9350 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jones_Patricia_Spears_Portrait_B.H.Jones_-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9351 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Spears Jones</h4> 9352 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91, '92, '94</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9353 9354<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Patricia Spears Jones was just named the <a href="https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/announcement-the-2023-new-york-state-author-and-new-york-state-poet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New York State Poet</a> and will receive the Walt Whitman Citation of Merit for Poetry at a special ceremony hosted by University at Albany President Havidán RodrÃguez to take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at the University at Albanyâs Campus Center West Auditorium.</p> 9355<div></div> </div> 9356 9357 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9358 9359 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9360 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9361</article><!-- #post-## --> 9362 9363 9364 9365<article id="post-66738" class="photo-text post-66738 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9366 9367 <div class="entry-content"> 9368 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9369 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 9370 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9371 <p>Stella Santamaria has just accepted a lecturer position in the Writing Studies Department at the University of Miami.</p> 9372<div></div> 9373 </div> 9374 <br>Attended with the help of an Ancinas Scholarship 9375 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9376 9377 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9378 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9379</article><!-- #post-## --> 9380 9381 9382 9383<article id="post-66756" class="photo-text post-66756 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9384 9385 <div class="entry-content"> 9386 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/9781682478370-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9387 <h4 class="tight-heading">John H. Zobel</h4> 9388 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9389 9390<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 9391<p class="wp-block-paragraph">John H. Zobelâs biography, <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.usni.org/press/books/eugene-ely" target="_blank">Eugene Ely, Pioneer of Naval Aviation</a></em>, published by the U.S. Naval Institute Press, will be released on October 15, 2023. John was working on the book at the time of his death in 2017, and it will be published posthumously.</p> 9392</blockquote> 9393<div></div> </div> 9394 9395 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9396 9397 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9398 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9399</article><!-- #post-## --> 9400 9401 9402 9403<article id="post-66751" class="photo-text post-66751 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9404 9405 <div class="entry-content"> 9406 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Bereaved-1-scaled-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9407 <h4 class="tight-heading">Julia Park Tracey</h4> 9408 <span style="font-size:80%;">
9408Writers Workshops Participant, '16, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9409 9410<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"> 9411<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Julia Park Tracey’s historical fiction, <em>The Bereaved,</em> was published in August by <a href="http://www.sibyllinepress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sibylline Press</a>, a new press publishing the works of women/FemID ages 50+. She is on book tours throughout the fall in New York, Denver, Portland, Chicago and then Kansas City in the spring. Find her website <a href="http://www.juliaparktracey.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9412</blockquote> 9413<div></div> </div> 9414 9415 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9416 9417 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9418 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9419</article><!-- #post-## --> 9420 9421 9422 9423<article id="post-66601" class="photo-text post-66601 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roundup alumni-news-types-poets"> 9424 9425 <div class="entry-content"> 9426 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nicole-sealey-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9427 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nicole Sealey</h4> 9428 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9429 9430<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Nicole Sealey’s newest volume of poetry, <em>The Ferguson Report</em>: <em>An Erasure</em>, was published on August 15, 2023 by Knopf. A redacted audio version, read by Nicole herself, was published in <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/31/the-ferguson-report-an-erasure-nicole-sealey-poem" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a>, </em>and a Q&A published in <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.pw.org/content/rethinking_erasure_a_qa_with_nicole_sealey" target="_blank">Poets & Writers</a></em> as well.</p> 9431<div></div> </div> 9432 9433 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9434 9435 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9436 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9437</article><!-- #post-## --> 9438 9439 9440 9441<article id="post-66593" class="photo-text post-66593 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9442 9443 <div class="entry-content"> 9444 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Book-Covers-6-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9445 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Spears Jones</h4> 9446 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91, '92, '94</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9447 9448<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Patricia Spears Jones’ fifth poetry collection, <em>The Beloved Community</em>, is forthcoming September 2023. More information <a href="https://www.theshipmanagency.com/patricia-spears-jones" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> 9449<div></div> </div> 9450 9451 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9452 9453 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9454 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9455</article><!-- #post-## --> 9456 9457 9458 9459<article id="post-66584" class="photo-text post-66584 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9460 9461 <div class="entry-content"> 9462 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Riccio-Headshot-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9463 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jon Riccio</h4> 9464 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9465 <p>Jon Riccio’s recent “<a href="https://www.1weekcritique.com/teaching-takeaway-w-jon-riccio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Teaching Takeaways</a>” craft articles for the literary nonprofit organization 1-Week Critique include commentary on poems by Community of Writers alumni Emily Wolahan and Maria Nazos. 1-Week Critique was co-founded by another Community of Writers alum, Matthew Schmidt.</p> 9466<div></div> 9467 </div> 9468 9469 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9470 9471 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9472 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9473</article><!-- #post-## --> 9474 9475 9476 9477<article id="post-66571" class="photo-text post-66571 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023qtr3-4roun
9477dup alumni-news-types-poets"> 9478 9479 <div class="entry-content"> 9480 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/wandering-in-all-directions-of-this-earth-cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9481 <h4 class="tight-heading">Loisa Fenichell</h4> 9482 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9483 <p>Loisa Fenichell’s poetry collection, <em><a href="https://ghostpeachpress.com/purchase/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wandering In All Directions Of This Earth</a></em>, has been selected by Eduardo C. Corral as winner of the Ghost Peach Press 2022 Poetry Prize, and is forthcoming from Ghost Peach Press come September. Preorders are available now!</p> 9484<div></div> 9485 </div> 9486 9487 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9488 9489 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9490 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9491</article><!-- #post-## --> 9492 9493 9494 9495<article id="post-66567" class="photo-text post-66567 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9496 9497 <div class="entry-content"> 9498 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Citric-Acid-Logo-Hi-Res-Horizonatal-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9499 <h4 class="tight-heading">Edward (Ted) Fowler</h4> 9500 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Worshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9501 <p>Ted Fowler’s essay, “Lookout Towers and a Legacy Wall: On the Mass Confinement of Japanese Americans Eighty Years On,” appeared in the Summer Solstice, 2023 issue of <em>Citric Acid</em>, with a focus on Orange County and the Poston, AZ camp .</p> 9502<div></div> 9503 </div> 9504 9505 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9506 9507 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9508 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9509</article><!-- #post-## --> 9510 9511 9512 9513<article id="post-66555" class="photo-text post-66555 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9514 9515 <div class="entry-content"> 9516 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/All-Tommorrows-Train-Rides-Brochure-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9517 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matthew Monte</h4> 9518 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9519 <p>Matthew M. Monte just published his second poetry collection, <em>All Tomorrow’s Train Rides</em>, with Sixteen Rivers Press. You can find his website <a href="https://www.matthew-monte.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 9520<div></div> 9521 </div> 9522 9523 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9524 9525 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9526 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9527</article><!-- #post-## --> 9528 9529 9530 9531<article id="post-66553" class="photo-text post-66553 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9532 9533 <div class="entry-content"> 9534 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/363392111_10160233487844017_5720085704803406282_n-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9535 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 9536 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '72, '73</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9537 <p><a href="http://terenceclarke.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terence Clarke’s</a> novel, <em>The Splendid City</em>, which features Pablo Neruda as its central character, will be re-published in a new edition in December 2023. His new novel, <em>The Last of Nico Sombra</em>, which takes place in Buenos Aires, will be published next year. He is now writing a regular column on Substack.</p> 9538<div></div> 9539 </div> 9540 9541 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9542 9543 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9544 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9545</article><!-- #post-## --> 9546 9547 9548 9549<article id="post-66550" class="photo-text post-66550 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9550 9551 <div class="entry-content"> 9552 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/And-Now-23-08-09-at-12.28.02-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9553 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrea Hollander</h4> 9554 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9555 <p><a href="http://www.andreahollander.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrea Hollanderâs</a> sixth full-length poetry collection, <em>And Now, Nowhere But Here</em>, was released on July 28, 2023, by Terrapin Books.</p> 9556<div></div> 9557 </div> 9558 9559 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9560 9561 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9562 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9563</article><!-- #post-## --> 9564 9565 9566 9567<article id="post-66509" class="photo-text post-66509 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9568 9569 <div class="entry-content"> 9570 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/9780593489499-3-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9571 <h4 class="tight-heading">Emi Nietfeld</h4> 9572 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9573 <p><a href="http://eminietfeld.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emi Nietfeld’s</a> memoir, <em>Acceptance</em>, came out in paperback from Penguin Press. Named a best book of the year by NPR, it’s available wherever you buy books.</p> 9574<div></div> 9575 </div> 9576 9577 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9578 9579 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9580 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9581</article><!-- #post-## --> 9582 9583 9584 9585<article id="post-66506" class="photo-text post-66506 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9586 9587 <div class="entry-content"> 9588 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nB2o3yUE_400x400-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9589 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barbara Fischkin</h4> 9590 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '95</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9591 <p>Barbara Fischkin, author of three books of narrative nonfiction and satiric fiction, has been selected as a “Monday Magazine” columnist for the literary website <a href="https://3quarksdaily.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3QuarksDaily</a>. She is <a href="https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2023/07/my-grandfathers-ghost-2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing a monthly column</a> on a variety of topics. 3QuarksDaily is a well-respected literary agregator. It presents eight to twelve items from around the web each day, in the areas of science, design, literature, current affairs, art, politics, philosophyâand moreâ and a daily poem. The “Monday Magazine” columns are original to the site. Access to the site is gratis. A small monthly donation provides advertising-free browsing.</p> 9592<div></div> 9593 </div> 9594 9595 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9596 9597 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9598 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9599</article><!-- #post-## --> 9600 9601 9602 9603<article id="post-66504" class="photo-text post-66504 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9604 9605 <div class="entry-content"> 9606 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mohr-Anthony-Headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9607 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 9608 <span style="font-size:80%;">
9608Writers Workshops Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9609 <p><a href="http://anthonyjmohr.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony J. Mohr’s</a> essay “The Only Child at the Party” was published on June 22 in the <em>Los Angeles Review.</em></p> 9610<div></div> 9611 </div> 9612 9613 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9614 9615 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9616 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9617</article><!-- #post-## --> 9618 9619 9620 9621<article id="post-66494" class="photo-text post-66494 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9622 9623 <div class="entry-content"> 9624 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/VG-enci-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9625 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 9626 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9627 <p><a href="https://twitter.com/weareji" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vishwas Gaitonde’s</a> essay “Jaya He! The Story of India’s National Anthem” was published by <em><a href="https://india.serenademagazine.com/features/jaya-he-the-story-of-indias-national-anthem/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Serenade Magazine</a></em>, August 2023 issue.</p> 9628<div></div> 9629 </div> 9630 <br>Attended with the help of a Maat Scholarship, '22 9631 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9632 9633 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9634 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9635</article><!-- #post-## --> 9636 9637 9638 9639<article id="post-66480" class="photo-text post-66480 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9640 9641 <div class="entry-content"> 9642 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/daughterland_blackBG-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9643 <h4 class="tight-heading">Margaret Elysia Garcia</h4> 9644 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9645 <p>
9645<a href="http://www.margaretelysiagarcia.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Margaret Elysia Garcia’s</a> first poetry collection, <em>the daughterland</em>, was published by El Martillo Press in June 2023.</p> 9646<div></div> 9647 </div> 9648 9649 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9650 9651 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9652 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9653</article><!-- #post-## --> 9654 9655 9656 9657<article id="post-66442" class="photo-text post-66442 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9658 9659 <div class="entry-content"> 9660 <img width="129" height="180" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/headshot-2.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9661 <h4 class="tight-heading">Elizabeth Kadetsky</h4> 9662 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops Alumni Reader and Participant, '97, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9663 <p>In March of 2023, Elizabeth published a <a href="https://theamericanscholar.org/the-goddess-complex/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cover essay</a> in American Scholar about the Metâs looted Mother Goddess, and an <a href="https://think.kera.org/2023/06/26/art-was-easy-to-steal-whys-it-so-hard-to-give-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on the research ran on KERA Dallasâs <em>Think</em>. Her ongoing research for the project is supported by a 2022-2024 Fulbright scholar flex grant to India, which follows from Elizabethâs yearlong Fulbright to India in 2019-2020. Elizabeth is nonfiction editor at New England Review, a role that she took on in 2019. She is a core creative writing faculty member at Penn State University, where she was promoted to Professor in July 2023.</p> 9664<div></div> 9665 </div> 9666 <br>Attended with the help of a UC Irvine scholarship 9667 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9668 9669 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9670 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9671</article><!-- #post-## --> 9672 9673 9674 9675<article id="post-66440" class="photo-text post-66440 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9676 9677 <div class="entry-content"> 9678 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pic-for-next-book-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9679 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eliot Schain</h4> 9680 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 20011, 2015, 2022</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9681 <p>He recently released an <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6wRmvdQQIPMv8VIKQut3ym?si=oUxYmhNZS8axrrfIftv0LA">album</a>, with selections from his recent book <em>The Distant Sound</em>âpoems accompanied by guitar.</p> 9682<div></div> 9683 </div> 9684 9685 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9686 9687 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9688 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9689</article><!-- #post-## --> 9690 9691 9692 9693<article id="post-66512" class="photo-text post-66512 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9694 9695 <div class="entry-content"> 9696 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/7CsCOVER_6-26-23_reduced-copy-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9697 <h4 class="tight-heading">C Pirloul / Cynthia Broshi</h4> 9698 <div class="tight-content"> 9699 <p>C Pirloulâs doubleheader chapbook, <em>7 Cervicals / Riga Pine</em>, was released by Thixotropic Press in June. The chapbook is composed of a spine of sestinas with a global cast of characters, as well as a conversation with a riga pine off the Talinn Highway near Skultes Muiza in Latvija.<br /> 9700âTo rotate the Atlas thereby turning our face in timeâ¦â</p> 9701<div></div> 9702 </div> 9703 9704 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9705 9706 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9707 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9708</article><!-- #post-## --> 9709 9710 9711 9712<article id="post-66438" class="photo-text post-66438 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9713 9714 <div class="entry-content"> 9715 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/The-Disordered-Alphabet-Cover-scaled-e1689981051867-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9716 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cintia Santana</h4> 9717 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '14, '17, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9718 <p><a href="http://cintiasantana.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cintia Santana’s</a> first collection of poems, <em>The Disordered Alphabet</em>, published by Four Way Books, will be released on September 15, and is available for pre-order now.</p> 9719<div></div> 9720 </div> 9721 9722 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9723 9724 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9725 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9726</article><!-- #post-## --> 9727 9728 9729 9730<article id="post-66436" class="photo-text post-66436 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9731 9732 <div class="entry-content"> 9733 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/temp-anom-image-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9734 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matt Broaddus</h4> 9735 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9736 <p>The first book of poetry,<a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781938900495/temporal-anomalies.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <em>Temporal Anomalies</em></a>, by Matt Broaddus (he/him) will be published by Ricochet Editions on September 15, 2023.</p> 9737<div></div> 9738 </div> 9739 <br>Attended with the help of a Cave Canem Scholarship 9740 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9741 9742 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9743 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9744</article><!-- #post-## --> 9745 9746 9747 9748<article id="post-66434" class="photo-text post-66434 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9749 9750 <div class="entry-content"> 9751 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cover_small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9752 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sommer Schafer</h4> 9753 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9754 <p><a href="https://sommerschafer.wixsite.com/mysite" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sommer Schafer’s</a> inaugural collection of short stories, <em>The Women</em>, will be published by Unsolicited Press on November 14, 2023. Pre-orders begin September 1.</p> 9755<div></div> 9756 </div> 9757 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship 9758 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9759 9760 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9761 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9762</article><!-- #post-## --> 9763 9764 9765 9766<article id="post-66428" class="photo-text post-66428 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9767 9768 <div class="entry-content"> 9769 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cover-Final-Small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9770 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ashley Wurzbacher</h4> 9771 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9772 <p>Her novel, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Care-for-a-Human-Girl/Ashley-Wurzbacher/9781982157227" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>How to Care for a Human Girl</em></a>, will be published by Atria Books on August 8, 2023. The novel follows estranged sisters Jada and Maddy as they come together to deal with simultaneous unplanned pregnancies in the wake of their motherâs death.</p> 9773<div></div> 9774 </div> 9775 <br>Attended with the help of the Carlisle Family Scholarship 9776 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9777 9778 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9779 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9780</article><!-- #post-## --> 9781 9782 9783 9784<article id="post-66426" class="photo-text post-66426 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9785 9786 <div class="entry-content"> 9787 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Cover-Image-SECONDS-smaller-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9788 <h4 class="tight-heading">Claudia Putnam</h4> 9789 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers' Workshop Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9790 <p><a href="https://claudiaputnam.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her</a> novella, <em>Seconds</em>, came out in July 2023 from Neutral Zones Press. Novelist Robin Black has said: “There is a wealth of brave wisdom in this novella. Putnam takes a social encounter and peels back its layers-through time, ancient longings, lingering dishonesties-until reaching unsettling but crucial insights. I love when a short book takes on the truly big issues of human experience, and Putnam’s does so triumphantly here.”</p> 9791<div></div> 9792 </div> 9793 9794 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9795 9796 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9797 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9798</article><!-- #post-## --> 9799 9800 9801 9802<article id="post-66425" class="photo-text post-66425 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9803 9804 <div class="entry-content"> 9805 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Jesse-Nathan-14-cropped-c-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9806 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jesse Nathan</h4> 9807 <span style="font-size:80%;">
9807Poetry Participant, '15, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9808 <p>His poem “What the Cedar May Have Said” appeared this spring in <em>The New York Review of Books</em>. Nathan’s first collection of poems, <em>Eggtooth</em>, appears in September with a foreword by Robert Hass.It can be preordered <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/product/pre-order-eggtooth-jesse-nathan-poetry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. It was named a “must-read” by <a href="https://www.unboundedition.com/product/pre-order-eggtooth-jesse-nathan-poetry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Millions</em></a>.</p> 9809<div></div> 9810 </div> 9811 9812 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9813 9814 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9815 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9816</article><!-- #post-## --> 9817 9818 9819 9820<article id="post-66385" class="photo-text post-66385 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9821 9822 <div class="entry-content"> 9823 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/VG-Miramar-CoW.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9824 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 9825 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9826 <p><a href="https://twitter.com/weareji" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vishwas Gaitonde’s</a> short story ‘Boys on the Bus’ has been published in the magazine <a href="https://acrossthemargin.com/boys-on-the-bus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Across the Margin</em>.</a></p> 9827<div></div> 9828 </div> 9829 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship, '22 9830 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9831 9832 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9833 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9834</article><!-- #post-## --> 9835 9836 9837 9838<article id="post-66371" class="photo-text post-66371 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9839 9840 <div class="entry-content"> 9841 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/headshot-esp-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9842 <h4 class="tight-heading">Désirée Zamorano</h4> 9843 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9844 <p><em>Alta Journal</em> has published âher whimsical short story âMagdaâs Henâ in their <a href="https://www.altaonline.com/culture/fiction-and-poetry/a44016136/fiction-magdas-hen-desiree-zamorano/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summer issue #24.</a></p> 9845<div></div> 9846 </div> 9847 9848 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9849 9850 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9851 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9852</article><!-- #post-## --> 9853 9854 9855 9856<article id="post-66366" class="photo-text post-66366 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9857 9858 <div class="entry-content"> 9859 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/VRG-Santa-Monica-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9860 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 9861 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9862 <p><a href="https://twitter.com/weareji" target="_blank" rel="noopener">His</a> multimedia essay on the music prodigy Lydian Nadhaswaram, “King of Melody, Lord of Rhythm: Lydian Nadhaswaram’s Musical Journey” has been published by <em>Serenade Magazine</em>. You can read it <a href="https://serenademagazine.com/king-of-melody-lord-of-rhythm-lydian-nadhaswarams-musical-journey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a></p> 9863<div></div> 9864 </div> 9865 <br>Attended with the help of the Maat Scholarship 9866 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9867 9868 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9869 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9870</article><!-- #post-## --> 9871 9872 9873 9874<article id="post-66253" class="photo-text post-66253 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9875 9876 <div class="entry-content"> 9877 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Citric-Acid-Logo-Hi-Res-Horizonatal-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9878 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 9879 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '93</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9880 <p>Founding editor of <em>Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly of Imagination and Reimagination</em>, announces the release of the journal’s <a href="http://citricacid.ink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Summer Solstice issue</a>. Among regionally themed poetry and prose, comics, art, journalism and activism, it features work by Community of Writers alums Lisa Alvarez, Ted Fowler, Rhoda Huffey, and Tonkovich himself.</p> 9881<div></div> 9882 </div> 9883 9884 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9885 9886 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9887 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9888</article><!-- #post-## --> 9889 9890 9891 9892<article id="post-66238" class="photo-text post-66238 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9893 9894 <div class="entry-content"> 9895 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sibilance-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9896 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sally Van Doren</h4> 9897 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '01, '03, '06, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9898 <p>Her fourth poetry book, <em><a href="https://lsupress.org/books/detail/sibilance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sibilance</a>,</em> will be released by Louisiana State University Press in fall 2023. This insightful abecedarian collection includes work which first appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry London and Prairie Schooner. The cover features an asemic drawing by Van Doren, who is also an exhibiting artist. As Poetry Participant Chanda Feldman
9898notes, âVan Dorenâs trim and brisk poems display a thrilling diction at every turn. She applies wit and acuity to both exultation and elegy.â</p> 9899<div></div> 9900 </div> 9901 9902 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9903 9904 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9905 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9906</article><!-- #post-## --> 9907 9908 9909 9910<article id="post-66231" class="photo-text post-66231 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9911 9912 <div class="entry-content"> 9913 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Northern-Spring_comp-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9914 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matt Mauch</h4> 9915 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9916 <p>His <a href="http://www.mauchmauch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fifth book</a>, <em>A Northern Spring</em> (Trio House Press, July 1, 2023), is a hybrid work of lyrical prose and poetry, the spring in focus being the COVID spring of 2020. âPart memoir, part needle-skipping-in-its-groove travelogue, part collection of lyric poetry,â says Michael Bazzett of this chronicle that opens in Northern Ireland when a travel ban is announced for âeverybody in Europeâ and ends the last week of May 2020, when George Floyd was murdered, an uprising began, and the world turned its gaze to South Minneapolis, where Mauch lives. Says Heidi Czerwiec, âThis collection tries to connect us, blur genre & even grammar, to turn violence toward justice, a true revolution.â</p> 9917<div></div> 9918 </div> 9919 9920 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9921 9922 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9923 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9924</article><!-- #post-## --> 9925 9926 9927 9928<article id="post-66222" class="photo-text post-66222 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 9929 9930 <div class="entry-content"> 9931 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_3597-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9932 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 9933 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9934 <p>She is a faculty fellow for the <a href="https://www.scienceandfiction.fiu.edu/sfi-23-faculty-fellows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">XM Scifi Summer Institute</a> for the Science & Fiction Lab at Florida International University, 2023, in Miami, Florida.</p> 9935<div></div> 9936 </div> 9937 <br>Attended with the help of the Ancinas Scholarship 9938 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9939 9940 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9941 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9942</article><!-- #post-## --> 9943 9944 9945 9946<article id="post-66160" class="photo-text post-66160 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9947 9948 <div class="entry-content"> 9949 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/61iOpUzlOsL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9950 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Dunn</h4> 9951 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9952 <p><a href="http://TMDUNNAUTHOR.COM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her third novel</a> and first psychological thriller, <a href="https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/t-m-dunn-her-fathers-daughter-preorder-signed?_pos=1&_sid=1b9011708&_ss=r" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Her Father’s Daughter</em></a> (Crooked Lane Books), is coming out on July 18, 2023. <em>Her Father’s Daughter</em> is the Mysterious Bookshop’s August 2023 First Mystery Crime Club Pick.</p> 9953<div></div> 9954 </div> 9955 9956 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9957 9958 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9959 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9960</article><!-- #post-## --> 9961 9962 9963 9964<article id="post-66092" class="photo-text post-66092 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9965 9966 <div class="entry-content"> 9967 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Something-I-Might-Say-Cover-Image-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9968 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stephanie Austin</h4> 9969 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9970 <p>Her creative nonfiction chapbook <a href="https://www.stephanieaustin.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Something I Might Say</a> will be published with WTAW Press on July 18, 2023.</p> 9971<div></div> 9972 </div> 9973 <br>Attended with the help of a sholarship. 9974 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9975 9976 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9977 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9978</article><!-- #post-## --> 9979 9980 9981 9982<article id="post-65900" class="photo-text post-65900 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q3-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 9983 9984 <div class="entry-content"> 9985 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/8B39F8DA-96DA-4845-AE65-97F1EAFBE886-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 9986 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cameron Walker</h4> 9987 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, â02, â04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 9988 <p>She and illustrator Chris Turnham have <a href="http://www.cameronwalker.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a new childrenâs book</a><em>, National Monuments of the U.S.A.</em>, which will be published by Wide-Eyed Editions in June 2023.</p> 9989<div></div> 9990 </div> 9991 9992 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 9993 9994 <footer class="entry-footer"> 9995 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 9996</article><!-- #post-## --> 9997 9998 9999 10000<article id="post-65867" class="photo-text post-65867 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10001 10002 <div class="entry-content"> 10003 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9798888381809-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9798888381809-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9798888381809-323x450.jpeg 323w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
10003w, 150px" /> 10004 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dan Bellm</h4> 10005 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, '90, '92, 95, '97, and '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10006 <p><a href="http://www.danbellm.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He published two new books</a> in spring 2023, the chapbook <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/counting-dan-bellm/19900275?ean=9798888381809" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Counting</em></a> (Finishing Line Press) and a translation of Mexican poet Balam Rodrigoâs <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/central-american-book-of-the-dead-balam-rodrigo/19749449?ean=9781953447395" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Central American Book of the Dead</em></a>.</p> 10007<div></div> 10008 </div> 10009 10010 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10011 10012 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10013 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10014</article><!-- #post-## --> 10015 10016 10017 10018<article id="post-65864" class="photo-text post-65864 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10019 10020 <div class="entry-content"> 10021 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Volcanic-Interruptions-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10022 <h4 class="tight-heading">Adela Najarro</h4> 10023 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant ,'16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10024 <p><a href="https://adelanajarro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">She’s</a> pleased to announce the publication of <em>Volcanic Interruptions</em>, which combines her poetry with the acrylic/mixed media paintings by Janet Trenchard. As feminists, both artists want to depict how a womanâs power arises from the earth, soil, and volcanoes, and they have been collaborating on this theme throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The poems in this collection were started during Adela’s 2016 poetry workshops!</p> 10025<div></div> 10026 </div> 10027 10028 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10029 10030 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10031 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10032</article><!-- #post-## --> 10033 10034 10035 10036<article id="post-65847" class="photo-text post-65847 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-may-poet-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 10037 10038 <div class="entry-content"> 10039 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/soil-9781982195304_lg-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10040 <h4 class="tight-heading">Camille T. Dungy</h4> 10041 <span style="font-size:80%;">Staff Poet: 2020, 2022</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10042 10043<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her book, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Soil/Camille-T-Dungy/9781982195304"><em>Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden</em></a> was published in May by Simon and Schuster. She spoke with NPR’s Melissa Block about the journey that gardening put her on, and what it’s revealed about who gets to write about the environment.</p> 10044<div></div> </div> 10045 10046 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10047 10048 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10049 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10050</article><!-- #post-## --> 10051 10052 10053 10054<article id="post-65838" class="photo-text post-65838 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-march-news-grid alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 10055 10056 <div class="entry-content"> 10057 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/amy-tan-online-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="Black and white portrait of Amy Tan" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10058 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Tan</h4> 10059 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '87</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10060 10061<p class="wp-block-paragraph">President Joe Biden awarded her with a National Humanities Medal in March of 2023.</p> 10062<div></div> </div> 10063 10064 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10065 10066 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10067 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10068</article><!-- #post-## --> 10069 10070 10071 10072<article id="post-65788" class="photo-text post-65788 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-may-poet-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 10073 10074 <div class="entry-content"> 10075 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/book.postcard.front_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10076 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Schenker</h4> 10077 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, `14, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10078 <p>Her full-length poetry collection, <a href="https://dianeschenker.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Expert Terrain</em></a>, has been published by <a href="https://www.wordpoetrybooks.com/schenker.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Word Poetry</a>. It was previously shortlisted by the Harbor Mountain Press MURA Book Award and awarded Honorable Mention by the C
10078oncrete Wolf Louis Poetry Book Award.</p> 10079<div></div> 10080 </div> 10081 10082 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10083 10084 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10085 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10086</article><!-- #post-## --> 10087 10088 10089 10090<article id="post-65754" class="photo-text post-65754 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-march-news-grid alumni-news-types-writers"> 10091 10092 <div class="entry-content"> 10093 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/zaid_hilary-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10094 <h4 class="tight-heading">Hilary Zaid</h4> 10095 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10096 10097<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her book, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496235367/" target="_blank"><em>Forget I Told You This</em></a> will be published September 1, 2023 By University of Nebraska Press.</p> 10098<div></div> </div> 10099 <br>Attended with the help of the James D. Houston Memorial Scholarship 10100 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10101 10102 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10103 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10104</article><!-- #post-## --> 10105 10106 10107 10108<article id="post-65669" class="photo-text post-65669 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10109 10110 <div class="entry-content"> 10111 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Juliana-32C-scaled-1280x1600-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10112 <h4 class="tight-heading">Juliana Roth</h4> 10113 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10114 <p>She was selected as a 2022-23 <a href="https://centerforfiction.org/grants-awards/nyc-emerging-writers-fellowship/introducing-our-2022-2023-emerging-writer-fellows/?utm_source=General+Mailing+List&amp;utm_campaign=2d4153faf0-Event+Roundup+%282%2F22%2F2021%29_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_5fe6362917-2d4153faf0-281968&amp;mc_cid=2d4153faf0&amp;mc_eid=4e5a8b62a4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emerging Writer Fellow with The Center for Fiction</a>. The Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowships annually provide a diverse group of nine early-career, New York City-based writers with grants; editorial mentorships; monthly dinners with eminent editors, agents, and authors; access to The Centerâs Writers Studio; a Master Class on Performance and Public Reading sponsored by Audible; two public readings in The Centerâs performance space; and ongoing support in establishing their literary career. The Fellows were chosen from an impressive pool of 706 applicants in a blind judging process by Cara Blue Adams, Raluca Albu, and Ian Denning.</p> 10115<div></div> 10116 </div> 10117 <br>Attended with the help of the John Zobel Memorial Scholarship, and the Carlisle Family Scholarship 10118 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10119 10120 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10121 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10122</article><!-- #post-## --> 10123 10124 10125 10126<article id="post-65525" class="photo-text post-65525 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-march-news-grid alumni-news-types-writers"> 10127 10128 <div class="entry-content"> 10129 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/theFineArtOfCamouflage_frontCover_RGB-663x1024-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10130 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Kay Johnson</h4> 10131 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10132 <p>Her memoir, <a href="https://laurenkayjohnson.com/book/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Fine Art of Camouflage</em></a>, was published by MilSpeak Books in March 2023. An excerpt from the book, “The View From Under My Scarf”, which was workshopped in the Community of Writers Open Workshop with Sands Hall, recently appeared in the <em>Boston Globe Magazine</em> Connections column.</p> 10133<div></div> 10134 </div> 10135 <br>Attended with the help of the Carlisle Family Scholarship 10136 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10137 10138 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10139 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10140</article><!-- #post-## --> 10141 10142 10143 10144<article id="post-65492" class="photo-text post-65492 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10145 10146 <div class="entry-content"> 10147 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20220715_114423_526-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10148 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Wolff</h4> 10149 <div class="tight-content"> 10150 <p><a href="http://dianewolff.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her</a> new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Khans-Mistake-Fight-Throne/dp/B098XWQF9S?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Khanâs Mistake: The Fight for the Throne </em></a>was published in May 2023. This is the story of the rise of Genghis Khan and the rivals he faced in the building of his empire.</p> 10151<p>The book is historical fiction based on an authoritative bibliography and 30 years of research and writing. It is suitable for students from 9th grade and above to undergraduate level as assigned reading for courses in global history.</p> 10152<p>The book is published on the serialized story platform Amazon Kindle Vella in 40 episodes.</p> 10153<div></div> 10154 </div> 10155 10156 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10157 10158 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10159 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10160</article><!-- #post-## --> 10161 10162 10163 10164<article id="post-65477" class="photo-text post-65477 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-march-news-grid alumni-news-types-writers"> 10165 10166 <div class="entry-content"> 10167 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9780063160958-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10168 <h4 class="tight-heading">Zelda Lockhart</h4> 10169 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Alum, '90</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10170 <p><a href="https://zeldalockhart.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Her 4th novel</a>, <em>Trinity</em>, (HarperCollins, Amistad) will be published July 4. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/trinity-zelda-lockhart?variant=40902291947554" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Preorders are available now</a>. <em>Trinity</em> is the riveting story of the daughter-spirit born to stitch love back into the scattered wombs of her Black mothers and call love back into the fishing blues s
10170ongs of her Black male kin. Praise for <em>Trinity:</em> âIf we are ancestrally haunted, we may also be ancestrally healed. This is the lesson of Zelda Lockhartâs <em>Trinity</em>, an epic, vivid and heart-wrenching novel. Reminiscent of the work of Gayl Jones and Alice Walker.” -Imani Perry, author of <em>NYT</em> bestseller <em>South to America.</em></p> 10171<div></div> 10172 </div> 10173 <br>Attended with the help of a Galway Kinnell Scholarship 10174 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10175 10176 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10177 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10178</article><!-- #post-## --> 10179 10180 10181 10182<article id="post-65166" class="photo-text post-65166 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10183 10184 <div class="entry-content"> 10185 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/34-Orchard-Journal-Spring-2023-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10186 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 10187 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10188 <p>His short story “The Procedure” appears in the <a href="https://34orchard.com/issue-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spring 2023 Issue</a> of <em>34 Orchard Journal</em>.</p> 10189<div></div> 10190 </div> 10191 10192 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10193 10194 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10195 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10196</article><!-- #post-## --> 10197 10198 10199 10200<article id="post-65154" class="photo-text post-65154 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10201 10202 <div class="entry-content"> 10203 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SeattleReading-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10204 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matthew Moniz</h4> 10205 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10206 <p>His sonnet crown <a href="http://poetrybytheseaconference.org/2023-kim-bridgford-memorial-sonnet-crown-contest-winner/?fbclid=IwAR3o41NyZZIYrsiO8Ftbl_j477vSyH_fDCXhdlRTWoMzjMQqFaHKpqMFmIE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“After The Planets”</a> won Poetry by the Sea’s Kim Bridgford Memorial Sonnet Crown Contest.</p> 10207<div></div> 10208 </div> 10209 <a href="fbclid=IwAR3o41NyZZIYrsiO8Ftbl_j477vSyH_fDCXhdlRTWoMzjMQqFaHKpqMFmIE">fbclid=IwAR3o41NyZZIYrsiO8Ftbl_j477vSyH_fDCXhdlRTWoMzjMQqFaHKpqMFmIE</a> 10210 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10211 10212 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10213 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10214</article><!-- #post-## --> 10215 10216 10217 10218<article id="post-65080" class="photo-text post-65080 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-march-news-grid alumni-news-types-writers"> 10219 10220 <div class="entry-content"> 10221 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screen-Shot-2023-04-22-at-9.12.05-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="Image of Ausubel Book Cover" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10222 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ramona Ausubel</h4> 10223 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '07, '12/ Teaching Staff Member</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10224 10225<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her new novel <em>The Last Animal </em>was released from Riverhead Books in April 2023. NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed her on <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/22/1171450390/ramona-ausubel-on-her-novel-the-last-animal" target="_blank">Weekend Edition Saturday</a>. </p> 10226<div></div> </div> 10227 <a href="http://ramonaausubel.com/">http://ramonaausubel.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of UC Irvine Scholarship 10228 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10229 10230 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10231 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10232</article><!-- #post-## --> 10233 10234 10235 10236<article id="post-64844" class="photo-text post-64844 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10237 10238 <div class="entry-content"> 10239 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/suz-muse-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10240 <h4 class="tight-heading">Suzanne Goldenberg</h4> 10241 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10242 <p><a href="https://brooklynrail.org/2023/04/poetry/Suzanne-Goldenberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Six of her poems</a> were published in the April edition of NYC arts journal, <em>The Brooklyn Rail</em>.</p> 10243<div></div> 10244 </div> 10245 <br>Attended with the help of the CD Wright Memorial Scholarship 10246 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10247 10248 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10249 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10250</article><!-- #post-## --> 10251 10252 10253 10254<article id="post-64696" class="photo-text post-64696 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10255 10256 <div class="entry-content"> 10257 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rsw_800cg_truem-1-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10258 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chris Lombardi</h4> 10259 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10260 10261<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Chris Lombardi’s novel <em>Blue Season</em> was published in 2022 by Mumblers Press. </p> 10262 10263 10264 10265<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A literary mystery, set in the 1990s: How did Molly, a promising musician and graduate student, end up in a Baltimore psychiatric hospital calling herself Lucia? Readers unravel the clues as hospital scenes alternate with Molly’s journals. A story about memory, trauma, and Lucia Joyce — the daughter of Irish writer James Joyce, who died in 1982 in the Swiss mental hospital where she’d lived for more than 40 years. </p> 10266<div></div> </div> 10267 10268 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10269 10270 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10271 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10272</article><!-- #post-## --> 10273 10274 10275 10276<article id="post-64387" class="photo-text post-64387 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10277 10278 <div class="entry-content"> 10279 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Erin-Almond-web-size-0817-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10280 <h4 class="tight-heading">Erin Almond</h4> 10281 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10282 <p>Her short story “The Unbearable Weight of My Heart” was selected by Jennifer Haigh to win First Prize in <a href="https://www.pangyrus.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Pangyrus Magazine’s</em></a> Fiction Contest. She’s especially grateful for David Ulin’s insightful comments and edits.</p> 10283<div></div> 10284 </div> 10285 <br>Attended with the help of the Lojo Foundation Scholarship 10286 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10287 10288 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10289 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10290</article><!-- #post-## --> 10291 10292 10293 10294<article id="post-64379" class="photo-text post-64379 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-may-poet-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 10295 10296 <div class="entry-content"> 10297 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/foster_front_720x-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10298 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanne Foster</h4> 10299 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10300 <p>Her latest book of poetry, <a href="https://kelsaybooks.com/products/your-form-became-my-own?fbclid=IwAR0E0bS_Dpj386vpgplpJ77HXGZEE5tsGLbKfqQRNxhlp8DrNewnwXTLgQA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Your Form Became My Own</em></a>, was published by Kelsay Books, January 2023.</p> 10301<div></div> 10302 </div> 10303 10304 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10305 10306 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10307 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10308</article><!-- #post-## --> 10309 10310 10311 10312<article id="post-64342" class="photo-text post-64342 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-may-poet-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 10313 10314 <div class="entry-content"> 10315 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/A-Slight-Thing-Happiness-Front-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10316 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joan Baranow</h4> 10317 <span style="font-size:80%;">
10317Poetry Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10318 <p>Her book, <a href="http://saintjulianpress.com/newest-books.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Slight Thing, Happiness</em></a> was published by Saint Julian Press in 2022. Two additional books will be published this spring: her chapbook <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/aphids-in-the-rose-by-joan-baranow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Aphids in the Rose</em></a> (Finishing Line Press) is about breast cancer, interwoven with poems about the resiliency of nature, and her full-length collection, <a href="https://www.brickroadpoetrypress.com/contest-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Reading Szymborska in a Time of Plague</em></a>, won the Brick Road Press poetry contest.</p> 10319<div></div> 10320 </div> 10321 10322 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10323 10324 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10325 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10326</article><!-- #post-## --> 10327 10328 10329 10330<article id="post-64338" class="photo-text post-64338 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-may-poet-featured alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-writers"> 10331 10332 <div class="entry-content"> 10333 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hands-Like-Trees-COVER-Feb_300-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10334 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag</h4> 10335 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10336 <p>His new book, <a href="https://sachiwrites.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Hands Like Trees</em></a>, a story cycle about one immigrant family’s tryst with hope and despair, rupture and belonging, spanning three decades and two continents, is available for purchase at your nearest book store!</p> 10337<p>“Glows with life in every story. Here are characters that are complex, astute, painful, funny, enlightening and most of all enjoyable. Restless men and willful women, who seek escape but also belonging, a contradiction and elusiveness that bursts with wit and empathy. These are nimble stories imbued with insight into the ties that bind, the ties that break, stories that shimmer with the soul of a poet…A marvelous debut.” – John Vigna author of <em>No Man’s Land</em></p> 10338<div></div> 10339 </div> 10340 10341 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10342 10343 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10344 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10345</article><!-- #post-## --> 10346 10347 10348 10349<article id="post-64332" class="photo-text post-64332 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10350 10351 <div class="entry-content"> 10352 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/book.postcard.front_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10353 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Schenker</h4> 10354 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '14, '17, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10355 <p>Her debut full-length poetry collection, <em>Expert Terrain</em>, is being published by Word Poetry and will be available in May/June 2023.</p> 10356<div></div> 10357 </div> 10358 <a href="http://www.dianeschenker.com">http://www.dianeschenker.com</a> 10359 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10360 10361 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10362 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10363</article><!-- #post-## --> 10364 10365 10366 10367<article id="post-64329" class="photo-text post-64329 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10368 10369 <div class="entry-content"> 10370 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/rusty-morrison-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10371 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rusty Morrison</h4> 10372 <div class="tight-content"> 10373 <p>Her book, titled <a href="http://www.rustymorrison.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Risk</em></a>, will be published by Black Ocean Press in spring, 2024.</p> 10374<div></div> 10375 </div> 10376 <a href="http://www.rustymorrison.com">http://www.rustymorrison.com</a> 10377 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10378 10379 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10380 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10381</article><!-- #post-## --> 10382 10383 10384 10385<article id="post-64319" class="photo-text post-64319 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10386 10387 <div class="entry-content"> 10388 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shaken_loose_cover_final-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10389 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ilana DeBare</h4> 10390 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10391 <p>Her debut novel <em>Shaken Loose</em>
10391 will be published by Hypatia Press in July. Speculative fiction set in an unraveling Christian Hell, it raises questions about how a supposedly just God can allow so much injustice. Community of Writers instructor Karen Joy Fowler calls it “a compulsive read, a narrative full of surprises about a woman who becomes more herself after death than she ever was in life.” Pre-order now <a href="https://www.ilanadebare.com/shaken-loose" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> 10392<div></div> 10393 </div> 10394 10395 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10396 10397 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10398 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10399</article><!-- #post-## --> 10400 10401 10402 10403<article id="post-64316" class="photo-text post-64316 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10404 10405 <div class="entry-content"> 10406 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/0-16-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10407 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Watts</h4> 10408 <div class="tight-content"> 10409 <p>His recent collection of haiku, <em><a href="http://david-watts-books.com">Seed Kites</a></em>, was published by Red Moon Press.</p> 10410<div></div> 10411 </div> 10412 10413 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10414 10415 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10416 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10417</article><!-- #post-## --> 10418 10419 10420 10421<article id="post-64324" class="photo-text post-64324 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10422 10423 <div class="entry-content"> 10424 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Spirit-of-Wild-Cover-for-Zoom-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10425 <h4 class="tight-heading">KB Ballentine</h4> 10426 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10427 <p>Her eighth collection of poetry <a href="http://www.kbballentine.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Spirit of Wild</em></a> was published in March by Blue Light Press.</p> 10428<div></div> 10429 </div> 10430 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship. 10431 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10432 10433 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10434 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10435</article><!-- #post-## --> 10436 10437 10438 10439<article id="post-64309" class="photo-text post-64309 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10440 10441 <div class="entry-content"> 10442 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/41-6YzaJITL-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10443 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Torre Kelly</h4> 10444 <div class="tight-content"> 10445 <p>She published a Science-Fantasy novel, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Death-Show-Torre-Kelly-ebook/dp/B091MQPK71/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2G9V8HNK7I61V&keywords=mary+torre+kelly&qid=1681160608&s=books&sprefix=mary+torre+kelly%2Cstripbooks%2C220&sr=1-1">The Life Of Death Show</a>, </em>which holds five stars on Amazon. She is actively seeking an agent.</p> 10446<div></div> 10447 </div> 10448 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship. 10449 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10450 10451 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10452 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10453</article><!-- #post-## --> 10454 10455 10456 10457<article id="post-60586" class="photo-text post-60586 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 10458 10459 <div class="entry-content"> 10460 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/122-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10461 <h4 class="tight-heading">Matthew Zapruder</h4> 10462 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10463 <p>His new book, <em>Story of a Poem</em>, a memoir about writing poetry and fathering, is available for <a href="https://www.unnamedpress.com/books/book?title=Story+of+a+Poem">pre-order</a>!</p> 10464<p>“… the luminous, lyrical meditation on wringing from suffering and air, threaded with a singular, mov
10464ing story about parenting an atypical child. I read it in a single gulp, and you will too.”<br /> 10465âMary Karr, author of THE LIARS’ CLUB</p> 10466<div></div> 10467 </div> 10468 <a href="https://www.unnamedpress.com/books/book?title=Story+of+a+Poem">https://www.unnamedpress.com/books/book?title=Story+of+a+Poem</a> 10469 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10470 10471 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10472 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10473</article><!-- #post-## --> 10474 10475 10476 10477<article id="post-64257" class="photo-text post-64257 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 10478 10479 <div class="entry-content"> 10480 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Oranges-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10481 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 10482 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant: '93</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10483 <p>As founding editor, he is proud to announce the newest issue of <em><a href="https://www.citricacid.ink/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Citric Acid</a>: An Online Literary Arts Quarterly of Imagination and Reimagination</em>. The spring 2023 edition is the fifth collection of writing from and about Orange County, California and includes original prose and poetry.</p> 10484<div></div> 10485 </div> 10486 10487 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10488 10489 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10490 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10491</article><!-- #post-## --> 10492 10493 10494 10495<article id="post-64243" class="photo-text post-64243 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10496 10497 <div class="entry-content"> 10498 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Volcanic-Interruptions-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10499 <h4 class="tight-heading">Adela Najarro</h4> 10500 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10501 <p>Her chapbook, <a href="http://https://adelanajarro.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-wplink-url-error="true"><em>Volcanic Interruptions</em></a> was published by Jamii Press. The chapbook combines her poetry with Janet Trenchardâs acrylic/mixed media paintings so that the written word and image come together in conversation.</p> 10502<div></div> 10503 </div> 10504 10505 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10506 10507 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10508 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10509</article><!-- #post-## --> 10510 10511 10512 10513<article id="post-64238" class="photo-text post-64238 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10514 10515 <div class="entry-content"> 10516 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ChristieShiningCoverFinal-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10517 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alix Christie</h4> 10518 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops Participant: '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10519 <p>Her new historical novel <a href="http://alixchristie.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Shining Mountains</em></a> was published in April 2023 by High Road Books, an imprint of the University of New Mexico Press. It’s the epic tale of her ancestor’s brother and his Scots-Native family caught in the crossfire of Manifest Destiny in the American Northwest. Her short story “Everychild,” a dystopian environmental fable, won the 2021 Editor’s Prize in Fiction from <em>The Missouri Review.</em></p> 10520<div></div> 10521 </div> 10522 10523 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10524 10525 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10526 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10527</article><!-- #post-## --> 10528 10529 10530 10531<article id="post-64214" class="photo-text post-64214 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10532 10533 <div class="entry-content"> 10534 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/s679113505795052167_p173_i1_w578-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10535 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Galvan Huynh</h4> 10536 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: `19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10537 <p>Her latest book, <em><a href="http://www.sundresspublications.com/author/2023/03/amanda-galvan-huynhs-where-my-umbilical-is-buried-now-available/">Where My Umbilical Is Buried</a></em>, a poetry collection that delves deep into the waves of grief, was published by Sundress Press.</p> 10538<div></div> 10539 </div> 10540 <br>Attended with the help of the Maat Scholarship 10541 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10542 10543 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10544 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10545</article><!-- #post-## --> 10546 10547 10548 10549<article id="post-64220" class="photo-text post-64220 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10550 10551 <div class="entry-content"> 10552 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/VRG-Santa-Monica-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10553 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 10554 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10555 <p>His short story <a href="https://www.brinkliterary.com/copy-of-no-4-certainty">‘Swayamvara’</a> has been published in <em>Brink</em> literary magazine (Issue 5, Spring 2023).</p> 10556<div></div> 10557 </div> 10558 <a href="https://twitter.com/weareji">https://twitter.com/weareji</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship. '22 10559 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10560 10561 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10562 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10563</article><!-- #post-## --> 10564 10565 10566 10567<article id="post-64204" class="photo-text post-64204 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10568 10569 <div class="entry-content"> 10570 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Call-
10570Me-When-Youre-Dead-Book-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10571 <h4 class="tight-heading">A.R. Taylor</h4> 10572 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10573 <p>Her latest novel, <a href="http://www.lonecamel.com"><em>Call Me When You’re Dead</em></a>, was published in September of 2022 by She Writes Press. An excerpt from her previous novel, <em>Jenna Takes The Fall</em>, appears alongside works by Joyce Carol Oates, Joseph Di Prisco, Katharine Ogden Michaels, and others in Volume 4 of the <em>Simpsonistas: Tales from the New Literary Project.</em></p> 10574<div></div> 10575 </div> 10576 10577 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10578 10579 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10580 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10581</article><!-- #post-## --> 10582 10583 10584 10585<article id="post-62905" class="photo-text post-62905 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10586 10587 <div class="entry-content"> 10588 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/download-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10589 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rita Chang-Eppig</h4> 10590 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10591 <p>Her debut, <em>Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea</em>, a historical novel with speculative elements based on the life of a legendary Chinese pirate queen, will be published by Bloomsbury in May, 2023. It has been named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by <em>Debutiful, The Chicago Review of Books, The Rumpus, Polygon, Tor, </em>and<em> The Washington Post</em>.</p> 10592<div></div> 10593 </div> 10594 <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/deep-as-the-sky-red-as-the-sea-rita-chang-eppig/18777976?ean=9781639730377">https://bookshop.org/p/books/deep-as-the-sky-red-as-the-sea-rita-chang-eppig/18777976?ean=9781639730377</a> 10595 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10596 10597 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10598 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10599</article><!-- #post-## --> 10600 10601 10602 10603<article id="post-63499" class="photo-text post-63499 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10604 10605 <div class="entry-content"> 10606 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thumbnail_Saje-Future-will-Call-SMALL-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thumbnail_Saje-Future-will-Call-SMALL-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thumbnail_Saje-Future-will-Call-SMALL.jpeg 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 10607 <h4 class="tight-heading">Natasha Saje</h4> 10608 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10609 <p>Natasha Saje’s book of poems, <em>The Future Will Call You Something Else</em>, will be published by Tupelo Press in May 2023.</p> 10610<div></div> 10611 </div> 10612 <a href="http://www.natashasaje.com">http://www.natashasaje.com</a> 10613 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10614 10615 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10616 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10617</article><!-- #post-## --> 10618 10619 10620 10621<article id="post-64194" class="photo-text post-64194 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10622 10623 <div class="entry-content"> 10624 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-29-at-8.33.48-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10625 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Kaufman</h4> 10626 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: '01 and '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10627 <p>His <a href="https://andrewkaufman.wordpress.com/">fourth full-length book of poems</a>, <em>The Rwanda Poems: Voices and Visions from the Genocide</em>, was published in March 2023 by New York Quarterly Books. It is based on months of interviews he conducted with genocide survivors and perpetrators in Rwanda and with sex slavery survivors in Eastern Congo. Poems from from the book have appeared or are due to appear in <em>50 years of Poems from the Community of Writers</em>, <em>Bitter Oleander, Christianity and Literature, Great River Review, New York Quarterly, Poetrybay, Skidrow Penthouse, Tar River Poetry Review, Terminus,</em> and <em>Today’s American Catholic</em>. He wrote the first drafts of 7 of these poems while taking part in the 2008 workshops.</p> 10628<div></div> 10629 </div> 10630 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship 10631 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10632 10633 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10634 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10635</article><!-- #post-## --> 10636 10637 10638 10639<article id="post-63798" class="photo-text post-63798 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10640 10641 <div class="entry-content"> 10642 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Tea-in-the-Nuns-Library-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10643 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 10644 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: '07, '10, '14, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10645 <p>She has published a new chapbook (pamphlet in the U.K.), <em>Tea in the Nunsâ Library</em>, (Eyewear Publishing Ltd). This collection of meditative, lyric poems is always on the move: from the quiet politeness of a garden lunch in England and a puppet performance of Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon, to Folsom Prison, the ancient Rocky Mountains, and a coyote with a platinum tinged coat rummaging through supermarket bins in winter.</p> 10646<div></div> 10647 </div> 10648 <a href="https://blackspringpressgroup.com/">https://blackspringpressgroup.com/</a> 10649 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10650 10651 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10652 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10653</article><!-- #post-## --> 10654 10655 10656 10657<article id="post-63752" class="photo-text post-63752 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10658 10659 <div class="entry-content"> 10660 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_6267-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10661 <h4 class="tight-heading">Melinda Palacio</h4> 10662 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10663 <p>She will be Santa Barbara’s 10th Poet Laureate, 2023-2025. <a href="http://www.melindapalacio.com">Her poetry books</a> include <em>Folsom Lockdown, How Fire Is a Story, Waiting</em> (TÃa Chucha Press 2012) and <em>Bird Forgiveness</em> (3: a Taos Press).</p> 10664<div></div> 10665 </div> 10666 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship 10667 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10668 10669 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10670 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10671</article><!-- #post-## --> 10672 10673 10674 10675<article id="post-63749" class="photo-text post-63749 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10676 10677 <div class="entry-content"> 10678 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ElbertInTheAir_Cvr_lores-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10679 <h4 class="tight-heading">Monica Wesolowska</h4> 10680 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant: '95; Art of the Wild Participant: '96; Published alum reader: '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10681 <p>She published <a href="http://www.monicawesolowska.com">her second children’s picture book</a>, <em>Elbert in the Air</em> (Dial Books, 2023, illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey.)</p> 10682<div></div> 10683 </div> 10684 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship 10685 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10686 10687 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10688 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10689</article><!-- #post-## --> 10690 10691 10692 10693<article id="post-63743" class="photo-text post-63743 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10694 10695 <div class="entry-content"> 10696 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Seaborn_029_72dpi_ROlsonPhoto-copy-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10697 <h4 class="tight-heading">Heidi Seaborn</h4> 10698 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10699 <p>She won the Jeffrey E. Smith Poetry Prize from <em>The Missouri Review</em> for a portfolio of poems. <a href="http://heidiseabornpoet.com">Her work</a> will be published in the Spring issue of <em>The Missouri Review</em> and she receives a $5000 award.</p> 10700<div></div> 10701 </div> 10702 10703 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10704 10705 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10706 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10707</article><!-- #post-## --> 10708 10709 10710 10711<article id="post-63740" class="photo-text post-63740 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10712 10713 <div class="entry-content"> 10714 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_5038-3-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10715 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michelle Bracken</h4> 10716 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant: '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10717 <p>Michelle Bracken’
10717s short story, <a href="https://acrossthemargin.com/the-crush/">“The Crush,”</a> was published in Across the Margin.</p> 10718<div></div> 10719 </div> 10720 10721 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10722 10723 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10724 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10725</article><!-- #post-## --> 10726 10727 10728 10729<article id="post-63737" class="photo-text post-63737 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10730 10731 <div class="entry-content"> 10732 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UGI_frontcover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10733 <h4 class="tight-heading">James Davis May</h4> 10734 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant: '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10735 <p>His <a href="http://jamesdavismay.com">second poetry collection</a>, <em>Unusually Grand Ideas</em>, was published by LSU Press in February.</p> 10736<div></div> 10737 </div> 10738 10739 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10740 10741 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10742 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10743</article><!-- #post-## --> 10744 10745 10746 10747<article id="post-63731" class="photo-text post-63731 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10748 10749 <div class="entry-content"> 10750 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/211A472E-13B8-4D1F-B563-077E9BE9C426-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10751 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chuck Joy</h4> 10752 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writing the Medical Experience Participant</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10753 <p>His new collection of new poems called <a href="http://www.chuckjoy.com"><em>Vinyl</em></a>, was published by What Why Aesthetics (Erie PA).</p> 10754<div></div> 10755 </div> 10756 10757 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10758 10759 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10760 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10761</article><!-- #post-## --> 10762 10763 10764 10765<article id="post-63746" class="photo-text post-63746 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2024-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10766 10767 <div class="entry-content"> 10768 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Parul-Kapur-Hinzen-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10769 <h4 class="tight-heading">Parul Kapur Hinzen</h4> 10770 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant: '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10771 <p>Her debut novel, <em>Inside the Mirror</em>, won the <a href="https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_previous_winners/2022">2022 AWP Prize</a> for the Novel, judged by Brandon Hobson, and will be published by the University of Nebraska Press in Spring 2024. The story maps the estrangement of twin sisters in 1950s Bombay, India, as they struggle to find their voice as artists and independent young women in the devastating aftermath of colonial rule.</p> 10772<div></div> 10773 </div> 10774 10775 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10776 10777 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10778 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10779</article><!-- #post-## --> 10780 10781 10782 10783<article id="post-63725" class="photo-text post-63725 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10784 10785 <div class="entry-content"> 10786 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lukas_Large-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10787 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Lukas</h4> 10788 <div class="tight-content"> 10789 <p>For over 20 years, David Lukas led morning nature walks for the Community of Writers and loved sharing his amazing nature stories with writers. David has now started a weekly nature newsletter as a way to continue sharing these stories, and he also gives short weekly nature talks on a wide variety of topics,</p> 10790<div></div> 10791 </div> 10792 <a href="http://www.lukasguides.com">http://www.lukasguides.com</a> 10793 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10794 10795 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10796 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10797</article><!-- #post-## --> 10798 10799 10800 10801<article id="post-63727" class="photo-text post-63727 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 10802 10803 <div class="entry-content"> 10804 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-17-at-12.40.35-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10805 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kazim Ali</h4> 10806 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant: '98; Poetry Staff: '10, '12, '16, '18, '21, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10807 <p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/sukun-new-and-selected-poems-kazim-ali/19644670?ean=9780819500700"><em>Sukun: New and Selected Poems</em></a>, by Kazim Ali, will be published by Wesleyan University Press in September 2023.</p> 10808<div></div> 10809 </div> 10810 10811 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10812 10813 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10814 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10815</article><!-- #post-## --> 10816 10817 10818 10819<article id="post-63721" class="photo-text post-63721 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10820 10821 <div class="entry-content"> 10822 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hula_Cover_10-8-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10823 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jasmin Iolani Hakes</h4> 10824 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Alumni: '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10825 <p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rheky5ryef7yb4b/AAAEnRvwXpMTJcONxAeEyh8Fa?dl=0&amp;preview=Hakes+Press+Kit.pdf"><em>Hula</em></a>
10825, the debut novel by Jasmin Ê»Iolani Hakes about a family navigating Hawaiian colonization alongside a burgeoning sovereignty movement, is set to release on May 2, 2023 with HarperVia.</p> 10826<div></div> 10827 </div> 10828 <br>Attended with the help of the Lojo Foundation Scholarship 10829 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10830 10831 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10832 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10833</article><!-- #post-## --> 10834 10835 10836 10837<article id="post-63691" class="photo-text post-63691 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10838 10839 <div class="entry-content"> 10840 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dan-chung-9fR3QMf1kAg-unsplash-scaled-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10841 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joe Bardin</h4> 10842 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant: '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10843 <p>Joe Bardin’s essay, <a href="https://mrbullbull.com/newbull/essay/waiting-for-it/">“Waiting for It,”</a> was published in <em>Bull Journal</em>.</p> 10844<div></div> 10845 </div> 10846 <br>Attended with the help of a scholarship 10847 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10848 10849 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10850 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10851</article><!-- #post-## --> 10852 10853 10854 10855<article id="post-63667" class="photo-text post-63667 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10856 10857 <div class="entry-content"> 10858 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AWARD-PROMO-SHOT_2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10859 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gail Reitano</h4> 10860 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant: '97, '98, '99, '02, '03, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10861 <p>Her debut novel <em>Italian Love Cake</em> (Bordighera Press, 2021) is named 2023 Distinguished Favorite in General Fiction by the Independent Press Award. <em>Italian Love Cake</em> is available in two French editions, under the title <em>Liberata</em>, Ãditions Anne Carrière (2022), and Pocket (2023),</p> 10862<div></div> 10863 </div> 10864 <a href="http://gailreitano.com">http://gailreitano.com</a> 10865 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10866 10867 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10868 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10869</article><!-- #post-## --> 10870 10871 10872 10873<article id="post-63687" class="photo-text post-63687 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 10874 10875 <div class="entry-content"> 10876 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/41hvQawWqgL._SY291_BO1204203200_QL40_FMwebp_-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10877 <h4 class="tight-heading">Judy Rowe Michaels</h4> 10878 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '03, '92, '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10879 <p>Her <a href="http://https://www.cherry-grove.com/michaels_mountain_poems.html">fourth poetry collection</a> <em>This Morning the Mountain</em> was published in March ’23 by Cherry Grove Collections and is available from Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com.</p> 10880<div></div> 10881 </div> 10882 10883 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10884 10885 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10886 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10887</article><!-- #post-## --> 10888 10889 10890 10891<article id="post-63641" class="photo-text post-63641 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10892 10893 <div class="entry-content"> 10894 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WhatsApp-Image-2020-10-08-at-2.00.45-PM-5-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10895 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 10896 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14,'22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10897 <p>His multimedia essay “The Harmonium Across Continents and Centuries,” has been published in <em>Serenade</em> magazine. It chronicles the odyssey of a musical instrument, the harmonium, across its 230+ years of existence from Europe to Asia, Africa and the Americas. Embedded music videos provide examples of harmonium music.</p> 10898<div></div> 10899 </div> 10900 <a href="https://india.serenademagazine.com/music-education/the-birth-death-and-reincarnation-of-the-harmonium/">https://india.serenademagazine.com/music-education/the-birth-death-and-reincarnation-of-the-harmonium/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship '22 10901 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10902 10903 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10904 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10905</article><!-- #post-## --> 10906 10907 10908 10909<article id="post-63624" class="photo-text post-63624 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 10910 10911 <div class="entry-content"> 10912 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-16-at-9.12.20-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10913 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 10914 <span style="font-size:80%;">1993</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10915 <p>His short story, “Three Acts in Three Plays (Plus One)” appears in the print edition of the spring issue of <em>Juked</em>.</p> 10916<div></div> 10917 </div> 10918 <a href="http://www.juked.com/print/18/">http://www.juked.com/print/18/</a> 10919 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10920 10921 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10922 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10923</article><!-- #post-## --> 10924 10925 10926 10927<article id="post-63479" class="photo-text post-63479 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 10928 10929 <div class="entry-content"> 10930 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Alexander-the-Great-Dreams-Imagination-c-Elizabeth-Filippouli-2023_05-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10931 <h4 class="tight-heading">Elizabeth Filippouli</h4> 10932 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '07, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10933 <p>Elizabeth Filippouli adapted and produced a play inspired by Alexander the Great that invites audiences to rethink the idea of greatness and re-imagine the personality of the statesman through the eyes of his tutor, the philosopher Aristotle. In this contemporary adaptation the old is intertwined with modern references, making Alexanderâs life relevant to todayâs context. The hybrid staged reading brought together a modern epic poem by Greek playwright Stamatis A. Filippoulis, art by leading British artist Paul Benney and music by Greek composer Stamatis Spanoudakis that lifted words and visual poetry. Over 500 theatre lovers attended in the British Library in London in February 2023.</p> 10934<div></div> 10935 </div> 10936 <a href="http://www.alexanderthegreat.live">http://www.alexanderthegreat.live</a> 10937 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10938 10939 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10940 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10941</article><!-- #post-## --> 10942 10943 10944 10945<article id="post-63272" class="photo-text post-63272 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10946 10947 <div class="entry-content"> 10948 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/VRG-pic-MMy3-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10949 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 10950 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, ,22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10951 <p>Vishwas Gaitonde’s short story ‘Carabas’ appears in ‘The Journal’ (Issue 46.2, Spring 2023).</p> 10952<div></div> 10953 </div> 10954 <a href="http://thejournalmag.org/archives/21716">http://thejournalmag.org/archives/21716</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship, '22 10955 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10956 10957 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10958 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10959</article><!-- #post-## --> 10960 10961 10962 10963<article id="post-62807" class="photo-text post-62807 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 10964 10965 <div class="entry-content"> 10966 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Quick_Bright_Things_frontcover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10967 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michael Golding</h4> 10968 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshops Participant, '90, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10969 <p>Michael Golding’s fourth novel <em>Quick Bright Things</em> — about the Golden Age of Broadway — will be published in April 2023 by Butterfish Press.</p> 10970<div></div> 10971 </div> 10972 <a href="http://michaelgoldingwriter.com">http://michaelgoldingwriter.com</a> 10973 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10974 10975 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10976 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10977</article><!-- #post-## --> 10978 10979 10980 10981<article id="post-62570" class="photo-text post-62570 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 10982 10983 <div class="entry-content"> 10984 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/B8EDBA86-2BBD-47F9-B68F-D34327D64B3A-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 10985 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yiskah Rosenfeld</h4> 10986 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '01, '03, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 10987 <p>She was runner up for the 2022 Arthur Smith Poetry Prize. Her collection, <em>Tasting Flight</em>, will be published by Madville Books in 2024. <em>
10987Naked Beside Fish</em>, a chapbook of ekphrastic poems, is also forthcoming (Finishing Line Press, 2023).</p> 10988<div></div> 10989 </div> 10990 <a href="https://madvillepublishing.com/linda-ravenswood-wins-2022-arthur-smith-poetry-prize/">https://madvillepublishing.com/linda-ravenswood-wins-2022-arthur-smith-poetry-prize/</a> 10991 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 10992 10993 <footer class="entry-footer"> 10994 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 10995</article><!-- #post-## --> 10996 10997 10998 10999<article id="post-62718" class="photo-text post-62718 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 11000 11001 <div class="entry-content"> 11002 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MG_0191_edit_BW_8x10_WEB_v2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11003 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tara Dorabji</h4> 11004 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11005 <p>Her debut novel, <em>Fire</em>, is the grand prize winner for The Simon & Schuster Books Like Us Award.</p> 11006<div></div> 11007 </div> 11008 <a href="http://https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/simon-and-schuster-books-like-us">http://https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/simon-and-schuster-books-like-us</a> 11009 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11010 11011 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11012 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11013</article><!-- #post-## --> 11014 11015 11016 11017<article id="post-62535" class="photo-text post-62535 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 11018 11019 <div class="entry-content"> 11020 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-14-at-10.21.56-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11021 <h4 class="tight-heading">Carrie Nassif</h4> 11022 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11023 <p>Her chapbook, <em>lithopaedion</em> will be released from Finishing Line Press in March 10, 2023. A Greek term translated, literally, to âstone babyâ, a lithopaedion is a very rare phenomenon that occurs when, in a failed ectopic or abdominal pregnancy, the fetus cannot be reabsorbed by the motherâs body. Instead, it becomes calcified in order to prevent infection, sepsis, and even death in the mother. Nassif could think of no better metaphor for the sacrifices a parentified child often makes to protect the well-being of its parents, one of the motherhood related themes of this collection.</p> 11024<div></div> 11025 </div> 11026 <a href="http://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/lithopaedion-by-carrie-nassif/">http://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/lithopaedion-by-carrie-nassif/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Janice Bevilacqua Scholarship 11027 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11028 11029 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11030 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11031</article><!-- #post-## --> 11032 11033 11034 11035<article id="post-62372" class="photo-text post-62372 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 11036 11037 <div class="entry-content"> 11038 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bones_cummings-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11039 <h4 class="tight-heading">J. David Cummings</h4> 11040 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88, '89, '92, '02, '11, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11041 <p>His new book <em>Handling the Bones</em> will be one of three featured in an online reading hosted by Broadstone Books on February 18, 2023, at 1 PM Pacific. Larry Moore, Broadstone publisher and editor, is a terrific reading host and you may enjoy his introductions to the books as much as the poems. Register <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodu2qrT4uGdVa_wDYfUv6T6DE8L3OB7od">here</a>.</p> 11042<div></div> 11043 </div> 11044 <a href="https://www.broadstonebooks.com/new">https://www.broadstonebooks.com/new</a> 11045 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11046 11047 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11048 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11049</article><!-- #post-## --> 11050 11051 11052 11053<article id="post-62331" class="photo-text post-62331 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 11054 11055 <div class="entry-content"> 11056 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tango-Feet-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11057 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 11058 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '71, 72; Teaching Staff '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11059 <p>His seventh novel, <em>The Last of Nico Sombra</em>, was published on February 14, 2023 online in a serialized edition on Substack. Placed in Buenos Aires, it tells of the complicated, perhaps disastrous, love between the crime lord, Nico Sombra, and a daughter of the Argentine aristocracy, Natalia Faustino.</p> 11060<p>You can find more about the book <a href="https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/a-new-novelthe-last-of-nico-sombra">here</a>.</p> 11061<div></div> 11062 </div> 11063 <a href="https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/a-new-novelthe-last-of-nico-sombra.">https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/a-new-novelthe-last-of-nico-sombra.</a> 11064 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11065 11066 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11067 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11068</article><!-- #post-## --> 11069 11070 11071 11072<article id="post-62307" class="photo-text post-62307 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11073 11074 <div class="entry-content"> 11075 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Arletis-Abuelo-and-the-Message-in-a-Bottle-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11076 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lea Aschkenas</h4> 11077 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '02; Art of the Wild Participant, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11078 <p>Her debut children’s book, <em>Arletis, Abuelo, and the Message in a Bottle</em>, will be published simultaneously in English and in Spanish by Star Bright Books in April, 2023. The Spanish edition was a Junior Library Guild selection.</p> 11079<div></div> 11080 </div> 11081 <a href="http://www.leaaschkenas.com">http://www.leaaschkenas.com</a> 11082 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11083 11084 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11085 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11086</article><!-- #post-## --> 11087 11088 11089 11090<article id="post-62325" class="photo-text post-62325 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 11091 11092 <div class="entry-content"> 11093 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/g-DSCF9611-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11094 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ãngel GarcÃa</h4> 11095 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11096 11097<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His poem “<a href="https://poets.org/poem/vestiges-0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vestiges</a>” was recently featured on the Academy of American Poets’ website as part of their Poem-a-Day series.</p> 11098<div></div> </div> 11099 11100 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11101 11102 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11103 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11104</article><!-- #post-## --> 11105 11106 11107 11108<article id="post-62282" class="photo-text post-62282 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 11109 11110 <div class="entry-content"> 11111 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_6879-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11112 <h4 class="tight-heading">Loisa Fenichell</h4> 11113 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11114 <p>Her debut collection, originally titled <em>Wandering in All Directions of this Earth</em>, but being changed to <em>A Novel About Feelings Already Known</em>, is forthcoming from Ghost Peach Press, having been selected by Eduardo C. Corral as the Ghost Peach Press prize winner.</p> 11115<div></div> 11116 </div> 11117 <a href="http://https://birdcoatquarterly.com/press/">http://https://birdcoatquarterly.com/press/</a> 11118 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11119 11120 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11121 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11122</article><!-- #post-## --> 11123 11124 11125 11126<article id="post-62286" class="photo-text post-62286 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11127 11128 <div class="entry-content"> 11129 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/fng-bookcase-sq-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11130 <h4 class="tight-heading">Freeman Ng</h4> 11131 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11132 <p><em>Bridge Across the Sky</em>, his Young Adult novel-in-verse based on the Chinese immigration experience through Angel Island in the early 1900’s, was acquired by Simon & Schuster for publication in Fall of 2024.</p> 11133<div></div> 11134 </div> 11135 <a href="http://www.AuthorFreeman.com">http://www.AuthorFreeman.com</a> 11136 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11137 11138 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11139 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11140</article><!-- #post-## --> 11141 11142 11143 11144<article id="post-62289" class="photo-text post-62289 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 11145 11146 <div class="entry-content"> 11147 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GeneralRelease-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11148 <h4 class="tight-heading">Donna Spruijt-Metz</h4> 11149 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11150 <p>Her debut poetry collection, <em>General Release from the Beginning of the World</em>, was released on January 1, 2023. Her book was chosen for publication by Brenda Hillman and published by Free Verse Editions, Palette Press.</p> 11151<div></div> 11152 </div> 11153 <a href="https://www.donnasmetz.com/poetry-reviews">https://www.donnasmetz.com/poetry-reviews</a> 11154 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11155 11156 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11157 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11158</article><!-- #post-## --> 11159 11160 11161 11162<article id="post-62292" class="photo-text post-62292 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 11163 11164 <div class="entry-content"> 11165 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cover1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11166 <h4 class="tight-heading">Beverly Burch</h4> 11167 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, â03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11168 <p>Her fourth poetry book, <em>Leave Me a Little Want</em>, was published by Terrapin Books<em>.</em> Her third, <em>Latter</em> <em>Days</em> <em>of</em> <em>Eve</em>, won the John Ciardi Prize.</p> 11169<div></div> 11170 </div> 11171 <a href="http://www.beverlyburch.com">http://www.beverlyburch.com</a> 11172 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11173 11174 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11175 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11176</article><!-- #post-## --> 11177 11178 11179 11180<article id="post-61727" class="photo-text post-61727 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news"> 11181 11182 <div class="entry-content"> 11183 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-3.06.00-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11184 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peter Scott</h4> 11185 <span style="font-size:80%;">Special Guest of Reading Milosz: A Short Course</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11186 <p>His new book, <em>Ecstatic Pessimist: Czeslaw Milosz, Poet of Catastrophe and Hope, </em>focuses on Czeslaw Milosz, Nobel Laureate for literature. This biography of CzesÅaw MiÅosz is a first hand account of the poetâs life and his relationship to the author, beginning in the 1960s. Milosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Aca
11186demy called MiÅosz a writer who “voices man’s exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts”.</p> 11187<div></div> 11188 </div> 11189 <a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538172438/Ecstatic-Pessimist-Czeslaw-Milosz-Poet-of-Catastrophe-and-Hope">https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538172438/Ecstatic-Pessimist-Czeslaw-Milosz-Poet-of-Catastrophe-and-Hope</a> 11190 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11191 11192 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11193 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11194</article><!-- #post-## --> 11195 11196 11197 11198<article id="post-61647" class="photo-text post-61647 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 11199 11200 <div class="entry-content"> 11201 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Espinoza_Alex_Portrait_BW-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11202 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alex Espinoza</h4> 11203 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '04-'06; Staff; Board Vice-Chair</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11204 <p>His new novel, <em>The Sons of El Rey</em>, just sold to Simon and Schuster.</p> 11205<div></div> 11206 </div> 11207 11208 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11209 11210 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11211 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11212</article><!-- #post-## --> 11213 11214 11215 11216<article id="post-60575" class="photo-text post-60575 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11217 11218 <div class="entry-content"> 11219 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Rosenthal-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11220 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mira Rosenthal</h4> 11221 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11222 <p>Her new poetry collection, <em>Territorial</em>, was selected by Terrance Hayes and published in the Pitt Poetry Series in November, 2022.</p> 11223<div></div> 11224 </div> 11225 <a href="http://upittpress.org/books/9780822966968/">http://upittpress.org/books/9780822966968/</a> 11226 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11227 11228 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11229 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11230</article><!-- #post-## --> 11231 11232 11233 11234<article id="post-60581" class="photo-text post-60581 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-ww-grid alumni-news-types-writers"> 11235 11236 <div class="entry-content"> 11237 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Richardson_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11238 <h4 class="tight-heading">James D. Richardson</h4> 11239 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11240 <p>The launch of his book <em>The Abolitionist’s Journal: The Memories of an American Antislavery Family</em> about his ancestors’ work on the Underground Railroad, was recently broadcast on C-SPAN; serving a Black Union regiment in the Civil War; and founding a college in Texas for the previously enslaved. Richardson was interviewed at the Beers Books in Sacramento by Ginger Rutland, another alum of the Community of Writers.</p> 11241<div></div> 11242 </div> 11243 <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?523452-1/the-abolitionists-journal&fbclid=IwAR1mW_9AZKiWAsmk50RxnmZF-e4IY7v_X4Bcp_so_axG0QUgY9T6TkKAOL0">https://www.c-span.org/video/?523452-1/the-abolitionists-journal&fbclid=IwAR1mW_9AZKiWAsmk50RxnmZF-e4IY7v_X4Bcp_so_axG0QUgY9T6TkKAOL0</a> 11244 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11245 11246 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11247 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11248</article><!-- #post-## --> 11249 11250 11251 11252<article id="post-60789" class="photo-text post-60789 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-poets"> 11253 11254 <div class="entry-content"> 11255 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/HC-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11256 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joann Gardner</h4> 11257 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '91,'96</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11258 <p>Her new book of poems, <em>Heart’s Core</em>, is now available from Finishing Line Press.</p> 11259<div></div> 11260 </div> 11261 <a href="http://www.finishinglinepress.com">http://www.finishinglinepress.com</a> 11262 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11263 11264 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11265 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11266</article><!-- #post-## --> 11267 11268 11269 11270<article id="post-60879" class="photo-text post-60879 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11271 11272 <div class="entry-content"> 11273 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Jeff-Adams-Author-Photo-9-600v-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11274 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 11275 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11276 <p>His short story “At the End of the Day” appears in <em>Adelaide Literary Magazine</em>.</p> 11277<div></div> 11278 </div> 11279 <a href="https://adelaidemagazine.org/2022/12/20/at-the-end-of-the-day-by-jeff-adams/">https://adelaidemagazine.org/2022/12/20/at-the-end-of-the-day-by-jeff-adams/</a> 11280 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11281 11282 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11283 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11284</article><!-- #post-## --> 11285 11286 11287 11288<article id="post-61383" class="photo-text post-61383 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11289 11290 <div class="entry-content"> 11291 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-10-at-5.36.55-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11292 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 11293 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11294 <p>Her short story “Fatherhood” is featured on <em>The Razor</em>, a publication from the Gotham Writers Workshop. Accompanying her story is a professional recording from voice actor Alex Shafer.</p> 11295<div></div> 11296 </div> 11297 <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 11298 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11299 11300 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11301 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11302</article><!-- #post-## --> 11303 11304 11305 11306<article id="post-61434" class="photo-text post-61434 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11307 11308 <div class="entry-content"> 11309 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VG-Miramar-CoW-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11310 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 11311 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11312 <p>His multimedia essay “Bringing in the Sheaves: The Samuels of Chennai,” about a trio of brothers who sing southern gospel in southern India, was published in <em>Serenade</em> magazine, January 2023.</p> 11313<div></div> 11314 </div> 11315 <a href="https://serenademagazine.com/bringing-in-the-sheaves-the-samuels-of-chennai/">https://serenademagazine.com/bringing-in-the-sheaves-the-samuels-of-chennai/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship '22 11316 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11317 11318 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11319 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11320</article><!-- #post-## --> 11321 11322 11323 11324<article id="post-60649" class="photo-text post-60649 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-writers"> 11325 11326 <div class="entry-content"> 11327 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-3.11.53-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11328 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mike Karpa</h4> 11329 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '92, '94</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11330 <p>His thriller/suspense novel <em>Criminals</em>, set in Tokyo, received a starred review and was named one of <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>‘ “Best Books of 2022,” Indie edition. It was first workshopped at the Community with Ann Close. His new comic novel about a New York family, <em>The Wealthy Whites of Williamsburg</em> (Mumblers Press, 2022), was published Dec 20, 2022.</p> 11331<div></div> 11332 </div> 11333 <a href="http://mumblerspress.com">http://mumblerspress.com</a> 11334 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11335 11336 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11337 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11338</article><!-- #post-## --> 11339 11340 11341 11342<article id="post-60572" class="photo-text post-60572 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11343 11344 <div class="entry-content"> 11345 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-11-19-at-4.48.30-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11346 <h4 class="tight-heading">J. David Cummings</h4> 11347 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88, '89, '92, '02, '11, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11348 11349<p class="wp-block-paragraph">
11349J. David Cummings has a new collection of poems, <em>Handling the Bones</em>, published in December, 2022 from Broadstone Books.</p> 11350<div></div> </div> 11351 <a href="https://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/handling-the-bones-poetry-by-david-cummings">https://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/handling-the-bones-poetry-by-david-cummings</a> 11352 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11353 11354 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11355 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11356</article><!-- #post-## --> 11357 11358 11359 11360<article id="post-60549" class="photo-text post-60549 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-q1-poets-grid alumni-news-types-screenwriters alumni-news-types-writers"> 11361 11362 <div class="entry-content"> 11363 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EBF5426F-1B25-4356-AB36-921E9C4D97CB-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11364 <h4 class="tight-heading">Christopher Upham</h4> 11365 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Teaching Staff Screenwriting</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11366 <p>Christopher Uphamâs first novel, <em>Daktoum</em> has been published by Cereus Press and is available in all major outlets. Based on Uphamâs experience as a medic in Vietnam, Daktoum explores the effects of trauma on masculinity when diverse young Americans are abandoned by their own government on a remote jungle fire base.</p> 11367<div></div> 11368 </div> 11369 <a href="http://christopherupham.com">http://christopherupham.com</a> 11370 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11371 11372 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11373 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11374</article><!-- #post-## --> 11375 11376 11377 11378<article id="post-60534" class="photo-text post-60534 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2023-qtr-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11379 11380 <div class="entry-content"> 11381 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11382 <h4 class="tight-heading">Clare Frank</h4> 11383 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11384 <p>Clare Frank’s <em>Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire</em> is due out from Abrams Press in May, 2023.</p> 11385<div></div> 11386 </div> 11387 <a href="https://www.therealclarefrank.com/">https://www.therealclarefrank.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of The Alexander Cushing Locals Scholarship 11388 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11389 11390 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11391 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11392</article><!-- #post-## --> 11393 11394 11395 11396<article id="post-60420" class="photo-text post-60420 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2023-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11397 11398 <div class="entry-content"> 11399 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-600x842.jpg 600w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-428x600.jpg 428w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-570x800.jpg 570w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-768x1077.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-1095x1536.jpg 1095w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front-1460x2048.jpg 1460w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Analog-Poet-Blues-Cover-Front.jpg 1499w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
11399w, 150px" /> 11400 <h4 class="tight-heading">Yeva Johnson</h4> 11401 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11402 <p>Yeva Johnson’s debut chapbook, <em>Analog Poet Blues,</em> will be published by Nomadic Press in February 2023.</p> 11403<div></div> 11404 </div> 11405 <a href="https://bit.ly/YJohnson">https://bit.ly/YJohnson</a> 11406 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11407 11408 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11409 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11410</article><!-- #post-## --> 11411 11412 11413 11414<article id="post-59894" class="photo-text post-59894 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11415 11416 <div class="entry-content"> 11417 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2023-01-10-at-2.52.27-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11418 <h4 class="tight-heading">George Berger</h4> 11419 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, 2004,2005,2014</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11420 <p>G. J. Berger’s third novel, a legal thriller titled, <em>Chasing Justice </em>was published in November, 2023. âWith <span class="a-text-italic">Chasing Justice</span>, accomplished historical novelist G.J. Berger makes an impressive debut in the conspiracy thriller genre. In a league with the best of Grisham and Baldacci.â -Dan Pollock, author of <em><span class="a-text-italic">Lair of the Fox</span> </em>and<em> <span class="a-text-italic">Duel of Assassins</span></em></p> 11421<div></div> 11422 </div> 11423 <a href="http://www.gjberger.com">http://www.gjberger.com</a> 11424 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11425 11426 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11427 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11428</article><!-- #post-## --> 11429 11430 11431 11432<article id="post-59804" class="photo-text post-59804 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 11433 11434 <div class="entry-content"> 11435 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sensational-Nightingales-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11436 <h4 class="tight-heading">Walter Pavlich</h4> 11437 <span style="font-size:80%;">Art of the Wild Teaching Staff, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11438 <p>Sensational Nightingales, the Poems of Walter Pavlich, was edited by David Axelrod, Scott Edward Anderson, and Sandra McPherson (Lynx House Press, 2017). He was loved as a teacher at Art of the Wild. He died unexpectedly in 2002 at age 46.</p> 11439<div></div> 11440 </div> 11441 11442 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11443 11444 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11445 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11446</article><!-- #post-## --> 11447 11448 11449 11450<article id="post-60821" class="photo-text post-60821 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 11451 11452 <div class="entry-content"> 11453 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-12-27-at-11.35.07-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11454 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Fisher-Wirth</h4> 11455 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '92,'00,'09,'13,'20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11456 <p>Ann Fisher-Wirth’s seventh book of poems, <em>Paradise Is Jagged</em>, will be published February 1, 2023 by Terrapin Books. It’s available for <a href="https://www.terrapinbooks.com/store/p54/paradise.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preorder now</a>! It’s also also available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshelf. Ann has also received the 2023 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Poetry and Literature from the Mississippi Arts Commission.</p> 11457<div></div> 11458 </div> 11459 <a href="http://annfisherwirth.com">http://annfisherwirth.com</a> 11460 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11461 11462 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11463 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11464</article><!-- #post-## --> 11465 11466 11467 11468<article id="post-59790" class="photo-text post-59790 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11469 11470 <div class="entry-content"> 11471 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/In-the-Time-of-Our-History_Pari_Comp-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11472 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susanne Pari</h4> 11473 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '89, '90, '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11474 <p>Her second novel, <em>In the Time of Our History</em>, about rebellious women in a large Iranian-American family, will be published on January 3rd, 2023. It is a Buzz Books selection and will appear on the January Indie Next list. Amy Tan says, “I fell in love with this jewel of a novel from the first page.’ Rabih Alameddine calls it “both unique and universal, a must-read tile in the new mosaic of American novels.â Publishers Weekly calls it âa luminous multigenerational taleâ¦that navigates the cultural differences between newer Americans and older immigrants and provides a frank look at fraught family dynamics.”</p> 11475<div></div> 11476 </div> 11477 <a href="http://susannepari.com">http://susannepari.com</a> 11478 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11479 11480 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11481 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11482</article><!-- #post-## --> 11483 11484 11485 11486<article id="post-59800" class="photo-text post-59800 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 11487 11488 <div class="entry-content"> 11489 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/5150
11489poems-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11490 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sandra McPherson</h4> 11491 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Teaching Staff '80/'Art of the Wild Teaching Staff 92, '93, '95, '96, '97, '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11492 <p>Two of her collections were published in 2022: <em>Speech Crush</em> (Gunpowder Press, Santa Barbara); and <em>The 5150 Poems</em> (Nine Mile Books, Lafayette, NY).</p> 11493<div></div> 11494 </div> 11495 11496 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11497 11498 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11499 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11500</article><!-- #post-## --> 11501 11502 11503 11504<article id="post-59808" class="photo-text post-59808 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11505 11506 <div class="entry-content"> 11507 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-600x840.jpg 600w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-429x600.jpg 429w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-571x800.jpg 571w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Skunk-front-cover-only.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 11508 <h4 class="tight-heading">Molly Fisk</h4> 11509 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '92, '95, '98, '04; Art of the Wild Participant </span> <div class="tight-content"> 11510 <p>Her fifth collection of radio commentary, <em>Everything But the Kitchen Skunk</em>, came out in November, 2022. She publishes this series herself; you can order it from your favorite independent book seller through Ingram.</p> 11511<div></div> 11512 </div> 11513 <a href="http://www.mollyfisk.com">http://www.mollyfisk.com</a> 11514 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11515 11516 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11517 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11518</article><!-- #post-## --> 11519 11520 11521 11522<article id="post-59691" class="photo-text post-59691 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11523 11524 <div class="entry-content"> 11525 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/97816667596001-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11526 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 11527 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant '97, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11528 <p>Her new full-length poetry collection, <em>By Light and Hidden Matter</em>, is now out and available online.</p> 11529<div></div> 11530 </div> 11531 <a href="https://lynneagoldsmith.com">https://lynneagoldsmith.com</a> 11532 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11533 11534 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11535 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11536</article><!-- #post-## --> 11537 11538 11539 11540<article id="post-59757" class="photo-text post-59757 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11541 11542 <div class="entry-content"> 11543 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/The-Way-Back-Front-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11544 <h4 class="tight-heading">Edward Gunawan</h4> 11545 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11546 <p>His first prose-poetry chapbook, <em>The Way Back</em>, was published by Foglifter in November, 2022.</p> 11547<div></div> 11548 </div> 11549 <a href="https://foglifterjournal.com/2022/10/11/the-way-back-a-hybrid-chapbook-by-edward-gunawan/">https://foglifterjournal.com/2022/10/11/the-way-back-a-hybrid-chapbook-by-edward-gunawan/</a> 11550 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11551 11552 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11553 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11554</article><!-- #post-## --> 11555 11556 11557 11558<article id="post-59616" class="photo-text post-59616 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 11559 11560 <div class="entry-content"> 11561 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MyNemesisHC-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11562 <h4 class="tight-heading">Charmaine Craig</h4> 11563 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff '18; Writers Workshop Participant '97, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11564 <p>Her novel <em>My Nemesis</em> will be published by Grove Press in February, 2023. Her previous novel, <em>Miss Burma</em>, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.</p> 11565<div></div> 11566 </div> 11567 <a href="http://charmainecraig.com">http://charmainecraig.com</a> 11568 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11569 11570 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11571 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11572</article><!-- #post-## --> 11573 11574 11575 11576<article id="post-59599" class="photo-text post-59599 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11577 11578 <div class="entry-content"> 11579 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Fujimura_SAM_cover_book-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11580 <h4 class="tight-heading">Steve Fujimura</h4> 11581 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, '99, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11582 <p>His debut poetry book, <em>Sad Asian Music</em>, was published by Finishing Line Press in October 2022.</p> 11583<div></div> 11584 </div> 11585 <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sad-asian-music-by-steve-fujimura/">https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sad-asian-music-by-steve-fujimura/</a> 11586 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11587 11588 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11589 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11590</article><!-- #post-## --> 11591 11592 11593 11594<article id="post-59535" class="photo-text post-59535 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11595 11596 <div class="entry-content"> 11597 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sonnets-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11598 <h4 class="tight-heading">Robert Thomas</h4> 11599 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88 </span> <div class="tight-content"> 11600 <p>His new book of poetry, <em>Sonnets with Two Torches and One Cliff</em>, will be published in February, 2023, by Carnegie Mellon University Press, and is available for preorder now. 80 nontraditional sonnets explore love and jealousyâthe traditional obsessions of sonnetsâfrom nontraditional angles.</p> 11601<div></div> 11602 </div> 11603 <a href="https://robertthomaspoems.com">https://robertthomaspoems.com</a> 11604 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11605 11606 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11607 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11608</article><!-- #post-## --> 11609 11610 11611 11612<article id="post-59521" class="photo-text post-59521 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11613 11614 <div class="entry-content"> 11615 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-31-at-6.52.45-PM-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11616 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 11617 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11618 <p>His short story ‘Mardy Gras’ has been published in <em>The MacGuffin</em>, Fall 2022 issue.</p> 11619<div></div> 11620 </div> 11621 <a href="https://twitter.com/weareji">https://twitter.com/weareji</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship '22 11622 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11623 11624 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11625 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11626</article><!-- #post-## --> 11627 11628 11629 11630<article id="post-59479" class="photo-text post-59479 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 11631 11632 <div class="entry-content"> 11633 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bestam_mysterysuspense-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11634 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alex Espinoza</h4> 11635 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '04, '05; Writers Workshop teaching staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11636 11637<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His short story, “Detainment,” was included in 2022’s <em>Best American Mystery and Suspense. </em></p> 11638<div></div> </div> 11639 11640 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11641 11642 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11643 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11644</article><!-- #post-## --> 11645 11646 11647 11648<article id="post-59473" class="photo-text post-59473 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 11649 11650 <div class="entry-content"> 11651 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/knot_gander-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11652 <h4 class="tight-heading">Forrest Gander</h4> 11653 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11654 11655<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His collection of poetry, <em>Knot</em>, a project in collaboration with photographer Jack Shear, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in November, 2022. </p> 11656<div></div> </div> 11657 11658 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11659 11660 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11661 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11662</article><!-- #post-## --> 11663 11664 11665 11666<article id="post-59429" class="photo-text post-59429 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11667 11668 <div class="entry-content"> 11669 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CKE-Front-Cover-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11670 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gretchen McCullough</h4> 11671 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '06, '08, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11672 <p>Her novel <em>Confessions of a Knight Errant</em> was recently published by Cune Press. The novel is a comedic, picaresque novel in the tradition of Don Quixote with a flamboyant cast of characters. Dr. Gary Watson is the picaro, a radical environmentalist and wannabe novelist who has been accused of masterminding a computer hack that wiped out the files of a major publishing company. His Sancho Panza is Kharalombos, a fat, gluttonous Greek dancing teacher, who is wanted by the secret police for cavorting with the daughter of the Big Man of Egypt. Self-preservation necessitates a hurried journey to the refuge of a girlsâ camp in rural Texas. Then a corpse turns up.</p> 11673<div></div> 11674 </div> 11675 <br>Attended with the help of Del Duca Scholarship 11676 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11677 11678 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11679 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11680</article><!-- #post-## --> 11681 11682 11683 11684<article id="post-59434" class="photo-text post-59434 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11685 11686 <div class="entry-content"> 11687 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aMisc-SD-094-Trim-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11688 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 11689 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11690 <p>His commentary “Wash or Wipe? – That is the Question!” has been published in the inaugural issue of Arasi literary magazine.</p> 11691<div></div> 11692 </div> 11693 <a href="https://arasimag.weebly.com/">https://arasimag.weebly.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship, '22 11694 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11695 11696 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11697 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11698</article><!-- #post-## --> 11699 11700 11701 11702<article id="post-59439" class="photo-text post-59439 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11703 11704 <div class="entry-content"> 11705 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CWAfinalists-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11706 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anara Guard</h4> 11707 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11708 <p>Her debut novel <em>Like a Complete Unknown</em>Â is a finalist for the Chicago Writers Association’s 2022 Book of the Year in indie fiction.</p> 11709<div></div> 11710 </div> 11711 11712 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11713 11714 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11715 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11716</article><!-- #post-## --> 11717 11718 11719 11720<article id="post-59443" class="photo-text post-59443 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2017-quarter-2-poetry-books alumni-news-types-2017-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11721 11722 <div class="entry-content"> 11723 <img width="143" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GR34.1PLAINCOVERFRONT-low.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11724 <h4 class="tight-heading">Corey Campbell</h4> 11725 <span style="font-size:80%;">
11725Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11726 <p>Her short story âEverybodyâs Goodâ appeared in <em>The Gettysburg Review</em>, volume 24, number 1.</p> 11727<div></div> 11728 </div> 11729 <br>Attended with the help of Isobel English Scholarship 11730 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11731 11732 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11733 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11734</article><!-- #post-## --> 11735 11736 11737 11738<article id="post-59461" class="photo-text post-59461 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11739 11740 <div class="entry-content"> 11741 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2N2A9329-Edit-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11742 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mason Boyles</h4> 11743 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, '20, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11744 <p>His debut novel <em>Bark On</em>
11744 is will be available through Driftwood Press in February, 2023.</p> 11745<div></div> 11746 </div> 11747 <br>Attended with the help of Robert Stone Memorial Scholarship 11748 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11749 11750 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11751 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11752</article><!-- #post-## --> 11753 11754 11755 11756<article id="post-59417" class="photo-text post-59417 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 11757 11758 <div class="entry-content"> 11759 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11760 <h4 class="tight-heading">Devi S. Laskar</h4> 11761 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '04, '08, '14, '21; Writers Workshops participant '04, '08; Writers Workshop teaching staff '20, '23</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11762 <p>Her second novel <em>Circa</em> was published by Mariner Books in May, 2022, and her third novel, <em>Midnight at the War</em>, will be published by Mariner Books in 2024. <em>Circa</em> was chosen by Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Book Club this summer.</p> 11763<div></div> 11764 </div> 11765 <a href="http://devislaskar.com">http://devislaskar.com</a> 11766 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11767 11768 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11769 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11770</article><!-- #post-## --> 11771 11772 11773 11774<article id="post-59383" class="photo-text post-59383 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11775 11776 <div class="entry-content"> 11777 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-600x841.jpg 600w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-428x600.jpg 428w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-571x800.jpg 571w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-768x1077.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan-1096x1536.jpg 1096w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jamie-Cat-Callan.jpg 1170w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 11778 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jamie Cat Callan</h4> 11779 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11780 <p>She has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). Jamie Cat Callan will be among 22 Fellows focusing on their own creative projects at this working retreat for writers, poets, visual artists, and composers. VCCA fellows have received worldwide attention including MacArthur fellowships, Pulitzer Prizes, Guggenheim fellowships, National Endowment of the Arts awards, Grammy Awards, and Academy Award nominations. Jamie Cat Callan has received several previous fellowships from VCCA as a fiction writer, but this is her first VCCA fellowship as a visual artist.</p> 11781<div></div> 11782 </div> 11783 <a href="http://www.JamieCatCallan.com">http://www.JamieCatCallan.com</a> 11784 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11785 11786 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11787 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11788</article><!-- #post-## --> 11789 11790 11791 11792<article id="post-59390" class="photo-text post-59390 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11793 11794 <div class="entry-content"> 11795 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ursula-lake-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11796 <h4 class="tight-heading">Charles Harper Webb</h4> 11797 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11798 <p>His novel <em>Ursula Lake</em> was published in Spring 2022 by Red Hen Press.</p> 11799<div></div> 11800 </div> 11801 <a href="http://Charlesharperwebb.com">http://Charlesharperwebb.com</a> 11802 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11803 11804 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11805 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11806</article><!-- #post-## --> 11807 11808 11809 11810<article id="post-59378" class="photo-text post-59378 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11811 11812 <div class="entry-content"> 11813 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Graft-Cover-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11814 <h4 class="tight-heading">Margaret Elysia Garcia</h4> 11815 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11816 <p>Her fiction debut <em>Graft</em> was released by Tolsun Books on October 11, 2022; her poetry memoir <em>Burn Scars</em> was published July 1, 2022 by Lit Kit Collective. <em>Graft</em> is a collection of short stories set in southeastern Los Angeles/north Orange County and is an across the century response to Nathanael West’s <em>Day of the Locusts</em>–done Chicana noir style.<em> Burn Scars</em> describes the days leading up to and then the burning of Margaret’s adopted hometown of Greenville in the Dixie Fire of 2021 and the aftermath.</p> 11817<div></div> 11818 </div> 11819 <a href="https://tolsunbooks.com/shop/graft">https://tolsunbooks.com/shop/graft</a> 11820 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11821 11822 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11823 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11824</article><!-- #post-## --> 11825 11826 11827 11828<article id="post-59393" class="photo-text post-59393 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 11829 11830 <div class="entry-content"> 11831 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/D13CC418-C254-4EC9-8E61-93C8B453AC85-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11832 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meg Waite Clayton</h4> 11833 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff '22; Participant â00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11834 <p>Her 8th novel, the international bestseller <em>The Postmistress of Paris</em>âa <em>New York Times</em>
11834 Editors Choice and GMA Buzz bookâis out in paperback. Itâs the Costco Book Club pick for October and on the IndieNext New in Paperback list for November. Her book, <em>The Last Train to London,</em> is now out in French, the 18th of the 20 languages it will be published in.</p> 11835<div></div> 11836 </div> 11837 <a href="https://megwaiteclayton.com">https://megwaiteclayton.com</a> 11838 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11839 11840 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11841 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11842</article><!-- #post-## --> 11843 11844 11845 11846<article id="post-59365" class="photo-text post-59365 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 11847 11848 <div class="entry-content"> 11849 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/saiserbook-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11850 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marjorie Saiser</h4> 11851 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11852 <p>Her most recent book, <em>The Track the Whales Make: New & Selected Poems,</em> won the High Plains Book Award for Poetry.</p> 11853<div></div> 11854 </div> 11855 <a href="http://www.poetmarge.com/">http://www.poetmarge.com/</a> 11856 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11857 11858 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11859 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11860</article><!-- #post-## --> 11861 11862 11863 11864<article id="post-59358" class="photo-text post-59358 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11865 11866 <div class="entry-content"> 11867 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/bookofknives_haines-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11868 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lise Haines</h4> 11869 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant '99</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11870 11871<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest, <em>Book of Knives</em>, was published in October, 2022, from Poisoned Pen Press. </p> 11872<div></div> </div> 11873 11874 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11875 11876 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11877 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11878</article><!-- #post-## --> 11879 11880 11881 11882<article id="post-59331" class="photo-text post-59331 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11883 11884 <div class="entry-content"> 11885 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Site-Fidelity_978-0-393-53182-4-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11886 <h4 class="tight-heading">Claire Boyles</h4> 11887 <span style="font-size:80%;">
11887Writers Workshop Participant '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11888 <p>She was named a 2022 Whiting Award Winner in Fiction, and her short story collection, <em>Site Fidelity</em>, won the 2022 High Plains Book Award for Short Stories.</p> 11889<div></div> 11890 </div> 11891 <a href="http://claireboyleswrites.com">http://claireboyleswrites.com</a> 11892 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11893 11894 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11895 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11896</article><!-- #post-## --> 11897 11898 11899 11900<article id="post-59275" class="photo-text post-59275 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11901 11902 <div class="entry-content"> 11903 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CvrMSR_Sp21_bookstore-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11904 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 11905 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11906 <p>His essay “Four Years Before the Break-in” was published in the summer 2022 issue of <em>The Main Street Rag.</em></p> 11907<div></div> 11908 </div> 11909 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anthony.mohr.961">https://www.facebook.com/anthony.mohr.961</a> 11910 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11911 11912 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11913 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11914</article><!-- #post-## --> 11915 11916 11917 11918<article id="post-59278" class="photo-text post-59278 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11919 11920 <div class="entry-content"> 11921 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Jung-Hae-Chae-author-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11922 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jung Hae Chae</h4> 11923 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11924 <p>Her memoir-in-essays, <em>Pojangmacha People</em>, won the 2022 Graywolf Press Literary Nonfiction Prize (to be published in June 2025).</p> 11925<div></div> 11926 </div> 11927 <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/news/jung-hae-chae-wins-graywolf-press-nonfiction-prize">https://www.graywolfpress.org/news/jung-hae-chae-wins-graywolf-press-nonfiction-prize</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 11928 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11929 11930 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11931 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11932</article><!-- #post-## --> 11933 11934 11935 11936<article id="post-59282" class="photo-text post-59282 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 11937 11938 <div class="entry-content"> 11939 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-11-at-9.20.39-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11940 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 11941 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11942 <p>Her poem, “The Miami Cemetery” was selected for <em>The Islandia Journal,</em> issue 4. Santamaria created this experimental poem during her time in the Valley.</p> 11943<div></div> 11944 </div> 11945 <a href="https://www.islandiajournal.com/product-page/islandia-issue-4?utm_campaign=093fb8af-8044-41f9-b044-f905956152a1&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=5586c4b2-ce9f-4e8b-8f9b-cc8d72b159b9">https://www.islandiajournal.com/product-page/islandia-issue-4?utm_campaign=093fb8af-8044-41f9-b044-f905956152a1&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=5586c4b2-ce9f-4e8b-8f9b-cc8d72b159b9</a> <br>Attended with the help of The Ancinas Family Scholarship 11946 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11947 11948 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11949 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11950</article><!-- #post-## --> 11951 11952 11953 11954<article id="post-59286" class="photo-text post-59286 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 11955 11956 <div class="entry-content"> 11957 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/REFRACTION_Cover1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11958 <h4 class="tight-heading">
11958Bruce Rettig</h4> 11959 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '12,'15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11960 <p>His memoir, <em>Refraction</em>, will be published on November 15, 2022. It has won several writing awards, and is published by Wayfarer Books, an Eco-Lit imprint of <a href="http://homeboundpublications.com">Homebound Publications</a>. Homebound is a partner of One Tree Planted, and for every book they sell in their store, a tree is planted.</p> 11961<div></div> 11962 </div> 11963 <a href="https://brucerettig.com">https://brucerettig.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 11964 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11965 11966 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11967 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11968</article><!-- #post-## --> 11969 11970 11971 11972<article id="post-59290" class="photo-text post-59290 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 11973 11974 <div class="entry-content"> 11975 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_08273-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11976 <h4 class="tight-heading">Judy Juanita</h4> 11977 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11978 <p>Her short story, “Pastoral Funkitudeâ,” appears in <em>Killens Review of Arts & Letters</em>, Fall/Winter 2022 issue.</p> 11979<div></div> 11980 </div> 11981 <a href="http://www.judyjuanita.com">http://www.judyjuanita.com</a> 11982 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 11983 11984 <footer class="entry-footer"> 11985 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 11986</article><!-- #post-## --> 11987 11988 11989 11990<article id="post-59295" class="photo-text post-59295 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 11991 11992 <div class="entry-content"> 11993 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Home-for-Wayward-Girls_Cover-Final-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 11994 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marcia Bradley</h4> 11995 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 11996 <p>Her debut novel, <em>The Home for Wayward Girls</em>, will be published by HarperCollins in April, 2023. This work of fiction dives into the Troubled Teen Industry in our country and tells the story of one woman’s escape from a residential program on a ranch west of the Rockies. The novel details abuse, the anxieties she carries on her journey, and ultimately how through her survival she finds hope in the future.</p> 11997<div></div> 11998 </div> 11999 <a href="https://marciabradley.com/">https://marciabradley.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 12000 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12001 12002 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12003 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12004</article><!-- #post-## --> 12005 12006 12007 12008<article id="post-59306" class="photo-text post-59306 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12009 12010 <div class="entry-content"> 12011 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/png_20220415_113946_0000-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12012 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Wolff</h4> 12013 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '83; Screenwriters Workshop participant '84</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12014 <p>Her serialized story <em>Fish Shoes: A Palace Drama</em> has been nominated for the Buchanan Prize of the Association for Asian Studies.</p> 12015<div></div> 12016 </div> 12017 12018 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12019 12020 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12021 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12022</article><!-- #post-## --> 12023 12024 12025 12026<article id="post-59219" class="photo-text post-59219 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12027 12028 <div class="entry-content"> 12029 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BD781843-8BD0-4791-BD5A-905BEC9A0361-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12030 <h4 class="tight-heading">Juliana Roth</h4> 12031 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '17, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12032 <p>She was selected as a 2022-23 Fellow with the <a href="https://centerforfiction.org/grants-awards/nyc-emerging-writer
12032s-fellowship/introducing-our-2022-2023-emerging-writer-fellows/">Center for Fiction.</a>Â She is also screening her <a href="https://www.nyshorts.net/">new short film</a> at Cinema Village on 10/26 at 2PM.</p> 12033<div></div> 12034 </div> 12035 <a href="http://www.julianaroth.com">http://www.julianaroth.com</a> 12036 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12037 12038 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12039 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12040</article><!-- #post-## --> 12041 12042 12043 12044<article id="post-59238" class="photo-text post-59238 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12045 12046 <div class="entry-content"> 12047 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Stubborn-Writers1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12048 <h4 class="tight-heading">Natalie Harris-Spencer</h4> 12049 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12050 <p>She has been chosen as the winner of the 2022 <em>Chestnut Review</em> Stubborn Writers Contest. Her winning story, “Fish Mother,” which she workshopped at this summer’s workshop, will appear in the January 2023 issue.</p> 12051<div></div> 12052 </div> 12053 <a href="https://natalieharrisspencer.com/">https://natalieharrisspencer.com/</a> 12054 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12055 12056 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12057 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12058</article><!-- #post-## --> 12059 12060 12061 12062<article id="post-59242" class="photo-text post-59242 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12063 12064 <div class="entry-content"> 12065 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BLR-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12066 <h4 class="tight-heading">Daniel Pope</h4> 12067 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers' Workshop participant '19, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12068 <p>His short story, “Last Stop,” has been published in Issue 43 of the <em>Bellevue Literary Review.</em></p> 12069<div></div> 12070 </div> 12071 <a href="https://blreview.org/table-of-contents/issue-43/">https://blreview.org/table-of-contents/issue-43/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 12072 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12073 12074 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12075 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12076</article><!-- #post-## --> 12077 12078 12079 12080<article id="post-59207" class="photo-text post-59207 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12081 12082 <div class="entry-content"> 12083 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/browngirl_bhowmik-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12084 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anuradha Bhowmik</h4> 12085 <span style="font-size:80%;">
12085Poetry Workshop participant '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12086 12087<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest collection of poetry,<em> Brown Girl Chromatography</em>, was published in October, 2022, by Pitt Poetry Series. </p> 12088<div></div> </div> 12089 <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship 12090 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12091 12092 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12093 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12094</article><!-- #post-## --> 12095 12096 12097 12098<article id="post-59204" class="photo-text post-59204 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12099 12100 <div class="entry-content"> 12101 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-3.17.06-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12102 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tawanda Mulalu</h4> 12103 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12104 12105<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His new collection of poetry, <em>Please make me pretty, I don’t want to die</em>, was published in September, 2022, by Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. </p> 12106<div></div> </div> 12107 12108 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12109 12110 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12111 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12112</article><!-- #post-## --> 12113 12114 12115 12116<article id="post-59200" class="photo-text post-59200 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12117 12118 <div class="entry-content"> 12119 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BluestNude_300_RGB_0-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12120 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ama Codjoe</h4> 12121 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12122 12123<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest collection of poetry, Bluest Nudes, was published in September, 2022, by Milkweed. </p> 12124<div></div> </div> 12125 <br>Attended with the help of Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship 12126 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12127 12128 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12129 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12130</article><!-- #post-## --> 12131 12132 12133 12134<article id="post-59128" class="photo-text post-59128 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 12135 12136 <div class="entry-content"> 12137 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221002_105534-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12138 <h4 class="tight-heading">Brittany Mishra</h4> 12139 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12140 <p>Her poem “In the Mortgage of Desire” was selected for an honorable mention in <em>Spoon River Poetry Review</em>‘s annual contest and will be published in their upcoming Winter 2022 issue.</p> 12141<div></div> 12142 </div> 12143 <a href="https://twitter.com/SRPR_News/status/1575922147519860736?t=x_vvmFhHw4SFr8EcXolBfg&s=19">https://twitter.com/SRPR_News/status/1575922147519860736?t=x_vvmFhHw4SFr8EcXolBfg&s=19</a> 12144 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12145 12146 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12147 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12148</article><!-- #post-## --> 12149 12150 12151 12152<article id="post-59142" class="photo-text post-59142 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 12153 12154 <div class="entry-content"> 12155 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/E6FEB8BC-234C-449F-A155-489D52CB6036-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12156 <h4 class="tight-heading">Caroline Frost</h4> 12157 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Participant '17, '21; Published Alumni Reading Series '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12158 <p>Her debut novel <em>
12158Shadows of Pecan Hollow</em> was longlisted by the Center for Fiction for best first novel and shortlisted by the Crookâs Corner Book Prize for best debut novel set in the American south. She will be speaking on panels at the upcoming Texas Book Festival and Tucson Festival of Books.</p> 12159<div></div> 12160 </div> 12161 12162 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12163 12164 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12165 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12166</article><!-- #post-## --> 12167 12168 12169 12170<article id="post-59158" class="photo-text post-59158 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12171 12172 <div class="entry-content"> 12173 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shames_newbook-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shames_newbook-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shames_newbook-320x450.jpg 320w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 12174 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terry Shames</h4> 12175 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12176 12177<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest, <em>Murder at the Jubilee Rally</em>, a Samuel Craddock mystery, was published in October, 2022. </p> 12178<div></div> </div> 12179 12180 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12181 12182 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12183 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12184</article><!-- #post-## --> 12185 12186 12187 12188<article id="post-57950" class="photo-text post-57950 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12189 12190 <div class="entry-content"> 12191 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12192 <h4 class="tight-heading">Janice Obuchowski</h4> 12193 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12194 <p>Her story collection <em>The Woods</em> has won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award through the Iowa Short Fiction Award Series and will be published in November, 2022.</p> 12195<div></div> 12196 </div> 12197 <a href="http://janiceobuchowski.com">http://janiceobuchowski.com</a> 12198 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12199 12200 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12201 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12202</article><!-- #post-## --> 12203 12204 12205 12206<article id="post-58995" class="photo-text post-58995 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12207 12208 <div class="entry-content"> 12209 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Flutter-Kick-RGB-300dpi-aerio-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12210 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anna V. Q. Ross</h4> 12211 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, '13, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12212 <p>Her second book, <em>Flutter, Kick</em>, selected by Jeffrey Harrison for the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award from Red Hen Press, will be published by Red Hen Press on November 8th, 2022.</p> 12213<div></div> 12214 </div> 12215 <a href="http://https://www.annavqross.com/books">http://https://www.annavqross.com/books</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lucille Clifton Scholarship, '13 12216 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12217 12218 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12219 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12220</article><!-- #post-## --> 12221 12222 12223 12224<article id="post-58999" class="photo-text post-58999 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12225 12226 <div class="entry-content"> 12227 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/VRG-Santa-Monica-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12228 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 12229 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '14, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12230 <p>His essay on the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II, “The Second Elizabeth – A Life Appreciated” was published in <em>Merion West</em>.</p> 12231<div></div> 12232 </div> 12233 <a href="https://merionwest.com/2022/09/22/the-second-elizabeth-a-life-appreciated/">https://merionwest.com/2022/09/22/the-second-elizabeth-a-life-appreciated/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Maat Scholarship 12234 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12235 12236 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12237 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12238</article><!-- #post-## --> 12239 12240 12241 12242<article id="post-59004" class="photo-text post-59004 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12243 12244 <div class="entry-content"> 12245 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fall-2022-Cover-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12246 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 12247 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12248 <p>Her short story “Women of a Certain Kind” appears in the fall 2022 issue of <em>The Georgia Review.</em></p> 12249<div></div> 12250 </div> 12251 <a href="https://thegeorgiareview.com/shop/issues/fall-2022/">https://thegeorgiareview.com/shop/issues/fall-2022/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 12252 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12253 12254 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12255 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12256</article><!-- #post-## --> 12257 12258 12259 12260<article id="post-59013" class="photo-text post-59013 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12261 12262 <div class="entry-content"> 12263 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AlinaGrabowski14-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12264 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alina Grabowski</h4> 12265 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12266 <p>Her novel, <em>Women and Children First</em>, will be published by SJPLit/Zando in fall, 2023.</p> 12267<div></div> 12268 </div> 12269 <a href="http://www.alinagrabowski.com">http://www.alinagrabowski.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 12270 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12271 12272 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12273 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12274</article><!-- #post-## --> 12275 12276 12277 12278<article id="post-59033" class="photo-text post-59033 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12279 12280 <div class="entry-content"> 12281 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SusanPhotoCatamaran-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12282 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Browne</h4> 12283 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '88, '10, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12284 <p>She has been awarded the 2021-2022 Five Points James Dickey Prize for Poetry. Her work will be published in the 23.1 issue of <em>Five Points</em>, and she will receive $1,000.</p> 12285<div></div> 12286 </div> 12287 <a href="http://https://fivepoints.gsu.edu/james-dickey-prize-for-poetry/">http://https://fivepoints.gsu.edu/james-dickey-prize-for-poetry/</a> 12288 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12289 12290 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12291 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12292</article><!-- #post-## --> 12293 12294 12295 12296<article id="post-59053" class="photo-text post-59053 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12297 12298 <div class="entry-content"> 12299 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/6C4EFCEA-1A69-4797-A7F5-EF323AF4C4B2-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12300 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gwen Goodkin</h4> 12301 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participantâ07, â11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12302 <p>
12302She has won a mentorship with The Writers Lab – sponsored by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman- to further develop her TV pilot <em>The Plant</em>.</p> 12303<div></div> 12304 </div> 12305 <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/09/the-writers-lab-sets-participants-for-eighth-edition-1235122546/">https://deadline.com/2022/09/the-writers-lab-sets-participants-for-eighth-edition-1235122546/</a> 12306 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12307 12308 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12309 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12310</article><!-- #post-## --> 12311 12312 12313 12314<article id="post-59056" class="photo-text post-59056 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12315 12316 <div class="entry-content"> 12317 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/solito_zamora-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12318 <h4 class="tight-heading">Javier Zamora</h4> 12319 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12320 12321<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His memoir, <em>Solito</em>, was published in September, 2023, and is a New York Times Bestseller.</p> 12322<div></div> </div> 12323 12324 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12325 12326 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12327 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12328</article><!-- #post-## --> 12329 12330 12331 12332<article id="post-59015" class="photo-text post-59015 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 12333 12334 <div class="entry-content"> 12335 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ontherooftop-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12336 <h4 class="tight-heading">Margaret Wilkerson Sexton</h4> 12337 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12338 12339<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her third novel,<em> On the Rooftop</em>, was recently selected as Reese’s Book Club pick. </p> 12340<div></div> </div> 12341 12342 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12343 12344 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12345 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12346</article><!-- #post-## --> 12347 12348 12349 12350<article id="post-58937" class="photo-text post-58937 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 12351 12352 <div class="entry-content"> 12353 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ananda-Lima-_author-photo_cropped-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12354 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ananda Lima</h4> 12355 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12356 12357<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her fiction manuscript-in-progress, <em>Craft</em>, is a finalist for the 2022 Restless Books prize for New Immigrant Writing. </p> 12358<div></div> </div> 12359 12360 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12361 12362 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12363 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12364</article><!-- #post-## --> 12365 12366 12367 12368<article id="post-58934" class="photo-text post-58934 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 12369 12370 <div class="entry-content"> 12371 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/balladz-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12372 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sharon Olds</h4> 12373 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12374 12375<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest book, <em>Balladz</em>, is on the long list for the National Book Award for Poetry.</p> 12376<div></div> </div> 12377 12378 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12379 12380 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12381 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12382</article><!-- #post-## --> 12383 12384 12385 12386<article id="post-58930" class="photo-text post-58930 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12387 12388 <div class="entry-content"> 12389 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/assheappeards-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12390 <h4 class="tight-heading">Shelley Wong</h4> 12391 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12392 12393<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest book of poetry, <em>
12393As She Appears</em>, in on the long list for the National Book Awards for Poetry.</p> 12394<div></div> </div> 12395 12396 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12397 12398 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12399 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12400</article><!-- #post-## --> 12401 12402 12403 12404<article id="post-58350" class="photo-text post-58350 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 12405 12406 <div class="entry-content"> 12407 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_1104-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12408 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Freericks</h4> 12409 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '89, '91, '00, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12410 <p>She has published two new poetry books. The first, <em>Swimming Through the Generations,</em> completes her now five volumes of poetry memoirs. It focuses both on ancestors and grandchildren beginning with Brewster and James Hill, who designed a revolutionary war ship that is on the cover and continues to playing with her granddaughter Rachel and Barbie and Ken dolls. It also includes a poem written at the Community of Writers Poetry Workshop on acceptance. The second is a chap book entitled <em>Pandemic Poetry</em>. The cover, front and back, are abstract collages of Mary’s paintings.</p> 12411<div></div> 12412 </div> 12413 <a href="http://maryfreerickspoet.yolasite.com">http://maryfreerickspoet.yolasite.com</a> 12414 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12415 12416 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12417 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12418</article><!-- #post-## --> 12419 12420 12421 12422<article id="post-58354" class="photo-text post-58354 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 12423 12424 <div class="entry-content"> 12425 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Marilyn-Essays-Poems-copy-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12426 <h4 class="tight-heading">Heidi Seaborn</h4> 12427 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, 22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12428 <p>Her second collection, <em>An Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe</em>, which won the [PANK] Poetry Prize (June 2021), has been re-released by [PANK] as <em>Marilyn: Essays & Poems, A Collector’s Edition of an Insomniac’s Slumber Party with Marilyn Monroe</em> to include essays that Seaborn had previously published in <em>LitHub, Brevity, the Hunger</em> and elsewhere as well as new criticism, photographs and the entire poetry collection.</p> 12429<div></div> 12430 </div> 12431 <a href="http://heidiseabornpoet.com">http://heidiseabornpoet.com</a> 12432 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12433 12434 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12435 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12436</article><!-- #post-## --> 12437 12438 12439 12440<article id="post-58365" class="photo-text post-58365 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12441 12442 <div class="entry-content"> 12443 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RMeneses_DrakesBeach-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12444 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rashaan Alexis Meneses</h4> 12445 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshop, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12446 <p>She will be a Parent-Writer resident at Mineral School, Washington, this Fall 2022, and will participate in the AWP 2023 panel “Impossible Balance: Re-examining the narrative about writing and parenting” with John Messick, Keema Waterfield, Sean Prentiss, and Ukamaka Olisakwe</p> 12447<div></div> 12448 </div> 12449 <a href="https://rashaanalexismeneses.com/">https://rashaanalexismeneses.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Ancinas Scholarship 12450 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12451 12452 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12453 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12454</article><!-- #post-## --> 12455 12456 12457 12458<article id="post-58368" class="photo-text post-58368 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12459 12460 <div class="entry-content"> 12461 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12462 <h4 class="tight-heading">Beverly Burch</h4> 12463 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12464 <p>Her fourth collection,<em> Leave Me a Little Want</em>, is <a href="https://amzn.to/3JK3YbB">now available</a> from Terrapin Books.</p> 12465<div></div> 12466 </div> 12467 <a href="http://www.beverlyburch.com">http://www.beverlyburch.com</a> 12468 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12469 12470 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12471 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12472</article><!-- #post-## --> 12473 12474 12475 12476<article id="post-58376" class="photo-text post-58376 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 12477 12478 <div class="entry-content"> 12479 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ManyDaughtersOfAfongMoyHC_2revise-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12480 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jamie Ford</h4> 12481 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12482 <p>His latest novel, <em>The Many Daughters of Afong Moy</em>, was named the #1 Indie Next List book for August 2022. It was also chosen for the <em>Today Show’s</em> Read With Jenna book club, and has been optioned for a streaming series by Universal Content Productions.</p> 12483<div></div> 12484 </div> 12485 <a href="https://www.bookweb.org/news/august-2022-indie-next-list-preview-1628177">https://www.bookweb.org/news/august-2022-indie-next-list-preview-1628177</a> 12486 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12487 12488 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12489 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12490</article><!-- #post-## --> 12491 12492 12493 12494<article id="post-58380" class="photo-text post-58380 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 12495 12496 <div class="entry-content"> 12497 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/rubenquesada-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12498 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruben Quesada</h4> 12499 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12500 <p>His poem “Oath Keeper” was published in <em>The New York Times</em> on Sunday, August 14, 2022. It is also available <a href="https://www.nytimes.c
12500om/2022/08/11/magazine/poem-oath-keeper.html">online</a>.</p> 12501<div></div> 12502 </div> 12503 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/magazine/poem-oath-keeper.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/magazine/poem-oath-keeper.html</a> <br>Attended with the help of UC Riverside scholarship recipient 12504 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12505 12506 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12507 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12508</article><!-- #post-## --> 12509 12510 12511 12512<article id="post-58382" class="photo-text post-58382 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12513 12514 <div class="entry-content"> 12515 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/buffymckaysaltnroses-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12516 <h4 class="tight-heading">Buffy McKay</h4> 12517 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12518 <p>Her first full-length poetry collection, <em>Salt & Roses</em>, has been published by Cirque Press.</p> 12519<div></div> 12520 </div> 12521 <a href="http://Salt & Roses https://a.co/d/63AdyeU">http://Salt & Roses https://a.co/d/63AdyeU</a> 12522 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12523 12524 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12525 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12526</article><!-- #post-## --> 12527 12528 12529 12530<article id="post-58387" class="photo-text post-58387 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 12531 12532 <div class="entry-content"> 12533 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Final-Cover-Unleashed_1.14_4B-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12534 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cai Emmons</h4> 12535 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop '93, '94, '97; Writers Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12536 <p>She has two novels coming out in September, 2022: <em>Unleashed</em> (A Publishers Weekly BuzzBook 2022) from Dutton, and <em>Livid</em>Â from Red Hen Press. These books were sold on the same day within half an hour of each other! Despite having lost her voice to ALS, she is doing her best to get the books into the hands of readers.</p> 12537<div></div> 12538 </div> 12539 <a href="http://www.caiemmonsauthor.com">http://www.caiemmonsauthor.com</a> 12540 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12541 12542 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12543 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12544</article><!-- #post-## --> 12545 12546 12547 12548<article id="post-58391" class="photo-text post-58391 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-screenwriters"> 12549 12550 <div class="entry-content"> 12551 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Im-going-to-be-rich-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12552 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eva Benedikt</h4> 12553 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting participant '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12554 <p>Her feature film, <em>El Ganador</em> (The Winner) was awarded Best Small Budget Film in the 2022 Symbiotic Film Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine), and Official Selection (2022) of Oaxaca Film Fest, Iconic Images Film Festival (Lithuania) and Anatolia International Film Festival (Turkey). In 2021 <em>El Ganador</em> was a finalist in Blue Star International Film Festival (Brazil) and an award winner in the United Latino International Film Festival (USA) in 2019. She is the writer, producer, and director.</p> 12555<div></div> 12556 </div> 12557 12558 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12559 12560 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12561 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12562</article><!-- #post-## --> 12563 12564 12565 12566<article id="post-58399" class="photo-text post-58399 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12567 12568 <div class="entry-content"> 12569 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Melenie-Freedom-Flynn-headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12570 <h4 class="tight-heading">Melenie Freedom Flynn</h4> 12571 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '09, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12572 <p>She is the recipient of a generous 2022 Massachusetts Cultural Council artist fellowship to support the completion of her memoir about growing up in the backseat of Delilah, her familyâs big blue Ford LTD, as they moved back and forth between the Rajneesh Commune in Oregon and Las Vegas during the 1980s.</p> 12573<div></div> 12574 </div> 12575 <a href="https://massculturalcouncil.org/artists-art/artist-fellowships/funding-list/">https://massculturalcouncil.org/artists-art/artist-fellowships/funding-list/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 12576 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12577 12578 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12579 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12580</article><!-- #post-## --> 12581 12582 12583 12584<article id="post-58410" class="photo-text post-58410 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12585 12586 <div class="entry-content"> 12587 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Riccio_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12588 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jon Riccio</h4> 12589 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12590 <p>His newest, <em>Agoreography,</em> was published by 3: A Taos Press in June, 2022.</p> 12591<div></div> 12592 </div> 12593 <a href="https://3taospress.com/authors/jon-riccio/">https://3taospress.com/authors/jon-riccio/</a> 12594 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12595 12596 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12597 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12598</article><!-- #post-## --> 12599 12600 12601 12602<article id="post-58417" class="photo-text post-58417 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12603 12604 <div class="entry-content"> 12605 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SweetClaw_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12606 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kristin Ohlson</h4> 12607 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '84</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12608 <p>Her new book, <em>Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Cooperation and Generosity in Nature</em>, will be released by Patagonia Books on September 6. <em>Publisher’s Weekly</em> says, “Journalist Ohlson (<em>The Soil Will Save Us</em>) pushes back against the Darwinian notion that âcompetition rulesâ in this vivid survey. Despite the popular notion that nature is a âvicious and never-ending battle of survival for meager resources,â Ohlson makes a solid case that the opposite is often true…This is as charming as it is enlightening.”</p> 12609<div></div> 12610 </div> 12611 <a href="http://kristinohlson.com">http://kristinohlson.com</a> 12612 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12613 12614 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12615 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12616</article><!-- #post-## --> 12617 12618 12619 12620<article id="post-58645" class="photo-text post-58645 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 12621 12622 <div class="entry-content"> 12623 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lynne-Thompson-5W7A9511edit-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12624 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Thompson</h4> 12625 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, '02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12626 <p>She was awarded a 2022 Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.</p> 12627<div></div> 12628 </div> 12629 <a href="https://poets.org/poet/lynne-thompson">https://poets.org/poet/lynne-thompson</a> 12630 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12631 12632 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12633 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12634</article><!-- #post-## --> 12635 12636 12637 12638<article id="post-58766" class="photo-text post-58766 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 12639 12640 <div class="entry-content"> 12641 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/no-lunch-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12642 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 12643 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07, '10 '14 '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12644 <p>Her latest poetry collection, <em>No Lunch Among the Day Stars</em>, will be released in October, 2022, by Cold River Press.</p> 12645<div></div> 12646 </div> 12647 <a href="https://coldriverpress.com/HTML/AUTHORS/stevens/no%20lunch.htm">https://coldriverpress.com/HTML/AUTHORS/stevens/no%20lunch.htm</a> 12648 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12649 12650 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12651 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12652</article><!-- #post-## --> 12653 12654 12655 12656<article id="post-58815" class="photo-text post-58815 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12657 12658 <div class="entry-content"> 12659 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BohemiansFinalCover-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12660 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jasmin Darznik</h4> 12661 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '08 and '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12662 <p>She was recently appointed the Chair of the MFA Writing Program at California College of the Arts, where she is also an associate professor. Her books include <em>The Bohemians, Song of a Captive Bird, </em>and<em> The Good Daughter.</em></p> 12663<div></div> 12664 </div> 12665 <a href="/https://portal.cca.edu/people/jdarznik//">/https://portal.cca.edu/people/jdarznik//</a> 12666 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12667 12668 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12669 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12670</article><!-- #post-## --> 12671 12672 12673 12674<article id="post-58824" class="photo-text post-58824 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 12675 12676 <div class="entry-content"> 12677 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3K0B5156-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12678 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 12679 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '72, '73; Writers Workshops Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12680 <p>His new piece on the Turkish Harem is now live on <a href="https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/the-turkish-harem">Substack</a>. It’s more than what you think.</p> 12681<div></div> 12682 </div> 12683 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Terence-Clarke/e/B001K8T0IO/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk">https://www.amazon.com/Terence-Clarke/e/B001K8T0IO/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk</a> 12684 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12685 12686 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12687 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12688</article><!-- #post-## --> 12689 12690 12691 12692<article id="post-58845" class="photo-text post-58845 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12693 12694 <div class="entry-content"> 12695 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Reeves_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12696 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ramona Reeves</h4> 12697 <span style="font-size:80%;">
12697Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12698 <p>Her debut book of fiction, <em>It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories</em>, won the 2022 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and is available for purchase (release date Oct. 4, University of Pittsburgh Press).</p> 12699<div></div> 12700 </div> 12701 <a href="http://www.ramonareeves.com">http://www.ramonareeves.com</a> 12702 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12703 12704 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12705 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12706</article><!-- #post-## --> 12707 12708 12709 12710<article id="post-58855" class="photo-text post-58855 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12711 12712 <div class="entry-content"> 12713 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9780374177706_FC-1-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12714 <h4 class="tight-heading">Akil Kumarasamy</h4> 12715 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12716 <p>Her new novel,<em> Meet Us by the Roaring Sea</em>, was published by Macmillan in August, 2022.</p> 12717<div></div> 12718 </div> 12719 <a href="https://akilk.com/">https://akilk.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Eshleman Scholarship 12720 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12721 12722 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12723 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12724</article><!-- #post-## --> 12725 12726 12727 12728<article id="post-58860" class="photo-text post-58860 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12729 12730 <div class="entry-content"> 12731 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/tracinginca_ancinas-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12732 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eddy Ancinas</h4> 12733 <div class="tight-content"> 12734 12735<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her new book, <em>Tracing Inca Trails: An Adventure in the Andes</em>, will be published on September 20, 2022. </p> 12736<div></div> </div> 12737 12738 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12739 12740 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12741 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12742</article><!-- #post-## --> 12743 12744 12745 12746<article id="post-58008" class="photo-text post-58008 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12747 12748 <div class="entry-content"> 12749 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/preston_cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12750 <h4 class="tight-heading">Francesca Preston</h4> 12751 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, '09, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12752 <p>Her chapbook<em> If There Are Horns</em>, including four poems written during Community of Writers summer workshops, will be published by Finishing Line Press in October, 2022.</p> 12753<div></div> 12754 </div> 12755 <a href="http://https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/if-there-are-horns-by-francesca-preston/">http://https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/if-there-are-horns-by-francesca-preston/</a> 12756 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12757 12758 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12759 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12760</article><!-- #post-## --> 12761 12762 12763 12764<article id="post-58341" class="photo-text post-58341 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 12765 12766 <div class="entry-content"> 12767 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/booth_fowler-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12768 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Joy Fowler</h4> 12769 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop teaching staff '00, '01, '03, '05, '09, '13, '18, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12770 12771<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest book, Booth, was recently long listed for the Booker Prize. </p> 12772<div></div> </div> 12773 12774 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12775 12776 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12777 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12778</article><!-- #post-## --> 12779 12780 12781 12782<article id="post-56317" class="photo-text post-56317 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12783 12784 <div class="entry-content"> 12785 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Richardson_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12786 <h4 class="tight-heading">James Richardson</h4> 12787 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12788 <p>His book,<em> The Abolitionist’s Journal: The Memories of an American Antislavery Family</em>, will be published in fall 2022 by High Road Books, an imprint of the University of New Mexico Press. Over the course of more than twenty years, Richardson and his wife, Lori, retraced the steps of his ancestor, George Richardson (1824â1911), revealing his great-great-grandfather Richardsonâs involvement in the Underground Railroad, serving as the chaplain to a Black Union regiment in the Civil War and founding a college in Texas for the formerly enslaved. The author raises questions about why this fervent commitment to the emancipation of African Americans was nearly forgotten by his family. <a href="https://unmpress.com/books/abolitionists-journal/9780826364036?fbclid=IwAR08HbfwB8p7bRmB8bsx_ykNj7he_oaGDif83OQU2liXY0LievRRbsefakk">More info</a>.</p> 12789<div></div> 12790 </div> 12791 12792 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12793 12794 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12795 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12796</article><!-- #post-## --> 12797 12798 12799 12800<article id="post-57422" class="photo-text post-57422 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12801 12802 <div class="entry-content"> 12803 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Front-cover-SWC1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12804 <h4 class="tight-heading">Margaret Allen</h4> 12805 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12806 <p>In <em>Swimming with Corpses</em>, published in June, 2022, Margaret Allen has pieced together the early years of a doctor, a soldier, and a nurse, from their 1920s English childhoods in Portsmouth, Manchester, and India to their experiences in the London Blitz, on the D-Day beaches of Normandy, and in the chaos of war-torn Europe. This true story of three people who w
12806ould probably never have met were it not for the lacerating events of the Second World War illuminates unfamiliar intimacies that occur during conflict and their impact on subsequent relationships. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Swimming-Corpses-True-Story-Friendship/dp/B0B45C3Z93/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15LBSR7TQAXD1&amp;keywords=swimming+with+corpses&amp;qid=1656860083&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=%2Cstripbooks%2C519&amp;sr=1-1">More info</a></p> 12807<div></div> 12808 </div> 12809 12810 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12811 12812 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12813 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12814</article><!-- #post-## --> 12815 12816 12817 12818<article id="post-57523" class="photo-text post-57523 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 12819 12820 <div class="entry-content"> 12821 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2021-10-16-at-19-10-13-Critters-in-the-Neighborhood-Come-and-See-with-Me-by-lynne-goldsmith-Blurb-Books-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12822 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 12823 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12824 <p>Her self-published <em>Critters in the Neighborhood Come and See with Me</em> picture book for kids was a Purple Dragonfly Award Winner–Honorable Mention.</p> 12825<div></div> 12826 </div> 12827 12828 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12829 12830 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12831 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12832</article><!-- #post-## --> 12833 12834 12835 12836<article id="post-57826" class="photo-text post-57826 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12837 12838 <div class="entry-content"> 12839 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/blake-front-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12840 <h4 class="tight-heading">Blake Lapin</h4> 12841 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12842 <p>His chapbook, <em>I Look at You Instead of the Road</em> (Bottlecap Press), is now available.</p> 12843<div></div> 12844 </div> 12845 <a href="https://bottlecap.press/collections/bottlecap-features/products/instead">https://bottlecap.press/collections/bottlecap-features/products/instead</a> 12846 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12847 12848 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12849 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12850</article><!-- #post-## --> 12851 12852 12853 12854<article id="post-57863" class="photo-text post-57863 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 12855 12856 <div class="entry-content"> 12857 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SAN-FRANCISCO_Cover1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12858 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 12859 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12860 <p>His new story collection, <em>San Francisco</em>, was published on June 1, 2022. To order, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Terence-Clarke/e/B001K8T0IO/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk">click here</a>. He is also writing on The Arts on <a href="https://terenceclarke.substack.com">Substack.</a></p> 12861<div></div> 12862 </div> 12863 12864 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12865 12866 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12867 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12868</article><!-- #post-## --> 12869 12870 12871 12872<article id="post-57866" class="photo-text post-57866 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12873 12874 <div class="entry-content"> 12875 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/LEO-LEA-front-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12876 <h4 class="tight-heading">Monica Wesolowska</h4> 12877 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '95; Art of the Wild Participant '96</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12878 <p>She has published a debut children’s picture book, <em>Leo + Lea</em> (Scholastic, illustrated by Kenard Pak, August 2022). <em>Leo + Lea</em> is a celebration of math, friendship, and different ways of seeing and being in the world. The words and illustrations follow a math pattern called the Fibonacci sequence (a pattern often found in nature), creating a beautiful metaphor for our connection to each other and the natural world.</p> 12879<div></div> 12880 </div> 12881 <a href="http://www.monicawesolowska.com">http://www.monicawesolowska.com</a> 12882 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12883 12884 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12885 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12886</article><!-- #post-## --> 12887 12888 12889 12890<article id="post-57869" class="photo-text post-57869 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12891 12892 <div class="entry-content"> 12893 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Democracy-of-Fire-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12894 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Cohen</h4> 12895 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12896 <p>Her third collection, <em>Democracy of Fire</em>, is due for release September 30 by Broadstone Books. A finalist for the Washington Prize, Wilder Prize, and Richard Snyder Prize, it includes poems honored by Richard Blanco, Vievee Francis, Kimberly Blaeser, Arthur Sze, and Mark Doty, and several begun at the Community of Writers.</p> 12897<div></div> 12898 </div> 12899 <a href="https://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/democracy-of-fire-poems-by-susan-cohen">https://www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/democracy-of-fire-poems-by-susan-cohen</a> 12900 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12901 12902 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12903 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12904</article><!-- #post-## --> 12905 12906 12907 12908<article id="post-57900" class="photo-text post-57900 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12909 12910 <div class="entry-content"> 12911 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1DA77941-AAC7-4DF5-ADBD-CFFA1B672BA6-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12912 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Camarillo</h4> 12913 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writerâs Workshop Participant, 05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12914 <p>Her debut novel <em>The Lockhart Women</em> is the 2022 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Multiform Fiction. The WILLA Literary Awards, named in honor of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Willa Cather, recognizes the best in literature, featuring womenâs or girlsâ stories set in the North American West that are published each year.</p> 12915<div></div> 12916 </div> 12917 <a href="https://www.womenwritingthewest.org/awards/the-willa-literary-award/">https://www.womenwritingthewest.org/awards/the-willa-literary-award/</a> 12918 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12919 12920 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12921 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12922</article><!-- #post-## --> 12923 12924 12925 12926<article id="post-57912" class="photo-text post-57912 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12927 12928 <div class="entry-content"> 12929 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fatemi_hr-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12930 <h4 class="tight-heading">Farnaz Fatemi</h4> 12931 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12932 <p>Her debut poetry collection, <em>Sister Tongue</em> Ø²Ø¨Ø§Ù Ø®ÙØ§Ùر, was selected by Tracy K. Smith as winner of the 2021 Wick Poetry Prize and will be published at the end of August, 2022, by Kent State University Press.</p> 12933<div></div> 12934 </div> 12935 <a href="http://www.farnazfatemi.com">http://www.farnazfatemi.com</a> 12936 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12937 12938 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12939 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12940</article><!-- #post-## --> 12941 12942 12943 12944<article id="post-57931" class="photo-text post-57931 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12945 12946 <div class="entry-content"> 12947 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MPS_cmty_writers-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12948 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michael Shapiro</h4> 12949 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12950 <p>Traveler’s Mind: UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center has awarded authors Michael Shapiro and Ethan Watters a grant to study the concept of intellectual humility, the idea that not everything you think is right and not everything you believe is true. During the next 18 months, Shapiro and Watters, both longtime journalists, will be interviewing scientists and travelers to glean how (or if) travel makes us more open-minded. GGSC said there were 150 applicants; just 18 grants in various topics were awarded. Other winners include reporters from NPR and Scientific American – for the full list and more about the award, see link.</p> 12951<div></div> 12952 </div> 12953 <a href="https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/who_we_are/news/announcement/meet_the_ggscs_intellectual_humility_grant_winners">https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/who_we_are/news/announcement/meet_the_ggscs_intellectual_humility_grant_winners</a> 12954 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12955 12956 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12957 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12958</article><!-- #post-## --> 12959 12960 12961 12962<article id="post-57959" class="photo-text post-57959 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 12963 12964 <div class="entry-content"> 12965 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ChristieAuthorPhoto1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12966 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alix Christie</h4> 12967 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12968 <p>Her short story “
12968Everychild” won the 2021 Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize in fiction from <em>The Missouri Review</em>.</p> 12969<div></div> 12970 </div> 12971 <a href="https://alixchristie.jimdo.com/">https://alixchristie.jimdo.com/</a> 12972 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12973 12974 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12975 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12976</article><!-- #post-## --> 12977 12978 12979 12980<article id="post-49160" class="photo-text post-49160 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 12981 12982 <div class="entry-content"> 12983 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sirensmuses_angress-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 12984 <h4 class="tight-heading">Antonia Angress</h4> 12985 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 12986 12987<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><meta charset="utf-8">Her debut novel, <em>Sirens and Muses</em>, will be published by Penguin Random House in July, 2022. </p> 12988<div></div> </div> 12989 12990 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 12991 12992 <footer class="entry-footer"> 12993 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 12994</article><!-- #post-## --> 12995 12996 12997 12998<article id="post-56350" class="photo-text post-56350 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 12999 13000 <div class="entry-content"> 13001 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Ornate-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13002 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 13003 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07, '10 '14 '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13004 <p>Her chapbook, <em>Ornate Persona</em>, is soon to be released by Clare Songbirds Publishing.<br /> 13005This chapbook features poems influenced by dance, film, art, literature, starring Nijinsky, Apollinaire, Siddhartha, Chagall and others. The poem sequence, âSix Paintings by Miss X,â was started at Community of Writers in 2010 at Kazim Aliâs workshop.</p> 13006<div></div> 13007 </div> 13008 <a href="www.claresongbirdspub.com">www.claresongbirdspub.com</a> 13009 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13010 13011 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13012 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13013</article><!-- #post-## --> 13014 13015 13016 13017<article id="post-56647" class="photo-text post-56647 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13018 13019 <div class="entry-content"> 13020 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GDW_headshot_small-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13021 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gina DeMillo Wagner</h4> 13022 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13023 <p>Her longform essay “Following Floodlights Instead of the Moon” won the CRAFT Creative Nonfiction Prize.</p> 13024<div></div> 13025 </div> 13026 <a href="https://www.craftliterary.com/craft-cnf-award-2021/">https://www.craftliterary.com/craft-cnf-award-2021/</a> 13027 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13028 13029 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13030 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13031</article><!-- #post-## --> 13032 13033 13034 13035<article id="post-56542" class="photo-text post-56542 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13036 13037 <div class="entry-content"> 13038 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Even-When-We-Sleep-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13039 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marilyn Kallet</h4> 13040 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '05, '98, '96.</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13041 <p>Her 19th book, <em>Even When We Sleep</em>, was recently published by Commonwealth Books, Black Widow Press. It is her 8th book of lyric poetry.</p> 13042<div></div> 13043 </div> 13044 <a href="http://marilynkallet.com">http://marilynkallet.com</a> 13045 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13046 13047 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13048 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13049</article><!-- #post-## --> 13050 13051 13052 13053<article id="post-56241" class="photo-text post-56241 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13054 13055 <div class="entry-content"> 13056 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Janine-Kovac_cr-Terry-Lorant-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13057 <h4 class="tight-heading">Janine Kovac</h4> 13058 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '11, '12, '14, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13059 <p>Her novel-in-progress <em>Proposition</em> has been selected for fiscal sponsorship by Fractured Atlas.<br /> 13060<em>Proposition</em> follows the sex-trafficking epidemic in Oakland from the dual perspective of survivors striving to create a better world for themselves and white-savior activists oblivious to the ways they perpetuate systemic inequality, and is based on her essay, “Dancing on the Blade,” for which she received the San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Award for Nonfiction.</p> 13061<div></div> 13062 </div> 13063 <a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/project-niner">https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/project-niner</a> <br>Attended with the help of George Pascoe Miller Scholarship, Carlisle Family Scholarship, Eshleman Scholarship 13064 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13065 13066 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13067 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13068</article><!-- #post-## --> 13069 13070 13071 13072<article id="post-56264" class="photo-text post-56264 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13073 13074 <div class="entry-content"> 13075 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SIRENS-MUSES-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13076 <h4 class="tight-heading">Antonia Angress</h4> 13077 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13078 <p>Her debut novel <em>Sirens & Muses</em> will be published by Ballantine/Random House on July 12, 2022. She is on tour promoting the book and will be doing events in Minneapolis, Brooklyn, Cape Cod, Stillwater, MN and Northfield, MN. See her <a href="http://antoniaangress.com">website</a> for more details. </p> 13079 13080 13081<div></div> 13082<div></div> </div> 13083 <a href="http://antoniaangress.com">http://antoniaangress.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of O'Dwyer Scholarship 13084 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13085 13086 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13087 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13088</article><!-- #post-## --> 13089 13090 13091 13092<article id="post-56216" class="photo-text post-56216 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13093 13094 <div class="entry-content"> 13095 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ww_RefuseToDisappear_web-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13096 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tara Betts</h4> 13097 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13098 <p>Her latest full-length poetry collection <em>Refuse to Disappear</em> (Word Works Books, 2022) was selected for the Hilary Tham Capital Collection and is the June 2022 selection for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club.</p> 13099<div></div> 13100 </div> 13101 <a href="https://wordworksbooks.org/product/refuse-to-disappear/">https://wordworksbooks.org/product/refuse-to-disappear/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Cave Canem scholarship 13102 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13103 13104 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13105 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13106</article><!-- #post-## --> 13107 13108 13109 13110<article id="post-54756" class="photo-text post-54756 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13111 13112 <div class="entry-content"> 13113 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-05-19-at-4.50.25-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13114 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Moulding</h4> 13115 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '07,'08,'10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13116 <p>Her short story, “We Will Live Here Forever,” has been published in the <em>KGB Bar Online Literary Review</em> and appears in the April 2022 issue.</p> 13117<div></div> 13118 </div> 13119 <a href="http://kgbbarlit.com">http://kgbbarlit.com</a> 13120 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13121 13122 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13123 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13124</article><!-- #post-## --> 13125 13126 13127 13128<article id="post-55965" class="photo-text post-55965 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13129 13130 <div class="entry-content"> 13131 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/barbato-lauren-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13132 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 13133 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13134 <p>She was a finalist in <em>Phoebe’s</em> 2022 short fiction contest. Her story, “We Can’t Live Without the Birds and Animals,” appears in the Spring 2022 issue of <em>Phoebe</em>.</p> 13135<div></div> 13136 </div> 13137 <a href="http://phoebejournal.com/we-cant-live-without-the-birds-and-animals/">http://phoebejournal.com/we-cant-live-without-the-birds-and-animals/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 13138 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13139 13140 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13141 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13142</article><!-- #post-## --> 13143 13144 13145 13146<article id="post-55984" class="photo-text post-55984 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13147 13148 <div class="entry-content"> 13149 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Even-When-We-Sleep-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13150 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marilyn Kallet</h4> 13151 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry workshop participant '96, '98, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13152 <p>Her eighth book of poems, <em>Even When We Sleep</em>, will be published on June 1st from Commonwealth Books/Black Widow Press, Boston. These are bluesy love poems, songs of healing, poems of Jewish identity. The title comes from Paul Eluard’s line, “Even when we sleep we watch over one another.”</p> 13153<div></div> 13154 </div> 13155 <a href="https://marilynkallet.com/">https://marilynkallet.com/</a> 13156 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13157 13158 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13159 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13160</article><!-- #post-## --> 13161 13162 13163 13164<article id="post-54742" class="photo-text post-54742 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13165 13166 <div class="entry-content"> 13167 13168 <h4 class="tight-heading">Danny Kraft</h4> 13169 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13170 <p>He has started <em>Di Freyd fun Yidishn Vort/The Joy of the Yiddish Word</em>, a free online newsletter of Yiddish poetry in translation.</p> 13171<div></div> 13172 </div> 13173 <a href="https://danielkraft.substack.com/">https://danielkraft.substack.com/</a> 13174 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13175 13176 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13177 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13178</article><!-- #post-## --> 13179 13180 13181 13182<article id="post-54799" class="photo-text post-54799 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 13183 13184 <div class="entry-content"> 13185 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-600x840.jpg 600w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-429x600.jpg 429w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-572x800.jpg 572w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ManyVoicescover.jpg 1772w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
13185w, 150px" /> 13186 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 13187 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Workshop participant; Fiction workshop teaching staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13188 <p>His essay on Michelle Latiolais’ novel <em>SHE</em> appears in a new collection, <em>The Many Voices of</em><br /> 13189<em>the Los Angeles Novel</em> (Cambridge Scholars Press). The essay, “Ariadneâs Thread or Things Befall Apart (Together) in L.A.: <em>She</em> by Michelle Latiolais,” appears alongside laudatory meditations on the work of writers Wanda Coleman, Joan Didion and Carolyn See, among others.</p> 13190<div></div> 13191 </div> 13192 13193 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13194 13195 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13196 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13197</article><!-- #post-## --> 13198 13199 13200 13201<article id="post-54805" class="photo-text post-54805 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13202 13203 <div class="entry-content"> 13204 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Story-Issue-10-cover-330x495-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13205 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lawrence Coates</h4> 13206 <span style="font-size:80%;">
13206Writers Workshop Participant '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13207 <p>His story “The Ferry and the Road,” which appeared in <em>Story</em> in 2021, was named a Finalist for the 2022 Spur Award in Short Fiction, given by Western Writers of America. The story was workshopped at the Community of Writers in 2018. It is also the first chapter of his novel-in-progress.</p> 13208<div></div> 13209 </div> 13210 <a href="https://westernwriters.org/2022/03/2022-spur-award-winners-announced/">https://westernwriters.org/2022/03/2022-spur-award-winners-announced/</a> 13211 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13212 13213 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13214 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13215</article><!-- #post-## --> 13216 13217 13218 13219<article id="post-54654" class="photo-text post-54654 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13220 13221 <div class="entry-content"> 13222 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ECCWendel-cvr-copy-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13223 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tim Wendel</h4> 13224 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Workshop participant '87, '88; Screenwriting Workshop participant '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13225 <p>His latest novel, <em>Escape from Castro’s Cuba</em>, received the Professional Achievement Award for Johns Hopkins University faculty. In addition, the novel was a finalist, and the only work of fiction, selected for the Casey Award, given annually to the best baseball book.</p> 13226<div></div> 13227 </div> 13228 <a href="http://www.timwendel.com">http://www.timwendel.com</a> 13229 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13230 13231 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13232 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13233</article><!-- #post-## --> 13234 13235 13236 13237<article id="post-54657" class="photo-text post-54657 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13238 13239 <div class="entry-content"> 13240 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/34-Orchard-issue-5-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13241 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 13242 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13243 <p>His short story “Around Here Somewhere” appears in the Spring 2022 issue of <em>34 Orchard</em>.</p> 13244<div></div> 13245 </div> 13246 <a href="https://34orchard.com/issues/issue-5/">https://34orchard.com/issues/issue-5/</a> 13247 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13248 13249 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13250 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13251</article><!-- #post-## --> 13252 13253 13254 13255<article id="post-54660" class="photo-text post-54660 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13256 13257 <div class="entry-content"> 13258 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SAL-cover-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13259 <h4 class="tight-heading">Corey Campbell</h4> 13260 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13261 <p>Her short story âIn a Burning Volcanoâ appeared in <em>Salamander</em>, issue #53 (Fall/Winter 2021-2022). It was a finalist for the <em>Salamander</em> 2021 Fiction Prize.</p> 13262<div></div> 13263 </div> 13264 <br>Attended with the help of Isobel English Scholarship 13265 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13266 13267 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13268 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13269</article><!-- #post-## --> 13270 13271 13272 13273<article id="post-54627" class="photo-text post-54627 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13274 13275 <div class="entry-content"> 13276 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/png_20220415_113946_0000-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13277 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane Wolff</h4> 13278 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '83; Screenwriting Workshop participant '84</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13279 <p>Her Palace Drama <em>Fish Shoes</em> has been posted on the story platform Wattpad in episodes. “What happens when the daughter of Emperor Khubilai Khan must persuade her father to listen to her husband, the King of Korea and desist from invading Japan by sea? To read it for free, download the Wattpad app and go to Historical Fiction.</p> 13280<div></div> 13281 </div> 13282 <a href="http://www.dianewolff.com">http://www.dianewolff.com</a> 13283 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13284 13285 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13286 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13287</article><!-- #post-## --> 13288 13289 13290 13291<article id="post-54634" class="photo-text post-54634 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 13292 13293 <div class="entry-content"> 13294 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hall_Sands_bw-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="Black and white portrait of Sands Hall" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13295 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sands Hall</h4> 13296 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Workshop teaching staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13297 13298<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her piece on “finding current relevancyâand outrageâin the accusations of plagiarism that have long haunted a classic of the West: Wallace Stegnerâs <em>Angle of Repose</em>” is out now in <a href="https://www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a39179237/wallace-stegner-mary-h
13298allock-foote-plagarism/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alta</a>.</p> 13299<div></div> </div> 13300 <a href="https://www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a39179237/wallace-stegner-mary-hallock-foote-plagarism/">https://www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a39179237/wallace-stegner-mary-hallock-foote-plagarism/</a> 13301 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13302 13303 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13304 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13305</article><!-- #post-## --> 13306 13307 13308 13309<article id="post-52391" class="photo-text post-52391 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 13310 13311 <div class="entry-content"> 13312 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SAN-FRANCISCO_Cover1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13313 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 13314 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '72, '73</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13315 <p>His fourteenth book, a story collection titled <em>San Francisco</em>, will be published on June 1, 2022. It is so titled because every story takes place in that city. One of the stories, “Crusts of Bread and Such,” will appear in the Fall 2022 issue of <em>Catamaran Literary Reader</em>.</p> 13316<div></div> 13317 </div> 13318 <a href="http://www.terenceclarke.org">http://www.terenceclarke.org</a> 13319 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13320 13321 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13322 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13323</article><!-- #post-## --> 13324 13325 13326 13327<article id="post-52957" class="photo-text post-52957 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13328 13329 <div class="entry-content"> 13330 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Abacus-of-Loss-wolpe-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13331 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sholeh Wolpé</h4> 13332 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshsop Participant,'04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13333 <p>Her most recent book <em>Abacus of Loss: A Memoir in Verse</em> (University of Arkansas Press, March 2022) is hailed by Ilya Kaminsky as a book âthat created its own genreâa thrill of lyric combined with the narrative spell.â A short film about the book marries her poetry and voice to music and film: https://youtu.be/0iHMAZwYrhw</p> 13334<div></div> 13335 </div> 13336 <a href="http://youtu.be/0iHMAZwYrhw">http://youtu.be/0iHMAZwYrhw</a> 13337 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13338 13339 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13340 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13341</article><!-- #post-## --> 13342 13343 13344 13345<article id="post-53096" class="photo-text post-53096 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13346 13347 <div class="entry-content"> 13348 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ChristieColourShot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13349 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alix Christie</h4> 13350 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13351 <p>Her short story “Everychild” won the 2022 Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize in fiction from the <em>Missouri Review</em> and appears in the spring 2022 issue. Her second novel, a family epic of the fur trade set in the 19th century Pacific Northwest, will be published in spring 2023 by High Road Books, an imprint of the University of New Mexico Press. Her latest book, “Toxic: A Daughter’s Memoir of Desertion”, is out on submission.</p> 13352<div></div> 13353 </div> 13354 <a href="http://gutenbergsapprentice.com">http://gutenbergsapprentice.com</a> 13355 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13356 13357 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13358 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13359</article><!-- #post-## --> 13360 13361 13362 13363<article id="post-53584" class="photo-text post-53584 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13364 13365 <div class="entry-content"> 13366 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/A-Song-by-the-Aegean-Sea-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13367 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gretchen McCullough</h4> 13368 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '06, '08, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13369 <p>Her translation with the poet, Mohamed Metwalli’s book, <em>A Song on the Aegean Sea</em> will be published by Laertes Press, May 2022.</p> 13370<div></div> 13371 </div> 13372 <a href="https://www.laertesbooks.org/egret-chapbooks">https://www.laertesbooks.org/egret-chapbooks</a> 13373 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13374 13375 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13376 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13377</article><!-- #post-## --> 13378 13379 13380 13381<article id="post-54238" class="photo-text post-54238 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13382 13383 <div class="entry-content"> 13384 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Topos_OMiami_ZipOdes_2022_Week-1-Batch_V3-5-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13385 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 13386 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13387 <p>Her “zip ode” was selected as the week 1 spotlight poem for WLRN/ O, Miami Zip Ode Project and featured on air and on instagram for the O, Miami Poetry Festival. She will be reading her poem in the virtual Zip Odes Finale on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 PM ET.</p> 13388<div></div> 13389 </div> 13390 <br>Attended with the help of Ancina Family Scholarship 13391 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13392 13393 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13394 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13395</article><!-- #post-## --> 13396 13397 13398 13399<article id="post-54547" class="photo-text post-54547 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13400 13401 <div class="entry-content"> 13402 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Descant-2021-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13403 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 13404 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13405 <p>His short story ‘Vermin’ was published in the 2021 issue of <em>Descant.</em></p> 13406<div></div> 13407 </div> 13408 <a href="https://twitter.com/weareji">https://twitter.com/weareji</a> 13409 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13410 13411 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13412 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13413</article><!-- #post-## --> 13414 13415 13416 13417<article id="post-54279" class="photo-text post-54279 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13418 13419 <div class="entry-content"> 13420 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mohr-Anthony-Headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13421 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 13422 <span style="font-size:80%;">
13422Writers Workshops participant '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13423 <p>His essay, “The Wonderful World of Beverly Hills,” was published in the winter 2022 issue of <em>Mason Street Review</em>. In March, 2022, his essay, “The Hamburger,” appeared in <em>Ink</em>, a Hippocampus anthology.</p> 13424<div></div> 13425 </div> 13426 13427 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13428 13429 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13430 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13431</article><!-- #post-## --> 13432 13433 13434 13435<article id="post-54348" class="photo-text post-54348 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13436 13437 <div class="entry-content"> 13438 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ravenbraids-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13439 <h4 class="tight-heading">Linda Toren</h4> 13440 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '98, '02; Art of the Wild '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13441 <p><em>Raven Braids the Wind, </em>from Wisdom through Manzanita Writerâs Press (MWP)<em>,</em> is her first poetry collection to be published.</p> 13442<div></div> 13443 </div> 13444 <a href="https://www.calaverasenterprise.com/community/article_3a7683e0-b795-11ec-b40d-2f0c02db28dd.html">https://www.calaverasenterprise.com/community/article_3a7683e0-b795-11ec-b40d-2f0c02db28dd.html</a> 13445 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13446 13447 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13448 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13449</article><!-- #post-## --> 13450 13451 13452 13453<article id="post-54365" class="photo-text post-54365 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13454 13455 <div class="entry-content"> 13456 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/30below-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13457 <h4 class="tight-heading">Daniel Pope</h4> 13458 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, '19, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13459 <p>His short story, “Good Neighbors,” which was chosen as a finalist for the 2021 <em>Narrative</em> 30 Below Contest, was published as a Story of the Week in <em>Narrative Magazine</em> in April 2022.</p> 13460<div></div> 13461 </div> 13462 <a href="https://www.danielpopewrites.com/">https://www.danielpopewrites.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 13463 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13464 13465 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13466 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13467</article><!-- #post-## --> 13468 13469 13470 13471<article id="post-54408" class="photo-text post-54408 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13472 13473 <div class="entry-content"> 13474 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Topos_OMiami_ZipOdes_2022_Week-1-Batch_V3-51-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13475 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 13476 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13477 <p>Her poem was selected for the WLRN/ Zip Odes Project for the O, Miami Poetry Festival.</p> 13478<div></div> 13479 </div> 13480 <br>Attended with the help of Ancinas Scholarship 13481 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13482 13483 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13484 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13485</article><!-- #post-## --> 13486 13487 13488 13489<article id="post-54411" class="photo-text post-54411 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13490 13491 <div class="entry-content"> 13492 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/annahogeland-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13493 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anna Hogeland</h4> 13494 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13495 <p>Her debut novel, <em>The Long Answer,</em> was published by Riverhead Books (Penguin Random House) on June 21, 2022.</p> 13496<div></div> 13497 </div> 13498 <a href="http://www.annahogeland.com">http://www.annahogeland.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of UCI scholarship 13499 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13500 13501 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13502 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13503</article><!-- #post-## --> 13504 13505 13506 13507<article id="post-54539" class="photo-text post-54539 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 13508 13509 <div class="entry-content"> 13510 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Latinx-Poetics-Anthology-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13511 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruben Quesada</h4> 13512 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13513 13514<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His anthology of edited essays, <em>Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry</em>, will be published by the University of New Mexico Press this November.</p> 13515<div></div> </div> 13516 13517 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13518 13519 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13520 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13521</article><!-- #post-## --> 13522 13523 13524 13525<article id="post-54414" class="photo-text post-54414 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13526 13527 <div class="entry-content"> 13528 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/adroit-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13529 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruben Quesada</h4> 13530 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '07</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13531 <p>He has a new poem “My Mother Is a Garden” in Issue 41 of <em>
13531The Adroit Journal</em>.</p> 13532<div></div> 13533 </div> 13534 <a href="https://rubenquesada.com/">https://rubenquesada.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of UC Riverside scholarship 13535 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13536 13537 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13538 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13539</article><!-- #post-## --> 13540 13541 13542 13543<article id="post-54420" class="photo-text post-54420 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13544 13545 <div class="entry-content"> 13546 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Wyndham-Lewis-The-Dancers-1912-detail-from-Winter-Anthology-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13547 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anna Lena Phillips Bell</h4> 13548 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13549 <p>Her poem “Emerald (a charm for ash)” won the 2021 Winter Anthology Contest, and appears in volume 12 of the <em>Winter Anthology</em> online.</p> 13550<div></div> 13551 </div> 13552 <a href="http://winteranthology.com/?vol=12&author=bell&title=emerald">http://winteranthology.com/?vol=12&author=bell&title=emerald</a> 13553 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13554 13555 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13556 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13557</article><!-- #post-## --> 13558 13559 13560 13561<article id="post-54430" class="photo-text post-54430 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13562 13563 <div class="entry-content"> 13564 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AFW_0999-C-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13565 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ann Fisher-Wirth</h4> 13566 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '92, '00, '09, '13, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13567 <p>She is retiring in June after nearly 50 years of university teaching. She is currently coediting an anthology of eco-poetry, prose, and art from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and the Southern US for the journal <em>Global South</em>; and coediting a <em>Literary Field Guide to Mississippi</em>. She will be in residence at Storyknife, the women writers’ retreat in Homer, Alaska, in October 2022, where she’ll work on a new book of poems.</p> 13568<div></div> 13569 </div> 13570 13571 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13572 13573 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13574 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13575</article><!-- #post-## --> 13576 13577 13578 13579<article id="post-54434" class="photo-text post-54434 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13580 13581 <div class="entry-content"> 13582 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/secord_book-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13583 <h4 class="tight-heading">Laura Secord</h4> 13584 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant '00, '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13585 <p>Her new historical novel-in-verse,<em> An Art, a Craft, a Mystery</em> (Livingston Press, 2022), is<br /> 13586a family saga told in a series of short poems. A hybrid of poetry, historical fiction and feminist literature, it tells the stories of two real women, Lydea Gilbert and Katherine (Kate) Harrison, who lived along the frontier of the Connecticut River in the mid 1600s. They were healers, midwives, farmers and ordinary women who faced the struggles and joys of life in a wild new land. They were women in a puritan culture, women of intuitive genius and healing powers, who lived through times where feminine power and the value of womenâs lives was suspect and condemned.</p> 13587<div></div> 13588 </div> 13589 <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/laura-secord/an-art-a-craft-a-mystery/">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/laura-secord/an-art-a-craft-a-mystery/</a> 13590 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13591 13592 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13593 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13594</article><!-- #post-## --> 13595 13596 13597 13598<article id="post-54447" class="photo-text post-54447 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13599 13600 <div class="entry-content"> 13601 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Final-Front-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13602 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary F. Burns</h4> 13603 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13604 <p>Her fourth historical mystery in the <em>
13604John Singer Sargent/Violet Paget</em> series is out now! <em>The Eleventh Commandment</em> was dubbed by Kirkus Reviews as “A thrilling whodunit and an edifying work of historical fiction….an exceedingly intelligent and entertaining novel.”</p> 13605<div></div> 13606 </div> 13607 <a href="https://www.maryfburns.com">https://www.maryfburns.com</a> 13608 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13609 13610 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13611 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13612</article><!-- #post-## --> 13613 13614 13615 13616<article id="post-54460" class="photo-text post-54460 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13617 13618 <div class="entry-content"> 13619 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Story-Issue-13-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13620 <h4 class="tight-heading">Caroline Kim</h4> 13621 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '18, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13622 <p>Her short story “Motherhood” appears in the Spring 2022 Issue of <em>STORY Magazine</em>.</p> 13623<div></div> 13624 </div> 13625 <a href="http://www.carolinekim.net">http://www.carolinekim.net</a> 13626 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13627 13628 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13629 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13630</article><!-- #post-## --> 13631 13632 13633 13634<article id="post-54489" class="photo-text post-54489 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13635 13636 <div class="entry-content"> 13637 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Victoria-at-Verge-TOB-Reading1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13638 <h4 class="tight-heading">Victoria Dalkey</h4> 13639 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13640 <p>Her poem Making Love I Remember a Dark Wood appears in the Spring 2022 issue of <em>Birmingham Poetry Review</em> number 49.</p> 13641<div></div> 13642 </div> 13643 13644 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13645 13646 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13647 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13648</article><!-- #post-## --> 13649 13650 13651 13652<article id="post-54513" class="photo-text post-54513 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 13653 13654 <div class="entry-content"> 13655 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Rosebud-69-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13656 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sergio Reyes</h4> 13657 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant '20, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13658 <p>In April 2022, <em>Rosebud Magazine</em> published âThe Forbidden Kingdomâ, a poem selected as finalist in the 2021 Rosebud Poetry Contest.</p> 13659<p>Sergio wrote this poem, originally entitled âMonday blobâ for a Monday morning workshop led by Camille Dungy in 2020. By coincidence, Lester Graves Lennon also attended this workshop. Later that year, he assumed the role of Poetry editor for <em>Rosebud Magazine</em> and judged the poetry contest.</p> 13660<p>Issue #69 of <em>Rosebud Magazine</em> is currently available at Barnes & Noble bookstores.</p> 13661<div></div> 13662 </div> 13663 13664 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13665 13666 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13667 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13668</article><!-- #post-## --> 13669 13670 13671 13672<article id="post-54399" class="photo-text post-54399 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13673 13674 <div class="entry-content"> 13675 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/the-candy-house-9781476716763_hr-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13676 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jennifer Egan</h4> 13677 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '89</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13678 13679<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her new novel, <em>The Candy House</em>, was published on April 5, 2022 from Scribner’s.</p> 13680<div></div> </div> 13681 13682 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13683 13684 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13685 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13686</article><!-- #post-## --> 13687 13688 13689 13690<article id="post-54230" class="photo-text post-54230 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13691 13692 <div class="entry-content"> 13693 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/As-She-Appears-Cover-NEW-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13694 <h4 class="tight-heading">Shelley Wong</h4> 13695 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13696 <p>Her debut full-length poetry collection <em>
13696As She Appears</em> (YesYes Books), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize, will be published in May, 2022.</p> 13697<div></div> 13698 </div> 13699 <a href="https://www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page/as-she-appears">https://www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page/as-she-appears</a> 13700 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13701 13702 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13703 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13704</article><!-- #post-## --> 13705 13706 13707 13708<article id="post-53230" class="photo-text post-53230 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 13709 13710 <div class="entry-content"> 13711 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SharonOldsBW-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13712 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sharon Olds</h4> 13713 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop teaching staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13714 13715<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She is the recipient of the 2022 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry, and will be honored at a benefit put on by the Poetry Society of America on May 12. Named for Robert Frost, and first given in 1930, the Frost Medal is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in American poetry and is awarded annually at the discretion of the PSA’s Board of Governors. Previous winners of the award include Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery, Lucille Clifton, and most recently, N. Scott Momaday.</p> 13716<div></div> </div> 13717 13718 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13719 13720 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13721 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13722</article><!-- #post-## --> 13723 13724 13725 13726<article id="post-52416" class="photo-text post-52416 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 13727 13728 <div class="entry-content"> 13729 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Perez-What-Flies-Want-JPG-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13730 <h4 class="tight-heading">Emily Perez</h4> 13731 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '10, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13732 <p>Her second full-length book of poetry, <em>What Flies Want</em>, was chosen by judge Brenda Shaughnessy as the winner of the Iowa Prize. Poet Wayne Miller calls it “a broad and ambitious book well-tuned to the concerns of the present moment as it attends in smart and nuanced layers to sexual violence, constructions of gender, the complexities of race, the disappointments and redemptions of marriage, and the entwined hopes and fears of raising boys in a world where âevery manâs a ticking bomb.â” The book is available for pre-order on Amazon and the University of Iowa website, and it will be available in May, 2022.</p> 13733<div></div> 13734 </div> 13735 <a href="http://www.emilyperez.org">http://www.emilyperez.org</a> 13736 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13737 13738 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13739 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13740</article><!-- #post-## --> 13741 13742 13743 13744<article id="post-53130" class="photo-text post-53130 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13745 13746 <div class="entry-content"> 13747 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/alter_exiles-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13748 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dan Alter</h4> 13749 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '11, '14, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13750 13751<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His newest collection of poetry, <em>My Little Book of Exiles</em>, was recently published by Maida Vale.</p> 13752<div></div> </div> 13753 13754 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13755 13756 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13757 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13758</article><!-- #post-## --> 13759 13760 13761 13762<article id="post-52741" class="photo-text post-52741 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13763 13764 <div class="entry-content"> 13765 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/VG-Miramar-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13766 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 13767 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13768 <p>His multimedia essay “There Will Always Be Stars In the Sky,” on the life and legacy of Lata Mangeshkar, India’s beloved diva, was published in <em>Serenade</em> magazine, March 2022.</p> 13769<div></div> 13770 </div> 13771 <a href="https://serenademagazine.com/features/there-will-always-be-stars-in-the-sky-the-life-and-legacy-of-lata-mangeshkar/">https://serenademagazine.com/features/there-will-always-be-stars-in-the-sky-the-life-and-legacy-of-lata-mangeshkar/</a> 13772 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13773 13774 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13775 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13776</article><!-- #post-## --> 13777 13778 13779 13780<article id="post-52744" class="photo-text post-52744 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13781 13782 <div class="entry-content"> 13783 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Standing-Up-cover-2022-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13784 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ellen Bravo</h4> 13785 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '99, '00, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13786 <p>She has a new novel out, <em>Standing Up: Tales of Struggle</em>, written with her husband Larry Miller. Inspired by five decades of organizing, <em>Standing Up</em> is about those who clean bloody hospital sheets, forge parts for sewer pipes, arrange flights, or process checks â all while caring for kids, holding relationships together and wrestling with multiple forms of oppression. As the characters stand up, slow down, form unions, leave an abusive relationship or just stir up good trouble, they entertain and enlighten and encourage us to love deeply, as we continue the fight for justice. Best-selling author Jacquelyn Mitchard calls it “Shocking, terrifying, inspiring and deeply felt lives of the unsung.”</p> 13787<div></div> 13788 </div> 13789 <a href="http://www.ellenbravo.com">http://www.ellenbravo.com</a> 13790 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13791 13792 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13793 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13794</article><!-- #post-## --> 13795 13796 13797 13798<article id="post-52925" class="photo-text post-52925 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 13799 13800 <div class="entry-content"> 13801 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-07-at-10.42.23-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13802 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Spears Jones</h4> 13803 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '91, '92, '94; Poetry Workshop teaching staff '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13804 13805<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She is being honored at The Poetry Project Gala in New York City on April 8. More details can be found here: https://www.poetryproject.org/gala?token=5de6c2883029110cb33f6ec372915af1ac1545ae</p> 13806<div></div> </div> 13807 13808 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13809 13810 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13811 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13812</article><!-- #post-## --> 13813 13814 13815 13816<article id="post-50628" class="photo-text post-50628 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13817 13818 <div class="entry-content"> 13819 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Lazure-Proof-of-Me-Front-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13820 <h4 class="tight-heading">Erica Plouffe Lazure</h4> 13821 <span style="font-size:80%;">
13821Writers Workshop participant '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13822 13823<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her short story collection, <em>Proof of Me and Other Stories</em>, is now available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble.com. It will be released by New American Press in Philadelphia on March 24, 2022 during AWP. To preorder: tinyurl.com/5f58mcf4</p> 13824<div></div> </div> 13825 13826 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13827 13828 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13829 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13830</article><!-- #post-## --> 13831 13832 13833 13834<article id="post-52650" class="photo-text post-52650 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 13835 13836 <div class="entry-content"> 13837 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/RachelHowardEmmetCullenBW-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13838 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rachel Howard</h4> 13839 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '13; Writers Workshop teaching staff '17, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13840 13841<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her essay, “The Man with the Poodle: Political Theater in the Time of CRT” was recently featured in the <em>Los Angeles Review of Books</em>. </p> 13842<div></div> </div> 13843 <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-man-with-the-poodle-political-theater-in-the-time-of-crt/">https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-man-with-the-poodle-political-theater-in-the-time-of-crt/</a> 13844 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13845 13846 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13847 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13848</article><!-- #post-## --> 13849 13850 13851 13852<article id="post-52368" class="photo-text post-52368 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13853 13854 <div class="entry-content"> 13855 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Cover_Alter_front-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13856 <h4 class="tight-heading">Dan Alter</h4> 13857 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant, '11, '14, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13858 <p>His first collection of poetry, <em>My Little Book of Exiles</em>, comes out March 1, 2022 from Eyewear Press, London.</p> 13859<div></div> 13860 </div> 13861 <a href="http://danalter.net">http://danalter.net</a> 13862 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13863 13864 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13865 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13866</article><!-- #post-## --> 13867 13868 13869 13870<article id="post-52374" class="photo-text post-52374 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-screenwriters"> 13871 13872 <div class="entry-content"> 13873 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/iconsquare1382315287-159164-RuthKirschnerPlaywright2SM-150x210.webp" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13874 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ruth Kirschner</h4> 13875 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13876 <p>Her play <em>Whippoorwill</em> is being produced by Centenary Stage Co, March-April 2022, winning the Women Playwrights Series Susan Glaspell Contest. Her most recent play, <em>The Field</em>, has been nominated for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.</p> 13877<div></div> 13878 </div> 13879 <a href="https://njtheatrealliance.org/productions/whippoorwill">https://njtheatrealliance.org/productions/whippoorwill</a> 13880 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13881 13882 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13883 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13884</article><!-- #post-## --> 13885 13886 13887 13888<article id="post-52398" class="photo-text post-52398 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13889 13890 <div class="entry-content"> 13891 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/083DF9AD-4986-4D52-B80B-1C997669770D-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13892 <h4 class="tight-heading">Teresa Burns Gunther</h4> 13893 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13894 <p>
13894She won the 52nd New Millennium Award for Fiction for her story, <em>War Paint, </em>included in her collection, <em>Hold Off The Night</em>, forthcoming from Bequem Press.</p> 13895<div></div> 13896 </div> 13897 <a href="[https://newmillenniumwritings.org/war-paint-teresa-burns-gunther/]">[https://newmillenniumwritings.org/war-paint-teresa-burns-gunther/]</a> 13898 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13899 13900 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13901 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13902</article><!-- #post-## --> 13903 13904 13905 13906<article id="post-52412" class="photo-text post-52412 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13907 13908 <div class="entry-content"> 13909 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/perishableworld_hokanson-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13910 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alicia Hokanson</h4> 13911 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '93, '97, '99, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13912 <p>Her new book, <em>Perishable World</em>, (Pleasure Boat Studio Press, 2021) won the 2021 Grand Prize from the international Eyelands Book Awards.</p> 13913<div></div> 13914 </div> 13915 <a href="http://eyelands awards.com">http://eyelands awards.com</a> 13916 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13917 13918 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13919 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13920</article><!-- #post-## --> 13921 13922 13923 13924<article id="post-52420" class="photo-text post-52420 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 13925 13926 <div class="entry-content"> 13927 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Perez-and-Reddy-cover-JPG-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13928 <h4 class="tight-heading">Emily Pérez</h4> 13929 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '10, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13930 <p>She co-edited the forthcoming anthology <em>The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood</em>. The anthology–a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts–features work by several members of the Community of Writers, including Diannely Antigua, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Meg Day, Keetje Kuipers, Khadijah Queen, Chelsea Rathburn and others. The book is available for pre-order and will be released by University of Georgia Press in April, 2022.</p> 13931<div></div> 13932 </div> 13933 <a href="http://www.emilyperez.org">http://www.emilyperez.org</a> 13934 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13935 13936 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13937 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13938</article><!-- #post-## --> 13939 13940 13941 13942<article id="post-52470" class="photo-text post-52470 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 13943 13944 <div class="entry-content"> 13945 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/dunn_laststop-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13946 <h4 class="tight-heading">Patricia Dunn</h4> 13947 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13948 <p>Her debut novel for adults, <em>Last Stop on the 6 </em>(Bordighera Press), workshopped during her time at Community Writers, was published in November, 2021.</p> 13949<div></div> 13950 </div> 13951 <a href="http://patriciadunnauthor.com">http://patriciadunnauthor.com</a> 13952 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13953 13954 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13955 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13956</article><!-- #post-## --> 13957 13958 13959 13960<article id="post-52478" class="photo-text post-52478 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-screenwriters"> 13961 13962 <div class="entry-content"> 13963 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/58D1B1A6-1F63-4986-80F2-21F9EB316419-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13964 <h4 class="tight-heading">Juliana Roth</h4> 13965 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting Workshop participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13966 <p>Her new short film <em>
13966Final Curtain Call</em>, on Radio City Music Hall’s Chief organist Ray Bohr, is in post-production.</p> 13967<div></div> 13968 </div> 13969 <a href="http://tinyurl.com/letsplayray">http://tinyurl.com/letsplayray</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 13970 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13971 13972 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13973 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13974</article><!-- #post-## --> 13975 13976 13977 13978<article id="post-52514" class="photo-text post-52514 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13979 13980 <div class="entry-content"> 13981 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Waterstone-Review-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 13982 <h4 class="tight-heading">TN Eyer</h4> 13983 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 13984 <p>Her short story, “Date of Death”, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and appears in Volume 24 of <em>Water~Stone Review</em>.</p> 13985<div></div> 13986 </div> 13987 13988 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 13989 13990 <footer class="entry-footer"> 13991 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 13992</article><!-- #post-## --> 13993 13994 13995 13996<article id="post-52517" class="photo-text post-52517 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 13997 13998 <div class="entry-content"> 13999 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HFR-Cover-good-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HFR-Cover-good-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HFR-Cover-good-430x600.jpg 430w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HFR-Cover-good.jpg 564w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 14000 <h4 class="tight-heading">TN Eyer</h4> 14001 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14002 <p>Her short story “A Dying Breed” appears in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue of <em>Hayden’s Ferry Review</em>.</p> 14003<div></div> 14004 </div> 14005 14006 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14007 14008 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14009 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14010</article><!-- #post-## --> 14011 14012 14013 14014<article id="post-52551" class="photo-text post-52551 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14015 14016 <div class="entry-content"> 14017 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/huizache-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14018 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cathy Wang</h4> 14019 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14020 <p>Her short story “ESL” will be published in the ninth issue of <em>Huizache</em>. During the fiction workshops of 2019, her individual conference mentor was founding editor Dagoberto Gilb. Her pen name is Cathy Lue-W.</p> 14021<div></div> 14022 </div> 14023 14024 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14025 14026 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14027 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14028</article><!-- #post-## --> 14029 14030 14031 14032<article id="post-52332" class="photo-text post-52332 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 14033 14034 <div class="entry-content"> 14035 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/booth_fowler-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14036 <h4 class="tight-heading">Karen Joy Fowler</h4> 14037 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop teaching staff '00, '01, '03, '05, '09, '13, '18, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14038 14039<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her new novel, <em>Booth</em>, will be published by Penguin in March, 2022.</p> 14040<div></div> </div> 14041 14042 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14043 14044 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14045 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14046</article><!-- #post-## --> 14047 14048 14049 14050<article id="post-52294" class="photo-text post-52294 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14051 14052 <div class="entry-content"> 14053 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bestmysteries-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14054 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sean Marciniak</h4> 14055 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14056 <p>His short story, “October in Kauai,” was selected to be in the <em>Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022</em>. It originally appeared in the <em>Mystery Tribune</em>, Issue No. 15.</p> 14057<div></div> 14058 </div> 14059 <a href="https://www.mysterytribune.com/shop/magazine/issue-no15/http://">https://www.mysterytribune.com/shop/magazine/issue-no15/http://</a> 14060 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14061 14062 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14063 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14064</article><!-- #post-## --> 14065 14066 14067 14068<article id="post-52199" class="photo-text post-52199 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 14069 14070 <div class="entry-content"> 14071 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pecanhollow-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14072 <h4 class="tight-heading">Caroline Frost</h4> 14073 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '17, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14074 14075<p class="wp-block-paragraph">
14075Her debut novel, Shadows of Pecan Hollow, was just published by William Morrow! A chapter was workshopped at the Community of Writers Fiction Workshop in 2017. </p> 14076<div></div> </div> 14077 14078 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14079 14080 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14081 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14082</article><!-- #post-## --> 14083 14084 14085 14086<article id="post-52119" class="photo-text post-52119 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14087 14088 <div class="entry-content"> 14089 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kari.F.CeilingFan.FrontCver-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14090 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kari Flickinger</h4> 14091 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14092 <p>Her second collection of poems, <em>Ceiling Fan</em>, was published by Rare Swan Books in February 2022.</p> 14093<div></div> 14094 </div> 14095 <a href="http://kariflickinger.com/2022/02/03/ceiling-fan-pre-orders/">http://kariflickinger.com/2022/02/03/ceiling-fan-pre-orders/</a> 14096 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14097 14098 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14099 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14100</article><!-- #post-## --> 14101 14102 14103 14104<article id="post-52173" class="photo-text post-52173 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14105 14106 <div class="entry-content"> 14107 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TQDefault_300_300-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14108 <h4 class="tight-heading">Sergio Reyes</h4> 14109 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14110 <p>He recently had a poem entitled âEL Silencioâ published in the online literary journal <em>TriQuarterly</em>. The first draft of this poem was written for a workshop led by Bob Hass during the 2020 Poetry Workshop.</p> 14111<p>He almost scrapped the poem after writing the first few lines because he felt that it had nothing to do with the pandemic or was relevant to what everyone was going through during the lockdown. However, he went ahead and wrote it because he needed to turn something in for Saturday session.</p> 14112<div></div> 14113 </div> 14114 <a href="https://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-161/el-silencio">https://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-161/el-silencio</a> 14115 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14116 14117 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14118 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14119</article><!-- #post-## --> 14120 14121 14122 14123<article id="post-52115" class="photo-text post-52115 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 14124 14125 <div class="entry-content"> 14126 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/drueheinz-e1581099567810-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14127 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ramona Reeves</h4> 14128 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14129 <p>She won the 2022 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for her linked short story collection<em> It Falls Gently All Around</em>. It will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in October, 2022.</p> 14130<div></div> 14131 </div> 14132 <a href="https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/texas-writer-ramona">https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/texas-writer-ramona</a> 14133 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14134 14135 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14136 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14137</article><!-- #post-## --> 14138 14139 14140 14141<article id="post-52071" class="photo-text post-52071 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14142 14143 <div class="entry-content"> 14144 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/front_cover_500x750-1
1414450x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14145 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark S. Wisniewski</h4> 14146 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '91</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14147 <p>The inaugural volume of a short story anthology, <em>Coolest American Stories 2022</em>, founded and edited by Mark Wisniewski, has been published and received early praise from Ben Fontain, Lori Ostlund, <em>The Washington Independent Review of Books,</em> and the <em>Santa Fe Reporter</em>. Mark’s goal is to publish “interesting, compelling storytelling that appeals to people from all walks of life,” thus, he hopes, providing a yearly collection of tales that can serve as a common ground for enjoyment rather than divide Americans nationwide.</p> 14148<div></div> 14149 </div> 14150 <a href="http://www.coolestamericanstories.com///">http://www.coolestamericanstories.com///</a> 14151 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14152 14153 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14154 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14155</article><!-- #post-## --> 14156 14157 14158 14159<article id="post-52041" class="photo-text post-52041 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14160 14161 <div class="entry-content"> 14162 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/landfinal_converted-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14163 <h4 class="tight-heading">Claudia Putnam</h4> 14164 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14165 <p>Her debut collection, <em>The Land of Stone and River</em>, won the Moon City Press poetry prize and is now available for preorder, to be published in March, 2022.</p> 14166<div></div> 14167 </div> 14168 <a href="hhttps://www.uapress.com/product/the-land-of-stone-and-river/">hhttps://www.uapress.com/product/the-land-of-stone-and-river/</a> 14169 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14170 14171 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14172 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14173</article><!-- #post-## --> 14174 14175 14176 14177<article id="post-52057" class="photo-text post-52057 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 14178 14179 <div class="entry-content"> 14180 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Capture-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14181 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 14182 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '93; Writers Workshop teaching staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14183 <p>The inaugural issue of his newest project, <em>Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Arts Journal of Imagination and Regimagination,</em> features writing by Community of Writers friends Victoria Patterson, Grant Hier, Lisa Alvarez and Mary Camarillo, among OC writers sharing poetry, fiction, and memoir from and about the region.</p> 14184<div></div> 14185 </div> 14186 <a href="http://citricacid.ink">http://citricacid.ink</a> 14187 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14188 14189 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14190 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14191</article><!-- #post-## --> 14192 14193 14194 14195<article id="post-52047" class="photo-text post-52047 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14196 14197 <div class="entry-content"> 14198 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CoverDoubleNegative-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14199 <h4 class="tight-heading">Claudia Putnam</h4> 14200 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14201 <p>Her personal essay, <em>Double Negative</em>, won the Split/Lip Press CNF chapbook contest and is forthcoming March 15, 2022. It is available for preorder starting on February 15.</p> 14202 14203 14204<div></div> 14205<div></div> </div> 14206 <a href="https://www.splitlippress.com/double-negative">https://www.splitlippress.com/double-negative</a> 14207 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14208 14209 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14210 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14211</article><!-- #post-## --> 14212 14213 14214 14215<article id="post-51971" class="photo-text post-51971 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14216 14217 <div class="entry-content"> 14218 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/hiveave-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14219 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 14220 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14221 <p>His short story, “The Girl from Yesterday,” appears in the <em>Hive Avenue Literary Journal</em>.</p> 14222<div></div> 14223 </div> 14224 <a href="https://37878aca-094c-466f-a65e-a747e124c8ef.filesusr.com/ugd/9d473d_08dcdbac81f8480f82e6e0f4ee213eaf.pdf">https://37878aca-094c-466f-a65e-a747e124c8ef.filesusr.com/ugd/9d473d_08dcdbac81f8480f82e6e0f4ee213eaf.pdf</a> 14225 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14226 14227 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14228 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14229</article><!-- #post-## --> 14230 14231 14232 14233<article id="post-52026" class="photo-text post-52026 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 14234 14235 <div class="entry-content"> 14236 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-28-at-9.42.57-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-28-at-9.42.57-AM-150x210.png 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-28-at-9.42.57-AM-852x1200.png 852w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
14236w, 150px" /> 14237 <h4 class="tight-heading">Robin Dellabough</h4> 14238 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant; Poetry Workshop participant '87, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14239 <p>Her full length poetry collection, <em>Double Helix</em>, will be published in May, 2022, and is available now for preorder.</p> 14240<div></div> 14241 </div> 14242 <a href="http://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/double-helix-by-robin-dellabough.">http://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/double-helix-by-robin-dellabough.</a> 14243 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14244 14245 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14246 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14247</article><!-- #post-## --> 14248 14249 14250 14251<article id="post-50684" class="photo-text post-50684 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14252 14253 <div class="entry-content"> 14254 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/PRUIKSMA-TheKural-Tiruvalluvars-Tirukkural-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14255 <h4 class="tight-heading">Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma</h4> 14256 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14257 <p>His new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, <em>The Kural: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural</em>, was published by Beacon Press on January 11, 2022.</p> 14258 14259 14260<div></div> 14261<div></div> </div> 14262 <a href="https://thomaspruiksma.com/kural">https://thomaspruiksma.com/kural</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 14263 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14264 14265 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14266 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14267</article><!-- #post-## --> 14268 14269 14270 14271<article id="post-50688" class="photo-text post-50688 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14272 14273 <div class="entry-content"> 14274 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-02-02-at-11.25.20-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14275 <h4 class="tight-heading">Richard Sime</h4> 14276 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14277 <p>His second collection of poems, <em>The Next Breath</em>, will soon be his first published book (the first collection is still looking for a home) when Finishing Line Press releases the book this year.</p> 14278<div></div> 14279 </div> 14280 14281 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14282 14283 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14284 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14285</article><!-- #post-## --> 14286 14287 14288 14289<article id="post-50927" class="photo-text post-50927 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14290 14291 <div class="entry-content"> 14292 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Erin-L-McCoy_2000px-wide-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14293 <h4 class="tight-heading">Erin L. McCoy</h4> 14294 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, 2016</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14295 <p>Her poem, “How a lake flash-froze a herd of horses,” was selected by Kaveh Akbar for inclusion in <em>Best New Poets 2021.</em> This is McCoy’s second appearance in the <em>Best New Poets</em> anthology.</p> 14296<div></div> 14297 </div> 14298 <a href="https://erinlmccoy.com/blog/best-new-poets-anthology-mccoy-poem">https://erinlmccoy.com/blog/best-new-poets-anthology-mccoy-poem</a> <br>Attended with the help of Oakley Hall III Memorial Scholarship 14299 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14300 14301 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14302 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14303</article><!-- #post-## --> 14304 14305 14306 14307<article id="post-51049" class="photo-text post-51049 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14308 14309 <div class="entry-content"> 14310 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88D1218D-D768-4820-81CA-577372E15A18-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14311 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lester Graves Lennon</h4> 14312 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '99, '01, '03, '05, '07, '09, '11, '13, '15, '17, '19, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14313 <p>His third book of poetry, <em>Lynchings: Postcards from America, </em>was released the first week of January, 2022. The title section (all started in the Valley) consists of 13 poems that look at 12 lynching photographs, some of which were turned into postcards.<
14313/p> 14314<div></div> 14315 </div> 14316 <a href="https://www.wordtechweb.com/lennon_postcards.html">https://www.wordtechweb.com/lennon_postcards.html</a> 14317 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14318 14319 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14320 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14321</article><!-- #post-## --> 14322 14323 14324 14325<article id="post-51186" class="photo-text post-51186 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14326 14327 <div class="entry-content"> 14328 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kelly-Houle-author-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14329 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kelly Houle</h4> 14330 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14331 <p>She has poems appearing in the Spring 2022 issues of <em>Press Pause</em> (vol 6), <em>Radar Poetry</em> (Issue 32 XXII), <em>The Round</em> (Issue XXII), <em>Sequestrum</em> (Issue 30), and <em>Visitant</em> (2/23).</p> 14332<div></div> 14333 </div> 14334 <a href="https://www.kellymhoule.com/poetry.html">https://www.kellymhoule.com/poetry.html</a> 14335 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14336 14337 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14338 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14339</article><!-- #post-## --> 14340 14341 14342 14343<article id="post-51256" class="photo-text post-51256 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14344 14345 <div class="entry-content"> 14346 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Melenie-Flynn-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14347 <h4 class="tight-heading">Melenie Freedom Flynn</h4> 14348 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '09, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14349 <p>She is the recipient of a generous 2022 Elizabeth George Foundation grant to support the completion of her memoir about growing up in the backseat of Delilah, her family’s big blue Ford LTD, as they moved back and forth between the Rajneesh Commune in Oregon and Las Vegas during the 1980s.</p> 14350<div></div> 14351 </div> 14352 <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 14353 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14354 14355 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14356 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14357</article><!-- #post-## --> 14358 14359 14360 14361<article id="post-51344" class="photo-text post-51344 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14362 14363 <div class="entry-content"> 14364 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jung-Hae-Chae-author-photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14365 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jung Hae Chae</h4> 14366 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14367 <p>Her essay, “Hole(s),” won the 2021 Crazyhorse Nonfiction Prize and appeared in the Winter 2021 issue.</p> 14368<div></div> 14369 </div> 14370 <a href="https://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/catching-up-with-2021-crazyhorse-nonfiction-prize-winner-jung-hae-chae/">https://crazyhorse.cofc.edu/catching-up-with-2021-crazyhorse-nonfiction-prize-winner-jung-hae-chae/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 14371 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14372 14373 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14374 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14375</article><!-- #post-## --> 14376 14377 14378 14379<article id="post-51695" class="photo-text post-51695 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14380 14381 <div class="entry-content"> 14382 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pecanhollow-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14383 <h4 class="tight-heading">Caroline Frost</h4> 14384 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '17, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14385 <p>Her debut novel, <em>
14385Shadows of Pecan Hollow</em>, was just published by William Morrow. Itâs a gritty Texas thriller about a fierce woman and the partner in crime she canât escape. Caroline workshopped a chapter from her novel at Community of Writers in 2017.</p> 14386<div></div> 14387 </div> 14388 <a href="http://carolinefrost.com">http://carolinefrost.com</a> 14389 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14390 14391 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14392 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14393</article><!-- #post-## --> 14394 14395 14396 14397<article id="post-51804" class="photo-text post-51804 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 14398 14399 <div class="entry-content"> 14400 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/steinorth-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14401 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jennifer Sperry Steinorth</h4> 14402 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14403 14404<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest work of poetry and visual art, Her Read: A Graphic Poem, was published in 2021 by Texas Review Press. </p> 14405<div></div> </div> 14406 14407 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14408 14409 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14410 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14411</article><!-- #post-## --> 14412 14413 14414 14415<article id="post-51371" class="photo-text post-51371 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14416 14417 <div class="entry-content"> 14418 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/shangyang_buryingmtn-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14419 <h4 class="tight-heading">Shangyang Fang</h4> 14420 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14421 14422<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His poetry collection, Burying the Mountain, was recently published by Copper Canyon Press. </p> 14423<div></div> </div> 14424 14425 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14426 14427 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14428 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14429</article><!-- #post-## --> 14430 14431 14432 14433<article id="post-50337" class="photo-text post-50337 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14434 14435 <div class="entry-content"> 14436 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211204_165132-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14437 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nevada McPherson</h4> 14438 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14439 <p>Her novel, <em>Poser</em>, will be published by Outcast Press in February, 2022.</p> 14440<p>First in a noir series called the Eucalyptus Lane Novels, set in and around Palo Alto, CA, <em>Poser</em> offers a “class-conscious, peeping-Tom gaze into Silicon Valleyâs bedrooms and back-alleys, where dreams really do come true and unlikely, life-altering connections are made, for betterâor worse.”</p> 14441<div></div> 14442 </div> 14443 <a href="https://www.outcast-press.com/published-works">https://www.outcast-press.com/published-works</a> 14444 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14445 14446 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14447 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14448</article><!-- #post-## --> 14449 14450 14451 14452<article id="post-50329" class="photo-text post-50329 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2022-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14453 14454 <div class="entry-content"> 14455 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/awaytostay_kuryla-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14456 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Kuryla</h4> 14457 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14458 <p>Her novel <em>Away to Stay</em> comes out with Regal House Press in February, 2022.</p> 14459<div></div> 14460 </div> 14461 <a href="http://https://www.regalhousepublishing.com/product/away-to-stay/">http://https://www.regalhousepublishing.com/product/away-to-stay/</a> 14462 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14463 14464 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14465 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14466</article><!-- #post-## --> 14467 14468 14469 14470<article id="post-50100" class="photo-text post-50100 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14471 14472 <div class="entry-content"> 14473 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_0844-1-Fran-Castan-by-Mia1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14474 <h4 class="tight-heading">Fran Castan</h4> 14475 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14476 <p>She won the 2021 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine. The award includes publication in <em>
14476The Hippocrates Prize Anthology</em> and 1,000 British pounds. Her poem, “Voice Mail,” was chosen from a record number of entries submitted from 30 countries to The Open Category for Poets. There was a separate division for health professionals and another for young writers of poetry. A video of Fran reading “Voice Mail,” one of a series of poems she wrote while her friend battled pancreatic cancer, can be seen on the society’s website: www.hippocrates-poetry.org.</p> 14477<div></div> 14478 </div> 14479 <a href="http://www.hippocrates-poetry.org">http://www.hippocrates-poetry.org</a> 14480 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14481 14482 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14483 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14484</article><!-- #post-## --> 14485 14486 14487 14488<article id="post-50530" class="photo-text post-50530 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14489 14490 <div class="entry-content"> 14491 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Lazure-Proof-of-Me-Front-Cover-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14492 <h4 class="tight-heading">Erica Plouffe Lazure</h4> 14493 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14494 <p>Her short story collection, <em>Proof of Me and Other Stories</em>, is now available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble.com. It will be released by New American Press in Philadelphia on March 24, 2022 during AWP. To preorder: tinyurl.com/5f58mcf4</p> 14495<div></div> 14496 </div> 14497 <a href="https://newamericanpress.com/erica-plouffe-lazures-proof-of-me-to-launch-march-24/">https://newamericanpress.com/erica-plouffe-lazures-proof-of-me-to-launch-march-24/</a> 14498 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14499 14500 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14501 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14502</article><!-- #post-## --> 14503 14504 14505 14506<article id="post-50075" class="photo-text post-50075 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14507 14508 <div class="entry-content"> 14509 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rainbow-body-4-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rainbow-body-4-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rainbow-body-4.jpeg 353w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 14510 <h4 class="tight-heading">Neysa King</h4> 14511 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14512 <p>Her first poetry chapbook, <em>Rainbow Body</em>, is now available for purchase. This 12-poem collection tells the story of self-discovery amidst the sex and lights of Miami Beach. You can get your copy at your local bookstore or at any online retailer. Visit www.neysaking.com/rainbow body or follow Neysa on IG @neysaking for more details.</p> 14513<div></div> 14514 </div> 14515 <a href="http://www.neysaking.com/rainbowbody">http://www.neysaking.com/rainbowbody</a> 14516 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14517 14518 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14519 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14520</article><!-- #post-## --> 14521 14522 14523 14524<article id="post-50052" class="photo-text post-50052 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 14525 14526 <div class="entry-content"> 14527 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Final-front-cover-LACU-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14528 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anara Guard</h4> 14529 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14530 <p>Her debut novel, <em>Like A Complete Unknown</em>, will be published in March, 2022 by New Wind Publishing.</p> 14531<div></div> 14532 </div> 14533 <a href="http://www.anaraguard.com">http://www.anaraguard.com</a> 14534 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14535 14536 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14537 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14538</article><!-- #post-## --> 14539 14540 14541 14542<article id="post-50059" class="photo-text post-50059 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 14543 14544 <div class="entry-content"> 14545 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/mul-cover-with-blurb-lo-res-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14546 <h4 class="tight-heading">Martina Clark</h4> 14547 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14548 <p>Her memoir, <em>My Unexpected Life: An International Memoir of Two Pandemics, HIV and COVID-19</em>, has just won an award from <em>POZ Magazine</em> for 2021 Best in Literature. While it holds less literary weight, it does hold high endorsement from the community of people living with HIV which, considering the subject matter of Clark’s memoir and her own life with HIV, it sends a resounding endorsement from a key readership.</p> 14549<div></div> 14550 </div> 14551 <a href="http://https://www.poz.com/article/poz-awards-2021-winners">http://https://www.poz.com/article/poz-awards-2021-winners</a> <br>Attended with the help of Carlisle Family Scholarship 14552 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14553 14554 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14555 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14556</article><!-- #post-## --> 14557 14558 14559 14560<article id="post-49833" class="photo-text post-49833 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14561 14562 <div class="entry-content"> 14563 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cover_2-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14564 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 14565 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14566 <p>Her self-published picture book, <em>The Story of Doves</em>, won Honorable Mention in the 2021 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards for Picture Books 5 & Younger.</p> 14567<div></div> 14568 </div> 14569 14570 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14571 14572 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14573 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14574</article><!-- #post-## --> 14575 14576 14577 14578<article id="post-49992" class="photo-text post-49992 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14579 14580 <div class="entry-content"> 14581 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Jeff-Adams-Author-Photo-9-600v-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14582 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 14583 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14584 <p>His short story “The Sensible Gardener” appears in the December 2021 issue of <em>Anti-Heroin Chic.</em></p> 14585 14586 14587<div></div> 14588<div></div> </div> 14589 <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y32rhmep">https://tinyurl.com/y32rhmep</a> 14590 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14591 14592 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14593 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14594</article><!-- #post-## --> 14595 14596 14597 14598<article id="post-49712" class="photo-text post-49712 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14599 14600 <div class="entry-content"> 14601 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Firewatch-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14602 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jan Verberkmoes</h4> 14603 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14604 <p>Her debut poetry collection, <em>Firewatch</em>, will be published by Fonograf Editions on December 7th, 2021.</p> 14605<div></div> 14606 </div> 14607 <a href="https://fonografeditions.com/catalog/f0no17-jan-verberkmoes-firewatch-print-book/">https://fonografeditions.com/catalog/f0no17-jan-verberkmoes-firewatch-print-book/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Galway Kinnell Memorial Scholarship 14608 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14609 14610 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14611 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14612</article><!-- #post-## --> 14613 14614 14615 14616<article id="post-49986" class="photo-text post-49986 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14617 14618 <div class="entry-content"> 14619 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rainbow-body-4-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rainbow-body-4-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/rainbow-body-4.jpeg 353w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
14619w, 150px" /> 14620 <h4 class="tight-heading">Neysa King</h4> 14621 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14622 14623<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her first chapbook of poetry, Rainbow Body, will be released on December 12, 2021. </p> 14624<div></div> </div> 14625 14626 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14627 14628 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14629 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14630</article><!-- #post-## --> 14631 14632 14633 14634<article id="post-49654" class="photo-text post-49654 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14635 14636 <div class="entry-content"> 14637 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/VRG-Santa-Monica-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14638 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 14639 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14640 <p>His short story, ‘The Queen of Artichoke Hearts’ was published in the inaugural online issue of <em>The Other Side of Hope</em>, a new literary magazine in Britain dedicated to refugee and immigrant writing.</p> 14641<div></div> 14642 </div> 14643 <a href="https://othersideofhope.com/vishwas-gaitonde-the-queen-of-artichoke-hearts.html">https://othersideofhope.com/vishwas-gaitonde-the-queen-of-artichoke-hearts.html</a> 14644 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14645 14646 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14647 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14648</article><!-- #post-## --> 14649 14650 14651 14652<article id="post-49667" class="photo-text post-49667 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14653 14654 <div class="entry-content"> 14655 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Riccio_Eye-Romanov-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14656 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jon Riccio</h4> 14657 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '15,'19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14658 <p>His chapbook<em> Eye, Romanov</em> was published in July as one of the James Tate Prize’s shared winners (SurVision Books). His chapbook <em>Bayou Oncology</em> will be published in 2022 with Osmanthus Press.</p> 14659<div></div> 14660 </div> 14661 <a href="https://survisionmagazine.com/books.htm">https://survisionmagazine.com/books.htm</a> 14662 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14663 14664 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14665 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14666</article><!-- #post-## --> 14667 14668 14669 14670<article id="post-49457" class="photo-text post-49457 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14671 14672 <div class="entry-content"> 14673 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cat-Lehrman-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14674 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 14675 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14676 <p>His commentary “The Queens on the Throne of Kings,” written to mark Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee (70 years on the throne) which falls on Feb 6, 2022, was published in <em>Merion West</em> on November 8.</p> 14677<div></div> 14678 </div> 14679 <a href="https://merionwest.com/2021/11/08/the-queens-on-the-throne-of-kings/">https://merionwest.com/2021/11/08/the-queens-on-the-throne-of-kings/</a> 14680 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14681 14682 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14683 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14684</article><!-- #post-## --> 14685 14686 14687 14688<article id="post-49606" class="photo-text post-49606 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 14689 14690 <div class="entry-content"> 14691 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/wifeknife_giles-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14692 <h4 class="tight-heading">Molly Giles</h4> 14693 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14694 <p>Her fifth story collection, <em>Wife with Knife</em>, won the Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize and is being published both by Leapfrog Press in the US in November 2021 and by Can of Worms Press in the UK in 2022.</p> 14695<div></div> 14696 </div> 14697 <a href="mollygiles.com">mollygiles.com</a> 14698 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14699 14700 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14701 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14702</article><!-- #post-## --> 14703 14704 14705 14706<article id="post-49518" class="photo-text post-49518 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-screenwriter
14706s"> 14707 14708 <div class="entry-content"> 14709 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tony-Headshot-all-purpose-small1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14710 <h4 class="tight-heading">A.W. “Tony” Scott</h4> 14711 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting Workshop Participant '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14712 <p>His satirical short film “Representation Matters?” was named “Best Short Film” at the Atman Film Festival in Los Angeles on 10/31/21. The film also garnered nominations for “Best Script”, “Best Actor”, and won for “Best Actress” at the Atman Film Festival. The film has also been screened at the Buenos Aries Film Festival and Osaka International Film Festival, and several other festivals in the United States, earning nominations for “Best Film”, “Best Script” and “Best Director”.</p> 14713<div></div> 14714 </div> 14715 <a href="https://vimeo.com/397089319">https://vimeo.com/397089319</a> 14716 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14717 14718 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14719 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14720</article><!-- #post-## --> 14721 14722 14723 14724<article id="post-49521" class="photo-text post-49521 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 14725 14726 <div class="entry-content"> 14727 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14728 <h4 class="tight-heading">Freeman Ng</h4> 14729 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14730 <p>His debut picture book, a biography of the seminal haiku poet Matsuo Basho (written entirely in haiku, of course!) was released by Stone Bridge Press on October 19, 2021.</p> 14731<div></div> 14732 </div> 14733 <a href="https://www.BashoPB.com">https://www.BashoPB.com</a> 14734 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14735 14736 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14737 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14738</article><!-- #post-## --> 14739 14740 14741 14742<article id="post-49524" class="photo-text post-49524 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-screenwriters"> 14743 14744 <div class="entry-content"> 14745 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Tony-Headshot-all-purpose-small2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14746 <h4 class="tight-heading">A.W. “Tony” Scott</h4> 14747 <span style="font-size:80%;">Screenwriting Workshop Participant '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14748 <p>He and his writing partner Jean Su’s pilot script “Leading Edge”, an Asian female-led one hour drama television series set in Silicon Valley, was named “Outstanding Drama Pilot” at the Catalyst Story Institute 2021 Content Festival (formerly ITV Fest) for television and web series content.</p> 14749<div></div> 14750 </div> 14751 <a href="https://www.catalystories.org/award-winners">https://www.catalystories.org/award-winners</a> 14752 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14753 14754 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14755 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14756</article><!-- #post-## --> 14757 14758 14759 14760<article id="post-49538" class="photo-text post-49538 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 14761 14762 <div class="entry-content"> 14763 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cover1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14764 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jackie Davis Martin</h4> 14765 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14766 <p>Her novel <em>Stopgaps</em> was published in May, 2021 and is available through Bookbaby. com or Amazon.com.</p> 14767<div></div> 14768 </div> 14769 14770 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14771 14772 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14773 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14774</article><!-- #post-## --> 14775 14776 14777 14778<article id="post-49375" class="photo-text post-49375 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14779 14780 <div class="entry-content"> 14781 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CAT-CO
14781VER-poetrybook2021-2-frontonly-mediumres-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14782 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alison Turner</h4> 14783 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14784 <p>Her debut collection, <em>The Second Split Between</em>, selected by Dorianne Laux for the 2021 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets, was published in November 2021 by Catamaran.</p> 14785<div></div> 14786 </div> 14787 <a href="https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/subscribe-donate/the-second-split-between">https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/subscribe-donate/the-second-split-between</a> 14788 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14789 14790 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14791 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14792</article><!-- #post-## --> 14793 14794 14795 14796<article id="post-49193" class="photo-text post-49193 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14797 14798 <div class="entry-content"> 14799 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DesAutels.ADangerousPlace-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14800 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chelsea B. DesAutels</h4> 14801 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14802 <p>Her first poetry collection, <em>A Dangerous Place</em>, was published by Sarabande Books in October, 2021.</p> 14803<div></div> 14804 </div> 14805 14806 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14807 14808 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14809 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14810</article><!-- #post-## --> 14811 14812 14813 14814<article id="post-49076" class="photo-text post-49076 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14815 14816 <div class="entry-content"> 14817 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/aMisc-SD-094-Trim-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14818 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 14819 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14820 <p>His short story “New Lives, Old Habits” was published in the Autumn 2021 issue of <em>Spellbinder</em> magazine in the United Kingdom.</p> 14821<div></div> 14822 </div> 14823 <a href="https://www.spellbindermag.com/issues/autumn-2021/">https://www.spellbindermag.com/issues/autumn-2021/</a> 14824 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14825 14826 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14827 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14828</article><!-- #post-## --> 14829 14830 14831 14832<article id="post-49079" class="photo-text post-49079 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14833 14834 <div class="entry-content"> 14835 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jeff-Adams-Author-Photo-9-600v-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14836 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeff Adams</h4> 14837 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14838 <p>His short story “The Stonecutter’s Wife” appears in <em>Otoliths</em>.</p> 14839<div></div> 14840 </div> 14841 <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4nsjahv7">https://tinyurl.com/4nsjahv7</a> 14842 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14843 14844 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14845 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14846</article><!-- #post-## --> 14847 14848 14849 14850<article id="post-49154" class="photo-text post-49154 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 14851 14852 <div class="entry-content"> 14853 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sirensmuses_angress-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14854 <h4 class="tight-heading">Antonia Angress</h4> 14855 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14856 14857<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her debut novel, <em>Sirens and Muses</em>, will be published by Penguin Random House in July, 2022. </p> 14858<div></div> </div> 14859 14860 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14861 14862 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14863 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14864</article><!-- #post-## --> 14865 14866 14867 14868<article id="post-49066" class="photo-text post-49066 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 14869 14870 <div class="entry-content"> 14871 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ramadanramsey_edwards-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14872 <h4 class="tight-heading">
14872Louis Edwards</h4> 14873 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop teaching staff '06, '10, '22</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14874 14875<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His novel, <em>Ramadan Ramsey</em>, was recently selected by Publisher’s Weekly as one of the 20 best works of fiction of 2021. </p> 14876<div></div> </div> 14877 14878 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14879 14880 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14881 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14882</article><!-- #post-## --> 14883 14884 14885 14886<article id="post-49063" class="photo-text post-49063 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14887 14888 <div class="entry-content"> 14889 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image001-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14890 <h4 class="tight-heading">T.A. Niles</h4> 14891 <span style="font-size:80%;">Memoir and Nonfiction Workshop participant '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14892 14893<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A play he co-wrote with Linda C. Lederman, <em>An Attitude of Gratitude</em>, will be performed virtually on November 6. To register for the live performance, visit this <a href="https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WCM4kLWXQ6CtF9RyxQuZyA">link</a>. </p> 14894<div></div> </div> 14895 14896 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14897 14898 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14899 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14900</article><!-- #post-## --> 14901 14902 14903 14904<article id="post-49055" class="photo-text post-49055 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 14905 14906 <div class="entry-content"> 14907 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9439628c-d960-e8f7-fd61-c8fc0e56e63b-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14908 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Moore</h4> 14909 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14910 14911<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest book of poetry, <em>Requeening</em>, which was selected by Ocean Vuong as a National Poetry Series winner, was published on October 26, 2021 by Ecco.</p> 14912<div></div> </div> 14913 14914 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14915 14916 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14917 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14918</article><!-- #post-## --> 14919 14920 14921 14922<article id="post-49037" class="photo-text post-49037 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 14923 14924 <div class="entry-content"> 14925 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kindness-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14926 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tom Lutz</h4> 14927 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop teaching staff '17, '19, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14928 <p>The third volume of his travel series, <em>The Kindness of Strangers</em>, was published in October, 2021.</p> 14929<div></div> 14930 </div> 14931 <a href="http://tomlutzwriter.com">http://tomlutzwriter.com</a> 14932 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14933 14934 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14935 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14936</article><!-- #post-## --> 14937 14938 14939 14940<article id="post-49048" class="photo-text post-49048 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 14941 14942 <div class="entry-content"> 14943 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/29092b36-fa9e-6b8e-dbd8-e043cf0fc837-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14944 <h4 class="tight-heading">Holaday Mason</h4> 14945 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '00, '06, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14946 14947<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her work is featured in the upcoming anthology, <em>What Falls Away is Always: Writers Over 60 on Writing and Death.</em> There is an in-person publication reading at Village Well Bookstore this Wednesday, October 27, in Culver City.</p> 14948 14949 14950 14951<div></div> 14952<div></div> </div> 14953 14954 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14955 14956 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14957 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14958</article><!-- #post-## --> 14959 14960 14961 14962<article id="post-48957" class="photo-text post-48957 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 14963 14964 <div class="entry-content"> 14965 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screenshot-2021-10-16-at-19-10-13-Critters-in-the-Neighborhood-Come-and-See-with-Me-by-lynne-goldsmith-Blurb-Books-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14966 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 14967 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14968 <p>Her children’s picture book, <em>Critters in the Neighborhood Come and See with Me,</em> is now available.</p> 14969 14970 14971<div></div> 14972<div></div> </div> 14973 <a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/10889524-critters-in-the-neighborhood-come-and-see-with-me">https://www.blurb.com/b/10889524-critters-in-the-neighborhood-come-and-see-with-me</a> 14974 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14975 14976 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14977 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14978</article><!-- #post-## --> 14979 14980 14981 14982<article id="post-49001" class="photo-text post-49001 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 14983 14984 <div class="entry-content"> 14985 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Meghan-Robins-head-shot-Tahoe-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 14986 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meghan Robins</h4> 14987 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 14988 <p>Her short essay “
14988Being a Woman is Like Making French Onion Soup” won first place in the WOW! Women on Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest.</p> 14989<div></div> 14990 </div> 14991 <a href="http://https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/100-FE1-Q32021EssayContest.html">http://https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/100-FE1-Q32021EssayContest.html</a> <br>Attended with the help of Alexander Cushing Memorial Scholarship for Locals 14992 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 14993 14994 <footer class="entry-footer"> 14995 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 14996</article><!-- #post-## --> 14997 14998 14999 15000<article id="post-49004" class="photo-text post-49004 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 15001 15002 <div class="entry-content"> 15003 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/RMeneses_DrakesBeach-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15004 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rashaan Alexis Meneses</h4> 15005 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15006 <p>Her piece “On Teaching at the End of the World” was recently published in Literary Hub’s series “Teaching Through a Pandemic” on October 18, 2021.</p> 15007<div></div> 15008 </div> 15009 <a href="https://lithub.com/on-teaching-at-the-end-of-the-world/">https://lithub.com/on-teaching-at-the-end-of-the-world/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Ancinas Scholarship 15010 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15011 15012 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15013 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15014</article><!-- #post-## --> 15015 15016 15017 15018<article id="post-49011" class="photo-text post-49011 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets"> 15019 15020 <div class="entry-content"> 15021 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screenshot-2021-10-20-at-15-29-16-The-Story-of-Doves-Part-Two-by-lynne-goldsmith-Blurb-Books-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15022 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 15023 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15024 <p>The sequel to her picture book, <em>The Story of Doves: Part Two</em>, is out now!</p> 15025<div></div> 15026 </div> 15027 <a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/10893133-the-story-of-doves-part-two">https://www.blurb.com/b/10893133-the-story-of-doves-part-two</a> 15028 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15029 15030 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15031 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15032</article><!-- #post-## --> 15033 15034 15035 15036<article id="post-49018" class="photo-text post-49018 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 15037 15038 <div class="entry-content"> 15039 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/243813667_10159719370682662_6120633352940846737_n-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15040 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michelle Bitting</h4> 15041 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15042 <p>She was short-listed for the 2020 Montreal International Poetry Prize, and a finalist for the 2021 Coniston Prize, Ruminate’s “The Waking” Flash Prose Contest, and the 2020 Reed Magazine Edwin Markham Prize.</p> 15043<div></div> 15044 </div> 15045 <a href="http://www.michellebitting.com">http://www.michellebitting.com</a> 15046 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15047 15048 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15049 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15050</article><!-- #post-## --> 15051 15052 15053 15054<article id="post-49014" class="photo-text post-49014 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 15055 15056 <div class="entry-content"> 15057 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/folio-awards-2000x1000-1634606106-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15058 <h4 class="tight-heading">Julia Flynn Siler</h4> 15059 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '03, '04; Writers Workshop teaching staff '14, '15, '16, '18, '19, '20, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15060 15061<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her feature in<em> Alta Journal</em>, âThe Safe Place That Became Unsafe,â won Folioâs national award in the category of Best Investigative Reporting. This is the story about a predatory pastor who abused generations of Chinese boys and a follow-up to her book, <em>The White Devilâs Daughters</em>
15061.</p> 15062<div></div> </div> 15063 15064 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15065 15066 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15067 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15068</article><!-- #post-## --> 15069 15070 15071 15072<article id="post-48995" class="photo-text post-48995 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15073 15074 <div class="entry-content"> 15075 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-3.52.33-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15076 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tiphanie Yanique</h4> 15077 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '05; Writers Workshop teaching staff '15, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15078 15079<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest novel, Monster in the Middle, was recently published by Riverhead Books. </p> 15080<div></div> </div> 15081 15082 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15083 15084 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15085 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15086</article><!-- #post-## --> 15087 15088 15089 15090<article id="post-48977" class="photo-text post-48977 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 15091 15092 <div class="entry-content"> 15093 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/airlight-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/airlight-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/airlight-429x600.jpeg 429w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/airlight.jpeg 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /> 15094 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Alvarez</h4> 15095 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '93; Co-director of the Fiction Workshop</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15096 15097<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her short story, “Everyone was Singing Freiheit,” appears in the fall 2021 issue of <a href="https://airlightmagazine.org/"><em>Air/Light</em></a> magazine. </p> 15098<div></div> </div> 15099 15100 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15101 15102 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15103 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15104</article><!-- #post-## --> 15105 15106 15107 15108<article id="post-48948" class="photo-text post-48948 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15109 15110 <div class="entry-content"> 15111 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Evan-Rummel-Photo-Credit-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15112 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nicholas Nichols</h4> 15113 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15114 15115<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They were recently named the associate editor of The Offing, an online literary magazine that publishes creative writing in all genres and art in all media. “<em>The Offing</em> publishes work that challenges, experiments, provokes â work that pushes literary and artistic forms and conventions.”</p> 15116<div></div> </div> 15117 <a href="https://theoffingmag.com/contributor/nicholas-nichols/">https://theoffingmag.com/contributor/nicholas-nichols/</a> 15118 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15119 15120 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15121 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15122</article><!-- #post-## --> 15123 15124 15125 15126<article id="post-48915" class="photo-text post-48915 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 15127 15128 <div class="entry-content"> 15129 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Black-Lives-Cover-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15130 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas Gaitonde</h4> 15131 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15132 <p>He was a finalist in The George Floyd Short Story Competition conducted by the Nottingham Writers Studio, in Nottingham, England. His story, ‘The Worth of a Miracle’ was included in the prize anthology <em>Black Lives</em>. An audio recording of the story has been posted on the Nottingham City Libraries website as part of Black History Month (celebrated in October in Britain) & can be accessed <a href="https://www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/blacklives/">here</a> all October.</p> 15133 15134 15135<div></div> 15136<div></div> </div> 15137 <a href="https://www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/blacklives/">https://www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/blacklives/</a> 15138 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15139 15140 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15141 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15142</article><!-- #post-## --> 15143 15144 15145 15146<article id="post-48918" class="photo-text post-48918 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 15147 15148 <div class="entry-content"> 15149 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Q1A9581_8x12-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15150 <h4 class="tight-heading">Judy Juanita</h4> 15151 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15152 <p>Her collection of stories,<em>The High Price of Freeways</em>, is co-winner of this year’s Tartt Fiction Award. Livingston Press, from the University of West Alabama, will publish this collection in June, 2022.</p> 15153<div></div> 15154 </div> 15155 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Judy-Juanita/e/B00DC4A44S/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk">https://www.amazon.com/Judy-Juanita/e/B00DC4A44S/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk</a> 15156 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15157 15158 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15159 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15160</article><!-- #post-## --> 15161 15162 15163 15164<article id="post-48921" class="photo-text post-48921 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-writers"> 15165 15166 <div class="entry-content"> 15167 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Author-Photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15168 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rowena Leong Singer</h4> 15169 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15170 <p>Her novel manuscript,<em> All Manner of Beasts</em>, has been selected as the winner in literary fiction in the 2021 Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest. In this novel, a wife becomes the hero to the husband who thought she needed
15170saving in the midst of Japanese-occupied Philippines during World War II, while soldiers hunt for guerrillas and their supporters, making this couple their target. The excerpt she submitted for this contest is a revised version of the one she submitted for critique at the Community of Writers summer Fiction workshop in 2019.</p> 15171<div></div> 15172 </div> 15173 <a href="https://bookpipeline.com/shop/unpublished-contest">https://bookpipeline.com/shop/unpublished-contest</a> 15174 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15175 15176 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15177 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15178</article><!-- #post-## --> 15179 15180 15181 15182<article id="post-48925" class="photo-text post-48925 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 15183 15184 <div class="entry-content"> 15185 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Amanda-Gardener-Headshot-300x300-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15186 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mandy Gardner</h4> 15187 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15188 <p>Her piece, “Recovery from Simultaneous Stroke and Cardiac Arrest,” a humorous take on the traditional medical abstract and based on a true story, was recently published in the <em>Maine Review.</em></p> 15189 15190 15191<div></div> 15192<div></div> </div> 15193 <a href="https://mainereview.com/recovery-from-simultaneous-stroke/">https://mainereview.com/recovery-from-simultaneous-stroke/</a> 15194 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15195 15196 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15197 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15198</article><!-- #post-## --> 15199 15200 15201 15202<article id="post-48927" class="photo-text post-48927 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15203 15204 <div class="entry-content"> 15205 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/foran_mistakenhostage-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15206 <h4 class="tight-heading">John Foran</h4> 15207 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15208 15209<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His newest novel, <em>A Mistaken Hostage</em>, was published in September, 2021. </p> 15210<div></div> </div> 15211 15212 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15213 15214 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15215 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15216</article><!-- #post-## --> 15217 15218 15219 15220<article id="post-48899" class="photo-text post-48899 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 15221 15222 <div class="entry-content"> 15223 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/logo-150-4c-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15224 <h4 class="tight-heading">Susan Henderson</h4> 15225 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '09</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15226 <p>Her short story, “Dead Eddie” will be in the 150th anniversary anthology of the <em>Elm Leaves Journal</em> out of Buffalo State.</p> 15227<div></div> 15228 </div> 15229 <a href="https://www.thenationalbookreview.com/features/2021/3/20/q-and-a-novelist-marcia-butler-on-the-writers-process-finding-inspiration-and-moose">https://www.thenationalbookreview.com/features/2021/3/20/q-and-a-novelist-marcia-butler-on-the-writers-process-finding-inspiration-and-moose</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation scholarship 15230 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15231 15232 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15233 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15234</article><!-- #post-## --> 15235 15236 15237 15238<article id="post-48909" class="photo-text post-48909 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15239 15240 <div class="entry-content"> 15241 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ferris_new-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15242 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joshua Ferris</h4> 15243 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15244 15245<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His newest novel, <em>A Calling for Charlie Barnes</em>, was published in September, 2021, by Little, Brown and Company. </p> 15246<div></div> </div> 15247 15248 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15249 15250 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15251 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15252</article><!-- #post-## --> 15253 15254 15255 15256<article id="post-48829" class="photo-text post-48829 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 15257 15258 <div class="entry-content"> 15259 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Requeening-cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15260 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Moore</h4> 15261 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop (Virtual Valley), 2021</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15262 15263<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Amanda Moore’s debut collection, <em>Requeening</em>, selected by Ocean Vuong for the 2020 National Poetry Series was published in October 2021 by HarperCollins/Ecco.</p> 15264<div></div> </div> 15265 <a href="https://amandapmoore.com/">https://amandapmoore.com/</a> 15266 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15267 15268 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15269 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15270</article><!-- #post-## --> 15271 15272 15273 15274<article id="post-48865" class="photo-text post-48865 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15275 15276 <div class="entry-content"> 15277 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Layout-art-34-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15278 <h4 class="tight-heading">Judy Juanita</h4> 15279 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15280 <p>Judy Juanita’s poetry collection, <em>Manhattan My Ass, You’re in Oakland</em>, won the American Book Award 2021 from the Before Columbus Foundation. Many of the poems appear in New Verse News online. Her short story collection, <em>The High Price of Freeways</em>, won the Tartt Fiction Prize 2021 at the University of West Alabama [UWA] and will be published by Livingston Press [UWA] in 2022.</p> 15281 15282 15283<div></div> 15284<div></div> </div> 15285 <a href="http://https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/judy-juanita/manhattan-my-ass-youre-in-oakland/">http://https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/judy-juanita/manhattan-my-ass-youre-in-oakland/</a> 15286 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15287 15288 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15289 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15290</article><!-- #post-## --> 15291 15292 15293 15294<article id="post-48854" class="photo-text post-48854 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15295 15296 <div class="entry-content"> 15297 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gideon1_sm-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gideon1_sm-150x210.jpeg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gideon1_sm-428x600.jpeg 428w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Gideon1_sm.jpeg 504w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
15297w, 150px" /> 15298 <h4 class="tight-heading">Elder Gideon</h4> 15299 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry '21 (Virtual Valley)</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15300 <p>Elder Gideon’s debut poetry collection <em>Aegis of Waves</em> was published by Atmosphere Press, with a book launch at the Sacramento Poetry Center in August.</p> 15301<div></div> 15302 </div> 15303 <a href="http://eldergideon.com">http://eldergideon.com</a> 15304 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15305 15306 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15307 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15308</article><!-- #post-## --> 15309 15310 15311 15312<article id="post-48878" class="photo-text post-48878 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 15313 15314 <div class="entry-content"> 15315 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sinking-Islands-Final-Cover-CVR-300dpi-RGB-aerio-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15316 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cai Emmons</h4> 15317 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant 1993, 94, 97, Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15318 <p>Cai Emmons’ fifth book of fiction, the novel <em>Sinking Islands</em>, was published on Sept. 14, 2021. In addition, she has two novels forthcoming in 2022, <em>Unleashed</em> from Dutton, and <em>Hair On Fire</em> from Red Hen Press.</p> 15319 15320 15321<div></div> 15322<div></div> </div> 15323 <a href="http://caiemmonsauthor.com">http://caiemmonsauthor.com</a> 15324 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15325 15326 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15327 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15328</article><!-- #post-## --> 15329 15330 15331 15332<article id="post-48851" class="photo-text post-48851 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15333 15334 <div class="entry-content"> 15335 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ruth_Deborah-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15336 <h4 class="tight-heading">Deborah Dashow Ruth</h4> 15337 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant. 1991, â92, '93, â95, â98, '00, â01, â05, â08, â13, â15, â17, â21 15338 15339</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15340 <p>A short play by Deborah Dashow Ruth is a winner in the Chameleon Theatre Circleâs 22nd Annual New Play Contest. The play is titled âThe Previous Incident Versus a Recent Development,â and will be streamed sometime in the fall. Also, one of her poems was accepted for the debut issue of the <em>Thuya Poetry Review</em>, a new journal.</p> 15341<div></div> 15342 </div> 15343 <a href="http://deborahdashowruth.com">http://deborahdashowruth.com</a> 15344 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15345 15346 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15347 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15348</article><!-- #post-## --> 15349 15350 15351 15352<article id="post-48870" class="photo-text post-48870 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 15353 15354 <div class="entry-content"> 15355 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-24-at-3.52.33-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15356 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tiphanie Yanique</h4> 15357 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '05/ Writers Workshops Staff '15, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15358 15359<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Tiphanie Yanique’s new novel, <em>Monster in the Middle</em>, will be published by Riverhead Books on October 19, 2021. </p> 15360<div></div> </div> 15361 <a href="https://www.tiphanieyanique.com/">https://www.tiphanieyanique.com/</a> 15362 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15363 15364 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15365 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15366</article><!-- #post-## --> 15367 15368 15369 15370<article id="post-48831" class="photo-text post-48831 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15371 15372 <div class="entry-content"> 15373 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-150x210.jpg 150w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-scaled-600x840.jpg 600w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-429x600.jpg 429w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-571x800.jpg 571w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new-author-photo-in-miami-stella-santamaria-scaled.jpg 1828w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
15373w, 150px" /> 15374 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Santamaria</h4> 15375 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop Participant (Virtual Valley), 2021</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15376 <p>Two of Stella Santamaria’s poems were published in <em>The Acentos Review</em>, September 2021 issue after attending Community of Writers, Poetry Program in the Summer of 2021 in the Virtual Valley.</p> 15377<div></div> 15378 </div> 15379 <a href="http://www.acentosreview.com/September2021/">http://www.acentosreview.com/September2021/</a> <br>Attended with the help of the Ancinas Family Scholarship 15380 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15381 15382 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15383 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15384</article><!-- #post-## --> 15385 15386 15387 15388<article id="post-48840" class="photo-text post-48840 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15389 15390 <div class="entry-content"> 15391 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-MomentBefore_print-version_FrontCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15392 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 15393 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, 1972, 1973</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15394 <p>Terence Clarke’s latest novel is <em>The Moment Before,</em> was published September 15<em>.</em> Renowned Parisian artist Yvette Roman suffers from epileptic seizures that are preceded by extraordinary visions. Much of her work is based on those visions. While in New York City for an exhibition of her work at The Guggenheim, a painting by Yvette is delivered to her Manhattan gallery. But, Yvette has no recollection of having done it, even though the painting may be her masterwork. Is it hers? Is it a forgery? Is someone trying to destroy Yvette?</p> 15395<p>This novel is the third of a trilogy. The others are <em>My Father in The Night</em> and <em>When Clara Was Twelve</em>. All three are available everywhere, in print and digital versions.</p> 15396<div></div> 15397 </div> 15398 <a href="https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/why-write-a-trilogy">https://terenceclarke.substack.com/p/why-write-a-trilogy</a> 15399 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15400 15401 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15402 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15403</article><!-- #post-## --> 15404 15405 15406 15407<article id="post-48836" class="photo-text post-48836 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15408 15409 <div class="entry-content"> 15410 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MClark-MUL-Memoir-Book-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15411 <h4 class="tight-heading">Martina Clark</h4> 15412 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '13</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15413 <p>Martina Clark’s memoir, <em>My Unexpected Life: An International Memoir of Two Pandemics, HIV and COVID-19</em>, is being published by Northampton House Press and comes out October 5th, 2021. This memoir was her workshop piece in 2013.</p> 15414<div></div> 15415 </div> 15416 <a href="http://martina-clark.com">http://martina-clark.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of the Carlisle Family Scholarship 15417 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15418 15419 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15420 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15421</article><!-- #post-## --> 15422 15423 15424 15425<article id="post-48783" class="photo-text post-48783 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 15426 15427 <div class="entry-content"> 15428 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Megan-Stielstra-Jess-Tschirki-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15429 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barbara West</h4> 15430 <span style="font-size:80%;">Memoir Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15431 <p>Barbara West interviewed Megan Stielstra for <em>Another Chicago Magazine</em> on the occasion of Northwestern University Press reissuing two of Stielstra’s essay collections. Topics covered include how we take care of ourselves and each other, <em>Moratorium on Shame</em>
15431 and Stielstra instructing me to “Please, look at all the asses, Barbara!”</p> 15432<div></div> 15433 </div> 15434 <a href="https://anotherchicagomagazine.wordpress.com/2021/08/31/13582/">https://anotherchicagomagazine.wordpress.com/2021/08/31/13582/</a> 15435 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15436 15437 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15438 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15439</article><!-- #post-## --> 15440 15441 15442 15443<article id="post-48789" class="photo-text post-48789 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15444 15445 <div class="entry-content"> 15446 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Requeening-cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15447 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amanda Moore</h4> 15448 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, Virtual Valley '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15449 <p>Amanda Moore’s [Her] debut collection, <em>Requeening</em>, was selected by Ocean Vuong for the 2020 National Poetry Series and will be published in October 2021 by HarperCollins/Ecco.</p> 15450<div></div> 15451 </div> 15452 <a href="http://amandapmoore.com">http://amandapmoore.com</a> 15453 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15454 15455 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15456 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15457</article><!-- #post-## --> 15458 15459 15460 15461<article id="post-48792" class="photo-text post-48792 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 15462 15463 <div class="entry-content"> 15464 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot-2021-09-08-at-16-17-24-The-Story-of-Doves-by-Lynne-Goldsmith-Blurb-Books-copyJPG-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15465 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne A Goldsmith</h4> 15466 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant.'00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15467 <p>Lynne’s has new children’s picture book <em>The Story of Doves</em> was published in 2021.</p> 15468<div></div> 15469 </div> 15470 <a href="https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9313326/6892fbf867b5e44190798fee3d5fc640a907ec6f">https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9313326/6892fbf867b5e44190798fee3d5fc640a907ec6f</a> 15471 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15472 15473 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15474 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15475</article><!-- #post-## --> 15476 15477 15478 15479<article id="post-48796" class="photo-text post-48796 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15480 15481 <div class="entry-content"> 15482 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Front-600ppi-CMYK-plus_3mm_bleed-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15483 <h4 class="tight-heading">Debra A. Daniel</h4> 15484 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '01</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15485 <p>Debra A. Daniel’s novella-in-flash, <em>A Family of Great Falls</em>, was short listed for the Bath Novella-in-flash Award 2021, and was published by Ad Hoc Fiction in the UK. Two of her pieces were also shortlisted for the <em>Smokelong Quarterl</em>y Mikey Award, the Bath Flash Fiction Award, and long listed for the Reflex Fiction Award.</p> 15486<div></div> 15487 </div> 15488 <a href="http://adhocfiction.com">http://adhocfiction.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of Nona Stuck Fiction Scholarship 15489 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15490 15491 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15492 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15493</article><!-- #post-## --> 15494 15495 15496 15497<article id="post-48799" class="photo-text post-48799 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15498 15499 <div class="entry-content"> 15500 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/September12.Thumbnail-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15501 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrea Carter Brown</h4> 15502 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '90</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15503 <p>Andrea Carter Brown’s fourth poetry collection, <em>September 12</em>, was published by The Word Works in September 2021 to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11.</p> 15504<div></div> 15505 </div> 15506 <a href="http://www.andreacarterbrown.com">http://www.andreacarterbrown.com</a> 15507 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15508 15509 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15510 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15511</article><!-- #post-## --> 15512 15513 15514 15515<article id="post-48802" class="photo-text post-48802 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15516 15517 <div class="entry-content"> 15518 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Swathi-Desai-Author-Photo-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15519 <h4 class="tight-heading">Swathi Desai</h4> 15520 <span style="font-size:80%;">
15520Writer's Workshop Participant '17, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15521 <p>Swathi Desai’s short story, “A Girl, Almost Ten”, was featured in the May 2021 issue of <em>Faultline</em>. https://issuu.com/faultlinejournal/docs/faultline30printfinal</p> 15522<div></div> 15523 </div> 15524 <a href="https://issuu.com/faultlinejournal/docs/faultline30printfinal">https://issuu.com/faultlinejournal/docs/faultline30printfinal</a> 15525 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15526 15527 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15528 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15529</article><!-- #post-## --> 15530 15531 15532 15533<article id="post-48809" class="photo-text post-48809 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15534 15535 <div class="entry-content"> 15536 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hong-Profile-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15537 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cathy Park Hong</h4> 15538 <span style="font-size:80%;">Staff Poet: 2011, 2016</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15539 15540<p class="wp-block-paragraph" id="Featured"><strong>Cathy Park Hong</strong> has been included in <em>Time Magazine’</em>s <a href="https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096088/cathy-park-hong/">100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2021</a>!</p> 15541<div></div> </div> 15542 15543 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15544 15545 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15546 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15547</article><!-- #post-## --> 15548 15549 15550 15551<article id="post-48806" class="photo-text post-48806 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-poets alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 15552 15553 <div class="entry-content"> 15554 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-16-at-2.19.44-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15555 <h4 class="tight-heading">Forrest Gander</h4> 15556 <span style="font-size:80%;">Staff Poet: 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15557 15558<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Forrest Ganderâs collection <em>Twice Alive</em>, has been <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-2021-national-book-awards-longlist-poetry?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_091621&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5e727b4897a214778d468ee4&cndid=59571160&hasha=1a785a3af738d1caf721621a8abdaf2b&hashb=7b7cd4bd9e84100a8eba70f4b996ae3396cf84d2&hashc=926192385c7a103b37adf6a2aba89cb2b0960974bdd89877d7de1620b659aa1a&esrc=subscribe-page&utm_term=TNY_Daily" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">long-listed for this yearâs National Book Award</a> in Poetry. His poem âPost-Fire Forest,â was <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/12/post-fire-forest">published last spring in <em>The New Yorker</em></a>.</p> 15559 15560 15561 15562<div></div> 15563<div></div> </div> 15564 15565 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15566 15567 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15568 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15569</article><!-- #post-## --> 15570 15571 15572 15573<article id="post-48775" class="photo-text post-48775 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15574 15575 <div class="entry-content"> 15576 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-13-at-12.27.49-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15577 <h4 class="tight-heading">Peggy Dobreer</h4> 15578 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15579 15580<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest book of poetry, <em>Forbidden Plums:</em> <em>Poems in Quarantine</em>, was recently published by Glass Lyre Press. It is a collection of poetry written during the first 40 days of quarantine in 2020. </p> 15581<div></div> </div> 15582 15583 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15584 15585 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15586 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15587</article><!-- #post-## --> 15588 15589 15590 15591<article id="post-48750" class="photo-text post-48750 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15592 15593 <div class="entry-content"> 15594 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/HospicePlasticsCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15595 <h4 class="tight-heading">Rachel Hinton</h4> 15596 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15597 <p>Her debut poetry collection, <em>Hospice Plastics</em>, was selected by Emma Bolden as the winner of the Cowles Poetry Prize and will be published by Southeast Missouri State University Press in October, 2021. Mary Szybist called Hospice Plastics “that rare collection that Iâve not been able to stop re-reading.” This somewhat autobiographical collection of poetry focuses on the illnesses and deaths of the poetâs parents during her teen years, centering on palliative care and literal plastics: medical tools and suppliesâartificial, grotesquely present, weirdly funny, sublimely comforting.</p> 15598<div></div> 15599 </div> 15600 <a href="http://www.semopress.com/books/hospice-plastics/">http://www.semopress.com/books/hospice-plastics/</a> 15601 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15602 15603 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15604 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15605</article><!-- #post-## --> 15606 15607 15608 15609<article id="post-48744" class="photo-text post-48744 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15610 15611 <div class="entry-content"> 15612 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/boneyarn_davidmills-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15613 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Mills</h4> 15614 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15615 <p>His poetry collection, <em>Boneyarn</em>, was a June bestseller at Small Press Distribution. This collection is the first book of poems about slavery in New York City, where the oldest and largest slave cemetery in the United States is located. If you are interested in a signed copy, you can email David at [email protected]. <em>Boneyarn</em> is also available at Small Press Distribution and Amazon.</p> 15616<div></div> 15617 </div> 15618 <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Pages/Item/60066/Poetry-Bestsellers-June-2021.aspx">https://www.spdbooks.org/Pages/Item/60066/Poetry-Bestsellers-June-2021.aspx</a> <br>Attended with the help of Veteran's Poetry Scholarship 15619 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15620 15621 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15622 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15623</article><!-- #post-## --> 15624 15625 15626 15627<article id="post-48742" class="photo-text post-48742 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 15628 15629 <div class="entry-content"> 15630 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sinking-Islands-Final-Cover-CVR-300dpi-RGB-aerio-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15631 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cai Emmons</h4> 15632 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '93, '94, '98; Writers Workshop teaching staff '08, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15633 15634<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her newest novel, <em>Sinking Islands</em>, will be published by Red Hen Press in September, 2021. </p> 15635<div></div> </div> 15636 15637 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15638 15639 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15640 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15641</article><!-- #post-## --> 15642 15643 15644 15645<article id="post-45677" class="photo-text post-45677 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 15646 15647 <div class="entry-content"> 15648 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DE3708B8-4A07-471A-9A16-F946145F3C1E-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15649 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meg Waite Clayton</h4> 15650 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '00; Alumni Reading Series participant '04; </span> <div class="tight-content"> 15651 <p>Her eighth book, <em>The Postmistress of Paris</em>, has been named a Publisherâs Weekly Notable Book for Fall/Winter 2021. The novel, inspired by the efforts of real-life Chicago heiress Mary Jayne Goldâs efforts to rescue artists, writers, and intellectuals from Nazi-occupied France, will be published by HarperCollins November 30, 2021, and in multiple translations. Her most recent novel, the international bestseller and National Jewish Book Award finalist<em> The Last Train to London</em>, has now been published in 17 languages, and will be translated into French, Hebrew, and Turkish in the coming year.</p> 15652<div></div> 15653 </div> 15654 <a href="https://megwaiteclayton.com/">https://megwaiteclayton.com/</a> 15655 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15656 15657 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15658 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15659</article><!-- #post-## --> 15660 15661 15662 15663<article id="post-48726" class="photo-text post-48726 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15664 15665 <div class="entry-content"> 15666 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Book-Cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15667 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tory Adkisson</h4> 15668 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15669 <p>His first book of poems, <em>The Flesh Between Us</em>, selected by Brian Turner as the winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition, is forthcoming from SIU Press this October.</p> 15670<div></div> 15671 </div> 15672 <a href="http://siupress.com/books/978-0-8093-3842-9">http://siupress.com/books/978-0-8093-3842-9</a> 15673 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15674 15675 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15676 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15677</article><!-- #post-## --> 15678 15679 15680 15681<article id="post-48715" class="photo-text post-48715 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15682 15683 <div class="entry-content"> 15684 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/literaryreviewaug21-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15685 <h4 class="tight-heading">Paco Márquez</h4> 15686 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15687 <p>He has two new poems in the current issue of <em>The Literary Review.</em></p> 15688<div></div> 15689 </div> 15690 <a href="https://www.theliteraryreview.org/author/paco-marquez/">https://www.theliteraryreview.org/author/paco-marquez/</a> 15691 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15692 15693 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15694 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15695</article><!-- #post-## --> 15696 15697 15698 15699<article id="post-48719" class="photo-text post-48719 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15700 15701 <div class="entry-content"> 15702 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Gentefication-Book-Cover-Final-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15703 <h4 class="tight-heading">Antonio Lopez</h4> 15704 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15705 <p>His debut collection of poetry, <em>Gentefication,</em> is coming out through Four Way Books September 15, 2021. It was selected by Gregory Pardlo as the winner of the 2019 Larry Levis Prize in Poetry.</p> 15706<div></div> 15707 </div> 15708 <a href="https://fourwaybooks.com/site/gentefication/">https://fourwaybooks.com/site/gentefication/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lucille Clifton Scholarship 15709 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15710 15711 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15712 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15713</article><!-- #post-## --> 15714 15715 15716 15717<article id="post-48639" class="photo-text post-48639 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15718 15719 <div class="entry-content"> 15720 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/E3FA07FD-9E56-40E5-BBF3-3D86CAE3598F-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15721 <h4 class="tight-heading">Meg Waite Clayton</h4> 15722 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant â00; Published Alumni Reading Series â03</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15723 <p>Her most recent novel, <em>The Postmistress of Paris</em> (HarperCollins, November, 2021) was included on <em>Publishers Weekly</em>âs notable literary fiction for fall 2021, and received a starred review praising its âlyrical, thought-provoking proseâ and concluding, âThis sterling portrait of a complex woman stands head and shoulders above most contemporary WWII fiction.â Megâs international bestseller and National Jewish Book Award finalist<em> The Last Train to London</em> is now forthcoming or published in 20 languages.</p> 15724<div></div> 15725 </div> 15726 <a href="http://megaiteclayton.com">http://megaiteclayton.com</a> 15727 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15728 15729 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15730 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15731</article><!-- #post-## --> 15732 15733 15734 15735<article id="post-48643" class="photo-text post-48643 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15736 15737 <div class="entry-content"> 15738 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Everything-Is-Perfect-Layered-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15739 <h4 class="tight-heading">Kate Nason</h4> 15740 <span style="font-size:80%;">
15740Writer's Workshop Participant '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15741 <p>Her debut memoir, <em>Everything is Perfect</em>, narrated by the author, was released by Audible on August 5th.</p> 15742<div></div> 15743 </div> 15744 <a href="http://www.katenasonwrites.com">http://www.katenasonwrites.com</a> 15745 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15746 15747 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15748 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15749</article><!-- #post-## --> 15750 15751 15752 15753<article id="post-48646" class="photo-text post-48646 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15754 15755 <div class="entry-content"> 15756 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/celeste_and_chris_X1024_1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15757 <h4 class="tight-heading">Manjula Stokes</h4> 15758 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '09, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15759 <p>Her novel, <em>Celeste & Chris</em>, workshopped at Community of Writers, was recently published.</p> 15760<div></div> 15761 </div> 15762 <a href="http://manjulastokes.com">http://manjulastokes.com</a> 15763 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15764 15765 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15766 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15767</article><!-- #post-## --> 15768 15769 15770 15771<article id="post-48650" class="photo-text post-48650 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15772 15773 <div class="entry-content"> 15774 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mohr-Anthony-Headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15775 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony J. Mohr</h4> 15776 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant 08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15777 <p>His essay “Places of Worship” appeared in <em>Penmen Review</em> on June 11, 2021. His essay “One Year After the Break-in” was published by <em>Eclectica Magazine</em> Vol.25, No.3 (July/August 2021).</p> 15778<div></div> 15779 </div> 15780 <a href="http://">http://</a> 15781 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15782 15783 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15784 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15785</article><!-- #post-## --> 15786 15787 15788 15789<article id="post-47232" class="photo-text post-47232 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15790 15791 <div class="entry-content"> 15792 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/VRG-Santa-Monica-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15793 <h4 class="tight-heading">Vishwas R Gaitonde</h4> 15794 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15795 <p>His short story “The Saint” was published online in the summer 2021 issue of <em>Baltimore Review</em>, and will be included in the magazine’s annual print anthology. Also published online is an audio recording (check the horizontal black bar at the bottom of the screen) of Gaitonde reading his story, with music by Lydian Nadhaswaram.</p> 15796<div></div> 15797 </div> 15798 <a href="https://baltimorereview.org/summer_2021/contributor/vishnas-r-gaitonde">https://baltimorereview.org/summer_2021/contributor/vishnas-r-gaitonde</a> 15799 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15800 15801 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15802 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15803</article><!-- #post-## --> 15804 15805 15806 15807<article id="post-48517" class="photo-text post-48517 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15808 15809 <div class="entry-content"> 15810 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/moonsofaugust-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15811 <h4 class="tight-heading">Danusha Laméris</h4> 15812 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15813 <p>Her first book, <em>The Moons of August</em> (2014), was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award. Some of her work has been published in: The Best American Poetry, The New York Times, Orion, The American Poetry Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, and Prairie Schooner. Her second book, Bonfire Opera, (Pitt Poetry Series), was a finalist for the 2021 Paterson Poetry Award, and was the winner of the Northern California Book Award in Poetry. She was the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, and is currently on the faculty of Pacific Universityâs low-residency MFA program.</p> 15814<div></div> 15815 </div> 15816 15817 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15818 15819 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15820 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15821</article><!-- #post-## --> 15822 15823 15824 15825<article id="post-48531" class="photo-text post-48531 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15826 15827 <div class="entry-content"> 15828 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GAIL-PIC_Color_crop-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15829 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gail Reitano</h4> 15830 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '97, '98, '99, '02, '03, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15831 <p>Her first novel, <em>Italian Love Cake</em> (Bordighera Press, 2021), about a young Italian American woman struggling to save her family’s store on the eve of WWII, will be translated into French and published by Ãditions Anne Carrière, Spring 2022.</p> 15832<div></div> 15833 </div> 15834 <a href="https://gailreitano.com">https://gailreitano.com</a> 15835 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15836 15837 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15838 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15839</article><!-- #post-## --> 15840 15841 15842 15843<article id="post-47441" class="photo-text post-47441 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15844 15845 <div class="entry-content"> 15846 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Alison-Turner-002-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15847 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alison Turner</h4> 15848 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15849 <p>Her manuscript <em>The Second Split Between</em> was selected by Dorianne Laux to be the winner of the 2021 <em>Catamaran</em> Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets. The collection will be published by <em>Catamaran</em> in the fall of 2021.</p> 15850<div></div> 15851 </div> 15852 <a href="catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-poetry-prize-2021">catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-poetry-prize-2021</a> 15853 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15854 15855 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15856 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15857</article><!-- #post-## --> 15858 15859 15860 15861<article id="post-47527" class="photo-text post-47527 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15862 15863 <div class="entry-content"> 15864 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Cover-of-book-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15865 <h4 class="tight-heading">Barry Garelick</h4> 15866 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '92</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15867 <p>His book <em>Out on Good Behavior: Teaching Math While Looking Over Your Shoulder</em> was published by John Catt Educational, in January, 2021.</p> 15868<div></div> 15869 </div> 15870 15871 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15872 15873 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15874 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15875</article><!-- #post-## --> 15876 15877 15878 15879<article id="post-47566" class="photo-text post-47566 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news"> 15880 15881 <div class="entry-content"> 15882 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/new-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15883 <h4 class="tight-heading">Paul Burgoyne</h4> 15884 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Workshop participant '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15885 <p>His novel, <em>Two Season</em>s, workshopped at the Community of Writers in 2010, was recently published and is now available on Amazon. </p> 15886 15887 15888<div></div> 15889<div></div> </div> 15890 <a href="https://paulburgoyne.ca/">https://paulburgoyne.ca/</a> 15891 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15892 15893 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15894 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15895</article><!-- #post-## --> 15896 15897 15898 15899<article id="post-47621" class="photo-text post-47621 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 15900 15901 <div class="entry-content"> 15902 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/frontcover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15903 <h4 class="tight-heading">DeWitt Henry</h4> 15904 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15905 <p>The concluding collection of his trilogy of memoirs, <em>Endings & Beginnings: Family Essays</em>, was published in April, 2021, by MadHat Press, with an introduction by John Skoyles.</p> 15906<div></div> 15907 </div> 15908 <a href="http://www.dewitthenry.com">http://www.dewitthenry.com</a> 15909 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15910 15911 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15912 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15913</article><!-- #post-## --> 15914 15915 15916 15917<article id="post-48119" class="photo-text post-48119 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15918 15919 <div class="entry-content"> 15920 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/9781736345177-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15921 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anne Chadwick</h4> 15922 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '02, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15923 <p><em>Splitting Heirs</em>, written and illustrated by Anne Chadwick (McCaa Books, July, 2021), reimagines her grandfather’s legal quest to find the rightful heirs of mysterious loner. In 1923, a puritanical lawyer teams with a profligate genealogist on an odyssey from Los Angeles to Paris and Provence, where they encounter characters ranging from grateful to greedy and sympathetic to seductive. This historical courtroom fiction explores multicultural perspectives on families and kinship.</p> 15924<div></div> 15925 </div> 15926 <a href="https://www.annechadwick.com/writing.html">https://www.annechadwick.com/writing.html</a> 15927 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15928 15929 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15930 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15931</article><!-- #post-## --> 15932 15933 15934
15935<article id="post-47228" class="photo-text post-47228 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15936 15937 <div class="entry-content"> 15938 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Lynne-in-Red-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15939 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Thompson</h4> 15940 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15941 <p>In February 2021, she was appointed Poet Laureate for the city of Los Angeles by Mayor Eric Garcetti.</p> 15942<div></div> 15943 </div> 15944 <a href="http://lynnethompson.us">http://lynnethompson.us</a> 15945 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15946 15947 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15948 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15949</article><!-- #post-## --> 15950 15951 15952 15953<article id="post-45236" class="photo-text post-45236 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 15954 15955 <div class="entry-content"> 15956 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/billboard_latestissue_cover_21spring_large-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15957 <h4 class="tight-heading">Andrew Tonkovich</h4> 15958 <span style="font-size:80%;">1993</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15959 <p>His short story “Bone Saw,” a fantastical political meditation responding to the murder of journalist Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi appears in the recent Technology issue of <em>ZYZZYVA</em>.</p> 15960<div></div> 15961 </div> 15962 <a href="http://">http://</a> 15963 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15964 15965 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15966 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15967</article><!-- #post-## --> 15968 15969 15970 15971<article id="post-44926" class="photo-text post-44926 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 15972 15973 <div class="entry-content"> 15974 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SpeaksToBirds_Fcvr-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15975 <h4 class="tight-heading">Hari B Khalsa</h4> 15976 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '03, '06</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15977 <p>Her chapbook of poems, <em>She Speaks to the Birds at Night While They Sleep,</em> won the 2020 Tebot Bach Clockwise Chapbook Contest and was published in July, 2021.</p> 15978<div></div> 15979 </div> 15980 <a href="http://haribpoet.com">http://haribpoet.com</a> 15981 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 15982 15983 <footer class="entry-footer"> 15984 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 15985</article><!-- #post-## --> 15986 15987 15988 15989<article id="post-42852" class="photo-text post-42852 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 15990 15991 <div class="entry-content"> 15992 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Face-front-cover-with-medallion-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 15993 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marcia Meier</h4> 15994 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, 2019</span> <div class="tight-content"> 15995 <p>Her latest book,<em> Face, A Memoir</em> (January 2021, Saddle Road Press), was shortlisted for the 2021 Eric M. Hoffer Book Award grand prize, and won honorable mention in the memoir category. Her essat, “Skin Craft,” which is about her relationship with her surgeon and derived from the book, was shortlisted for the Fish Publishing Short Memoir Prize, and is in the latest edition of <em>Reed Magazine.</em></p> 15996<div></div> 15997 </div> 15998 <a href="http://www.marciameier.com/books">http://www.marciameier.com/books</a> 15999 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16000 16001 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16002 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16003</article><!-- #post-## --> 16004 16005 16006 16007<article id="post-42863" class="photo-text post-42863 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16008 16009 <div class="entry-content"> 16010 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Corey-Campbell-image-for-STORY-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16011 <h4 class="tight-heading">Corey Campbell</h4> 16012 <span style="font-size:80%;">
16012Writers Workshops Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16013 <p>Her short story “Outside the Mayan” recently appeared in <em>Story</em> Issue 10.</p> 16014<div></div> 16015 </div> 16016 <br>Attended with the help of Isobel English Scholarship 16017 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16018 16019 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16020 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16021</article><!-- #post-## --> 16022 16023 16024 16025<article id="post-42847" class="photo-text post-42847 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16026 16027 <div class="entry-content"> 16028 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Story-Issue-10-cover-770x1154-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16029 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lawrence Coates</h4> 16030 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction Workshop participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16031 <p>His story “The Ferry and the Road” appeared in the April 2021 issue of <em>Story</em>. An excerpt of this story was workshopped at the Community of Writers in 2017.</p> 16032<div></div> 16033 </div> 16034 <a href="https://faulknersociety.org/">https://faulknersociety.org/</a> 16035 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16036 16037 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16038 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16039</article><!-- #post-## --> 16040 16041 16042 16043<article id="post-43557" class="photo-text post-43557 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16044 16045 <div class="entry-content"> 16046 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/holt-GHP-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16047 <h4 class="tight-heading">Joseph Holt</h4> 16048 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16049 <p>His debut story collection, <em>Golden Heart Parade,</em> will be published by Santa Fe Writers Project in September, 2021. Golden Heart Parade was a winner of the SFWP Literary Awards, which were judged by Carmen Maria Machado. In her comments, Machado wrote, “I loved this collectionâit’s raw, dark, and surprisingly funny. . . . There’s so much precision and verve in these stories. I was captivated the entire way through.”</p> 16050<div></div> 16051 </div> 16052 <a href="https://www.holt.ink">https://www.holt.ink</a> 16053 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16054 16055 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16056 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16057</article><!-- #post-## --> 16058 16059 16060 16061<article id="post-40513" class="photo-text post-40513 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16062 16063 <div class="entry-content"> 16064 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16065 <h4 class="tight-heading">Nawaaz Ahmed</h4> 16066 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16067 <p>His debut novel, <em>Radiant Fugitives</em>, following three generations of a Muslim Indian family confronted with a nation on the brink of change in Obama-era San Francisco and Texas, was published by Counterpoint Press on August 3, 2021.</p> 16068<div></div> 16069 </div> 16070 <a href="https://www.nawaazahmed.com">https://www.nawaazahmed.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of Ford scholarship 16071 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16072 16073 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16074 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16075</article><!-- #post-## --> 16076 16077 16078 16079<article id="post-45057" class="photo-text post-45057 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-teaching-staff"> 16080 16081 <div class="entry-content"> 16082 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GeraldHaslam-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16083 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gerald Haslam (1937-2021)</h4> 16084 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop teaching staff '05, '09, '10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16085 16086<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He is the winner of the 2021 AASLH Award of Excellence for Individual Achievement, in recognition of his decades-long career.</p> 16087<div></div> </div> 16088 16089 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16090 16091 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16092 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16093</article><!-- #post-## --> 16094 16095 16096 16097<article id="post-45054" class="photo-text post-45054 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16098 16099 <div class="entry-content"> 16100 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-07-05-at-9.56.13-AM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16101 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lisa Alvarez</h4> 16102 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant; Writers Workshop co-director</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16103 16104<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her article “A reading guide to legendary Colombian author Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez” was recently published in the<em> Los Angeles Times</em> Books section.</p> 16105<div></div> </div> 16106 16107 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16108 16109 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16110 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16111</article><!-- #post-## --> 16112 16113 16114 16115<article id="post-43071" class="photo-text post-43071 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16116 16117 <div class="entry-content"> 16118 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ookshelf-2-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16119 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cory Wilson</h4> 16120 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writer's Workshop Participant, '15</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16121 <p>He has signed an agreement with Los Angeles based publisher Mystic Boxing Commission. His debut novel, <em>A Kiss Away</em>, will be released Fall, 2021.</p> 16122<div></div> 16123 </div> 16124 <a href="https://sparringartists.com">https://sparringartists.com</a> 16125 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16126 16127 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16128 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16129</article><!-- #post-## --> 16130 16131 16132 16133<article id="post-43633" class="photo-text post-43633 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16134 16135 <div class="entry-content"> 16136 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Prospects-cover-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16137 <h4 class="tight-heading">Wendy Voorsanger</h4> 16138 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '16 or '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16139 <p>Her historical novel, <em>Prospects of a Woman</em>, published in October, 2020 from She Writes Press, has won 7 awards: 2021 IPPY Awards Gold Winner in Best Regional Fiction-West-Pacific, 2021 Independent Press Awards Winner in Western Fiction, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in Regional Fiction, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in First Novel, 2021 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Western Fiction, 2021 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Regional Fiction: West, and 2021 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Book Interior Design: Fiction.</p> 16140<div></div> 16141 </div> 16142 <a href="https://wendyvoorsanger.net/">https://wendyvoorsanger.net/</a> 16143 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16144 16145 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16146 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16147</article><!-- #post-## --> 16148 16149 16150
16151<article id="post-43714" class="photo-text post-43714 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16152 16153 <div class="entry-content"> 16154 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lennon_Lester_Portrait_B.H.Jones_-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16155 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lester Graves Lennon</h4> 16156 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '99, '01, '03, '05, '07, '09, '11, '13, '15, '17, '19, '20</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16157 <p>His poem,”Frank Embree Standing on Buggy Facing Camera Fayette, Missouri, July 22,1899 (Photographer Unknown)” which was first written during Poetry Week at the Community of Writers was published by <em>Literary Matters.</em></p> 16158<div></div> 16159 </div> 16160 <a href="http://www.literarymatters.org/13-3-frank-embree-standing-on-buggy-facing-camera-fayette-missouri-july-221899-photographer-unknown/">http://www.literarymatters.org/13-3-frank-embree-standing-on-buggy-facing-camera-fayette-missouri-july-221899-photographer-unknown/</a> 16161 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16162 16163 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16164 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16165</article><!-- #post-## --> 16166 16167 16168 16169<article id="post-44065" class="photo-text post-44065 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16170 16171 <div class="entry-content"> 16172 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Janine-K-7-copy-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16173 <h4 class="tight-heading">Janine Kovac</h4> 16174 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant: '11, '12, '14, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16175 <p>Her essay “Dancing on the Blade” won the San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award in Nonfiction and appears in the spring 2021 issue of <em>Under the Sun.</em></p> 16176<div></div> 16177 </div> 16178 <a href="https://underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2021/dancing-on-the-blade/">https://underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2021/dancing-on-the-blade/</a> <br>Attended with the help of 2011: George Pascoe Miller; 2012: Carlisle Family; 2014: Eshleman Scholarship 16179 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16180 16181 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16182 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16183</article><!-- #post-## --> 16184 16185 16186 16187<article id="post-44655" class="photo-text post-44655 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry"> 16188 16189 <div class="entry-content"> 16190 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/batu-khan-cover-image-1-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16191 <h4 class="tight-heading">Diane P Wolff</h4> 16192 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '83; Screenwriters Workshop Participant '84</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16193 <p>She did not win the Buchanan Prize of the Association for Asian Studies for her book, <em>Batu, Khan of the Golden Horde: The Mongol Khans Conquer Russia</em>. As they say in Hollywood, it was an honor to be invited to submit, and there are four more books in her <em>Silk Road Series: The Heirs of Chinggis Khan</em>Â (Genghis Khan). She did do a virtual talk for the American Center for Mongolian Studies to launch the book and it has been peer reviewed in Education about Asia, for use as a course book in global history.</p> 16194<div></div> 16195 </div> 16196 <a href="http://dianewolff.com/disc.htm">http://dianewolff.com/disc.htm</a> 16197 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16198 16199 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16200 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16201</article><!-- #post-## --> 16202 16203 16204 16205<article id="post-44864" class="photo-text post-44864 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16206 16207 <div class="entry-content"> 16208 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-25-at-2.58.40-PM-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16209 <h4 class="tight-heading">David Mills</h4> 16210 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '92, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16211 <p>A finalist for the <em>Crab Orchard Review</em> and Richard Snyder Memorial Prize, his third collection, <em>Boneyarn</em>, came out in April 2021 from Ashland University Press. It is the first book of poems about slavery in New York City where the oldest and largest slave cemetery in the United States is located.</p> 16212<div></div> 16213 </div> 16214 <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780912592862/boneyarn.aspx">https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780912592862/boneyarn.aspx</a> 16215 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16216 16217 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16218 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16219</article><!-- #post-## --> 16220 16221 16222 16223<article id="post-39722" class="photo-text post-39722 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16224 16225 <div class="entry-content"> 16226 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-M
16226oment-Before_Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16227 <h4 class="tight-heading">Terence Clarke</h4> 16228 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '72,'73</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16229 <p>His new novel, <em>The Moment Before</em>, will be published on September 1, 2021. It is the third of a trilogy. The others are <em>My Father in The Night </em>and<em> When Clara Was Twelve</em>.</p> 16230<div></div> 16231 </div> 16232 <a href="http://www.terenceclarke.org">http://www.terenceclarke.org</a> 16233 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16234 16235 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16236 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16237</article><!-- #post-## --> 16238 16239 16240 16241<article id="post-43151" class="photo-text post-43151 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16242 16243 <div class="entry-content"> 16244 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Lauren-Babrato_headshot-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16245 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lauren Barbato</h4> 16246 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16247 <p>Her short story “Patroness” appears in the latest issue of <em>Pacifica Literary Review.</em></p> 16248<div></div> 16249 </div> 16250 <a href="http://www.pacificareview.com/2021/05/13/patroness-lauren-barbato/">http://www.pacificareview.com/2021/05/13/patroness-lauren-barbato/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship 16251 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16252 16253 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16254 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16255</article><!-- #post-## --> 16256 16257 16258 16259<article id="post-43094" class="photo-text post-43094 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16260 16261 <div class="entry-content"> 16262 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GertrudeSittingBook-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16263 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 16264 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '07, '10, '14, '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16265 <p>Her chapbook, <em>Gertrude Sitting: Portraits of Women</em>, won the Heartland Review 2020 chapbook prize.</p> 16266<div></div> 16267 </div> 16268 16269 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16270 16271 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16272 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16273</article><!-- #post-## --> 16274 16275 16276 16277<article id="post-43382" class="photo-text post-43382 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16278 16279 <div class="entry-content"> 16280 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Fuad-cover-7x9-1-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16281 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tracy Fuad</h4> 16282 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16283 <p>Her debut collection of poetry, <em>about:blank</em>, was chosen by Claudia Rankine as the 2020 winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize and will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in October, 2021. The book is available for pre-sale now.</p> 16284<div></div> 16285 </div> 16286 <a href="https://upittpress.org/books/9780822966685/">https://upittpress.org/books/9780822966685/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Galway Kinnell Memorial Scholarship 16287 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16288 16289 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16290 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16291</article><!-- #post-## --> 16292 16293 16294 16295<article id="post-42857" class="photo-text post-42857 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16296 16297 <div class="entry-content"> 16298 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hokanson_perishableworld-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16299 <h4 class="tight-heading">Alicia Hokanson</h4> 16300 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry participant '86, '87, '88, '90, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16301 <p>Her new collection, <em>
16301Perishable World,</em> was published by Pleasure Boat Studio press in May, 2021.</p> 16302 16303 16304<div></div> 16305<div></div> </div> 16306 <a href="http://pleasureboatstudio.com">http://pleasureboatstudio.com</a> 16307 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16308 16309 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16310 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16311</article><!-- #post-## --> 16312 16313 16314 16315<article id="post-43252" class="photo-text post-43252 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-poets"> 16316 16317 <div class="entry-content"> 16318 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Siraganian_Jennifer-scaled-1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16319 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jen Siraganian</h4> 16320 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Workshop participant '12, '14</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16321 <p>She was recently inducted as the Poet Laureate of Los Gatos in April 2021. Selected by the mayor and members of the Los Gatos Library Board and Arts and Culture Commission after an unanimous vote, she will serve a three-year term promoting poetry and literature in the community.</p> 16322<div></div> 16323 </div> 16324 <a href="http://https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/17/new-los-gatos-poet-laureate-says-role-is-made-for-me/">http://https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/17/new-los-gatos-poet-laureate-says-role-is-made-for-me/</a> 16325 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16326 16327 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16328 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16329</article><!-- #post-## --> 16330 16331 16332 16333<article id="post-43217" class="photo-text post-43217 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16334 16335 <div class="entry-content"> 16336 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BC1F286F-5217-4884-BC7B-642258BC8C9C-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16337 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gwen Goodkin</h4> 16338 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, â07, â11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16339 <p>Her short story collection, <em>A Place Remote</em>, (West Virginia University Press) has won a Silver IPPY in the Great Lakes – Best Regional Fiction category.</p> 16340 16341 16342<div></div> 16343<div></div> </div> 16344 <a href="http://gwengoodkin.com">http://gwengoodkin.com</a> 16345 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16346 16347 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16348 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16349</article><!-- #post-## --> 16350 16351 16352 16353<article id="post-39976" class="photo-text post-39976 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16354 16355 <div class="entry-content"> 16356 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ruizkeil-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16357 <h4 class="tight-heading">Michelle Ruiz Keil</h4> 16358 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant, 2014</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16359 <p>Inspired by the Greek myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm fairy tale âBrother and Sister,â Michelle Ruiz Keilâs second novel, <em>Summer in the City of Roses</em>, follows two siblings torn apart and struggling to find each other in early â90s Portland. It will be available July 6, 2021 wherever books are sold.</p> 16360<div></div> 16361 </div> 16362 <a href="http://https://www.tor.com/2021/02/02/michelle-ruiz-keil-rewrites-myth-and-fairy-tale-with-summer-in-the-city-of-roses/">http://https://www.tor.com/2021/02/02/michelle-ruiz-keil-rewrites-myth-and-fairy-tale-with-summer-in-the-city-of-roses/</a> 16363 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16364 16365 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16366 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16367</article><!-- #post-## --> 16368 16369 16370 16371<article id="post-42644" class="photo-text post-42644 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16372 16373 <div class="entry-content"> 16374 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/divingrising-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16375 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lois Rosen</h4> 16376 <div class="tight-content"> 16377 16378<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Her new book of poetry, <em>Diving and Rising</em>, was recently published by Finishing Line Press. </p> 16379<div></div> </div> 16380 16381 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16382 16383 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16384 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16385</article><!-- #post-## --> 16386 16387 16388 16389<article id="post-42641" class="photo-text post-42641 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-teaching-staff alumni-news-types-writers"> 16390 16391 <div class="entry-content"> 16392 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/am
16392ytan_unintended-memoir-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16393 <h4 class="tight-heading">Amy Tan</h4> 16394 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '87, frequent Writers Workshops Special Guest, Member of Board of Directors</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16395 16396<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A new documentary, <em>Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir</em>, recently premiered on PBS. <em>Amy Tan </em>is an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking writer that interweaves archival imagery, including home movies and personal photographs, animation and original interviews to tell the inspiring story of Tanâs life and career. To watch, click <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/stream-amy-tan-unintended-memoir-documentary/17722/">here</a>. </p> 16397<div></div> </div> 16398 16399 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16400 16401 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16402 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16403</article><!-- #post-## --> 16404 16405 16406 16407<article id="post-39805" class="photo-text post-39805 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16408 16409 <div class="entry-content"> 16410 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_Front_Cover_cropped_0513-copy-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16411 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jennifer Sperry Steinorth</h4> 16412 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16413 <p>An artifact of erasure at once poetry and visual art, <em>Her Read</em>, a graphic poem by Jennifer Sperry Steinorth will be published in full color and hardback by Texas Review Press in June, 2021. In the tradition of reusing canvases, with correction fluid, scalpel & embroidery floss, Steinorth transforms a tome of art criticism, <em>The Meaning of Art by Herbert Read</em>, into feminist verse. Though the maternal body appears with frequency in Readâs illustrated text which spans from prehistory to the modern age, he includes zero female artists. <em>Her Read</em>, a graphic poem, is an excavation of buried voices– a reclamation of bodies framed in gilt & an homage to those whose arts remain unsung.</p> 16414<div></div> 16415 </div> 16416 <a href="https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781680032284/her-read;https://www.jennifersperrysteinorth.com/her-erasure-read">https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781680032284/her-read;https://www.jennifersperrysteinorth.com/her-erasure-read</a> <br>Attended with the help of I did (blessedly) receive a scholarship, which made attendance possible, but I cannot seem to locate the name! 16417 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16418 16419 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16420 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16421</article><!-- #post-## --> 16422 16423 16424 16425<article id="post-41424" class="photo-text post-41424 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16426 16427 <div class="entry-content"> 16428 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WaveSaysfrontcover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16429 <h4 class="tight-heading">K.M. English</h4> 16430 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16431 <p>Her debut full-length collection, <em>Wave Says</em>, was published by Kore Press on May 15, 2021.</p> 16432<div></div> 16433 </div> 16434 <a href="http://www.kmenglishpoet.com">http://www.kmenglishpoet.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of Cushing Scholarship! 16435 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16436 16437 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16438 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16439</article><!-- #post-## --> 16440 16441 16442 16443<article id="post-40297" class="photo-text post-40297 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16444 16445 <div class="entry-content"> 16446 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ShanyangFangsm-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16447 <h4 class="tight-heading">Shangyang Fang</h4> 16448 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16449 16450<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His<strong> </strong>poetry collection, <em>Burying the Mountain</em>, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in October, 2021.</p> 16451<div></div> </div>
16452 <a href="https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/shangyang-fang/">https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/shangyang-fang/</a> <br>Attended with the help of The Sharon Olds Honorary Scholarship 16453 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16454 16455 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16456 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16457</article><!-- #post-## --> 16458 16459 16460 16461<article id="post-41478" class="photo-text post-41478 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16462 16463 <div class="entry-content"> 16464 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GertrudeSittingBook-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16465 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeanine Stevens</h4> 16466 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant 2007, 2010,2014,2017</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16467 <p>Her chapbook, <em>Gertrude Sitting: Portraits of Women</em>, was awarded the Heartland Review Chapbook Award for Poetry 2020, and recently published. The chapbook was also a Main Street Rag Finalist.</p> 16468<div></div> 16469 </div> 16470 <a href="http://">http://</a> 16471 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16472 16473 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16474 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16475</article><!-- #post-## --> 16476 16477 16478 16479<article id="post-41510" class="photo-text post-41510 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16480 16481 <div class="entry-content"> 16482 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/photographer_carter-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16483 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mary Dixie Carter</h4> 16484 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '17</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16485 <p>Her debut novel <em>The Photographer</em> will be published by Minotaur Books/ St. Martin’s Press (U.S.) on May 25, 2021 and by Hodder Books (UK) on May 13, 2021.</p> 16486<div></div> 16487 </div> 16488 <a href="http://marydixiecarter.com">http://marydixiecarter.com</a> 16489 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16490 16491 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16492 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16493</article><!-- #post-## --> 16494 16495 16496 16497<article id="post-41542" class="photo-text post-41542 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16498 16499 <div class="entry-content"> 16500 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/POR_OTIS_1208_002R-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16501 <h4 class="tight-heading">Laura Otis</h4> 16502 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '08, '11</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16503 <p>She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2021-2022 to work on a book she is calling <em>The Neuroscience of Craft</em>. The book will analyze contemporary fiction-writers’ techniques for helping readers to blend senses in their imaginations.</p> 16504<div></div> 16505 </div> 16506 <a href="http://">http://</a> 16507 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16508 16509 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16510 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16511</article><!-- #post-## --> 16512 16513 16514 16515<article id="post-41547" class="photo-text post-41547 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16516 16517 <div class="entry-content"> 16518 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AC21B1E4-5764-4BA5-83A2-48DA7CC092F1-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16519 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stella Beratlis</h4> 16520 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '07, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16521 <p>Her second poetry collection, <em>Dust Bowl Venus</em>, was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in May, 2021.</p> 16522<div></div> 16523 </div> 16524 <a href="http://sixteenrivers.org/authors/stellaberatlis/">http://sixteenrivers.org/authors/stellaberatlis/</a> 16525 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16526 16527 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16528 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16529</article><!-- #post-## --> 16530 16531 16532 16533<article id="post-41581" class="photo-text post-41581 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16534 16535 <div class="entry-content"> 16536 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/structures-the-moment-cover-350-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16537 <h4 class="tight-heading">Pablo J Lopez</h4> 16538 <span style="font-size:80%;">
16538Poetry Participant, '08</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16539 <p>His book <em>Structures the Moment</em> was published by the Los Angeles press Anonymous Energy.</p> 16540<div></div> 16541 </div> 16542 <a href="https://anonymousenergy.com/publications/structures-the-moment-approx/">https://anonymousenergy.com/publications/structures-the-moment-approx/</a> 16543 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16544 16545 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16546 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16547</article><!-- #post-## --> 16548 16549 16550 16551<article id="post-41784" class="photo-text post-41784 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16552 16553 <div class="entry-content"> 16554 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SecondaryCicatricesPoetryBookCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16555 <h4 class="tight-heading">Lynne Goldsmith</h4> 16556 <span style="font-size:80%;">poetry participant</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16557 <p>Her poetry book, <em>Secondary Cicatrices</em>, won a Distinguished Favorite in the 2021 Independent Press Awards.</p> 16558 16559 16560<div></div> 16561<div></div> </div> 16562 <a href="http://">http://</a> 16563 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16564 16565 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16566 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16567</article><!-- #post-## --> 16568 16569 16570 16571<article id="post-41925" class="photo-text post-41925 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16572 16573 <div class="entry-content"> 16574 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BROTHERS-SILVER-COVER-HighRes-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16575 <h4 class="tight-heading">Marc Jampole</h4> 16576 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '05</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16577 <p>His first novel, <em>The Brothers Silver,</em> was published by Owl Canyon Press. The Brothers Silver follows the lives of two brothers who grow up in a family haunted by mental illness, drug abuse, and violence.</p> 16578<div></div> 16579 </div> 16580 <a href="http://thebrotherssilver.jampole.com/">http://thebrotherssilver.jampole.com/</a> 16581 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16582 16583 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16584 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16585</article><!-- #post-## --> 16586 16587 16588 16589<article id="post-42114" class="photo-text post-42114 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16590 16591 <div class="entry-content"> 16592 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image0-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16593 <h4 class="tight-heading">Anthony S. Abbott</h4> 16594 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '91/'02</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16595 <p>His new collection <em>Dark Side of North</em> was published in January, 2021 by Press53.</p> 16596<div></div> 16597 </div> 16598 <a href="https://www.press53.com/poetry-collections/dark-side-of-north-by-anthony-s-abbott">https://www.press53.com/poetry-collections/dark-side-of-north-by-anthony-s-abbott</a> 16599 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16600 16601 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16602 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16603</article><!-- #post-## --> 16604 16605 16606 16607<article id="post-42357" class="photo-text post-42357 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16608 16609 <div class="entry-content"> 16610 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/D0A3797F-EC08-45C6-B44B-FCBC9CD6687A-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16611 <h4 class="tight-heading">Casey Guerin</h4> 16612 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant â19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16613 <p>Her short story âWhat Consumes Youâ won the 2020 <em>Greensboro Review</em> Robert Watson Literary Prize and appears in the Spring 2021 issue, as well as <a href="http://greensbororeview.org/stories/the-robert-watson-literary-prize-story-what-consumes/">online</a>.</p> 16614<div></div> 16615 </div> 16616 <a href="http://www.caseyguerin.com/">http://www.caseyguerin.com/</a> 16617 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16618 16619 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16620 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16621</article><!-- #post-## --> 16622 16623 16624 16625<article id="post-37811" class="photo-text post-37811 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16626 16627 <div class="entry-content"> 16628 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/E0373324-F8C4-4D87-A9FB-DF7CE7F64C55-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16629 <h4 class="tight-heading">Claire Boyles</h4> 16630 <span style="font-size:80%;">
16630Writers Workshop Participant '18</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16631 <p>Her debut short story collection, <em>Site Fidelity</em>, is coming June 15, 2021 from W.W. Norton.</p> 16632<div></div> 16633 </div> 16634 <a href="http://claireboyleswrites.com">http://claireboyleswrites.com</a> 16635 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16636 16637 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16638 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16639</article><!-- #post-## --> 16640 16641 16642 16643<article id="post-39683" class="photo-text post-39683 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16644 16645 <div class="entry-content"> 16646 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/revivalseason_West-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16647 <h4 class="tight-heading">Monica West</h4> 16648 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop participant '09, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16649 <p>Her novel, <em>Revival Season</em>, will be published by Simon and Schuster on June 15, 2021.</p> 16650<div></div> 16651 </div> 16652 16653 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16654 16655 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16656 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16657</article><!-- #post-## --> 16658 16659 16660 16661<article id="post-39749" class="photo-text post-39749 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16662 16663 <div class="entry-content"> 16664 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2FFD1E1E-EA30-4AE3-AF0E-D0D1975487AC-150x210.jpeg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16665 <h4 class="tight-heading">Noel Obiora</h4> 16666 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '09,'10</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16667 <p>His first novel, <em>A Past That Breathes</em>, will be published by Rare Books, Inc on May 11, 2021.</p> 16668<div></div> 16669 </div> 16670 <a href="http://apastthatbreathes.com">http://apastthatbreathes.com</a> 16671 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16672 16673 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16674 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16675</article><!-- #post-## --> 16676 16677 16678 16679<article id="post-39726" class="photo-text post-39726 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16680 16681 <div class="entry-content"> 16682 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/passenger-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16683 <h4 class="tight-heading">Chaney Kwak</h4> 16684 <span style="font-size:80%;">Fiction, 2012</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16685 <p>His debut memoir, <em>The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship</em>, comes out from Godine in June, 2021. A tragicomic story about an (almost) sinking cruise ship, <em>The Passenger</em> journeys from the Norwegian coast to the South China Sea, from post-WWII Korea to pandemic-struck San Francisco.</p> 16686<div></div> 16687 </div> 16688 <a href="http://chaneykwak.com/passenger">http://chaneykwak.com/passenger</a> <br>Attended with the help of Scholarship recipient (and I thank The Community's generosity in the book's acknowledgements) 16689 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16690 16691 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16692 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16693</article><!-- #post-## --> 16694 16695 16696 16697<article id="post-39716" class="photo-text post-39716 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16698 16699 <div class="entry-content"> 16700 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Skid-Road-book-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16701 <h4 class="tight-heading">Josephine Ensign</h4> 16702 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, 2013</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16703 <p>Her forthcoming narrative history book, <em>Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City,</em> (August 3, 2021 pub date) from Johns Hopkins University Press is now available for pre-sale.</p> 16704<div></div> 16705 </div> 16706 <a href="https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/skid-road">https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/skid-road</a> 16707 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16708 16709 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16710 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16711</article><!-- #post-## --> 16712 16713 16714 16715<article id="post-40810" class="photo-text post-40810 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16716 16717 <div class="entry-content"> 16718 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-22-215406-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16719 <h4 class="tight-heading">Danusha Laméris</h4> 16720 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '00</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16721 <p>She will be reading on May 16th with Ellen Bass, Jane Hirshfield, Marie Howe, and Naomi Shihab Nye. Donations to this event will benef
16721it the S.H.E. students, young women from the Maasai tribe who have escaped Female Genital Mutilation and early childhood marriage.</p> 16722<div></div> 16723 </div> 16724 <a href="http://https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTEwNDM5">http://https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTEwNDM5</a> 16725 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16726 16727 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16728 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16729</article><!-- #post-## --> 16730 16731 16732 16733<article id="post-40704" class="photo-text post-40704 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-1-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16734 16735 <div class="entry-content"> 16736 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/StreetStoriesCover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16737 <h4 class="tight-heading">Mark Coggins</h4> 16738 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant 1996, Screenwriting Workshop Participant 2001</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16739 <p>His newest book, <em>Street Stories</em>, a street photography monograph, will be published by Poltroon Press in May, 2021.</p> 16740<div></div> 16741 </div> 16742 <a href="https://www.markcoggins.com/street-stories/">https://www.markcoggins.com/street-stories/</a> 16743 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16744 16745 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16746 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16747</article><!-- #post-## --> 16748 16749 16750 16751<article id="post-41552" class="photo-text post-41552 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16752 16753 <div class="entry-content"> 16754 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FRONTCOVER_cross-davis-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16755 <h4 class="tight-heading">Teri Ellen Cross Davis</h4> 16756 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16757 <p>Her new collection, <em>a more perfect Union</em>, (Mad Creek Books, an imprint of Ohio State University Press) was selected by Kathy Fagan for the 2019 OSU Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize. It was published in February, 2021 and is available now!</p> 16758<div></div> 16759 </div> 16760 <a href="https://www.poetsandparents.com/a-more-perfect-union">https://www.poetsandparents.com/a-more-perfect-union</a> <br>Attended with the help of Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship 16761 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16762 16763 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16764 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16765</article><!-- #post-## --> 16766 16767 16768 16769<article id="post-41556" class="photo-text post-41556 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16770 16771 <div class="entry-content"> 16772 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/001-TAL0221-COVER-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16773 <h4 class="tight-heading">Leslie Hsu Oh</h4> 16774 <span style="font-size:80%;">2020, 2019 Writers Workshops Participant</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16775 <p>A chapter from her memoir-in-progress was published in the February 2021 issue of <em>Travel + Leisure</em>.</p> 16776<div></div> 16777 </div> 16778 <a href="http://www.lesliehsuoh.com">http://www.lesliehsuoh.com</a> <br>Attended with the help of The OâDwyer Scholarship 16779 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16780 16781 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16782 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16783</article><!-- #post-## --> 16784 16785 16786 16787<article id="post-41567" class="photo-text post-41567 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16788 16789 <div class="entry-content"> 16790 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SALT-cover-final-web-large-RGB-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16791 <h4 class="tight-heading">Stacy D Flood</h4> 16792 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant, '98</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16793 <p>An unanchored traveler meets devastating consequences as he searches for a new life in <em>The Salt Fields</em>, a debut work of prose from Stacy D. Flood, a stark and poignant Southern Gothic novella focused on the African American Great Migration after the Second World War, and a work that will leave readers thinking long after the final page.</p> 16794<div></div> 16795 </div> 16796 <a href="https://lanternfishpress.com/catalog/the-salt-fields">https://lanternfishpress.com/catalog/the-salt-fields</a> <br>Attended with the help of Getty Scholarship 16797 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16798 16799 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16800 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16801</article><!-- #post-## --> 16802 16803 16804 16805<article id="post-41327" class="photo-text post-41327 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16806 16807 <div class="entry-content"> 16808 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WFA-Cover-Erika-Osborne-front-cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16809 <h4 class="tight-heading">Iris Jamahl Dunkle</h4> 16810 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '97, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16811 <p>Her new poetry collection, <em>West: Fire Archive at Jack London State Historic Park was p</em>ublished by the Center for Literary Publishing (Mountain/West Poetry Series<em>)</em> in March 2021</p> 16812<div></div> 16813 </div> 16814 <a href="http://www.irisjamahldunkle.com/west---fire---archive.html">http://www.irisjamahldunkle.com/west---fire---archive.html</a> 16815 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16816 16817 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16818 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16819</article><!-- #post-## --> 16820 16821 16822 16823<article id="post-41435" class="photo-text post-41435 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-4-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16824 16825 <div class="entry-content"> 16826 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Book-of-Lost-Light-Final-Cover-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16827 <h4 class="tight-heading">Ron Nyren</h4> 16828 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant, '94</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16829 <p>Ron Nyren’s novel <em>The Book of Lost Light</em> was the finalist for the 2020 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction.</p> 16830<div></div> 16831 </div> 16832 <a href="https://langumfoundation.org/winners/current-winners-american-historical-fiction/">https://langumfoundation.org/winners/current-winners-american-historical-fiction/</a> 16833 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16834 16835 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16836 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16837</article><!-- #post-## --> 16838 16839 16840 16841<article id="post-39929" class="photo-text post-39929 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16842 16843 <div class="entry-content"> 16844 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/kingman-jeffrey-beyond-web-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16845 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jeffrey Kingman</h4> 16846 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '12</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16847 <p>His first full-length poetry book, <em>Beyond That Hill I Gather</em>, will be published by Finishing Line Press in May, 2021. The book features portrait poems of notable women.</p> 16848<div></div> 16849 </div> 16850 <a href="https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/beyond-that-hill-i-gather-by-jeffrey-kingman/">https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/beyond-that-hill-i-gather-by-jeffrey-kingman/</a> 16851 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16852 16853 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16854 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16855</article><!-- #post-## --> 16856 16857 16858 16859<article id="post-40240" class="photo-text post-40240 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured"> 16860 16861 <div class="entry-content"> 16862 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/italianlovecake-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16863 <h4 class="tight-heading">Gail Reitano</h4> 16864 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '97, '98, '99, '02, '03, '19</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16865 <p>Her novel, <em>Italian Love Cake,</em> is forthcoming from Bordighera Press in May, 2021.</p> 16866<div></div> 16867 </div> 16868 <a href="https://linktr.ee/reitanogail">https://linktr.ee/reitanogail</a> 16869 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16870 16871 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16872 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16873</article><!-- #post-## --> 16874 16875 16876 16877<article id="post-40667" class="photo-text post-40667 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16878 16879 <div class="entry-content"> 16880 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Displacement_Geology-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16881 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tamsin Smith</h4> 16882 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16883 <p>Her third poetry collection, <em>Displacement Geology,</em> has been published by fmsbw press.</p> 16884<div></div> 16885 </div> 16886 <a href="http://www.tamsinspencersmith.com">http://www.tamsinspencersmith.com</a> 16887 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16888 16889 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16890 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16891</article><!-- #post-## --> 16892 16893 16894 16895<article id="post-40670" class="photo-text post-40670 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-1-poetry-news alumni-news-types-poets"> 16896 16897 <div class="entry-content"> 16898 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/41B9s1a-yhL._SX333_BO1204203200-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16899 <h4 class="tight-heading">Tamsin Smith</h4> 16900 <span style="font-size:80%;">Poetry Participant, '21</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16901 <p>Her first work of fiction, <em>XISLE</em>, a novel, has been published by fmsbw press.</p> 16902<div></div> 16903 </div> 16904 <a href="http://www.tamsinspencersmith.com">http://www.tamsinspencersmith.com</a> 16905 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16906 16907 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16908 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16909</article><!-- #post-## --> 16910 16911 16912 16913<article id="post-40699" class="photo-text post-40699 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry alumni-news-types-writers"> 16914 16915 <div class="entry-content"> 16916 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210318_103023-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16917 <h4 class="tight-heading">RONALD ALEXANDER</h4> 16918 <span style="font-size:80%;">Summer 1995</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16919 <p>His story, “Marrow,” appears in the January 2021 issue of <em>The Hong Kong Review</em>. Alexander is an instructor at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program in Los Angeles.</p> 16920<div></div> 16921 </div> 16922 <a href="http://hollyridgepress.com">http://hollyridgepress.com</a> 16923 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16924 16925 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16926 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16927</article><!-- #post-## --> 16928 16929 16930 16931<article id="post-41042" class="photo-text post-41042 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16932 16933 <div class="entry-content"> 16934 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/youlooktired-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16935 <h4 class="tight-heading">Jenny Pritchett</h4> 16936 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshops Participant '04</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16937 <p>Her new book, <em>You Look Tired: An Excruciatingly Honest Guide to New Parenthood</em>, was published by Running Press/Hachette in May, 2021. An audiobook is also available.</p> 16938 16939 16940<div></div> 16941<div></div> </div> 16942 <a href="https://www.jennytrue.com/">https://www.jennytrue.com/</a> <br>Attended with the help of Walker Foundation Scholarship 16943 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16944 16945 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16946 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16947</article><!-- #post-## --> 16948 16949 16950 16951<article id="post-41112" class="photo-text post-41112 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-2-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16952 16953 <div class="entry-content"> 16954 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image001-150x210.png" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16955 <h4 class="tight-heading">Eileen Garvin</h4> 16956 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop Participant '16</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16957 <p>Her debut novel, <em>The Music of Bees</em>, will be published on April 27 by Dutton.</p> 16958<div></div> 16959 </div> 16960 <a href="http://www.eileengarvin.com">http://www.eileengarvin.com</a> 16961 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 16962 16963 <footer class="entry-footer"> 16964 </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 16965</article><!-- #post-## --> 16966 16967 16968 16969<article id="post-41140" class="photo-text post-41140 alumni-news type-alumni-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tag-featured alumni-news-types-2021-quarter-3-ww-news alumni-news-types-writers"> 16970 16971 <div class="entry-content"> 16972 <img width="150" height="210" src="https://communityofwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sinking-Islands-Final-Cover-CVR-300dpi-RGB-aerio-150x210.jpg" class="alumni-news-img wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> 16973 <h4 class="tight-heading">Cai Emmons</h4> 16974 <span style="font-size:80%;">Writers Workshop '93, '94, '97 , Writers Workshop Teaching Staff</span> <div class="tight-content"> 16975 <p>Her new novel, <em>Sinking Islands</em>, will be published in September, 2021 by Red Hen Press. 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