Faculty News

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September 2023

  • Laura Yeager is blogging forCure Today. Among her recent posts is "Fluoroscopes,Tooth X-Rays, and Modern Cancer Radiation Treatments."

  • Jacobin妈gazine published Anni Irish's article "Museum Workers Are Tired of Being Paid in Cultural Cachet — SoThey're Unionizing."

  • Mara Reinstein asks exactly what you would in "Jane LynchAnswers Every Question We HaveAbout The Fugitive," forVulture.

  • Lara Ewen wrote "HanesReports Second Quarter Sales Dip, Avoids Discussion of Barington Letter" forFashion Dive.

  • Jon Gingerich wrote "How to Ruin a Brand, the Elon Musk Way" forO'Dwyer's PR News.

  • Compass Rosepublished Adela Brito's poem "This Gives MePause."

  • The Paterson Literary Reviewpublished Fran McNulty's poem "The New House."

  • New York Quarterlypublished Michael Montlack's poem "At Her Gay Uncle's 40th."

  • Melissa Petro's article "Private KindergartenCosts $84,000; We're Making Our School District Pay" is up now atInsider.

  • The Stonecoast Reviewpublished Amy Scheiner's essay "Driving with Janis Joplin."

August 2023

  • Dorothy Parker's Ashespublished Fran McNulty's essay "Just the Way You Are" in its Hair issue.

  • Lisa Namdar Kaufman's poem "March" is published inTikkun.

  • "To my surprise, as the '90s discs took their first spins in decades, more came from the speakers than just music," writes Mike Dunphy in his essay "Lessons from a '90s CD Collection," forInsideHook.

  • Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced it will release Erin Entrada Kelly's middle-grade novelThe First State of Beingin March 2024.

  • HarperCollins Publisherswill release George Jreije's middle-grade novelShad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandriain paperpback on September 19th, and the next novel in the series,Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies, on October 17th.

  • The Ghost City Reviewpublished Michael Montlack's poem "House Keys."

  • Melissa Petro's article "How a Book Deal—And a Van买了我关注自己“是不许可w onYahoo.

  • ForParade妈gazine, Mara Reinstein interviewedactor Laura Linneyabout cooking, theater, and two small moments that made big changes in her life: Seeing Kathy Bates in a church-basement play, and the first time she performed outdoors.

  • Brilliant Flash Fictionpublished Amy Scheiner's story "tv kids."

  • John Kachuba's middle-grade novelHaycorn Smith and the Castle Ghostis out now fromPaper Angel Press.

  • Electric Literaturepublished Rita Chang-Eppig's essay "Folk Religion Isn't Backward, but I WalkedBackward Into It."

  • "I'm still looking for the answer. The formula." Cindy House talks about writers's relationships with their families, their students, their mentors, and more, atThe Creative Independent.

  • Huizachepublished Casandra López's poem "An Unknown."

July 2023

  • The New York Times Magazinepublished Casandra López's poem "Sister Song."

  • Kuros Charney's pilotThe Benjamins妈de theTop 50in the 2023Launch Pad TV Pilot Competition.

  • The Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival, which honors the work of Vaclav Havel, has appointed Edward Einhorn as its newdirector.

  • Barbara DeMarco-Barrett's article "On Revision: Writers Share Useful Tips and Strategies on How They Go About Improving Their Work" is in the latest issue of theAuthors Guild Bulletin.

  • "Kitchen ConfidentialwasThe BearbeforeThe Bear. So what went wrong?" asks Mara Reinstein in an essay forThe Ringer.

  • Eerie River Publishingreleased Holley Cornetto's horror novelThey Are Cursed Like You, the first in the new Trailer Park Witches series, in June.

  • Two of María Alejandra Barrios's short stories made it to theWigleafTop 50 Very Short Fictions of 2023: "Periquito," which was first published inPidgeonholes, and "Alligator Girls," first published inFlash Frog.

  • Mara Reinstein's interview with actress and director Eva Longoria is billed as a conversation about optimism and agency, but the two talk about being broke,stealing toilet paper, working 18 hour days, and the rare, delicious joy of working eight hours and being home in time for family dinner, forParade妈gazine.

  • The Atticus Reviewnamed Z Kennedy-Lopez its newfiction editor.

  • Rita Chang-Eppig's novelDeep as the Sky, Red as the Seais theBarnes & Noble Discover Selection of the Month. Bloomsbury USA released her debut book, an adventure story starring a Chinese pirate queen, on May 30th.

  • Rachel Simongave up dessertfor a month, and wrote about it forShondaland.

  • The Bryant Literary Reviewpublished Fran McNulty's poem "The Past Is Everything."

  • Mara Reinstein interviewedArnold Schwarzeneggerabout politics, TV, and why he doesn't reflect much on his past, forParade妈gazine.

  • Simon & Schusterreleased Cindy House's memoirMother Noisein paperback.

  • Mudfishpublished Michael Montlack's poem "Happiness."

  • Greenwillow Booksreleased Erin Entrada Kelly's middle-grade novelOnly, Only Marisol Rainey.

June 2023

  • En Route, a short film directed by Pamela Harris, is an official selection of theVermont Film and Music Festival.

  • McSweeney'spublished Janine Annett's essay "All My Real Estate Fantasies."

  • One Story妈gazine published Rita Chang-Eppig's "Walking the Dead."

  • Melissa Petro wrote "MyPostpartum AnxietyWent Undiagnosed, and Honestly, I Blame My Doctor" forRomper.

  • The New York Timespublished Rachel Simon's article "Don't Toss TheseGrad Caps!"

  • Erin Entrada Kelly's novelThose Kids From Fawn Creekis one of theBank Street College of Education'sBest Books of the Year.

  • D.X. Varosreleased Jessica Sticklor's novelAfter the Barricades(published under her author's name Jessica Stilling).

  • Amy Scheiner's essay "Tethered" is an honorable mention inInvisible City'sBlurred Genre Flash Contest.

  • The Citron Reviewpublished Michael Montlack's poem "Here, Where."

  • Lev A.C. Rosen's novelLavender Houseis a finalist for anAnthony Award at Boucherconin theHistorical Fictioncategory.

  • Rachel Simon interviewed novelist Mary Beth Keane, about how having aNew York Timesbestseller triggered her imposter syndrome, and writing her new novelThe Half Moonin the aftermath, forShondaland.

  • Nelsie Spencer's one-woman showDay of the Dead Daddyis aDenver Fringe Festivalselection, playing June 8th through 10th at the Redline Contemporary Art Center.

  • Craft Literary贾斯汀Teu发表的文章”Omnipresence."

  • Music nerds rejoice: Mara Reinstein did a deep-dive on how thesynth-heavy score and all-mid-1980s soundtrack for the filmAircame together—including why Van Halen's "Jump" and any songs by Prince are noticeably absent—forEsquire.

May 2023

  • Rachel Simon interviewedlegendary children's book author Judy Blumeand screenwriter Kelly Fremon Craig about their collaboration to adapt Blume's novelAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret.for the screen, inThe Cut.

  • Anni Irish is covering labor and organizing forThe Art Newspaper. Recent articles include "Strike at New York'sHispanic SocietyEnters Second Week as Museum Pushes Back Long-Planned Re-Opening" and "Unionised Whitney Museum Workers Ratify TheirFirst ContractAfter 16 Months of Negotiations."

  • Publishers Weeklygave a starred review to Rita Chang-Eppig's forthcoming novelDeep as the Sky, Red as the Sea, calling it a "rollicking adventure ...not to be missed."

  • GCN (Gay Community News)included Scott Alexander Hess's novelThe Butcher's Sonson its list of "FourteenGreat New Queer Books You Should Readin 2023.)

  • The Adelaidepublished Fran McNulty's short story "The Bull Session."

  • Anni Irish's article about contract negotiations at the Guggenheim Museum, "You Can't Pay Rent With Prestige," is in theArt Newspaper.

  • Scott LaCounte's forthcoming nonfiction bookConsider the Ostrich: Unlocking the Book of Job and the Blessing of Sufferingis available for pre-order.

  • Audiblereleased the audiobook of Jon Gingerich's debut novelThe Appetite Factory, narrated by Adam Barr.

  • Rachel Simon interviewedauthor Ann Napolitanoabout her new novelHello Beautiful, writing it to escape into another world, and why all of her books explore the human need to live meaningfully, forShondaland.

  • Chicago Review Presswill release the paperback edition of Amanda Oliver's nonfiction bookOverdue:Reckoning With the Public Library—named anEsquire Best Book of the Year— on June 4th.

  • Mara Reinstein interviewed actorRob Loweabout what he thinks is the best work he's ever done, working with his son, and turning 60, forParade妈gazine.

  • Dorothy Parker's Ashesn .西莫斯发表的文章”A Warm Hand"in its Libido issue.

  • Erin Entrada Kelly's middle-grade short story "Mother Mary, Do You Bleed?" is included in the anthology呼叫ing The Moon: Sixteen Period Stories from BIPOC Authors现在,从Candlewick Press.

April 2023

  • Arsenal Pulp Pressannounced it will publish Teresa Wong's graphic novelAll Our Ordinary Storiesin fall 2024.

  • Lev A.C. Rosen's novelLavender Houseis afinalistfor theLambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ Mystery.

  • Slatepublished Amy Scheiner's essay "I Had Weight-Loss Surgery at 17, and It Worked—but It Didn't Address我真正的问题."

  • One Story妈gazine named Rita Chang-Eppig as one of its 2023Literary Debutantes.

  • Angela Lam's debut suspense novella,No Amends,will be published on October 10, 2023.

  • M.M. Lafleur'sThe—M—Dashpublished Rachel Simon's article "How Do You Know When It's Time to Leave aToxic Job?"

  • The Art Newspaperpublished Anni Irish's article "Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes on Anniversary ofInfamous HeistDue to Planned Climate Change Protest."

  • Lara Ewen wrote "FashionMakeover: Five Ways to Rethink the Industry in 2023" forFashion Dive.

  • Dorothy Parker's Ashespublished Fran McNulty's essay "We All Scream for Ice Cream" in its Food Issue.

  • You can watch Blaise Allysen Kearsley read and discuss her essay "A Jet All The Way" as part of theRaging Gracefully: The Women Who Came Before Usreading series.

  • Rebel Satori Pressannounced it will publish Scott Alexander Hess's novellaA Season in Delhiin November 2023.

  • Carmen Bugan's poem "Wedding Ring" is the Poem of the Week in theIrish Times.

  • Michael Montack's poem "Any Wonder I'm a Mess" is inThe Sierra Nevada Review.

  • Fran McNulty's poem "Street Life" is up now atEvery Day Poems.

  • Adela Brito's poem "Wounded Birds" appears in the spring issue ofCathexis Northwest Press

  • ForShondaland, Rachel Simon interviewed bestselling author Emma Lord about impostor syndrome, the rom-com novel, and how the romance genre "gives readers a chance to see themselves in writing that they might otherwise never get."

  • Carole Buggé's novelCleopatra's Dagger(written under her author name Carole Lawrence) is nominated for anEdgar Allen Poe Awardfor best novel published as a paperback original. The Edgars, given by theMystery Writers of America for the best in mystery and suspense writing, will be awarded in April.

  • The Guardianpublished Jon Gingerich's essay "我怎么写我的第一部小说而失明,Kept It a Secret."

March 2023

February 2023

  • Melissa Petro's nonfiction bookShame On You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortificationwill be published this fall byPutnam.

  • LatineLit妈gazine published María Alejandra Barrios's short story "Julieta."

  • 丽莎Namdar考夫曼的诗“春天" will appear in the anthologySMEOP: Hot, forthcoming from Black Sunflowers Poetry Press.

  • Mara Reinstein interviewed the actorJohn LarroquetteforParade妈gazine, asking him about the weirdness of reprising a role 35 years later, working with ghosts, and whether there's any truth to the rumor he was paid for his work on the classic filmThe Texas Chainsaw Massacrewith a joint.

  • Rita Chang-Eppig's forthcoming novelDeep as the Sky, Red as the Sea妈de several most-anticipated in 2023 lists, including from theWashington Post,theRumpus,LitHub, andElectric Literature.

  • Wild Rose Pressreleased Angela Lam's novelNever-Ending Promises.

  • James Preller's graphic novelThe Whispering Pines, the first book in a new middle-grade suspense series, comes out fromScholasticon February 7th.

  • Torpublished Robert Repino's essay "Six MoreBizarroMade-for-TV Movies That Actually Exist."

  • "The problem with those who do deny the reality [of nepotism in Hollywood] is that it’s not only self-deception, buta harmful distortionfor everyone else out there," writes Rachel Simon in her op-ed "Why Allison Williams Has the Best 'Nepo Baby' Comeback" forNBCThink.

  • Union Square Booksunveiled the cover of Lev AC Rosen's forthcoming YA adventure novelLion's Legacyand announced it will release on May 2nd.

  • Stanchion妈gazine published Arlaina Tibensky's short story "50 Free."

  • American Theatre妈gazine published Edward Einhorn's essay "Hath Not a Jew Roles?A Case for Authentic Jewish Casting."

  • Michael Montlack's poem "Biding" is up now atRan Off With The Star Bassoon.

  • Woodhall Pressreleased its anthologyNonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World, featuring "The First Time It Happened" by Blaise Allysen Kearsley.

  • Fran McNulty's poem "Tiasquam"was featured in the Poet's Corner section of theMartha's Vineyard Times.

January 2023

  • Scary Mommypublished Janine Annett's essay "Chrismukkahis Double the Work but Also Double the Fun."

  • "All thosesmall chunks of writing timeadd up fast to a completed draft," writes Christine Meade in "A Day in the Life of an Author (and Mother)," forHasty Book List.

  • Rachel Simon rounded up "18 Things You Never Knew aboutTitanic," for the 25th anniversary of the film's release, forShondaland.

  • Catapultpublished Blaise Allysen Kearsley's essay "The Story of My Father's Hands."

  • Strings Attached, the play written by Carole Buggé, is nominated for twoBroadway World Off-Broadway Awards:Best New Play—Off-Broadway, and Best Production of a Play—Off-Broadway.

  • Fran McNulty's poem "Bloody Red Peppers" is up now atThe Inquisitive Eater.

  • The Sandy River Reviewpublished Adela Brito's flash story "Waiting for Sunday."

  • LitReactorincluded Jon Gingerich's new novelThe Appetite Factoryin its roundup "2022: The Year ofIntrusive Thoughtas High Literature."

  • Susan Breen wrote "Five Newsletter Tips" for theMiss Demeanorsblog.

  • The Offingpublished María Alejandra Barrios's flash story "Día de las Velitas."

  • Alanna Schubach is the guest editor atA Personal Anthology, recommending 12 short stories that "containan element of mystery that keeps them in the reader’s mind, always offering up more for excavation, never exhausted."

  • The Latin American Cultural Center published Laura Yeager's essay "Tierra: How Does a Boy Connect with his Guatemalan Heritage?"

  • Love, Loosha: The Letters of Lucia Berlin and Kenward Elmslie, edited by Chip Livingston, is out now fromHigh Road Books/University of New Mexico Press.

  • Fractured Litpublished María Alejandra Barrios's short story "Pimiento Season."

December 2022

November 2022

  • "These little enclaves, where there was no dancing and no kissing and sirens blared outside, but where nonetheless there was hope," writes Lev AC Rosen about gay bars, film noir, and the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, in his essay "The Big Sleep and the Black Cat" forCrime Reads.

  • America's Next Great Author, a forthcoming reality show hosted by Kwame Alexander, selected Scott Alexander Hess as asemi-finalist contestant.

  • Summoupublished Stephanie Nieves's essay "Therapy Diaries."

  • Shondalandpublished Rachel Simon's article "WithAbbott Elementary,Writer Brittani Nichols Has Finally Found a Place for Her Voice."

  • Book Riotincluded Alanna Schubach and her recently novelThe Nobodieson its list of "Exciting Contemporary Books Looking at Jewish Life."

  • Anni Irish covered the contract negotiations,worker strike, and union ratification by employees of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for theArt Newspaper.

  • "There is noquick answer to how to be an artist. There is only being an artist," writes Angie Chatman in her essay "The Apprenticeship Model" for theBrevity Blog.

  • December妈gazine published Michael Montlack's poems "Post Break-Up Saudade" and "Who Taught Casanova How to Flirt?"

  • Brendan Halpin's YA horror novelBlack Diamondis available now onGumdrop.

  • John Kachuba's middle-grade paranormal novel, "Haycorn Smith and the Castle Ghost," will be published in 2023 byPaper Angel Press.

  • Bloomsburyannounced it will publish Rita Chang-Eppig's novelDeep as the Sky, Red as the Sea2023年6月。

  • The Horn Bookreviewed Erin Entrada Kelly's recently-released middle-grade novelSurely, Surely Marisol Rainey, calling it a "lively, realistic, and emotionally honest story."

  • Jon Reiner reviewed Tom Stoppard's latest Broadway playLeopoldstadtin "Vienna Waits for You."

  • Josh Sippie's short story "Wingspan" will be included in the forthcoming anthologyNegative Space Comics 2022.

  • Scott Alexander Hess curated a list of "risk-taking, gorgeous LGBTQ novels" forShepherd.

  • Rachel Simon has advice for wedding guests who have no idea what to wear in her article "Decoding the Dress Code" for theNew York Times.

  • Cheap Poppublished María Alejandra Barrios's flash fiction story "Adenium."

  • Little, Brown Books for Young Readersannounced it will publish Lev AC Rosen's young adult novelEmmett, inspired by Jane Austen's Emma, in fall 2023.

  • Carole Buggé and her latest novelCleopatra's Daggerwere the subject of afeature articleinThe Big Thrill.

October 2022

  • The Citron Reviewpublished María Alejandra Barrios's short story "Cotton."

  • Literary Mattersreviewed Carmen Bugan's essay collectionPoetry and the Language of Oppression, calling it a "beautiful and intensely scrupulous book."

  • "We never realized how successful the show was." Alan Alda talks to Mara Reinstein aboutM*A*S*H, its legacy, and where he was when the record-breaking final episode aired, forParade妈gazine.

  • Lev AC Rosen's forthcoming novelLavender House(Forge Books, October 18th) has been named to several must-read lists for the fall, includingBuzzFeed's "35 New Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down,"Library Reads's "Top Ten New Books That Library Staff Love,"Cosmopolitan's "Best Fall Books," and "October Top Ten Picks" atLoan Stars, which means it's a favorite of Canadian Librarians.

  • N. West Moss's essay "Goodbye, Columbus" is up now atDorothy Parker's Ashes.

  • Inside Editioninterviewed Rachel Simon about her new nonfiction bookPickleball for All, (released August 30th by Harper Collins), how the sport got its name, and why, 50 years after its invention, it'ssurging in popularity now.

  • Full Stop妈gazine interviewed Alanna Schubach about her new novelThe Nobodies, and "妈gic, Long Island, and the hazy boundaries of the self."

  • TheHouse of Mystery Radio on NBCpodcast featured Scott Alexander Hess talking about the creative process that informed the mystery at the center of his novelSkyscraper.

  • Irene Zabytko reviewedLove in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories, calling it an "outstanding and significant collection of fiction...not about the current war but that nevertheless exhibits Ukrainians confronting life and death, love and betrayal, war and peace" forWorld Literature Today.

  • Andrew Collins recommended "FiveScenic Road Tripsto Take in North America This Fall" forForbes妈gazine.

  • Dollar Store妈gazine published Josh Sippie's "Keanu Reeves, Living the Dream," an erasure poem from the song "Keanu Reeves" by Logic.

  • "In any story, there is a center of moral good," writes Carole Buggé (under her author's name Carole Lawrence) in her article "The Moral Universe" forWriter's Digest.