Marilyn Kallet
Her new book of poems, How Our Bodies Learned, was published by Black Widow Press in January, 2018.
Omnium Gatherum: Alumni & Teaching Staff News
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Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Poetry WorkshopMarcelo Hernandez Castillo’s collection, Dulce, will be published by Northwestern University Press in April, 2018.
Emily Jungmin Yoon
Poetry Participant, '15Emily Jungmin Yoon’s first full-length collection of poetry, A Cruelty Special to Our Species, will be published by Ecco Books this September.
Attended with the help of WC&C Scholarship.
Michelle Ruiz Keil
Writers Workshop Participant '14Her short story “Random Magick” was recently published on Cosmonauts Avenue. You can read it here.
Sawnie Morris
Poetry Participant '90, '92, '07, '10, '13She was recently named the inaugural poet laureate of Taos, New Mexico.
Dave Essinger
Writers Workshops Participant, '09His new novel Running Out was published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in June 2017.
Attended with the help of Lojo Foundation Scholarship.
Linda González
Writer Workshops Participant '15Her memoir The Cost of Our Lives, a story of two families on either side of the Rio Grande, was published by Wido Press and is available at widopublishing.com.
Lara Gularte
Poetry Participant '05, Writers Workshop Participant '04, '06Her new book of poetry, Kissing the Bee, was published by The Bitter Oleander Press in January, 2018.
Michele Montgomery
Writers Workshop Participant '07Her essay, “We Were Snubbed by Our Dead Dog. Twice.” was published this month in the New York Times. The link to the essay can be found here.
Tara Dorabji
Writers Workshop Participant '13She has new work published in All the Women in My Family Sing, edited by Deborah Santana, a collection of prose and poetry. The collection includes writing by Michelle “Mush” Lee, Natalie Baszile, Phiroozeh Petigara, Samina Ali, Soniah Kamal, Nayomi Munaweera, Kira Lynne Allen and more!
Amber Flora Thomas
Poetry Participant, '92, '99, '01, '03, '05, '13Her book Red Channel in the Rupture: Poems is forthcoming from Red Hen Press, August 2018.
Ramona Ausubel
Writers Workshop Participant '07, '12Her new novel Awayland will be published by Riverhead Books in March, 2018.
Mary Freericks
Poetry Workshop participant '89, '91, 09Her collection of poems, Blue Watermelon, which represents vivid memories from her childhood in Iran, was published in January and is now available on Amazon.
Caitlin McCarthy
Screenwriting Program Participant, '13Her pilot teleplay “Virtual Vida” is a Quarterfinalist for the 2018 CineStory TV/Digital Fellowship (Original Comedy Division). Her script boasts an inclusive cast with a Puerto Rican female lead. Learn more about Caitlin’s writing at www.caitlinmccarthy.com.
Devi S. Laskar
Poetry Participant '04, '08, '14, Writers Workshop Participant '04, '15Her second chapbook Anastasia Maps was published by Finishing Line Press in December 2017. Her first chapbook, Gas & Food, No Lodging was also published by Finishing Line last March.
Gene Berson
poetry participant, '17His book, raveling travel, was published by Open Book Press. The book contains several poems recently published in Sisyphuslitmag.org, the winter issue of Canarylitmag.org, and Red Fez.
Attended with the help of the Alexander Cushing Memorial Scholarship for Locals.
Terry Shames
Writers Workshop Participant '99A Reckoning in the Back Country, Terry Shames’s seventh novel in the award-winning Samuel Craddock series,was published in January 2018, by Seventh Street Book.
Jamie Cat Callan
Writers Workshop Participant, '91Her latest book Parisian Charm School was published by Penguin Random House in January, 2018.
