Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, Mentor) had her flash fiction story, “Biter,” published in Adventitious.
Hester Kaplan (Fiction, Mentor) features on a podcast episode of Biographers in Conversation to discuss her memoir, Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography.
Katie DeBonville (Nonfiction, January 2023) had a well-attended book launch for her memoir Grace Notes: A Musical Memoir, at Porter Square Books. She spoke about her book on the Follow Your Curiosity podcast.
Kimberly Lauren (Fiction, January 2025) guests on an episode of The Way You Write podcast to discuss connecting readers with characters and setting with host Cynthia Merrill.
Katie Cotugno’s (Fiction, June 2015) latest book, Daisy, a reimagining of Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby under the lens of psychological suspense, is now available for pre-order from St. Martin’s Publishing Group. The cover reveal was featured in an exclusive article from People.
Tickets are still available for Jami Brandli’s (WSS, Mentor) new play, “O: A Rhapsody in Divorce,” about survival, reinvention, and becoming your own home. The play will run until June 9th. Listen to Jami talk about her play on The Playwrights Union Podcast.
13 Ways to Say Goodbye by Kate Fussner (WFYP, June 2021) was long-listed for the Mass Book Awards in the MG/YA category.
Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, Mentor) was quoted in a Publishers Weekly article advocating for her fellow children’s authors in response to the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett’s comments about the quality of kids’ literature today.
Robbie Gamble’s (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020) short story “Rooted” has been published in Short Reads.
Deborah Sosin’s (Nonfiction, January 2015) memoir, Escape Velocity, is a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Memoirs (Other) category.
Her book is featured in Jodi Doff’s (Nonfiction, January 2013) monthly substack, Short Attention Span Reader.
Raymond Tyler’s new work, “Words and Images: A Brief Graphic History of the IWW” has been published in Long-Haul Magazine (Spring 2026, Issue 6).
Fred Joiner’s (Poetry, June 2015) debut poetry collection, The Mirror In Our Music, is now available from Birds, LLC.
Jon D. Lee (Poetry, January 2017) has a forthcoming poetry collection, Eden, now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press.
Jennifer LeBlanc (Poetry, June 2012) has three new poems in The Opiate, Vol 42: “Superbia, Pride,” “Individia, Envy,” and “Chart Reading II.” She also has an erasure poem “Flee” in The Citron Review.
D. Dina Friedman (Fiction, January 2016) has a short story “Daveners” in Inscape Journal.
Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) spoke about Caribbean Literature and the life of a Trinidad writer on “The Big Interview” with Ryan Bachoo.
Pressure, the latest book from Rebecca Rolland (Fiction, June 2017), is now available from Gemma Media.
Amy Asherah’s (Nonfiction, January 2023) essay, “Look, a hummingbird!” is now out in The Christian Science Monitor.
Jason Reynolds (WFYP, Mentor) guested on an episode of The Do Tell Relationship Podcast: “Why Kids Don’t Hate Books, They Hate Boredom.”
Listen to Phoebe Roberts (WSS) break down the writing process for her nine-part Mrs. Hawking series.
Frances Donovan (Poetry, June 2019) published their poem, “Once I believed that a house could sleep, its exhalations,” in Solstice Magazine.
Hugh MacKay’s (WSS, June 2025) short play, “Mr. Bunny,” will be featured as part of the line-up for Social Justice Shorts 2026, running June 5-7.
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Resources & Opportunities
- Lindsey O’Neill (Poetry, June 2019) is running several June and July workshops through Grubstreet: “Free Draft Generator,” “Intro to Poetry,” and “6 Weeks, 6 Poems.” Check them out here!
- Erin Cecilia Thomas (Fiction, January 2023) will be teaching Music Into Written Word on Saturday, June 20th, 2026, at The Porch House in Nashville, TN. This seminar will look at the intersection of music and writing, and is available to non-members. See their website for more information.
- Sara Zarr (WFYP, Mentor) will teach a week-long Fiction workshop at The Glen. The workshop will run July 12-18 in San Diego, CA. To register, visit The Glen.
- The Writers’ Room of Boston, a writing space available to writers in the Boston area, is offering discounted memberships to alumni and current students of the Lesley MFA in Creative Writing program. For more details, please email us at lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com.
Do you have any recent writing successes or news you’d like to share with the Cambridge Common Writers community? Let us know by reaching out to us at lesleycambridgecommon@gmail.com!
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