Leland Cheuk’s (Fiction, June 2008) essay “Good Works” appears in What Are You Waiting For, an anthology of essays, poetry, and artwork. Available for purchase now.
His new novel, Soulwaking is now available for pre-sale through Harvard Square Editions.
Adrian Matejka’s (Poetry, Mentor) poem “Record Player” is featured on poets.org. Read and listen to Matejka’s inspiration for the poem.
Sara Farizan’s (WFYP, January 2012 & Mentor) newest middle-school novel and third installment of the NYT best-selling series, The Last Resort, is now available for pre-sale. Order it here.
Jodi Sh. Doff’s (Nonfiction, January 2013) essay, “Writing Life: Memoir Fail: On Writing Without Emotional Insight,” has been published in Hippocampus Magazine.
Her Substack series, Short Attention Span Reader features an author talk with Michael Lowenthal (Mentor, Fiction) about his book of essays, Place Envy: Essays in Search of Orientation.
John David Westby’s short play “Breakage” appears in River & South Review (Issue 17: Summer 2026).
KB Ballentine’s (Poetry, June 2007) poem “Undressing the Light” appears in The Orchards Poetry Review Journal (Summer 2026). Printed copies are available here.
Virginia Ryan Hoeck’s (Fiction, January 2018) debut novel, The Healer of Corky Row, is now available for pre-sale.
Poems by Robbie Gamble (Poetry/Nonfiction, January 2017/June 2020) and Mary Ann Honaker (Poetry) have been published in the latest issue of the Lily Poetry Review (Issue 16, Summer 2026), available for purchase.
Jason Reynolds (WFYP, Mentor, Ghost) and Tracey Baptiste (WFYP, Mentor, The Jumbies) are featured in Book Riot‘s list of “The Best Middle Grade Books of the Century So Far.“
Sabrina Fedel’s (WFYP, January 2014) new novel, Guard My Heart is available for pre-order. Purchase through the Literati Bookstore and receive special book merch!
Kevin Prufer serves as co-editor for the revised and expanded edition of Literary Publishing in the Twenty-First Century. This collection investigates the state of literary publishing today and what the future may hold. Available for pre-order.
L Scully’s (Nonfiction, January 2023) poem “women’s studies” has been published in The Brooklyn Review.
Tracy Strauss (Nonfiction, June 2013) has published “Resilience Is The Dolly Parton Way” as part of her regular column “How to Be Dogged in a Doggone World” in Psychology Today.
Check out these titles available for PRE-ORDER!
Resources & Opportunities
- Hurley Winkler (Fiction, January 2017) is offering an in-person class: Oversharing: A Four-Week Writing Class for All Levels. Each class will include prompts, feedback, accountability, and plenty of encouragement. The class will take place from 7:30-9:30pm EST on September 3, 10, 17 and 24. For more information and to register, visit the class page at HurleyWinkler.com.
- Lindsey O’Neill (Poetry, June 2019) is offering an in-person 6-week course from September 17 – October 22: 6 Weeks, 6 Essays, a generative class on writing short personal essays. Each week, participants will write a new essay in response to a prompt and workshop the drafts in class. Participants will also read and discuss published essays, revisions strategies, and publication options. For more information and to register, visit the course page at GrubStreet.org
- The Welsh poet and novelist Dr. Gemma Howell is offering a 4-week online course on Sundays from September 27 – October 18: Rage on the Page, about responding to infuriating, toxic news with blackout poetry. This course is offered to all levels of poets, with a maximum of 8 people. $300 per participant, with editorial feedback. If you are interested, please get in touch with Gemma at contact@gemmajunehowell.com. The deadline to sign up is September 2.
- Erin Cecilia Thomas (Fiction, January 2023) is offering a 6-week workshop on Mondays, October 5 – November 9, on the Intermediate Short Story. Classes will be held at The Porch House in Nashville, TN. See their website for more information.
- The University of San Francisco’s new MFA program (which boasts WFYP authors Tracey Baptiste, Mikki Knudsen, and Candice Iloh among its faculty!) is offering two certificate programs which might be of interest to Lesley alums: Creative Writing Pedagogy (all writers) and Advanced Studies in Writing for Young Readers.
- The Writers’ Room of Boston, a writing space available to writers in the Boston area, is offering discounted memberships to alumni 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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