Jody Hobbs Hesler (Fiction, June 2017) has a short story “Swingset Bird” in Pithead Chapel.
Robbie Gamble (Poetry, January 2017) has five new poems out in March: “Perseids” in Halfway Down the Stairs; “Aubade to Self” in ONE ART; “Resolve” in Molecule: a tiny lit mag; “Chloe Goes to College” in the Pet Writing Contest Issue of Boudin; and “Undergrowth” in RockPaperPoem.
Phil Holland (Fiction, June 2008) has a forthcoming historical novel Hemlock, now available for preorder from Mascot Books.
Suzanne Cope (Nonfiction, 2007) has a forthcoming book Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis, now available for preorder from Penguin Random House.
Steven Cramer (Poetry, MFA Faculty) has a poem “Before the End of Time” in the March-April 2025 issue of On the Seawall.
Deborah Sosin (Nonfiction, January 2015) is featured on the “Getting Unstuck–Cultivating Curiosity” podcast in an episode titled “So You Want to Be a Writer.”
Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) is featured in a PEOPLE Magazine article “Scholastic Announces Interactive Mystery Series The Last Resort — See the Cover!” discussing her role as the author of the second book of the middle-grade mystery series The Last Resort.
Andrea Ballou’s (Poetry, June 2015) debut poetry collection, Other Times, Midnight, which was the winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky Prize with Persea Books, is now available for pre-order.
Pamela Petro (Nonfiction, MFA Faculty) has an essay “Goutweed” in the new British Journal Folding Rock.
Jason Reynolds’s (WFYP, MFA Faculty) graphic novel Stunt Boy, in the Meantime has been adapted into a family musical, which was produced at The Apollo Stages at the Victoria.
Kent Neal (Poetry, January 2023) has two new poems out. “Above the Smoking Dog Pub” appears in Issue 130 of 34th Parallel Magazine. “My Electoral Fantasy” won runner-up in the 2024 Puerto del Sol Poetry Contest (Issue 60.1).
Kevin Prufer’s (Poetry, MFA Faculty) novel Sleepaway is a finalist for the Foreword/Indie Award for Best Novel. He also has a craft talk “Sentimentality & Dogma” published in the Southeast Review.
Teresa Cader’s (Poetry, MFA Faculty) poetry collection At Risk is reviewed in Sugar House Review.
Allison Zaczynski (Poetry, January 2025) has a poem “Hearing Tests” published in havehashad.
Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) has been selected as a 2025 grant recipient by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Hester Kaplan’s (Fiction, MFA Faculty) latest book, Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography, is now available for pre-order.
D. Dina Friedman’s (Fiction, January 2016) poem, “Complex,” was published in the latest issue from Earth’s Daughters.
Self-Romancing, a new poetry collection by L. Scully (Nonfiction, January 2023), is now available for pre-order.
Rosalind Kaplan (Nonfiction, June 2020) was featured in a Spotlight Interview by Minerva Rising Press about her memoir in essays, still healing.
Jacqueline Berkman’s (Fiction, June 2023) short story, “WagWorld,” will be published in the anthology Made in L.A. Vol. 6: Vantage Points. The theme for this anthology is “Hollywood Adjacent” and focuses on telling stories about the “dreamers, hustlers, and outliers navigating the gravitational pull of the entertainment capital of the world.” Advance copies will be sold at the L.A. Times Festival of Books this year, Booth #835, the weekend of April 26-27.
Meet the Smushkins, a new picture book by Claudia Rueda (WFYP, January 2010), is now available for pre-order.
Caitlin Krause (Poetry, June 2007) talks about integrating technology and creativity in the latest episode of Portal to the Next Stage.
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga (WFYP, June 2013) and Watercress by Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011) have been listed by Kirkus Reviews as among the “Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far).” Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (WFYP, MFA Faculty) was included in the Teens & Young Adult list, and Jason Reynolds (WFYP, MFA Faculty) has several books on the list: Long Way Down, Stamped, and As Brave As You.
Resources & Opportunities
- Frances Donovan (Poetry, June 2019) is teaching a series of classes on “Writing: Your Story Matters” starting April 2nd. Participants can write in any genre: essay, memoir, fiction, or poetry.
- MFA Program Director (and nonfiction alum!) Janet Pocorobba and nonfiction alum Holly Claytor are hosting Zoom submissions sessions every other Tuesday evening, starting on January 28th, from 6-7:15pm EST. This group is open to all genres to dedicate time to work on submitting their work for publication. No need to RSVP, email CCW for the link.
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