Suzanne Cope (Nonfiction, 2007) joins writers, historians and journalists in conversation to explore resistance not as grand gestures, but as daily acts of courage by ordinary people. Journalist Ilya Marritz moderates. Recorded live at Deep Water Literary Festival 2025. Available to view on Youtube.
Robbie Gamble (Poetry, January 2017) has two poems in Issue 3 of The Nomad: “Vocabulary” and “Gamble Patrilineage”.
Kate Kearns (Poetry, June 2008) has two poems, “Monarchs at the Washing Machine” and “Ghost Spruces,” in Issue #4, Summer 2025 of Rustica.
Candice Iloh (WFYP, June 2017) is one of the authors featured in the forthcoming anthology of youth-authored memoirs, poetry, fiction, comics, and children’s literature, featuring underrepresented voices: Bright Before Us Like a Flame, which is available for preorder.
In episode 46 of BCLF Cocoa Pod, award-winning writer Celeste Mohammed (Fiction, June 2016) reads from her second novel-in-stories, Ever Since We Small. She has also published an article on The Bookseller, “Home is where the book launches.”
Aimee Noel (Poetry, January 2014) has a new book of poetry, Slag, now available for preorder.
Jasminne Paulino (WFYP, June 2023) is interviewed about her debut novel, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez, in WNDMG Author Interviews.
Enzo Silon Surin (Poetry, 2012) has a poem, “When It Becomes Impossible to Sleep,” in the current issue of Prairie Schooner (Volume 98/ Number 4).
Michael Lowenthal (Fiction, MFA Writing Faculty) has a new book of essays, Place Envy: Essays in Search of Orientation, available for preorder.
Claudia Rueda’s (WFYP, January 2010) new picture book Meet the Smushkins earned a starred review on Publishers Weekly. Rueda kicks off a new series starring a charismatic crew of critters as they act out a wish list for the perfect home.
The Dragon of Trelian, the first installment in a middle-grade fantasy trilogy by Michelle Knudsen (WFYP, MFA Writing Faculty), is now available as an audiobook at Libro.fm and Audible.
“Zookeeper” by Mary Honaker (Poetry, June 2016) has recently been published in virgo venus press.
Sharisse Zeroonian (WSS, January 2024) was interviewed by Boston Hassle on her recently-released film, Nothing Solid, about the experience of living with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS).
Jacqueline Berkman (Fiction, June 2023) published her essay, “The Mother is Me” in Mutha Magazine.
K.B. Ballentine (Poetry, June 2007) has had a very exciting poetry month, publishing “Harbingers” and “The Underside of Leaves” in the poetry corner of Tapestry Journal, Issue 1, “An Offering” in the Fall 2025 issue of The Gilded Weathervane, and “Ghost Hour” and “Peace” in Issue 3 of The Zest of the Lemon.
Thato Mwosa (WSS, June 2017) has been selected as a 2025 Brother Thomas Fellow by the Boston Foundation. This fellowship recognizes artists across disciplines who are working at the highest levels of excellence and provides them with resources to continue their creative journey.
Opportunities & Resources
- Claudia Rueda (WFYP, January 2010) will be teaching Picture Books: Crafting Stories With Words and Pictures from October 8th – December 3rd. This course is for students who want to develop the visual writing and storytelling skills required to plan and create innovative picture books.
- David Farrow (Fiction, June 2022) will be offering a month-long horror fiction workshop during which students will read and discuss examples of horror fiction from a variety of subgenres (including psychological horror, cosmic horror, and supernatural horror). This course is open to writers of any level who are interested in horror fiction. Classes start on Wednesday, October 8th. A longer version of this workshop–Horror Fiction: Writing the Dark and Grotesque–will be taught through GrubStreet from October 28th to December 9th, and will also involve workshopping students’ writing.
- The 2025 Perugia Press Prize is open for submissions until November 15th. They are looking for poetry manuscripts by U.S.-based woman-identifying poets with no more than one previously published full-length book. You are still eligible if you have published a poetry chapbook/s or books in other genres.
- The 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant Applications are now open. This grant will cover the expenses of five (5) Black/African American youth or teen services librarians or school librarians/media specialists who work in either public or school libraries. Applications will be accepted until December 15, 2025.
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