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The American Academy of Arts and Letters honored Safiya Sinclair '10, Lee Clay Johnson '07, and MFA faculty Kathleen Graber. 

Morgan Jerkins MFA ’16 wrote an opinion piece published in the New York Times, in response to a recent wave of disappearances of children of color in Washington DC.

Almost Famous Women, a short story collection by associate director of �����Ź���’s MFA in Writing, Megan Mayhew Bergman, (MFAW '10), uses eccentric women throughout history in “intimate, imaginatively told tales that explore the figures’ muddled relationship with fame and greatness,” according to a review in the online art forum, Hyperallergic.com.

Visiting faculty member Phillip B. Williams has won a Whiting Award for his debut book of poems, Thief In The Interior. MFA faculty member Kaitlyn Greenidge won for her debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman.

Harper’s Bazaar published an open letter to Ivanka Trump written by Isabel Rose MFA ’97. In it, she shares the story of her transgender daughter, Sadie, and urges the first daughter to consider from her perspective the issue of transgender students being allowed to use the bathroom of their choice. 

An essay by Marine veteran Teresa Fazio MFA ’18 in Rolling Stone magazine addresses the problem of “toxic masculinity” in military culture—which, she says, has normalized gender shaming, sexual harassment, and even assault. 

The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia, by award-winning author Alden Jones MFA '01, will be re-released in paperback in March. 

Amber Caron MFA '16 has won a PEN/ Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her story "The Handler," originally published in Southwest Review. 

This Will Be My Undoing, a collection of essays by Morgan Jerkins MFA '16, was included in the The Millions most anticipated books of 2017 list.

Morgan Jerkins MFA '16 was interviewed as part of the Pen Ten interview series on Pen America last month. She spoke about "the responsibility of the writer" which she sees as "to be honest and vulnerable. Jerkins is the author of a forthcoming collection of essays, This Will Be My Undoing. She is currently a contributing editor for Catapult. Her on the Colin Kaepernick controversy, "What Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem Protest Reveals �����Ź��� American" was published in Rolling Stone in August. 

In its Guide to 2016’s Great Reads, NPR recommended Nitro Mountain by Lee Clay Johnson ’07, The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney MFAW ’13, Kookooland by Gloria Norris ’76, and The Queen of the Night by former MFAW faculty Alexander Chee.

Earlier this week, Mashable announced their long lists for several categories of the 2017 PEN Literary awards, which include a number of �����Ź��� graduates.

Last month, Buzzfeed published a memoir-style essay by Chandra Ganguly MFAW '18 called "How They Killed My Grandmother." 

Morgan Jerkins MFAW ’16 recently published an essay in Rolling Stone on “What Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest Tells Us �����Ź��� America.” In it, she argues that “People aren’t merely upset because he is disrespecting the flag; they are upset because [his] anger illuminates just how divided this nation is and has always been.” 

NPR's Selected Shorts aired a reading of Megan Mayhew Bergman's story "Hell Diving Women" from her collection Almost Famous Women. Anika Noni Rose (Dream Girls, Raisin in the Sun) read it.

MFA(W) visiting faculty member Mark Slouka pens a letter to Donald Trump and thousands of writers sign on, by Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke '07

Faculty member in literature Benjamin Anastas reviews Elisha Cooper's memoir Falling: A Daughter, a Father, and a Journey Back, an account of the author's daughter's struggle with cancer, for The New York Times.

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney MFAW '13 talks to the New York Times about the decision to pursue a degree in writing at age 50 and selling her first novel—started while she was a student at �����Ź���—for a seven figure advance.

Sarai Walker, a graduate of the MFA Program at �����Ź��� College, spoke with Scott Simon about her novel Dietland.

MFA core faculty member Alexander Chee spoke with Alison Kinney of the LA Review of Books about his novel, Queen of the Night.

Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (MFA) spoke with Vulture about the inspriation and process behind her debut novel, The Nest. The interview is titled: A First-Time Novelist’s 7-Figure Midlife Breakthrough. 

Morgan Jerkins MFAW '16 published an essay in The New Yorker called "Black Women Writers and the Secret Space of Diaries."

The novel manuscript by Gail Vida Hamburg (MFAW June '04), Liberty Landing, was a finalist in the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Hamburg workshopped the first 30 pages in a workshop at �����Ź��� with Bob Shacosis workshop two summers ago.

�����Ź��� MFA Writing Seminars graduate Megan Galbraith published an essay, titled "Sin Will Find You Out" in Catapult. The essay recounts her search for and conversation with her birth mother, who gave Galbraith up for adoption at six months old. 

Alexander Chee's latest novel, The Queen of the Night, is being greeted with enthusiastic praise on the heels of its February 2 release. Chee is a faculty member in the MFA in Writing program at �����Ź��� College.

�����Ź��� alumni play a starring role in The Millions’ list of , which includes works by Hannah Tennant-Moore MFA ’10, Sara Majka MFA ’09, Cynthia Sweeney MFA ’13, and Charles Bock MFA ’97, as well as faculty member Alexander Chee. 

Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA ’10, associate director of the MFA in Writing program, published an essay in The Wall Street Journal about her recent experience in northern Kenya as a guest researcher with the BOMA Project.

A poem by Nathalie Handal MFA ’02, , is featured in posters for the Poetry in Motion® series offered by the MTA in New York City, which serves poetry to seven million commuters daily.

"Strange Days” by MFA in Writing Director Sven Birkerts and "Vision" by Tiffany Briere MFA '11 were included in The Best American Essays 2015. “The Siege at Whale Cay,” by Assistant Director Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA ’10, was included in The Best American Short Stories 2015.

A new book by Sven Birkerts, director of the MFA in Writing Program at �����Ź��� College, has been garnering attention in advance of its October 6 publication date.