Paul Beatty ’89 M.F.A. Receives National Book Critics Circle Award
The Sellout, Beatty’s most recent novel, has also been named one of the best books of 2015 by The New York Times.
Read MorePoet Ocean Vuong ’12 Wins $50,000 Whiting Award for Emerging Writers
Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press), the first full-length work by the B.F.A. Creative Writing graduate, was released on April 5.
Read MoreBrooklyn College Student Wins $16,500 on Wheel of Fortune
Senior Matt Epstein talks about his recent once-in-a-lifetime experience as a winning contestant on one of America’s favorite game shows, Wheel of Fortune.
Read MoreAlumna Kate Benson’s Obie-Award Winning Production Opens in New Venue
The farce, A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes, imagines a holiday dinner as a competitive sport.
Read MoreBrooklyn College’s Open Mic Features Diverse Creative Voices
Biannual event draws crowds eager to hear the campus’ best and brightest work their creative magic.
Read MoreMacaulay Student Uncovers Lost Family History in India and Pakistan, with Support of Rosen and Magner Stipends
Med-school-bound Aakaash Varma conducted interviews in his ancestral village, and neighboring communities, to learn more about the 1947 split of these two nations, as well as the details of his own family’s experiences.
Read MoreEnglish Professor Ben Lerner Named 2015 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow
The prestigious annual award provides $625,000 to those demonstrating “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.”
Read MorePoetry Is an Astronaut
Professor Matthew Burgess’ unique approach to teaching poetry energizes and transforms his students of all ages.
Read MoreTwo Professors Pen Separate Books on Influential Caribbean Literary Figures
Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean, by Prof. James Davis and Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon, by Prof. Venessa Pérez-Rosario shed new light on the late authors.
Read MoreFour Brooklyn College Students Win Labor Arts Award
Annual award recognizes writing and visual art of CUNY students.
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04.27.2015
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