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 More
Poet 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 More
Brooklyn 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 More
Alumna 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 More
Brooklyn 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 More
Macaulay 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 More
English 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 More
Poetry Is an Astronaut Professor Matthew Burgess’ unique approach to teaching poetry energizes and transforms his students of all ages. Read More
Two 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 More
Four Brooklyn College Students Win Labor Arts Award Annual award recognizes writing and visual art of CUNY students. Read More
