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RJFWA Women Writers Aamina Ahmad, Ama Codjoe & Alison C. Rollins Receive Honors

(l-r) Aamina Ahmad (’17), Ama Codjoe (’17) & Alison C. Rollins (’18) Receive Honors

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Magogodi oaMphela Makhene's (RJFWA ’19) debut collection to be published in June from W. W. Norton

Magogodi oaMphela Makhene (photo by Brett Shere) Magogodi oaMphela Makhene's (RJFWA ’19) Innards: Stories will be released in June from...

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2023 Spring Poetry Books from RJFWA Women Writers Vievee Francis, Jennifer Grotz & Airea D. Matthews

(l-r): Vievee Francis, Jennifer Grotz (photo by Beowulf Sheehan), and Airea D. Matthews (photo by A. H. Jerriod Avant) Vievee Francis...

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Ama Codjoe (’17) receives 2023 Whiting Writer's Award

Ama Codjoe Photograph by David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York. Ama Codjoe is the author of Bluest Nude (Milkweed...

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Rona Jaffe’s The Best of Everything is in a new Penguin Classics 65th Anniversary Edition!

In honor of Rona Jaffe’s memorable and groundbreaking work The Best of Everything, Penguin has released the original 1958 novel as part...

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Lisa Hsiao Chen, Lydia Conklin & Solmaz Sharif recognized by 2023 PEN America Literary Awards

RJFWA Winners Lisa Hsiao Chen (’18), Lydia Conklin (’18) & Solmaz Sharif (’14) recognized by 2023 PEN America Literary Awards

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Charleen McClure (RJFWA ’20) debuts in film, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Charleen McClure (photo by Raven Jackson) Poet Charleen McClure (RJFWA ’20) made her acting debut in All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, one of...

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Remembrance-Edith Pearlman (1936-2023)

Edith Pearlman was the author of several short story collections including Vaquita (1996), Love Among the Greats (2002), and How to Fall...

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Fall 2022 Debuts from RJFWA Winners Rachel Aviv (’10) & Ama Codjoe (’17)

(l-r): Rachel Aviv and Ama Codjoe Rachel Aviv (’10) Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us (FSG, September...

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New Work From Award Winners Olena Kalytiak Davis, Sara Eliza Johnson, Namwali Serpell & Michelle Tea

(l-r): Olena Kalytiak Davis, Sara Eliza Johnson, Namwali Serpell (photo: Jordan Kines Photography), Michelle Tea (photo: Jenny...