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2024 Literary Honors Awarded to RJFWA Women Writers
(l-r): Elif Batuman, Lan Samantha Chang, Ama Codjoe Several other Rona Jaffe Foundation women writers were also honored this year for...
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May 22, 20242 min read
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RJFWA Women Writers Receive 2024 Literary Honors
Vievee Francis, Airea D. Matthews, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Tracy K. Smith, Elisa Gonzalez Vievee Francis (’09), Airea D. Matthews (’16),...
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May 18, 20243 min read
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2023 Winter Debuts from RJF Women Writers Temim Fruchter, Karen Outen & Debbie Urbanski
(l-r): Temim Fruchter (photo by Leah James), Karen Outen (photo by Shana W. Graham), Debbie Urbanski (photo by Harold Kyle) Temim...
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Feb 21, 20243 min read
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Winter 2023 - Celebrating Recent Publications & AchievementsÂ
Marilyn Abildskov (photo by Matt Felix) Marilyn Abildskov (RJFWA ’98) received a 2024 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is...
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Feb 21, 20243 min read
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2023 Fall Debuts from RJFWA Winners Alma GarcÃa (’07) & Elisa Gonzalez (’20)
(l-r): Alma GarcÃa (photo by Meryl Schenker Photography) and Elisa Gonzalez (photo by Simon Bahçeli) Alma GarcÃa (RJFWA ’07), All That...
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Oct 25, 20232 min read
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New Poetry from RJFWA Winner Laura Mullen (’96)
Laura Mullen Laura Mullen (RJFWA ’96) EtC (Solid Objects, November 2023) “EtC is a piercing and playful interrogation of Americanness,...
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Oct 25, 20231 min read
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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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May 17, 20231 min read
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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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May 17, 20231 min read
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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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May 17, 20232 min read
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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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Apr 2, 20231 min read
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