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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


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


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


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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Mar 14, 20231 min read


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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Feb 22, 20232 min read


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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Feb 22, 20231 min read


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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Jan 4, 20231 min read


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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Oct 19, 20222 min read


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...
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Oct 19, 20222 min read


RJF and NYU Celebrate Fellowship Program with 15th Anniversary Alumni Reading - October 6, 7 p.m.
Elaine Hsieh Chou, Marissa Davis, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, and Julia Pierpont
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Sep 9, 20222 min read
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