October 10, 2024

Barbara Kaufman Bouldinn ’68 has published a steamy workplace romance novel, Tangled Tech: Love and Intrigue in Silicon Valley. 

The New Mexicans by Kevin Bubriski '97 and Museum of New Mexico Press is a photographic portrait of New Mexico in the 1980s. The publisher writes, “with the fresh eye of a newcomer to the state who had already explored remote corners of the world, Bubriski has created a moving and evocative record of a moment in time in the northern reaches of the Land of Enchantment.” It is out November 15.

Tess Callahan MFA ’96 published Dawnland, a novel, on September 3. Set in Cape Cod, the novel follows a family that cannot outrun its secrets. Callahan is the author of April & Oliver, which The Washington Post called “a sensitive and emotional account.” Her essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Writer's Digest, Narrative Magazine, and elsewhere. 

Michele Feeney MFA ’22 published a work of historic fiction, called Like Family, set during the 1918 influenza epidemic with Black Rose Writing.

Published in August 2023, Ellen Ann Fentress MFA ’08’s memoir, The Steps We Take: A Memoir of Southern Reckoning, has been selected as the Library of Congress 2024 Great Reads From Great Places pick and represented Mississippi at the National Book Festival in Washington on August 24, 2024. 

Linda McCauley Freeman MFA '98 has published her second poetry collection, The Marriage Manual (Backroom Window Press, 2024). 

Puloma Ghosh MFA ’20 published her debut story collection, Mouth, on June 11, 2024, via Astra House. According to Kirkus Reviews, Ghosh’s latest is, "a unique set of stories that show the promise of a bold new voice." 

Guillermo Rebollo Gil, MFA ’23 published a new poetry collection, El tiempo es todavía, with Folium books. “In El tiempo es todavía, Guillermo Rebollo Gil makes us witnesses of the twists and turns that life takes and the somersaults that must be thrown in the face of the unexpected, the familiar, the painful and the things that never stop happening,” wrote Katsí Yarí Rodríguez Velázquez. 

Eco-novel Arroyo Circle by JoeAnn Hart MFA '00 was published in October 2024 by Green Writers Press. 

Mary Jones MFA ’10 released her first short story collection The Goodbye Process. It received a starred review in the Library Journal, which said, "Short story fans might just discover their new favorite author in this arresting collection, a must-have."

Jones’s stories and essays have appeared in many journals including Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Subtropics, EPOCH, Alaska Quarterly Review, Columbia Journal, The Hopkins Review, Gay Mag, and elsewhere. She teaches fiction writing at UCLA Extension. 

Carol Kino ’78’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Town & Country, and many art magazines. She has published her first book, Double Click, with Simon and Shuster. It is a non-fiction about the McLaughlin twins, trailblazing female photographers of 1930s and 40s New York. 

Jonathan Lethem ’86’s latest, Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture, came out in July. It is described by the publisher as “a rapturous, ravenous celebration of visual art and storytelling from one of our most innovative writers and critical minds.” 

Bruna Dantas Lobato '15 is a notable translator and winner of the National Book Award for translated literature in 2024. Her debut novel, Blue Light Hours, is out now from Grove Atlantic. “I wanted to write the kind of novel I hadn’t found yet,” she told The New York Times in a recent story about her work.

Collette (Hill) Ouseley-Moynan ’05 wrote Foundational Yoga Flow, published by Human Kinetics. The book includes ninety poses attuned for the time of day. She is a teacher, seeker, and connector in Austin, Texas

Jamie Quatro, MFA '09, known for her “sharp, seductive prose and masterful exploration of the divine and the carnal in daily life,” published her new novel, Two-Step Devil, on September 10 with Grove Press.

James Roseman MFA '22 published his novel, Placeholders, on September 26 via Verve Books (UK). Placeholders was featured as one of the best books of 2024 by GQ.

The Slow Road North: How I Found Peace in an Improbable Country by Rosie Schaap '94 is new from HarperCollins Publishers. The book is a “poignant, wrenching, and ultimately hopeful book—equal parts memoir and social history—that follows the author, after a series of tragic losses, to Northern Ireland, where she finds a path toward healing.”

Leslie-Anne Schildt ’99, who writes under the pen name L.A. Myles, made her fantasy novel debut with Splintered Realms, published by Champagne Book Group. 

Don Silver MFA ’99 released his second book titled Scorched, set in a suburb of Philadelphia in the seventies. Kirkus Reviews wrote, “This relentless coming-of-age tale demonstrates how some life choices can leave indelible marks.”

Lyra Silverstein '99 and Sara Cronan '00 are part of a multi-author book called Activating the Divine Human: Embracing our Shadow as Well as Our Light. It was released in August from I.AM publishing. 

Poet Safiya Sinclair ’10’s memoir, How to Say Babylon, was released in paperback. In August, National Public Radio reaired an interview between Sinclair and Terry Gross on Fresh Air. 

Aurélie Thiele, MFA candidate in Fiction, published her novel, The Paris Understudy, with Alcove Press on September 10. This powerful debut novel brings to life the hard choices Parisians made—or failed to make—under Nazi occupation.

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