‘Listening to Indigenous Voices’ Series Kicks Off
Mar 13, 2023Columbia College Chicago’s cross-disciplinary series highlights Indigenous contributions, impact, and history.
English and Creative Writing Stories
Adams Brings Journalism Skills to ECW Classroom
Mar 06, 2023Journalist and new English and Creative Writing faculty member Joshua Adams follows his passions for teaching, writing to the Columbia College Chicago classroom.
Associate Professor Aviya Kushner on her NEA Fellowship, winning Best Poetry Book for WOLF LAMB BOMB
Feb 14, 2022Kushner discusses the beginnings of her latest poetry collection, her fellowship through the National Endowment for the Arts, and how she continues to learn from her own teachings in the classroom.
Ju’Juan Day MFA ’20 Self Publishes First Poetry Collection, Footsteps
Nov 22, 2021Day discusses his new poetry collection about the day-to-day experiences of a Black adolescent male transitioning into maturity, and how his time at Columbia helped him publish this work.
William Meiners MFA '96 Publishes First Book, 'Though the Odds Be Great or Small'
Sep 27, 2021'Though the Odds Be Great or Small' is about Notre Dame's 1957 Comeback Season and the Year That Changed College Football.
Luther Hughes BA ’16 Has Been Awarded Numerous Prizes in 2020
Oct 16, 2020Hughes has recently been awarded the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship and the 2020 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize
Sahar Mustafah MFA Fiction ’13 Publishes New Novel, The Beauty of Your Face
May 26, 2020The Beauty of Your Face has been named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by Marie Claire, Bustle, Real Simple, and Literary Hub.
Nick Olson BA ’14 Publishes first Novel, Here’s Waldo
May 08, 2020Atmosphere Press will publish the novel within the next year
Alumni Jeff Hoffmann Sells Thesis to Simon and Schuster
Mar 13, 2020Hoffmann's first novel, “Other People’s Children” will be published in 2021.
MFA Creative Writing/Fiction Alumnus Solome Skaff ‘04 Publishes Book, LifeCare
Jan 29, 2020Solome Skaff MFA '04 wrote LifeCare, a personal guide that helps people process through the difficulties of life.
Jim DeRogatis Has Been “Writin' the same stories over and over and over again*” Resulting in Lifetime’s Docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly”
Jan 17, 2020Associate Professor Jim DeRogatis featured in docuseries dedicated to R. Kelly abuse allegations and culture of complicity
Columbia College Chicago Adjunct Professor and MFA Alum Kate Wisel Publishes Thesis Project
Jan 06, 2020Kate Wisel is the author of Driving in Cars with Homeless Men, winner of the 2019 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Min Jin Lee.
Jim DeRogatis and His New Book Make the Case Against R. Kelly
Apr 22, 2019Jim DeRogatis discusses how his decades of reporting led him to his new book, "Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly."
Columbia’s Newly Tenured Faculty
Apr 02, 2019This year’s newly tenured faculty members share more about themselves and their work.
"It's About the Girls": Journalist Jim DeRogatis Takes on R. Kelly
Mar 05, 2019Music critic, journalist, and faculty member Jim DeRogatis details his decades-long journey uncovering the story behind R. Kelly and his alleged victims.
Authoring Chicago's Past and Present
Nov 28, 2017First-semester students in Sam Weller's "Big Chicago" course find inspiration in the city and tap into their own stories.
The Critical Art of Criticism
Sep 19, 2017In Jim DeRogatis’ “Big Chicago” course, first-year students learn from a music critic, an investigative reporter breaking national stories, and a Chicagoan.
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