Books by Creative Writing Students & Alumni
The Department of Creative Writing prides itself upon student success. Our students and alumni have published more than 200 books and chapbooks. Jason Mott's first novel became the ABC TV series The Returned and his fourth, Hell of a Book, won the National Book Award; Brad Land's debut memoir became the 2016 movie Goat; Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams received a $25,000 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award and a $50,000 Whiting Writers Award; Ben Hoffman received a $30,000 Fellowship Award at the Wisconsin Institution for Creative Writing (in addition to a $25,000 NEA Grant); Arianna Nadia Nash won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry; Rochelle Hurt won the Barrow Street Book Prize; Leah Osowski won the Wick Poetry Prize at Kent State; Emily Carr won the New Measures Poetry Prize; Emma Bolden won the Cowles Poetry Book Prize; Xhenet Aliu won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize; Ashleigh Bryant Phillips won the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize; the list of prizes and books goes on and on—and with publishers such as HarperCollins, St. Martins, Algonquin, Viking, Ballantine, Morrow, Random House, Simon and Schuster, and more. In addition to books, alumni have published many hundreds of poems, stories, essays, and reviews in prominent and vital venues. Indeed, here are a few of the magazines with which recent students published while still in the program: The Georgia Review, Black Warrior Review, The Journal, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, Colorado Review, Agni, North American Review, Green Mountains Review, Third Coast, Puerto del Sol, Passages North, Oxford American, River Teeth, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre; The Paris Review Daily, Poetry International, Granta Online, and The Nation.
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Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams (MFA '07) |
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(Madras Press, 2011) |
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Lavonne J. Adams (MFA '99) |
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(Pearl Books, March 2009) |
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Xhenet Aliu (MFA '07) |
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(Random House, 2018) |
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Domesticated Wild Things, and Other Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2013) |
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Peter C. Baker (MFA '14) |
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(Knopf / Penguin Random House, 2022) |
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Meghan Barnes (MFA '11) |
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(Telling Our Stories Press, 2012) |
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Anne Clinard Barnhill (MFA '01) |
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(Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC, 2017) |
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(St. Martin's Griffin, 2014) |
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At the Mercy of the Queen: A Novel of Anne Boleyn (St. Martin's Press, 2012) |
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(FinishingLine Press, 2012) |
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(Main Street Rag, 2009) |
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At Home in the Land of Oz: Autism, My Sister, and Me (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007) |
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Thomas Scott Benedict (BFA '08) |
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(Worlds Publishing, 2021) |
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George Bishop, Jr. (MFA '01) |
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(Ballantine Books, 2013) |
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(Random House, 2010) |
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Emma Bolden (MFA '05) |
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House is an Enigma |
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(Noctuary Press, 2016) |
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(Argus House Press, 2014) |
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(GenPop Books, 2013) |
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The Chapbook, Volume 2: This Is Our Hollywood (The Chapbook, 2013) |
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(Dancing Girl Press, 2008) |
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(Finishing Line Press, 2008) |
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(published as part of Edge by Edge, the third in Toadlily Press' Quartet Series, 2007) |
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Michelle Boyajian (MFA '05) |
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(Viking Adult, 2010) |
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Jason Bradford (MFA '16) |
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(Final Thursday Press, 2013) |
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Dan Camacho (MFA '09) |
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(Java Dog Press, 2018) |
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Emily Carr (MFA '04) |
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(Horse Less Press, 2012) |
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(Parlor Press, 2011) |
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Directions for Flying / 36 fits: a young wife's almanac (Furniture Press Books, 2010) |
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Bill Carty (MFA '07)
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(Octopus Books, 2019) |
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(Alice Blue Books, 2012) |
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Jonathan Russell Clark (MFA '16) |
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An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom (Fiction Advocate, 2018) |
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Sarah Creech (BFA '05) |
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(William Morrow, 2017) |
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(William Morrow, 2014) |
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Patrick Culliton (MFA '06) |
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(Subito Press, 2017) |
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Kate Cumiskey (MFA '06) |
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The Women Who Gave Up Their Vowels (Finishing Line Press, 2021) |
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(Silent E Publishing, 2014) |
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(Arcadia Publishing, 2010) |
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Samantha Deal (MFA '13) |
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(Black Lawrence Press, 2019) |
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Daren Dean (MFA '03) |
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(Cowboy Jamboree, 2021) |
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(University of West Alabama's Livingston Press, 2021) <book trailer> |
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I'll Still Be Here Long After You're Gone (CJ Press, 2019) <press release> |
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(CreateSpace, 2010) |
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Nicola DeRobertis-Theye (MFA ’15) |
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(HarperCollins, 2021) |
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Brian Devido (MFA '01) |
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(Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2004) |
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Regina DiPerna (MFA '13) |
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(Floodgate Poetry Series, 2018) |
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Alexa Doran (MFA '15) |
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DM Me, Mother Darling (Bauhan Publishing, 2021) |
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Nightsink, Faucet Me a Lullaby (Bottlecap Press, 2019) |
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Kevin Dublin (BFA '10)
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How to Fall in Love in San Diego (Finishing Line Press, 2017) |
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Jason Frye (MFA '05) |
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Moon Road Trips: Blue Ridge Parkway (Avalon Travel, 2015) |
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(Avalon Travel, 2014) |
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(Avalon Travel, 2014) |
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Adam Gnuse (MFA '19) |
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(Ecco-, 4th Estate /HarperCollins, 2021) |
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Nina de Gramont (MFA '06) |
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(St. Martin's Press, 2022) |
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(Putnam's Sons, 2015) |
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(Simon & Schuster, 2014) |
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(Atheneum, 2013) |
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Every Little Thing in the World (Atheneum, 2010) |
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(Algonquin Books, 2008) |
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Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood and Abortion, co-editor |
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(Random House, 2002) |
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Evan Gray (MFA '17) |
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(Above/Ground Press, 2019) |
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(Shirt Pocket Press, 2019) |
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(Garden-Door Press, 2018) |
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Dina Greenberg (MFA '11) |
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(Atmosphere Press, 2021) |
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David Harris-Gershon (MFA '09) |
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What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife? (Oneworld Publications, 2013) |
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Eli Hastings (MFA '04) |
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Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Other Trips (ECW Press, 2013) |
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(Bison Books, 2006) |
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Jeremy Hawkins (MFA '11) |
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(Soft Skull Press, 2015) |
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Joy Hewett (MA '91) |
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(Silk Hope Press, 2017)
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Ben Hoffman (MFA '13) |
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(Origami Zoo Press, 2014) |
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Kirsten Holmstedt (MFA '06) |
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(Stackpole Books, 2016)
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The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq (Stackpole Books, 2009) |
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Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq (Stackpole Books, 2007) |
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Elizabeth King Humphrey (MFA '03) |
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Idiot's Guide: Gluten-Free Eating (DK Publishing, Inc., 2014) |
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(Mason Crest, 2013) |
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Rochelle Hurt (MFA '11) |
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In Which I Play the Runaway (Barrow Street Press, 2016) |
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The Rusted City: A Novel in Poems (White Pine Press, 2014) |
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Erato Ioannou (MFA '01) |
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Not in the Ornamental Teapot, stories (Room for Art, 2020) |
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Tell Me A Tale, an anthology (Armida Publications, 2012) |
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(Armida Publications, 2004) |
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Cyprus Engraved: A Book of History and Direction (Cyprus Museum, 2002) |
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Graham Irvin (MFA '18) |
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(Back Patio Press, 2022) |
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Ever Jones (MFA '08) |
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nightsong (Sundress Publications, 2020) |
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Nancy J. Jones (MFA '98) |
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(Crown, 2000) |
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Shawna Kenney (MFA '07) |
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Live at the Safari Club: A History of Hardcore Punk in the Nation’s Capital (Rare Bird Books, 2017) |
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Book Lovers: Stories (editor) (Seal Press, 2014) |
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(Mark Batty Publisher, 2008) |
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(Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2001) |
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Gwendolyn Knapp (MFA '06) |
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After A While You Just Get Used To It: A Tale of Family Clutter (Gotham/Penguin Random House, 2015) |
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Keith Kopka (MFA '11) |
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Count Four (University of Tampa Press, 2020) |
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Drew Krepp (MFA '15) |
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(Bancroft Press, 2014) |
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Brad Land (MFA '02) |
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Pilgrims Upon the Earth: A Novel (Random House, 2007) |
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(Random House, 2005) |
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Johannes Lichtman (MFA '12) |
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(Simon & Schuster, 2019) |
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Martha Lundin (MFA '17)
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Challenges for LGBTQ Teens (Teen Problems) (Reference Point Press, 2020) |
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(Reference Point Press, 2020) |
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Robert Dean Lurie (MFA '05) |
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Begin the Begin: R.E.M.'s Early Years (Verse Chorus Press, 2019) |
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We Can Be Heroes: The Radical Individualism of David Bowie (Liberty Island Media, 2016) |
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The Edge: Life Lessons from a Martial Arts Master (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013) |
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No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The Church (Verse Chorus Press, 2009) |
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Josh MacIvor-Andersen (MFA ’11) |
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Rooted: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction (Outpost 19 Books, 2017) |
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(Outpost 19 Books, 2016) |
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Catherine McCall (MFA '03) |
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Lifeguarding: A Memoir of Secrets, Swimming, and the South (Harmony Books, 2006) |
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Corinne Manning (MFA '10)
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(Arsenal Pulp, 2020) |
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JM Miller (MFA '08) |
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(FutureCycle Press, 2016) |
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Jacob Steven Mohr (BFA ’16) |
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(John Hunt Publishing, 2021) |
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(World Castle Publishing, 2018) |
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(Ugly Sapling, 2016) |
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Amelia Morris (MFA '09) |
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(Flatiron Books, 2022) |
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(Grand Central Publishing, 2015) |
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Jamie Mortara (MFA '13) |
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(YesYes Books, 2015) |
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(tNY.Press, 2014) |
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Jason Mott (MFA '08) |
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Hell of a Book (Dutton Press, 2021) |
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(Harlequin/Park Row, 2018) |
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(Mira Books, 2014) |
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(Mira Books, 2013) |
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(Main Street Rag, 2011) |
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We Call This Thing Between Us Love (Main Street Rag, 2009) |
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Ariana Nadia Nash (MFA '11) |
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Instructions for Preparing Your Skin (Anhinga Press, 2013) |
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(Damask Press, 2012) |
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Yvette Neisser Moreno (MFA '00) |
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Grip Winner of the Gival Press Poetry Award (Gival Press, 2012) |
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South Pole/Polo Sur (translation) (Settlement House Books, 2011) |
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Difficult Beauty: Selected Poems (1987-2006) (translation) (Cross-Cultural Communications, 2009) |
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Brenda Nicholas (MFA '15) |
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(Kelsay Books, 2021) |
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(Finishing Line Press, 2021) |
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Derek Nikitas (MFA '00) |
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(Polis Books, 2015)
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(St. Martin's Minotaur, 2009) |
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(St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008) |
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Ali Nolan (MFA '14) |
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(Penguin, 2021) |
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Leah Poole Osowski (MFA '14) |
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Hover Over Her (Kent State University Press, 2015) |
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Miriam Parker (MFA '08) |
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(Penguin Random House, 2022) |
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(Penguin Random House, 2018) |
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Rebecca Petruck (MFA '07) |
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(ABRAMS/Amulet, 2018) |
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(ABRAMS/Amulet, 2014) |
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Ashleigh Bryant Phillips (MFA '17) |
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Sleepovers (Hub City Press, 2020) |
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Benjamin Rachlin (MFA '15) |
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(Little, Brown, 2017) |
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Dawn Evans Radford (MFA '99) |
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(Pottersville Press, 2007) |
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Cindy Horrell Ramsey (MFA '06) |
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Boys of the Battleship North Carolina (John F. Blair, 2007) |
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S. Craig Renfroe, Jr. (MFA '00) |
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A La Carte: Short Stories That Stir the Foodie in All of Us (editor) (Main Street Rag, 2010) |
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XX Eccentric: Stories About the Eccentricities of Women (editor) (Main Street Rag, 2009) |
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(Main Street Rag, 2005) |
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(Main Street Rag, 2004) |
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Carmen Rodrigues (MFA '10) |
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(Simon & Schuster, 2019) |
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(Simon & Schuster, 2012) |
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(Penguin Teen, 2008) |
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Jane Virginia Rohrer (MFA '18) |
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(Above/Ground Press, 2019) |
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Anne Russell (MFA '99) |
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(Bradley Creek Press, 2013) |
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The Wayward Girls of Samarcan, A True Story (Bradley Creek Press, 2012) |
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Seabiscuit: Wild Pony of the Outer Banks (Coastal Carolina Press, 2001) |
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Wilmington: A Pictorial History (Donning Pub, 1994) |
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Dana Sachs (MFA '00)
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The Secret of the Nightingale Palace: A Novel (William Morrow, 2013) |
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(HarperCollins, 2008) |
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(Seal Press, 2003) |
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E.J. Schwartz (MFA '21) |
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(Flux, 2021) |
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Kristina M. Serrano (BFA '12) |
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(Forever More Publishing, 2016) |
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Ryan Spooner (BFA '09) |
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(Lettered Streets Press, 2014) |
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Megan Starks (MFA '10)
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House of Ash & Brimstone (City Owl Press, 2019) |
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Sarah J. Stephens (MFA '22)
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Where All The Birds Are Dancing (Finishing Line Press, 2020) |
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Faydra Stratton (MFA '03) |
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(Filles Vertes Publishing, 2020) |
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Love on Main—a Romance Anthology (Filles Vertes Publishing, 2020) |
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Barbara Sullivan (MFA '11) |
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Garden Perennials for the Coastal South (UNC Press, 2003) |
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Anna B. Sutton (MFA '13) |
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Savage Flower (Black Lawrence Press, 2021) |
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Kate Sweeney (MFA '09) |
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(UGA Press, 2014) |
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Gabriella Tallmadge (MFA '13) |
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Sweet Beast (Trio House Press, 2021) |
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Daniel Nathan Terry (MFA '10) |
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(Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015) |
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(Lethe Press, 2012) |
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(Seven Kitchens Press, 2011) |
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Capturing the Dead (National Federation of State Poetry Societies Press, 2008) |
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Jessica Thummel (MFA '12) |
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The Cure for Lonely (Freight Books, 2017) |
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Eric Tran (MFA '13) |
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The Gutter Spread Guide to Prayer (Autumn House Press, 2020) |
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(Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018) |
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(Backbone Press, 2017) |
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Matt Tullis (MFA '05) |
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Running With Ghosts: A Memoir of Surviving Childhood Cancer (The Sager Group, 2017) |
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Jay Varner (MFA '07) |
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(Algonquin Books, 2010) |
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Carson Vaughan (MFA '14) |
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(Little A, 2019) |
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Jesse Waters (MFA '02) |
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(Paycock Press, 2018) |
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(Ink Brush Press, 2011) |
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Caitlyn Webber (BFA '10) |
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(Dead or Alive Press, 2021) |
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Hannah Bunn West (BFA '09) |
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Remarkable Women of the Outer Banks (Arcadia Publishing and The History Press, 2022) |
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Cheryl Wilder (BFA '05) |
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(Press 53, 2021) |
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(Finishing Line Press, 2017) |
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Emily Paige Wilson (MFA '16) |
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Hypochondria, Least Powerful of the Greek Gods (Glass Poetry Press, 2020) |
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(Finishing Line Press, 2018) |
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Sidney Wollmuth (BFA '22) |
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(Bottlecap Press, 2021) |
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Snežana Žabić (MFA '05) |
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(Punctum Books, 2014) |
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(SKCNS, 2013) |
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Forthcoming:
Emma Bolden (MFA '05)The Tiger and the Cage (Soft Skull, 2022) |
Jason Bradford (MFA '16)Stellaphasia (North American Review Press, 2022) |
Kate Cumiskey (MFA '06)Ana (Finishing Line Press, 2022) Surfers' Rules: The Mike Martin Story (Silent E Publishing, 2022) |
Daren Dean (MFA '03)Roads: A Novel (Cowboy Jamboree Press, 2023) |
Martha Lundin (MFA '17)The In-Between State (Cornerstone Press, 2022) |
Rochelle Hurt (MFA '11)J Girls TV: A Reality Show (Indiana University Press, 2022) |
Mamie Morgan (MFA ’06)Everyone I’ve Danced With Is Dead (forthcoming from Jackleg Press) |
Leah Poole Osowski (MFA '14)Exceeds Us (Saturnalia Books, 2023) |
Eric Tran (MFA '13)Mouth, Sugar, and Smoke (Diode Editions, 2022) |
Emily Paige Wilson (MFA '16)Jalubí (Unsolicited Press, 2022) |
