Faculty and Staff Authors Celebrated at Brooklyn College Annual Book Party The event, now in its 25th year, recognized authors of more than 50 new titles. Read More
Poetic License April is National Poetry Month and Brooklyn College has long been a home to poets as diverse as its campus. Read More
The Rona Jaffe Foundation Establishes Fellowships in Creative Writing “The Rona Jaffe Foundation is very pleased to provide support to Brooklyn College in the form of these fellowships to incoming female graduate students in the M.F.A. program,” said Beth McCabe, director of The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards and a board trustee. “They will, we hope, not only provide much-needed funding within the program, but also help attract the strongest writing candidates to apply.” Read More
Brooklyn College Faculty View First Amendment Rights Through an Interdisciplinary Lens Workshop highlights solutions to police surveillance on campus. Read More
Award-winning Author and English Professor Moustafa Bayoumi Lends His Voice in Support of Free Speech Bayoumi joined thousands on the steps of the New York Public Library for PEN America’s Writers Resist rally. Read More
Paul Beatty ’89 M.F.A. Receives Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout The author is the first American to win Britain’s most prestigious literary award. Read More
Critically Acclaimed Writer and Celebrated Alumna Gloria Naylor ’81 Dies at the Age of 66 Naylor’s work explored the many dimensions of race and social issues in American society. Read More
Columbia University Ph.D. Candidate Lisa Del Sol Reflects on How Brooklyn College Prepped Her for Success The recent graduate says the college opened up numerous opportunities for her, helping her to realize her potential. Read More
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow and Brooklyn College English Professor Ben Lerner Named CUNY Distinguished Professor The decorated author and scholar is also a Guggenheim Fellow and the first poetry editor at Harper’s Magazine. Read More
Screenwriter Amy Fox ’05 M.F.A. Debuts Woman-centric Wall Street Thriller “Equity” (Sony Pictures Classics) The film, which follows an investment banker (played by Anne Gunn of Breaking Bad) in the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street finance, has been praised as “bracing, witty, and suspenseful,” by The New York Times. Read More
