Books by Workshop Writers

Each year, Writers' Workshop alumni and faculty publish nearly 100 books across genres. The Glenn Schaeffer Library and Archives houses a full collection of alumni and faculty books. The most recent of these publications are represented here, organized by publication year and then alphabetically by author. We are always updating this list.

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At the End of the World There is a Pond, by Steven Duong

At the End of the World There is a Pond 
Steven Duong 
January 14, 2025 | Poetry

Miss Ruki, by Fumiko Takano; translated by Alexa Frank

Miss Ruki, by Fumiko Takano 
Translated by Alexa Frank 
June 24, 2025 | Graphic novel, translation

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Life Without: The True Story of Sandy Shaw 
Daniel Gleason 
June 2025 | Nonfiction

If You Say So, by Michele Herman

If You Say So 
Michelle Herman 
March 2025 | Essay

Play, With Knives; by Jeanette Horn

Play, With Knives 
Jeanette Horn 
March 4, 2025 | Fiction

Bug Hollow, by Michelle Huneven

Bug Hollow 
Michelle Huneven 
June 2025 | Fiction

Once When Green, by Mark Irwin

Once When Green 
Mark Irwin 
April 2025 | Poetry

The Continental Divide, by Bob Johnson

The Continental Divide 
Bob Johnson 
February 11, 2025 | Fiction

The Sweating Sickness, by Rebecca Lehmann

The Sweating Sickness 
Rebecca Lehmann 
February 2025 | Poetry

Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell, by Paul Lisicky

Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell 
Paul Lisicky 
February 25, 2025 | Memoir, Essay, Biography

New and Collected Hell, by Shane McCrae

New and Collected Hell 
Shane McCrae 
February 11, 2025 | Poetry

Rooms for Vanishing, by Stuart Nadler

Rooms for Vanishing 
Stuart Nadler 
March 18, 2025 | Fiction

The Reluctant Sheriff, by Chris Offutt

The Reluctant Sheriff 
Chris Offutt 
March 25, 2025 | Fiction

Dizzying Words, by Claudia M. Reder

Dizzying Words 
Claudia M. Reder 
February 2025 | Poetry

Goddess Complex, by Sanjena Sathian

Goddess Complex 
Sanjena Sathian 
March 11, 2025 | Fiction

Show Don't Tell, by Curtis Sittenfeld

Show Don't Tell 
Curtis Sittenfeld 
February 25, 2025 | Fiction

phases, by Tramaine Suubi

phases 
Tramaine Suubi 
January 28, 2025 | Poetry

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Self Portrait as Vanishing Act 
Leslie Ullman 
March 2025 | Poetry

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Fenestration 
Othuke Umukoro 
Fall 2025 | Poetry

Day's Fortune / Fortuna del día, by Carlo Acevedo; translated by Kelsi Vanada

Day's Fortune / Fortuna del día, by Carlo Acevedo 
Translated by Kelsi Vanada 
May 2025 | Poetry

Optional Saint, by Kelsey Vanada

Optional Saint 
Kelsi Vanada 
Spring 2025 | Poetry, translation

Goose Island, by Margaret Walker

Goose Island 
Margaret Walker (posthumously) 
2025 | Fiction

The Fire Passage, by Lisa Wells

The Fire Passage 
Lisa Wells 
March 15, 2025 | Poetry

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Ultranatural 
Candice Wuehle 
Fall 2025 | Fiction

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