ALUMNI NEWS

Jennifer Marie Brissett (Popular Fiction) published her essay “The Eleusinian Mysteries of Octavia E. Butler: The Mother-Daughter Struggle in Parable of the Talents” under a Creative Commons license. She withdrew the essay from publication at Strange Horizons; to find out why, read here.

Acquainted with the Cold by Lexa Hillyer (Poetry, S’10) comes out tomorrow (November 2, 2012) from Bona Fide Books, and one of her poems will appear in Best New Poets 2012, due out near the end of November.

Tom MacDonald (Fiction, W’09) will teach a Creative Writing class at Boston College starting in January 2013. His second novel (working title: Beyond the Bridge) will be published August 7, 2013.

Gina Troisi‘s (Creative Nonfiction, W’09) essay “Wrapped Up in Skin, Hidden Behind Eyes” received an Honorable Mention for the 2012 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction; this same essay was a finalist for the 2012 Iowa Review Award in Creative Nonfiction. Her essay “Where the Ocean and Sky Divide” was a finalist for Bellingham Review‘s Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction. These pieces are both excerpts from her memoir, Shadows on the Sidewalk, which was recently a finalist for the 2012 Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize and for SouthWest Writers Association’s Annual Competition. ginatroisi@yahoo.com

Mihku Paul has had four poems included in the anthology I Was Indian (Vol. II) from Foothills Publishing, edited by Susan Deer Cloud: “Amerindia,” “Solstice,” “Undertow,” and “Bright Colors from the Earth and Sky.” On December 2nd, she’ll read from her newly released book of poetry, 20th Century PowWow Playland, at Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick (for more information, please check Gulf of Maine’s blog or Facebook page, or give them a call at 207-729-5083). mihku@maine.rr.com

STUDENT NEWS

Ed Ferrara (Popular Fiction) has a short story titled “Gig Marks” in the newly released anthology Lucha Gore: Scares from the Squared Circle from Cruentus Libri Press.

Trevor Gulley (Popular Fiction) and a couple other Pop Fiction students (Alex Jackson, specifically) launched Hardcore Droid, a review website for Android games, in October.