The Department of English is incredibly proud of these recent and forthcoming works from our MFA students, faculty, and alumni! From reflections on parenthood to a poetic reimagining of Pinocchio, there’s something for everyone on this list!

Fiction: 

• Marcia Douglas: The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive: being dreamity, algoriddims, chants & riffs (New Directions)
• Scott Broker: The Disappointment, a novel (Catapult Books)
• Sophia Huneycutt: The House Built on Alligator Bones, a novel (Penguin Random House / Dutton; available October 6, 2026)
• Claire Vaye Watkins: Yellow Pine, a novel (Riverhead Books; available July 21, 2026)
• Terrance Wedin: Anchor, a novel (Haskell Industries, available Fall 2026)
• Amber Blaeser Warzdala: Another Name for Red, a novel (Pantheon; October 13, 2026)
• Allison Pitinii Davis, Kim Chinquee, and Teresa Carmody: Agency 3: Novellas (Baobab Press)
• Emily Greenberg: Alternative Facts, stories (Kallisto Gaia Press)
• Michael Kardos: Fun City Heist, a novel (Severn House)
• Michael Kardos: Quick Change, stories (Press 53)
• Mary L. Tabor: Who by Fire, a novel (Empress Editions)
• Sheldon Costa: The Great Work, a novel (Quirk Books)
• Thao Thai: The Seekers of Deer creek, a novel (Harper Collins; available August 4, 2026)

Poetry:

• Akhim Yuseff Cabey: Get Funky, Get Swoll, poems (Black Lawrence Press)
• Lo Kwa Mei-en: Pinocchia in the Drowning Trick (Tram Editions)
• David O’Connell: At Some Point, poems (University of Wisconsin Press)
• Jason Gray: Before the Roses Dishevel, poems (Tiny Cat Press)
• Catherine Pierce: Dear Beast, poems (Saturnalia Books)
• Rikki Santer: Could Be, poems (Sheila-Na-Gig press)
• Jake Bauer: The Universe Thinks About Anger Management, poems (Burnside Review Press; June 17, 2026)
• Sara Abou Rashed: Theories of Return, poems (Diode Editions)
• Kortney Morrow: Run It Back, poems (Saturnalia Books)
• Weston Morrow: Cloud Builder, poems (University of Georgia Press; available September 1, 2026)
• Marcus Jackson: Love’s Austere and Lonely Offices, street portraits and poems (Northwestern University Press)
• Schyler Butler: Phantom Hue, poems (CavanKerry Press; available November 3, 2026)
• Erin Belieu: Cocklebur, new and selected poems (Copper Canyon Press; available October 6, 2026)
• Kathy Fagan: The Unbecoming, poems (Norton; forthcoming September 22, 2026)

Creative Nonfiction:

• Kyle Minor: How To Disappear and Why, essays (Sarabande Books)
• Simone Drake: Becoming Educated: a Midwest Story, memoir (Ohio State University Press; available June 22, 2026)
• Lesley Jenike: City of Toys: Essays (Ohio State University Press) 
• Catherine Pierce: Foxes for Everybody, a memoir in essays (Northwestern University Press)
• Elizabeth Zaleski: The Trouble with Loving Poets and Other Essays on Failure (Belt Publishing)
• Willie VerSteeg: Early Draft of Hallmark Movie Screenplay: Christmas for Christmas, Essay (McSweeny’s MiniBooks)
• Michelle Herman: A Kid’s Guide to Life (Thought Catalog)