News From The Writing Program

Faculty members Lynn Emanuel and Ed Ochester were visiting writers during the summer of 1996 at the Bennington College MFA program.

Alicia Ostriker's recent book, The Crack in Everything, in the University of Pittsburgh Press Poetry Series edited by Ed Ochester, was just named one of six finalists for the National Book Award in poetry.

Writing Program alumni are teaching at Carlow College, Columbia College, Columbia University, Cornell College, Duquesne University, Edinboro University, Indiana University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Ohio University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, and University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. We would be interested in hearing from alumni who are teaching at other schools.

Pitt Poets Rank Among Nation's Elite

The Pitt Poetry Series, edited by Ed Ochester, has finalists in two of the three most prestigious American book prizes for poetry:

Billy Collins' The Art of Drowning is a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Prize ($10,000) of the Academy of American Poets.

Alicia Ostriker's The Crack in Everything is one of five finalists for the National Book Award.