“A Sunny Morning in the Square” by Polina Barskova (CRF 2017), translated from the Russian by Valzhyna Mort (Incoming Writing Fellow 2023) was featured in the New York Times. “This poem in translation is about the deportation of Jews from the town of...
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced the 18 recipients of this year’s awards in music, which total $205,000. The awardees were selected by a committee of Academy members: Chen Yi (CRF 1997, Juror), John Corigliano, Stephen...
The February 14th & 21st issue of The New Yorker features Lauren Groff (CRF 2021) reading a recently published story, “Annunciation,” as well as a short review of Bibliolepsy , a”hypnotic coming-of-age novel” by Gina Apostol (CRF 2009)....
Ricky Ian Gordon’s (CRF 2009) operas “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” and “Intimate Apparel” both launched in a five-night span. This “likely unprecedented confluence” is discussed in a recent Bloomberg article. “‘It’s not that it’s...
The music of Texu Kim (CRF 2019) figures on San Francisco Symphony programs for the first time in February 2022: Spin-Flip was heard at the February 5 Lunar New Year: Year of the Tiger concert while Bounce!! receives its West Coast premiere in the concerts of...
