An article about the work and life of Gabriela Ortiz (CRF 2009) recently appeared on CSOradio by Brian Wise. The composer reflects on her many influences from Rufino Tamayo’s paintings to the celebration of  DÃa de Muertos to historical narratives that show the...
The trustees of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry announced that  Valzhyna Mort (Incoming Writing Fellow 2023), Claudia Rankine, and Adam Dickinson will judge the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize. The submissions deadline for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize, for books...
The National Book Foundation has announced the 2021 National Book Awards longlist. Among those longlisted are Matrix by Lauren Groff (CRF 2021) in the fiction category, The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship by Civitella Board...
Last week, the National Arts Centre orchestra played a 2012 piece by Gabriel Dharmoo (CRF 2021) called Ninaivanjali for the opening of their season. The concert is available online. Gabriel’s piece starts at 34’09” and at 52’45” there is...
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam (Incoming Writing Fellow 2021) and The Promise by Damon Galgut (CRF 2007, DG 2010) have both been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize. “Anuk Arudpragasam’s masterful novel is an attempt to come to terms with life in...
