LA Times published a review of Anthony Davis’ (CRF 2011) “Restless Mourning” by classical music critic Mark Swed. “Hiding in what should have been plain sight, this grippingly poetic and politically candid 9/11 response hits home…Blues...
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...
On Monday, September 27, at 6:15PM CET/12:15PM ET join us for a livestream of Group 4’s brief presentations. Here’s the link. If you are in the area, and would like to be in the audience for the presentations at the Castle, please RSVP by emailing...
