Ishion Hutchinson Shortlisted for 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize

Ishion Hutchinson Shortlisted for 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize

Ishion Hutchinson (CRF 2023) has been shortlisted for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize for his collection School of Instructions. The judges’ citation reads: “School of Instructions is a transcendent hybridic feast of a book, an innovative condensed epic...
Civitellians Awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

Civitellians Awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowships

Six Civitellians have been named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows: Shadi Harouni (CRF 2021) in Film-Video, Kirsten Valdez Quade (CRF 2017) in Fiction, Theresa Wong (CRF 2012) in Music Composition, and Kaveh Akbar (CRF 2021), Safiya Sinclair (CRF 2023), and Mai Der Vang (CRF...
“The Grapes of Wrath” Opera at Carnegie Hall

“The Grapes of Wrath” Opera at Carnegie Hall

The Grapes of Wrath, an opera adaptation by Ricky Ian Gordon (CRF 2009) and Michael Korie, will be performed on April 17th, 2025 at 7:30PM at Carnegie Hall with MasterVoices and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. “Since the day it was published on April 14,...