One of the nation’s leading literary prizes, The Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award honors an exemplary work of fiction from the previous calendar year that speaks with an “American Voice” about American experiences, much like Twain’s masterwork, Adventures...
Heather Stebbins’ (CRF 2025) latest composition, On Separation was released on May 30, 2025. On the sound artist’s new album, Stebbins dives into memory, intuition, and transformation. She begins with domestic field recordings: the sounds of her children, wind...
Brad Kahlhahmer’s (CRF 2022) exhibition Bowery Nation: Birds Are Talking” is on view now at Venus Over Manhattan (55 Great Jones Street, NYC). This latest iteration of his ongoing “Bowery Nation” series, including eight bedsheet paintings and a...
On May 23rd, 2025 in Avezzano, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (CRF 2021) will present her latest project, “SHELTERED,” about the history of Italian families in Abruzzo who provided refuge to escaped Indian Prisoners of War during WWII. She writes, “these...
The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced Dawn Macdonald, author of Northerny, the winner of the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize. As part of the honor, Macdonald will be in residence at Civitella in 2026. The judges praised her debut collection, saying “Dawn...
Ocean Vuong’s (CRF 2016, DG 2022) second novel, “The Emperor of Gladness,” about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive is out now! Released May 13, 2025, Vuong’s second novel begins one late summer...
