Miguel Syjuco’s (CRF 2013) new novel I Was the President’s Mistress!! will be published on April 5th, 2022; he began writing the novel in earnest at Civitella. The book is “an unflinching satire about power, corruption, sex, and all the other topics you were told never to discuss in polite company… In this masterful and audacious novel, Miguel Syjuco’s signature style—hilarious, insightful, playful, provocative—animates thirteen indelible voices whose stories present a cross-section of a complicated society. I Was the President’s Mistress!! hurtles headlong into love, politics, faith, history, memory, and the ongoing war over who will tell the stories the world shall know as truth.” Click here to learn more and pre-order your copy.