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The 50 most recent Department of English M.F.A. Alumni books. Looking for a particular author, check out the Creative Writing M.F.A. alumni page.

  • Gurlesque

    Gurlesque, by Arielle Greenberg, Saturnalia Books; First edition. edition (March 1, 2010), 300pp., ISBN-13: 978-0981859149

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  • Inseminating the Elephant

    Inseminating the Elephant, by Lucia Perillo, Copper Canyon Press (May 17, 2011), 106pp., ISBN-13: 978-1556592959

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  • Terrestrial History

    Terrestrial History, by Joe Mungo Reed, W. W. Norton & Company; (April 8, 2025), 272pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1324079378

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  • Glitch Girl!

    Glitch Girl!, by Rainie Oet, Kokila; (March 11, 2025), 448pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0593696514

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  • Don't Do It---We Love You, My Heart

    Don't Do It---We Love You, My Heart, by Jonathan Fink, Dzanc Books; (January 28, 2025), 160pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1938603167

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  • Robin's World

    Robin's World, by Rainie Oet, Astra Young Readers; (December 3, 2024), 32pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1662620027

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  • War at Home

    War at Home, by Christopher Brunt, Saturnalia Books; (October 15, 2024), 96pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1947817685

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  • How It Works Out

    How It Works Out, by Myriam Lacroix, Penguin Random House; (June 6, 2024) ISBN-13 : 978-0385698405

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  • This Strange Eventful History

    This Strange Eventful History, by Claire Messud, W. W. Norton & Company; (May 14, 2024), 448pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0393635041

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  • Their Divine Fires

    Their Divine Fires, by Wendy Chen, Algonquin Book; (May 7, 2024), 288pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1643755151

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  • The Strange God Who Makes Us

    The Strange God Who Makes Us, by Christopher Kennedy, BOA Editions; (May 7, 2024), 87pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1960145185

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  • Blessed Are the Rest of Us

    Blessed Are the Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole, by Micha Boyett, Brazos Press; (April 9, 2024), 204pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1587436291

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  • The Cemetery of Untold Stories

    The Cemetery of Untold Stories, by Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books; (April 2, 2024), 227pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1643753843

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  • My Heart Has So Many Flaws

    My Heart Has So Many Flaws, translated by Kristofor Minta, Sublunary Editions; (March 26, 2024), 242pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1955190664

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  • The Swan's Nest

    The Swan's Nest, by Laura McNeal, Algonquin Books; (March 12, 2024), 320pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1643753201

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  • Dumb Luck & Other Poems

    Dumb Luck & Other Poems, by Christine Kitano, Texas Review Press; (February 20, 2024), 44pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1680033854

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  • The Split

    The Split, by Kit Frick, Atria/Emily Bestler Books; (February 13, 2024), 288pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1668022474

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  • Last Acts

    Last Acts, by Alexander Sammartino, Scribner; (January 23, 2024), 224pp, ISBN-13 : 9781982196745

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  • Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery

    Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery, Scribner; (January 16, 2024), 304pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1668015544

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  • Feeding the Ghosts

    Feeding the Ghosts, by Rahul Mehta, The University of Kentucky Press; (January 5, 2024), 176pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0813198804

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  • After World

    After World, by Debbie Urbanski, Simon & Schuster; (December 5, 2023), 368pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1668023457

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  • Songs on Endless Repeat

    Songs on Endless Repeat: Essays and Outtakes, by Anthony Veasna So, Ecco; (December 5, 2023), 240pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0063049963

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  • Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods

    Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods, by Jay Rogoff, LSU Press; (November 15, 2023), 256pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0807180112

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  • Notes from the Trauma Party

    Notes from the Trauma Party, by Michael Keen, Tailwinds Press Enterprises LLC; (November 15, 2023), 184pp, ISBN-13 : 979-8985312461

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  • There Is Only One Ghost in the World

    There Is Only One Ghost in the World, by Corey Zeller and Sophie Klahr, Fiction Collective 2; (October 17, 2023), 124pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1573662031

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  • Death Prefers The Minor Keys

    Death Prefers The Minor Keys, by Sean Dougherty, BOA Editions Ltd.; (September 26, 2023), 112pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1960145062

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  • We're Safe When We're Alone

    We're Safe When We're Alone, by Nghiem Tran, Coffee House Press; (September 19, 2023), 168pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1566896832

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  • The Reunion

    The Reunion, by Kit Frick, Margaret K. McElderry Books; (August 29, 2023), 320pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1665921466

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  • Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices Against State Violence

    Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices Against State Violence, by Shreerekha Pillai, University of Illinois Press; (August 15, 2023), 288pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0252087325

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  • Tomb Sweeping: Stories

    Tomb Sweeping: Stories, by Alexandra Chang, Ecco; (August 8, 2023), 256pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0062951847

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  • Superfreaks: Kink, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of Happiness

    Superfreaks: Kink, Pleasure, and the Pursuit of Happiness, by Arielle Greenberg, Beacon Press; (August 1, 2023), 280pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0807020210

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  • Walk the Darkness Down

    Walk the Darkness Down, by Daniel Magariel, Bloomsbury Publishing; (August 1, 2023), 224pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1635578140

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  • The Dead Are Everywhere Telling Us Things

    The Dead Are Everywhere Telling Us Things, by Sean Dougherty, Kindle Edition; (July 24, 2023), 91pp, ASIN B0CCSQCD5G

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  • Not By Blood

    Not By Blood, by Chris Narozny, Crooked Lane Books; (July 18, 2023), 272pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1639103331

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  • In Kind

    In Kind, by Maggie Queeney, University of Iowa Press; (May 29, 2023), 88pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1609388973

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  • Chain-Gang All-Stars

    Chain-Gang All-Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Pantheon; (May 2, 2023), 384pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0593317334

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  • Stalking Shakespeare: A Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint

    Stalking Shakespeare: A Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint, by Lee Durkee, Scribner; (April 18, 2023), 272pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1982127145

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  • Elf Dog and Owl Head

    Elf Dog and Owl Head, by M. T. Anderson, Candlewick; (April 11, 2023), 240pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1536222814

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  • The Animals of My Earth School

    The Animals of My Earth School, by Mildred Kiconco Barya, Terrapin Books; (April 10, 2023), 96pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1947896635

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  • House of Cotton

    House of Cotton, by Monica Brashears, Flatiron Books; (April 4, 2023), 304pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1250851918

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  • Hammer

    Hammer, by Joe Mungo Reed, Simon & Schuster; (March 21, 2023), 352pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1982121631

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  • Grace Engine

    Grace Engine, by Joshua Burton, University of Wisconsin Press; (March 21, 2023), 128pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0299341640

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  • Waterlings

    Waterlings, by Eileen Moeller, Cherry Grove Collections; (March 20, 2023), 138pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1625494313

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  • Red Ocher

    Red Ocher, by Jessica Poli, University of Arkansas Press; (March 1, 2023), 68pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1682262290

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  • A Perfectly Ruined Solitude

    A Perfectly Ruined Solitude, by Kristofor Minta, Sublunary Editions; (January 24, 2023), 106pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1955190473

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  • The 12th Commandment

    The 12th Commandment, by Daniel Torday, St. Martin's Press; (January 17, 2023), 304pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1250191816

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  • Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance: A Fable for Grownups

    Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance: A Fable for Grownups, by Kathleen Founds, Graphic Mundi; (November 1, 2022), 200pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1637790359

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  • Liberation Day

    Liberation Day: Stories, by George Saunders, Random House; (October 18, 2022), 256pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0525509592

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  • Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency

    Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced and Emergency, by Chen Chen, BOA Editions Ltd.; (September 13, 2022), 128pp, ISBN-13 : 978-1950774692

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  • Mount Chicago

    Mount Chicago, by Adam Levin, Doubleday; (August 9, 2022), 592pp, ISBN-13 : 978-0385548243

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