News and Events
Latest News:
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Monica Ferrell Finalist for Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
For the Associate Professor of Creative Writing’s book, You Darling Thing. -
Purchase Students Earn SUNY Arts Awards
Two Purchase seniors were recently honored with the SUNY-wide Thayer Fellowship and Patricia Kerr Ross Award. -
Jazz Performers Inspired by Poetry
On Wednesday, April 10, an audience packed the Neuberger Museum of Art’s Center Gallery to hear jazz musicians interpret the poetry of Kevin Young.
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Danniel Schoonebeek ’08 Earns NEA Award
The National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing (Poetry) Fellowship is $25,000. -
Creative Writer Wins Prestigious Contest
Jiaming “Andy” Tang ’18 earns a Breakout 8 Writers Prize. -
Author Neil Gaiman Offered Advice for Students
This year’s Roy and Shirley Durst Distinguished Chair in Literature, Michael Chabon, welcomed his longtime friend, Neil Gaiman, for a wide-ranging and warm discussion.
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Journalism Professor Pays it Forward
Andrew Salomon has endowed a fund for aspiring journalists. -
Durst Lectures Feature Top Authors
The only two Americans to have ever won the prestigious Man Booker Prize both spoke at Purchase in 2017.