Here’s what Kirkus Reviews had to say about Cynthia Weiner’s debut novel A Gorgeous Excitement:
“Carefully paced and beautifully written, this edgy coming-of-age novel succeeds on all counts.”
Congratulations, Cynthia!
Read the review and preorder a copy now.
“I had never taken a fiction writing class before. For one of our first class assignments, I wrote a short piece about an older Indian man, recently divorced, who was experimenting with Internet dating, and navigating a complicated relationship with his adult daughter and ex-wife. I have returned many times to that fictional character and his family. In fact, I wrote a…
“The Northway,” a full length collection of poetry and prose poems by Lisa Bellamy, is now available from Terrapin Books. Four poems from this collection have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Read a review in Compulsive Reader here. Purchase the book here. Lisa teaches NYC Level 2. Details here. Read more Writers Studio success stories…
We are pleased to share that Writers Studio student Kelly Beard published her poem “The Heft of a Soul” in Five Points literary magazine. Read the poem here.
Cynthia Weiner, Writers Studio Assistant Director, will publish her debut novel “A Gorgeous Excitement” with Crown Publishing. The book was acquired by acclaimed editor Amy Einhorn, who published best-selling titles, like “Big Little Lies.” Congratulations, Cynthia!Â
Alice Hatcher, Writers Studio Tucson teacher, wins first prize for the 2026 Prime Number Magazine Award for Short Fiction for her story “A Wreck of a Place,” which will appear in Issue 293 of Prime Number Magazine, Sept-Dec 2026. Judge Jodi Paloni had this to say: “As the judge, I had the privilege to read…
Congratulations, Christopher Shade “The Good Mother of Marseille,” the debut novel by Christopher X. Shade, will be published by Paloma Press in early 2019. In the book, it is Marseille’s summer of 2013, and an ensemble of Americans wander and sightsee this dangerous, impoverished yet seductive city in the year of its designation as the…
