![Collage of books by alumni](images/news/alumnibooks2017.png)
Join us in congratulating the nearly three dozen creative writing alumni who had books published this year:
Prose
![Cover of THE MAN ON HIGH](images/covers/alumni-books/alessandrelli-2017.jpg)
The Man on High: Essays
Jeff Alessandrelli
![Cover of WE ARE ALL SHIPWRECKS](images/covers/alumni-books/carlisle-2017.jpg)
We Are All Shipwrecks
Kelly Grey Carlisle
![Cover of THE WIDOW'S GUIDE TO EDIBLE MUSHROOMS](images/covers/alumni-books/craig-2017.jpg)
The Widow's Guide to Edible Mushrooms
Chauna Craig
![Cover of WEST OF LOVE](images/covers/alumni-books/davis-2017.jpg)
West of Love
Francis Davis
![Cover of DIFFICULT WOMEN](images/covers/alumni-books/gay-difficultwomen-2017.jpg)
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
![Cover of HUNGER](images/covers/alumni-books/gay-hunger-2017.jpg)
Hunger
Roxane Gay
![Cover of THE AFTERLIFE OF HOLLY CHASE](images/covers/alumni-books/hand-2017.jpg)
The Afterlife of Holly Chase
Cynthia Hand
![Cover of DISRUPT THIS](images/covers/alumni-books/head-2017.jpg)
Disrupt This! MOOCS and the Promises of Technology
Karen Head
![Cover of AS I STAND LIVING](images/covers/alumni-books/higgs-2017.jpg)
As I Stand Living
Christopher Higgs
![Cover of TELLING STORIES](images/covers/alumni-books/martin-2017.jpg)
Telling Stories: The Craft of Narrative and the Writing Life
Lee Martin
![Cover of THE LOST PRAYERS OF RICKY GRAVES](images/covers/alumni-books/hanmattson-2017.jpg)
The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves
James Han Mattson
![Cover of THE BOY WHO REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO HAVE SEX](images/covers/alumni-books/mcnally-2017.jpg)
The Boy Who Really, Really Wanted to Have Sex: The Memoir of a Fat Kid
John McNally
![Cover of THE BOAT RUNNER](images/covers/alumni-books/murphy-2017.jpg)
The Boat Runner
Devin Murphy
![Cover of IF I HAD TO TELL IT AGAIN](images/covers/alumni-books/prabhu-2017.jpg)
If I Had to Tell It Again
Gayathri Prabhu
![Cover of THE SPOILS](images/covers/alumni-books/pycior-2017.png)
The Spoils
Casey Pycior
![Cover of CARRY ON](images/covers/alumni-books/rowell-2017.jpg)
Carry On
Rainbow Rowell
![Cover of MAMMOTHER](images/covers/alumni-books/schomburg-2017.jpg)
Mammother
Zachary Schomburg
![Cover of MARRIAGE OF A THOUSAND LIES](images/covers/alumni-books/sindu-2017.jpg)
Marriage of a Thousand Lies
SJ Sindu
![Cover of A NEW GARDEN ETHIC](images/covers/alumni-books/vogt-2017.jpg)
A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future
Benjamin Vogt
![Cover of KINGS OF BROKEN THINGS](images/covers/alumni-books/wheeler-2017.jpg)
Kings of Broken Things
Theodore Wheeler
![Cover of HOW TO SURVIVE A SUMMER](images/covers/alumni-books/white-2017.jpg)
How to Survive a Summer
Nick White
Poetry
![Cover of BEATING THE BOUNDS](images/covers/alumni-books/ahl-2017.jpg)
Beating the Bounds
Liz Ahl
![Cover of THE NEW NUDITY](images/covers/alumni-books/bar-nadav-2017.jpg)
The New Nudity
Hadara Bar-Nadav
![Cover of RUBBING ELBOWS](images/covers/alumni-books/bellinger-2017.png)
Rubbing Elbows
DeMisty Bellinger
![Cover of COSMOVORE](images/covers/alumni-books/carter-2017.jpg)
Cosmovore
Kristi Carter
![Cover of DAUGHTER SHAMAN SINGS BLOOD ANTHEM](images/covers/alumni-books/carter-daughter-2017.png)
Daughter Shaman Sings Blood Anthem
Kristi Carter
![Cover of HANDS THAT BREAK AND SCAR](images/covers/alumni-books/chavez-2017.png)
Hands that Break and Scar
Sarah Chavez
![Cover of TELLING MY FATHER](images/covers/alumni-books/crews-2017.jpg)
Telling My Father
James Crews
![Cover of DOTS AND DASHES](images/covers/alumni-books/dubrows-2017.jpg)
Dots & Dashes
Jehanne Dubrow
![Cover of NOW/HERE](images/covers/alumni-books/gibbins-2017.jpg)
Now/Here
Crystal S. Gibbins
![Cover of THREE DAYS WITH THE LONG MOON](images/covers/alumni-books/koesters-2017.jpg)
Three Days with the Long Moon
Adrian Koesters
![Cover of LEAVES SURFACE LIKE SKIN](images/covers/alumni-books/menting-2017.jpg)
Leaves Surface Like Skin
Michelle Menting
![Cover of LEAVING TRACKS](images/covers/alumni-books/montgomery-leavingtracks-2017.jpg)
Leaving Tracks: A Prairie Guide
Sarah Fawn Montgomery
![Cover of REGENERATE](images/covers/alumni-books/montgomery-regenerate-2017.png)
Regenerate: Poems of Mad Women
Sarah Fawn Montgomery
![Cover of INCOGNITO](images/covers/alumni-books/obradovic-2017.jpg)
Incognito
Biljana Obradovic
![Cover of THROUGH A CERTAIN FOREST](images/covers/alumni-books/wiseman-2017.jpg)
Through a Certain Forest
Laura Madeline Wiseman