1 Ed Symkus ’72 has published Russ Meyer: Interviews, the newest volume in University Press of Mississippi’s Conversations with Filmmakers series. Using interviews from the late ’60s through the mid ’90s, it chronicles the controversial maverick director’s life and career in his own words.

2 Bruce Starin ’73 is proud to announce the publication of his fifth book, Show Biz Tripping…A Raucous, Wild, Memoir of Life on the Road Producing WHEEL OF FORTUNE LIVE! The North American Tour, Live! On Stage! A Memoir & Exposé.

3 Anthony Domenick ’79 published his memoir, Partnered in the Darkness of Cancer. This memoir offers a gripping and heartfelt account of the author’s experience caring for his partner, Jim, as he battled Merkel cell carcinoma. The book is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, YouTube, and audiobook.

4 Lynn Liberato ’83 shares that her first book, MICHIGAN’S CON-CON 11: Women and State Constitution-Making in 1961, was published on November 1, 2025.

5 With retired FBI agent Rich Teahan, Bob Ward ’83 co-wrote Face to Face with Whitey Bulger about the high-stakes capture of the fugitive Boston mob boss. Ward is an award-winning investigative television journalist based in Boston. Over the last 40 years, he has covered some of New England’s biggest cases and has appeared on many national TV programs and podcasts.

6 Kim Roberts ’84 has co-written Q&A for the End of the World, a new series of poems about science fiction movies from the 1950s and 1960s, including such classics as Godzilla and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Written alternately by the co-authors, the book’s twenty poems act as a call-and-response for each movie. The poems address facets of film technique, pop culture, race, gender—as well as fears of nuclear war, dehumanization, and the “other”—with curiosity, skepticism, and affection. The book is available on Amazon.

7 Rob O’Keefe ’85 writes: “My latest book, 19 Doors, a collection of short stories and flash fiction, was named a 2025 Book of the Year finalist by the Independent Author Network. It was also nominated twice for the LibraryReads List.”

8 Lucy Wightman ’85 writes: “As featured in The Boston Globe and on WGBH with Jim and Margery, Hamilcar Publications has published Princess Cheyenne: My Life as Boston’s Most Famous Stripper. From an engagement to Cat Stevens, relationship with Andy Kaufman, radio show on WBCN, and all the antics in between, the book is one wild ride!”

9 Ann Richards-Farnsworth ’86 has published her first book. This historical fiction is based on events in the fall of 1937 during which an elixir made with diethylene glycol killed over a hundred people. The story follows the intense efforts to get the product off the market. Richards-Farnsworth has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 30 years and heard about Elixir Sulfanilamide as part of understanding the history of FDA regulation. It always fascinated her.

10 George Falkowski ’87 writes that his second book, Ballpark Therapy: Why We Go, Why It Matters, was published in July 2025 by The Paper House. “It’s about all the reasons many of us seek out the ballpark as a respite from everyday life and features personal stories from five former big leaguers including Hall of Famer Wade Boggs. It also includes some colorful characters from around baseball and a few personal stories from my time working at NESN.” The book is available on Amazon.

11 Jon Fishman ’89 released his debut young adult novel, Ask Me How Do I Feel. The story follows a group of high school students navigating friendship, family, identity, and the spaces between who we are and who we hope to become. With authenticity, humor, and emotional depth, Fishman creates a world that resonates with readers of all ages. Though written for teens, the novel has also struck a chord with adults, who find themselves reflecting on and relating to their own teenage experiences.

12 Michael Nercessian ’90 recently released his third book, The Gift, a literary/contemporary novel about the rise and fall of a gifted artist.

13 Christopher Bigelow ’91 is the author of Mormonism for Dummies, 2nd Edition, released in March 2025.

14 Gina Preziosa ’91 published her debut book, My Parents Died and It Sucks, with Austin Macauley Publishers and it is now available worldwide where books are sold. She writes that “the book is a call to anyone who has experienced parental loss or who became an orphan before the age of 18. This book is from the heart of an orphan, exploring grief and how to cope with its pervasive intrusion into daily life.”

15 The 31st novel from Eric Beetner ’92, The Last Few Miles of Road, was nominated for an International Thriller Writers (ITW) Award for best series novel. It is the first in a trilogy of crime thrillers.

16 Stephanie Booth ’94 shares that her debut novel, Libby Lost and Found (Sourcebooks Landmark, October 2024), was selected for the American Booksellers Association’s Summer Reading Group Indie Next List. Libby Lost and Found was also listed by Newsweek and Book Riot as one of the best books of 2024.

17 Chris Eboch, MA ’95, writes: “My new mystery series launched with A Stone Cold Murder, with two more books under contract with Tule Publishing. In the Reluctant Psychic Mystery series, a quirky loner who can read the history of any object with her touch gets drawn into mysteries at the museum of oddities where she works.”

18 Jeanine Boulay ’98 is excited to introduce her debut novel, What Keeps Us. She writes that for over a century, Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn has kept vigil over New York City, remembering what the city wants to forget. What Keeps Us is a collection of linked stories spanning the 19th century to today that follows 10 New York City women as they navigate impossible choices, their lives connected by the cemetery that holds their histories.

19 In her new book, Big Man (Chestnut Review Chapbooks, 2025), Katie Kemple ’00 pays tribute to the memory of her father’s life through intimate portraits of him as a veteran, teacher, widower, and joyful “eater of fried chicken, ice cream, and pizza.”

20 Nadia Solomon ’00 writes that her picture book biography, A Voice of Hope, about civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams won two book awards: the 2025 BCALA, SLJ Children & Youth Literary Award for nonfiction, and a 2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Book Award. Her third picture book, A Rakhi for Rakesh, was released in July 2025.

21 Stephanie Burns ’03, MFA ’10, published her debut novel, Far from the A-List, with Mira/HarperCollins in December 2025. She credits her time at Emerson and mentorship from faculty as instrumental in the book’s development.

22 Eve Bernfeld, MA ’04, MFA ’21, published her debut poetry chapbook, tkhines (Bottlecap Press). Drawing on the tradition of Yiddish “women’s” prayers, these poems thread through fairy tales, parenting, and the natural world.

23 The latest novel by Auston Habershaw, MFA ’05, released in June 2025 from Tachyon Publications. If Wishes Were Retail is a comic fantasy about a genie opening up a shop selling wishes in a failing suburban mall. You can follow Habershaw’s writing at aahabershaw.com and find the book anywhere books are sold.

24 The first book from Stacey Lindsay ’05, BEING 40: The Decade of Letting Go—and Embracing Who We Are, was released in May 2026 by Viking Penguin/The Open Field. Lindsay notes that “this book offers an expansive, unapologetic look at being a modern woman in her forties today.”

25 Hannah Selinger, MFA ’05, shares that her debut book, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly (Little, Brown), was published in March 2025. “In this vulnerable memoir, I pull back the curtain on the restaurant world,” Selinger writes. “The New York Times has called this book a ‘mix of Joris-Karl Huysmans, M.F.K. Fisher, and Regina George…a howling account…a fundamentally kind and generous book.’”

26 The fifth book from TJ Alexander, MA ’07, A Lady for All Seasons, was published in March 2026 by Vintage Books. This is a sequel to the USA Today–bestselling novel A Gentleman’s Gentleman, and follows a Regency-era woman looking for a fake marriage and instead falling for a genderfluid poetess. Alexander’s agent is a fellow Emersonian, Larissa Melo Pienkowski, MA ’19.

27 Michael S. Claire ’09 writes: “My book, We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball, following the amateur Czech Republic national team’s remarkable run in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, is out. The team [played] in this spring’s World Baseball Classic where I will be covering them in Tokyo once again for MLB.com.”

28 Janessa Carder, MA ’11, published a book and self-narrated audiobook titled The Curious Nail Who Stuck Out: A multi-dimensional exploration of inclusivity told through personal stories of living in Japan. Carder simultaneously launched a podcast titled The Curious Nail, sharing stories of inclusivity from others. Learn more at thecuriousnail.com.

29 Tabitha Dulla ’11 published her first book for children, 96 Facts About Wicked, with Penguin Random House in November 2025.

30 RJ Taylor, MFA ’11, published a novelette in the Hugo-nominated Beneath Ceaseless Skies magazine in October 2025. “The Third Movement of Time” appeared in the 17th-year anniversary issue #442.

31 Dr. Valerie Rubinsky, MA ’14, and former faculty Dr. Angela Cooke-Jackson published a book with Toplight Books (McFarland Publishing) titled Memorable Messages: The Communications that Stick with Us Over Time. Rubinsky and Cooke-Jackson began their work with “memorable messages” at Emerson College. The book is written for a non-academic audience, aiming to make communication theory and research accessible and engaging.

32 Under the Honey Locusts, the debut poetry collection from Kakie Pate, MFA ’21, has received the Linda Nemec Foster First Book Award in Poetry and is available from Cornerstone Press, UWSP.

33 The Race for Daphne is a debut full-length poetry collection by Sarah C. Beckmann, MFA ’23, which was published in May 2026 by Finishing Line Press. The work explores themes related to the sport of rowing, Greek mythology, genealogy, and women’s rights. Assistant Professor Christine Casson wrote an endorsement blurb for the book, and Professor Daniel Tobin was heavily involved in the manuscript production.

34 Banana Pancakes, the second chapbook of poetry by Annalisa Hansford ’25, was released in February 2026 by Rockwood Press.