Alumni Updates

Mary Bonina (poetry ’85): Mary is thrilled that her poetry chapbook, “Living Proof” (2010, Cervena Barva Press), is now a part of the WWC library collection, call number and all! It’s available through the Cervena Barva Press website.  A review by Jen Garfield, poetry editor at Prick of the Spindle, is also available.

Julie Bruck (poetry ’86): Julie’s third book of poetry, Monkey Ranch, will be published by Brick Books in March, 2012.  In other news, Julie Bruck and Lewis Buzbee’s daughter Maddy starts high school next year (Eek!).

Mary Lou Buschi (poetry ’04): Mary Lou has poems forthcoming in Willow Springs, Cream City Review, Rhino, and Gargoyle.  She finished her fellowship with the New York City Teaching Fellows and is staying on as a full-time special education teacher working with adolescents diagnosed with autism.

Lewis Buzbee (Fiction ’82): Lewis’ new novel, Bridge of Time, will be published by Feiwel and Friends in May, 2012. His last novel, The Haunting of Charles Dickens (2010, Feiwel and Freinds), won the Northern California Book Award and was nominated for an Edgar Award. In other news, Lewis and Julie Bruck’s daughter Maddy starts high school next year (Eek!).