Collision is currently open for submissions of undergraduate fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art! By submitting to the annual magazine, students will be considered for... Read More
Submissions are now open for the 2021 Breakout! Writers Prize for undergraduate and graduate prose and poetry writers. The prize consists of $1000 cash... Read More
Watch the Zoom recording for Session 1 – Fiction and Poetry here Passcode: G%rP6h?& Watch the Zoom recording for Session 2 – Nonfiction and... Read More
A collection of inspiring student work, faculty writing, and more from the Literary Studies department at Eugene Lang. Even though the Lang community might... Read More
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at... Read More
Assistant professor of literary studies Jennifer Firestone published Gates and Fields earlier this year. Read a compelling interview with her about it here.
Faculty member David Gerrard has published The Epiphany Machine, a book that has been called “hilarious” and “razor-sharp” by The Washington Post, a “wildly charming, morally... Read More
Faculty member David Gerrard has published The Epiphany Machine, a book that has been called “hilarious” and “razor-sharp” by The Washington Post, a “wildly charming, morally serious bildungsroman with the rare potential to change the way readers think” by Publishers Weekly, and “one of the year’s finest books” by Largehearted Boy.
Purchase the book here.
October 10, 2019
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
November 2, 2016
Claudia Rankine, AWP 2016 Keynote speaker and author of the National Book Award–winning Citizen: An American Lyric, plans to donate the funds of her MacArthur “genius grant,” the Guardian reports. Her $625,000 stipend will go toward the founding of the Racial Imaginary Institute, a think tank where artists and writers have the space to “show art, to curate dialogues, have readings, and talk about the ways in which the structure of white supremacy in American society influences our culture,” Rankine said to the Guardian. […]
Collision is currently open for submissions of undergraduate fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art! By submitting to the annual magazine, students will be considered for our writing and cover art contests.
Submissions for the annual magazine close Friday, February 25, but are accepted on a rolling basis. You can find more information about the magazine and the submission guidelines at https://www.collision.pitt.edu.
Founded in 2001, Collision Literary Magazine publishes undergraduate writing and art from all over the world. Collision accepts fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art, with a particular interest in experimental work that challenges style and structure. It is a student-run publication housed under the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
You can find our most recent publication [here].
