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November 21, 2023

Café ORFEU: Nov 30

If you’re in the New York City area, check out this project of recent Disquiet alumni:

Cafe Orfeu will take place on November 30th, 6 PM at the Consulate General of Brazil in New York ( 225 East 41st street New York 10017) and will feature the special performance of Eduardo Guterres interpreting Tom Jobim, Jean Charnaux, Guinga, and Sérgio Assad on the guitar; Poems by Danita Cotrin; Photography exhibition by Marcia Borges;Readings of excerpts from the works of writers Vincent Tolentino, Michelle Koza, and Kate Vieira; and a musical performance by Natasha Tavares & Romulo Viana

Don’t miss it, spots are limited! Register at the link: bit.ly/cafeorfeu-luso

November 20, 2023

Congratulations to Bruna Dantas Lobato and Justin Torres!

Congratulations to 2019 DISQUIET faculty Justin Torres, winner of the National Book Award in fiction for Blackouts, and to Bruna Dantas Lobato, DISQUIET PA and 2018 Luso-American Fellowship recipient, whose translation of Stênio Gardel’s novel The Words That Remain won the National Book Award for translated literature!

November 16, 2023

Gabriel Bump’s The New Naturals

Have you been waiting for the new novel by DISQUIET faculty (and alum!) Gabriel Bump? You’re not alone, and you’re in luck: The New Naturals is out now! You can read about it in the New York Times or on WBUR.org, or just order it today!

November 10, 2023

Online event: Everything But Plot with T Kira Madden

DISQUIET is thrilled to present Everything But Plot: Building Suspense on the Line Level, an online craft talk with T Kira Madden, coming up on Saturday, December 2. See here for a description and to register.

October 17, 2023

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

DISQUIET alum Sarah Rose Etter has a new novel out! Read an interview in The Chicago Review of Books, hear it talked about on NPR, or order it today!

September 25, 2023

Bruna Dantas Lobato longlisted for 2023 National Book Award

We are thrilled to learn that Bruna Dantas Lobato, a 2018 Luso-American Fellow and current Program Assistant, has been longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature for her translation of Stênio Gardel’s The Words That Remain. Congratulations, Bruna!

August 2, 2023

Cristina Fries in Michigan Quarterly Review

“Don’t Leave, Cecilia” by 2023 DISQUIET alum Cristina Fries, is one of the stories in the Summer 2023 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review. See the table of contents and order a copy here.

July 31, 2023

Brother Alive shortlisted for Ursula K. Le Guin Prize

We’re excited to report that alum Zain Khalid’s debut novel, Brother Alive, has been shortlisted for the Ursula K. Leguin Prize for fiction!

March 28, 2023

2023 Grand Prize-winning story “Animals After Dark” now live!

The wait is over! You can now read Avigayl Sharp’s winning story, “Animals After Dark,” at Granta.com!

March 16, 2023

Out Now: Hemorrhaging Want & Water by Emily Marie Passos Duffy

The debut poety collection by Disquiet alum and 2020 Luso-American Fellow Emily Marie Passos Duffy is out now from Perennial Press! You can order it here.