NZ Prime Minister flags Harvard Review

In a speech at the Fifth Annual Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement, Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand noted that the fall 2008 issue of Harvard Review would feature work from New Zealand published with assistance from the Centre for New Zealand Studies in London.

 

Harvard Review editor publishes new book

Harvard Review editor Christina Thompson's new book, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story, will be published by Bloomsbury USA in July 2008. The book intertwines New Zealand’s history with an account of Thompson's travels and relationship with her Maori husband and his family.

 

Harvard Review contributor awarded 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

Philip Schultz, poet and director of the Writers Studio in New York, has been awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. He shares the award with former poet laureate, Robert Hass. Schultz's poem, "The Traffic," which appeared in Harvard Review 33, is one of the poems featured in Failure, his Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

 

Nam Le named Fiction Editor of Harvard Review

Harvard Review is pleased to announce that Nam Le has been named fiction editor. Le was born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, and came to the United States to attend the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His new book, The Boat, was published by Knopf in May 2008.

 

Nina De Gramont and Jessica Greenbaum Finalists for 2008 Pushcart Prize

The Board of Contributing Editors for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses has selected Nina De Gramont's essay, Water Children, and Jessica Greenbaum's poem, The First, Youngest Men, as finalists for this year's prize. Both pieces appeared in Harvard Review 33.