A book published by Publications Unit Director Steve Halle received the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.
Book published by Dr. Steve Halle wins PEN Award
Unit: Publications Unit
#ObsidianVoices to feature poets Aurielle Marie, Jennifer Bartell, L. Renée, February 23
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora will host a conversation with cultural poets Aurielle Marie, Jennifer Bartell, and L. Renée.
Award-winning author, translator team to visit ISU for two events, February 3
Lara Dopazo Ruibal and Laura Cesarco Eglin will visit ISU for two events on February 3 to celebrate Dopazo Ruibal’s claus and the scorpion, longlisted for the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.
Obsidian is granted $40,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $40,000.
Poetry Foundation awards Obsidian an Equity in Verse Grant
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is the recipient of a $50,000 Equity in Verse grant awarded by the Poetry Foundation.
Publications Unit alumni showcase: Brigid Ackerman ’17
Brigid Ackerman ’17, publishing studies alum, discusses her time at Illinois State and her professional publishing career.
Obsidian’s Playground Issue launch: Reading and conversation, December 5
Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora has partnered with the Poetry Project to celebrate the launch of Obsidian’s LGBTQIA+ GenderQueer/ GenreQueer Playground Special Issue.
Poetry Foundation awards Obsidian a Renewal and Recovery Grant
Obsidian is the recipient of a $12,500 Renewal and Recovery Grant from the Poetry Foundation.
Obsidian is awarded 2022 Amazon Literary Partnership grant
Obsidianis the recipient of a grant awarded by the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund administered by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.
Obsidian named winner of the CLMP Firecracker Award
Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora was named the winner of the 2022 Firecracker Award for Independently Published Literature from the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.
