Olivia Shih

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Columbia MFA grad Yoonessi creates an unabashed film in pastel colors

Newcomers Savanah Wiltfong and Shayne Topp breathe curious life into Yoonessi's "Dear Lemon Lima."

By Olivia Shih | Mar 11 01:13 am ET

MFA student revisits high school in first novel

“I definitely didn’t set out to write a novel,” said Liza Monroy, a current nonfiction MFA student in Columbia’s creative writing program. Monroy looks young enough to be an undergraduate, yet Mexican High, which she wrote five years ago, was published by Spiegel & Grau last summer, and it will be released in paperback on June 9.

By Olivia Shih | May 3 08:25 pm ET

Alice's Wonderland of Body Parts

In the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies gallery, a clandestine experiment with body parts is currently taking place.

By Olivia Shih | Nov 9 07:17 pm ET

An Untaught Lesson in Line in Dodge

Jon Fasanelli-Cawelti, Richie Lasansky, and Brian Lynch—the three printmakers currently on display at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies gallery—take lines very seriously.

By Olivia Shih | Oct 19 07:24 pm ET

Daniela Zedda Captures Humble 'Mastros'

Inside the Italian Academy, warm lights and spacious rooms enveloped me as I weaved through a room of people laughing and speaking in mixtures of Italian and English.

By Olivia Shih | Sep 28 09:48 pm ET

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