“[David] Coogan, Ph.D., an associate professor of English @VCU’s @VCUCHS, is using his new book—‘The Cambridge Companion to American #PrisonWriting & #MassIncarceration’—to trace history through the eyes of those who lived it.” Read more: https://t.co/k2wQ6TWPOO

The deadline draws closer! Submit to the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award today. Submissions close Dec. 30th, 2025. 🔗 https://t.co/geItnTBnTj @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Town & Country just listed their "25 Must-Read Books of Winter 2026" and Brooke Newman's latest book "The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas" made the list! Publishing on January 27, 2026:

Earlier in the day, Chief Adkins made history as the first chief of a federally recognized Indigenous nation in Virginia to speak @VCU. #VCU’s relationships with Virginia’s Native nations are deeply meaningful to us and I’m grateful for the time and wisdom that everyone shared.

We've been celebrating bold first novels since 2002. Here's an overview of how a Cabell First Novelist Award winner is chosen. @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

What a night! We were delighted to host winning author Anne de Marcken and @NewDirections editor Barbara Epler for the 2025 Cabell First Novelist Award night. We so appreciated the insights they shared on writing, publishing, art, and life. @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

New Blackbird alert! Read the latest issue of VCU's literary journal online at https://t.co/TxwLM2orwL. @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Our favorite night of the year is one week away! Join us on Nov 5th for a night of celebration with Anne de Marcken, author of It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over, and Barbara Epler, editor and president of New Directions Publishing! @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Feeling overwhelmed? With the help of a new resiliency program coordinated by academic advisors within @VCUCHS, @VCU students are gaining skills to navigate school and life.

Send us your debuts! The VCU Cabell First Novelist Award is still open for submissions. Debut novels conventionally published anytime in the 2025 calendar year are eligible. Submissions close Dec 30th, 2025. 🔗 https://t.co/geItnTAQ3L @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Here's a small taste of what to expect when you crack open this year's Cabell First Novelist Award winner. 🐦‍⬛ @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Anne de Marcken will be at Shelf Life Books in Richmond on November 5th from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM to sign copies of her book! 📖 ✍️ @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

“His life offers a powerful witness at the intersection of science, sanctity and social justice,” said Andrew Chesnut, the chair in Catholic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and an expert on devotional life in Latin America. https://t.co/MqUkuDYLse @VCUCHS @VCUnews

Congratulations to past Cabell First Novelist Award winner Jade Chang, whose new novel, What a Time to Be Alive, is out now from @eccobooks! @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Bloomland by John Englehardt was the 2020 winner of the Cabell First Novelist Award. It's now available in paperback — check it out from Dzanc Books: https://t.co/TzaFo67JyR @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Professor @GAEspinoza101 of VCU History and I discussing the papacy of Pope Leo XIV yesterday at my VCU lecture series on Catholic Studies. Dean Catherine Ingrassia of @VCUCHS introduced us.

Did you know that this year's Cabell First Novelist Winner also won the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction? 🤩 Here's what the panel had to say about Anne de Marcken's It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over. @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Join VCU Creative Writing for the season's first event in our MFA reading series, Moveable Feast, this Friday! Come hear these talented MFA students read their work! 🍂 @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

We're excited to announce that Barbara Epler, President at @NewDirections Publishing and Anne de Marcken's editor, will be joining us for this year's Cabell First Novelist Award Night! Photo by Nina Subin. @VCUCHS @VCUEnglish @VCULibraries

Had an awesome at a trivia video shoot with @VCUCHS last week! Tough questions, but I hope I did them proud with my answers. A huge thank you to the CHS team for hosting me and, more importantly, for making CHS a welcoming home for a third of our @VCU students! #VCURams