Obsidian Editor Duriel E. Harris was recognized by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs with the 2023 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature.
A book published by Publications Unit Director Steve Halle received the 2023 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation.
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora will host a conversation with cultural poets Aurielle Marie, Jennifer Bartell, and L. Renée.
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: 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.
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora is the recipient of a $50,000 Equity in Verse grant awarded by the Poetry Foundation.
Brigid Ackerman ’17, publishing studies alum, discusses her time at Illinois State and her professional publishing career.
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.
Obsidian is the recipient of a $12,500 Renewal and Recovery Grant from the Poetry Foundation.
Obsidianis the recipient of a grant awarded by the Amazon Literary Partnership Literary Magazine Fund administered by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.
