Loghaven Artist Residency offers artists the time, space, and support to take the next big step in their creative practice. We often find artists at a critical moment in the arc of their projects. The dedicated time in residency can be a vital incubation space for an idea, a catalyst for new risk-taking, or the space for the last close edit before the work is shared in the public realm. It is a true pleasure to continue to follow Fellows and their work and celebrate with them as it is released into the world for new audiences to enjoy.
We are sharing the work of three recent Writing Fellows that was recently published or will be available soon. These three represent just a few of the many works that have traveled through our doors and that you can now find in your local bookstore or library.
Jennifer Hope Choi
Fellow Jennifer Hope Choi’s new memoir, The Wanderer’s Curse, was released in May. She spent her 2024 residency editing the book, which chronicles her relationship with her mother and the discovery of a curse that causes one to wander increasingly farther from home. “Jennifer Hope Choi has a voice all her own, and writes with a singular blend of wholeheartedness and perfect comedic timing about family, home, Korean Americanness, and so much more.” writes Rachel Khong. Conde Nast Traveler recently named the book one of “11 Releases Worth Bookmarking This Spring.”
Erika Meitner
Five new poems by author and Fellow Erika Meitner appeared in the May/June Issue of The American Poetry Review. Erika also appeared on a recent episode of The New Yorker’s Poetry Podcast with Kevin Young, which you can enjoy here. In the podcast, she reads a poem by Philip Levine in addition to her poem, “To Gather Together.” This poem is part of the forthcoming book Assembled Audience, which will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2026. Meitner used her very snowy 2024 residency to work on the book, which explores the many ways we gather in both public and private.
Nicholas Boggs
Author, scholar, and Fellow Nicholas Boggs’ new book, Baldwin: A Love Story, will be published in August and represents the first biography about Baldwin in three decades. The book looks at Baldwin through the lens of his relationships, including with Knoxville-born Beauford Delaney. Boggs spent his 2023 residency researching and writing the book. Imani Perry said of the book, “Boggs’s storytelling, so tenderly rendered, brings us the beautiful yet tattered heart of not only Baldwin, the intellectual and artist, but Baldwin, the vulnerable, yearning, flesh-and-blood person.”
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