2023 Essay Open Reading Results: Debut Essay Collection from Michael Loughran

Thank you to everyone who submitted to the CSU Poetry Center’s Open Reading Period for Essays and Essay-Like Things earlier this year. We’re elated to share that we’ve selected Michael Loughran’s essay collection Windower for publication.

Michael Loughran’s work has appeared in Boston Review, Indiana Review, Harvard Review, Tin House, and elsewhere. He lives in Philadelphia and teaches at the Community College of Philadelphia. Windower is his first book.

Windower will publish in 2025 alongside selections from our next reading period for full-length manuscripts of poetry, opening this fall.