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The body that Milwaukee Police pulled from the Milwaukee River last night has been identified by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner as University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Sean Baek, 18, who had been missing for 45 days.

Ph.D. candidate in English (Creative Writing) Brittany Cavallaro just sold her young adult novel, A Study in Charlotte, along with two sequels, to Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins for publication in early 2016, 2017, and 2018. Congratulations!

Siwar Masannat has won the 2014 First Book Prize, selected by Ilya Kaminsky, for her forthcoming Spring 2015 book 50 Water Dreams. Siwar Masannat is an Arab writer from Amman, Jordan. She holds an M.F.A. in poetry from George Mason University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Siwar co-founded Gazing Grain Press, a chapbook publisher open to feminists of every gender and sexuality. Her poems and articles have appeared in Denver Quarterly, VOLT, Gargoyle, and 7iber.me, among others.

Our own Louise Zamparutti, Ph.D. student in Professional Writing, opens her play on Friday, September 26. "Identita" is a one-act comedy. Set in a small village on the Italy-Slovenian border, it tells the story of a brother and sister who fought the Germans and each other in opposing factions of the Italian resistance during WWII. Opening performance is at 8 p.m. at Windfall Theatre (130 E. Juneau). The play runs through October 11. Visit http://www.windfalltheatre.com for showtimes and more info. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/844078 (use discount code ID15 to get the UWM friends and family discount - $15).

Peter Burzynski, first-year Ph.D. student in Creative Writing, had poems accepted last week in the Zombie Logic Review, Thrush Poetry Journal, and Your Impossible Voice. Congratulations!