Recently Published Works by Emersonians
Girls With Goals: How Women’s Soccer Took Over the World, by Clelia Castro-Malaspina, MA ’13, published in May by Quarto Kids. It is a young adult nonfiction book detailing and celebrating 150 years of women’s soccer. This is Castro-Malaspina’s second book. 
Kim Dower ’74 published her sixth book of poetry, What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria in January (Red Hen Press). It’s a powerful tribute to the intensity of obsessive love, told through the poet’s trademark humor and heartbreak. 
Nicole Graev Lipson, MFA ’22, published her memoir, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters (Chronicle Books), in March, which examines how women often are reduced to ready-made templates and archetypes. Lipson’s memoir received a starred review from Kirkus and was named a “Most Anticipated” 2025 book by The Millions. 
Kim Liao ’09 published her debut book this fall, Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence. 
A Murder in Zion, by Nicole Maggi ’96, was recently published by Oceanview Press. The book was born out of her love for National Parks and her fascination with true crime. Maggi has written six books for children; this is her first book for adults. 
Margarita Montimore ’00 released her third novel in February, The Dollhouse Academy (Flatiron Books). 
Matthew Muller ’07 released his debut short story collection, First Aid for Choking Victims, published in November by Malarkey Books. Having been a WLP major, he credits his time at Emerson as being formative to his life as a writer. 
Derek Mola ’20 self-published his second book, The Lavender Fields. It is a collection of short horror stories for ages 18+. 
Molly Williams ’18 released Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels (Andrews McMeel Publishing) in March. In February, her book The Junior Plant Lover’s Handbook: A Green-Thumb Guide for Kids was published by Running Press Kids. 
Brenda Partello ’01 (pseudonym Kate Russell) published her third memoir, Ironing Out My Life: Child Abuse and How It Affected Everything Thereafter, available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook. This completes her series, Portrait of a Dysfunctional Family. 
Meghan (Whitehead) Perry ’09 published her debut novel, Water Finds a Way, with Delphinium Books (Penguin Random House Audio) in November. The novel received a starred review from Kirkus, as well as features in Newsday and Condé Nast Traveler as a top fall read. Perry’s short stories have appeared in Sycamore Review, Cold Mountain Review, The Fourth River, and other publications. 
Victoria Rabinowe ’71 wrote and illustrated Conversations with Psyche: A Dreamer’s Guide to Soul-Stirring Creativity. This book showcases a diverse range of introspective writing and art-making practices to unlock the reader’s imagination and insight and decode symbols and metaphors through poetry, prose, painting, and theater arts. Rabinowe dedicated the book to the late William Corbett, who taught at Emerson. 
Vincent Stephens ’97 released Broads, Sisters, Exes: Feminist Millennial Television (Wayne State University Press) in March.
