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Adam Gidwitz, a New York YA minute
By School of Writing / in Current Students, Fiction, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children / April 22, 2014“Quickly now! Okay, you, Matt, go!” Adam exclaimed. I had less than a minute to come up with a problem for a book. Any problem. I was flustered. I was nervous. It was wonderful. And in less than te...
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Agent Mixer
By Payal Doshi / in Current Students, Fiction, MFA, Nonfiction, Past Events, People, Writing for Children / April 21, 2014Emerging writers are always worrying about two things: finishing that book, and finding an agent. For MFA students at the School of Writing, many of whom are in their final weeks of writing their thes...
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The New School, Book Party 2013
By School of Writing / in Continuing Education, Current Students, Faculty, Graduates, MFA, Past Events, People, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate, Writing for Children / April 17, 2014In 2013, The New School Writing Program's faculty and alumni published a staggering 50+ books. Last Thursday night at Wollman Hall, to honor the occasion, Writing at The New School held its First Ann...
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Book Trailer: Binary Star by Sarah Gerard MFA ’12 (Two Dollar Radio)
By School of Writing / in Book Trailer, Fiction, Graduates, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene / April 17, 2014Sarah Gerard’s novel Binary Star is forthcoming from Two Dollar Radio in January 2015. Her essay chapbook Things I Told My Mother was published by Von Zos. Other fiction, criticism, and personal essay...
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Audiograph: Innovations in Life Writing Moderated by Alexandra Chasin
By Luke Wiget / in Audiograph, Faculty, TNS Lit Scene / April 8, 2014Alexandra Chasin, Margo Jefferson, Elizabeth Kendall, and Wendy S. Walters in conversation at The New School. The Audiograph series broadcasts digital audio about the people, publications, and e...
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John Eller, Riggio Scholar, talks to Sarah Gerard, MFA ’12, about Things I Told My Mother (Von Zos)
By School of Writing / in Current Students, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, Riggio Honors / April 7, 2014Sarah Gerard's novel Binary Star is forthcoming from Two Dollar Radio in January 2015. Her chapbook Things I Told My Mother was published in 2013. Short works have appeared in the New York Times, the ...
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Five Things We Learned at the Writing for Children Alumni Event
By School of Writing / in TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children / April 1, 2014On Tuesday, March 11, Writing for Children students and alumni gathered together for food, conversation, and most importantly, the imparting of sage advice. For second year students (of which I am ...
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Anna Witiuk, Riggio Scholar, talks to Jennifer Sky, Riggio Scholar, about Queen of the Tokyo Ballroom (The Atavist, 2014)
By School of Writing / in Current Students, Faculty, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Nonfiction, People, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / March 31, 2014In the summer of 1991 Jennifer Sky, then only fifteen years old, flew to Tokyo on the promise of a glamorous and successful career in modeling. What met her instead was what she describes as the "...
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Karissa Venne, MFA ’14, talks to Corey Ann Haydu, MFA ’12 about Life by Committee (Katherine Tegen Books, May 2014)
By School of Writing / in TNS Lit Scene / March 28, 2014I was ecstatic when the writing office asked me if I would be interested in interviewing Corey Ann Haydu. Not only because she's the author of the incredibly witty and poignant YA novels OCD Love Stor...
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Matthew Futterman, MFA ’15, talks to Coe Booth, MFA ’06
By School of Writing / in Current Students, Fiction, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children / March 28, 2014Coe Booth graduated from The New School MFA program in Writing for Children in 2005. Her books include Tyrell, Kendra, and Bronxwood. She has won numerous awards including 2007 Los Angeles Times Book ...
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Alex Bennett, MFA ’13, talks to Brooke Ellsworth, MFA ’13, about Thrown (The New Megaphone, 2014)
By School of Writing / in Faculty, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / March 28, 2014Last winter, I read iterations of Thrown while collaborating with Brooke Ellsworth in our second-year thesis group. I recently read the complete text (enamored with the beauty of the language, again) ...
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Audiograph: Daphne Merkin on the Critical Essay Moderated by Honor Moore
By Luke Wiget / in Audiograph, TNS Lit Scene / March 21, 2014Daphne Merkin Moderated by Honor Moor at The New School. The Audiograph series broadcasts digital audio about the people, publications, and events of Writing at The ...
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SUMMER WRITERS COLONY 2014 POETRY: KATHLEEN OSSIP, ROGER BONAIR-AGARD, CA CONRAD
By School of Writing / in TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2014The Summer Writers Colony at The New School is an intensive three-week program in which students share and critique one another's ongoing projects in a daily writing workshop moderated by a member of...
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NBCC Nonfiction Award Winner Sheri Fink in Conversation with Joyce Chen (MFA ’15)
By School of Writing / in NBCC Awards Interviews 2014, NBCC Nonfiction Finalists, TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2014Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and The School of Writing at The New School, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide in...
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NBCC Fiction Award Winner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Conversation with Brooke Obie (MFA ’14)
By School of Writing / in NBCC Awards Interviews 2014, NBCC Fiction Finalists, TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2014Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and The School of Writing at The New School, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide in...
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NBCC Autobiography Winner Amy Wilentz in Conversation with Matt Markowitz (MFA ’15)
By School of Writing / in NBCC Autobiography Finalists, NBCC Awards Interviews 2014, TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2014Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and The School of Writing at The New School, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide in...
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NBCC Biography Winner Leo Damrosch in Conversation with Tolly Wright (Riggio ’14)
By School of Writing / in NBCC Awards Interviews 2014, NBCC Biography Finalists, TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2014Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and The School of Writing at The New School, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide in...
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Summer Writers Colony 2014 Nonfiction: Madge McKeithen, Alysia Abbott, Lynne Tillman
By School of Writing / in Continuing Education, Current Students, Faculty, Nonfiction / March 13, 2014The Summer Writers Colony at The New School is an intensive three-week program in which students share and critique one another's ongoing projects in a daily writing workshop moderated by a member of...
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Summer Writers Colony 2014 Fiction: Sharon Mesmer, Jennifer Egan, Zadie Smith
By School of Writing / in Continuing Education, Faculty, Fiction, Undergraduate / March 12, 2014The Summer Writers Colony at The New School is an intensive three-week program in which students share and critique one another's ongoing projects in a daily writing workshop moderated by a member of...
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NBCC Recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award Rolando Hinojosa-Smith in Conversation with Tonianne Bellomo (MFA ’15)
By School of Writing / in NBCC Awards Interviews 2014, NBCC Special Awards, TNS Lit Scene / March 11, 2014Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and The School of Writing at The New School, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide in...
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