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Profile of Former New School Student Zack McDermott
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / October 16, 2017By Sara-Kate Astrove When Zack McDermott came back to his old New School class, he was holding his new book, Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love (Little Brown). Recently o...
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Best American Poetry 2017 Reading
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 9, 2017Every year, poets travel to The New School from near and far to celebrate the launch of the yearly Best American Poetry anthology. This year, series editor and MFA faculty David Lehman introduced the ...
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Remembering The Hour Before Puberty: An Interview with Benjamin Taylor
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty / October 2, 2017By Felicity LuHill Benjamin Taylor is one of a very select few who can say he shook the hand of a president on the day that president was assassinated. And so starts his new memoir, The Hue and Cry...
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WriteOn Celebrates Issue 6 of Pen & Pencil
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates / September 25, 2017By KrisAnne Madaus, 2017 MFA alum In Spring of 2017, I climbed the painted blue staircases of George Jackson Academy on St. Marks with scotch tape in hand to hang posters--calls for submissions--on...
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Brooklyn Book Festival 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fall 2017 Events / September 5, 2017Creative Writing at The New School will be well-represented at the Brooklyn Book Festival again this year. New School alumni and faculty will be featured at the book fair, on children's day, and a...
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Fall Events Preview: LIT Mag, Nathan Englander, Jenny Zhang
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fall 2017 Events / August 15, 2017LIT #31 LAUNCH | Friday, September 8, 6:30 p.m Creative Writing's fall 2017 event series kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, September 8, with the LIT #31 Magazine Launch. The event, which takes pla...
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New School Publishing Institute Provides Students, Professionals Inside Look at NYC Publishing Industry
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education / August 6, 2017[caption id="attachment_53810" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Students and professionals attending the annual New School Publishing Institute learn how to break into the world of New York City Publi...
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New York City Poetry Festival 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry / July 1, 2017The seventh annual New York City Poetry Festival commences later this month on Governors Island. The two-day festival runs from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30. Co-founded by New ...
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10 Books by MFA Alumni and Faculty You Need to get Your Hands on this Summer
By Kelly Stewart / in Faculty, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / June 9, 2017Whether you’re traveling around the world or enjoying a staycation this summer, there’s no better time to enjoy a good book. In the past few months, the MFA in Creative Writing Program at The New Scho...
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A Memory Becomes a Prize and a Legacy, Rafnsdóttir receives inaugural Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, Nonfiction, TNS Lit Scene / May 18, 2017Written by MFA in Creative Writing faculty member and nonfiction coordinator Honor Moore In the winter of 1977, I went to the MacDowell Colony for the first time. I had just had my first work – a mem...
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WriteOnNYC Fellows Cap Semester with George Jackson Academy Reading
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Current Students / May 18, 2017"Every time I walked out of that classroom at GJA, I left having learned just as much as our students did, if not more. This talented and inspired group of boys has taught me so much over the past y...
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Writing Program and NYC Events: May 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / May 9, 2017INSCRIBING GRIEF W/ MARTHA COOLEY, CHARLES BOCK, MAX WINTER AND MIRA JACOB Wednesday May 10, 2017, 7:00 PM The Center for Fiction 17 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017 Three writers whose latest works ...
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Writing Opportunities: Summer 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / May 9, 2017Calling all writers! From internships to contests to calls for submission, there's something for everyone on this list. Check out this month's upcoming writing opportunities: CONTESTS CONTEST: JANET...
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MFA Alum Sarah Gerard Shares Advice with Emerging Writers
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates / May 2, 2017By Valerie Smith When Sarah Gerard returned to The New School to speak with Susan Shapiro’s Writing for New York City class, she was nothing like the whimsical photo found on the back of her books...
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MFA Student Julia Lynn Rubin Under Contract with Debut YA Novel
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Writing for Children and Young Adults / May 1, 2017MFA student Julia Lynn Rubin showed up at The New School in the fall of 2015 with one book written, one in the process of being written and an idea for a third. A student in the Writing for Children a...
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Writing Opportunities: April/May 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / April 25, 2017Calling all writers! From internships to contests to calls for submission, there's something for everyone on this list. Check out this month's upcoming writing opportunities: CONTESTS COSMONAUTS AVE...
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MFA Alum Alyson Gerber Walks Tall
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, Writing for Children and Young Adults / April 25, 2017By Iva deMartelly When New School alumni Alyson Gerber walked back into to her old classroom on West 12th street holding up her new book, Braced, she was standing tall. Ten years before, as a 22...
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20 Years of Monday Night Poetry at KGB Bar | Part 6
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, Poetry / April 25, 2017[caption id="attachment_44082" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Current Monday Night Poetry hosts John Deming and Matthew Yeager at KGB Bar[/caption] We’re celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Mon...
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Keri Smith Wins 7th Annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry / April 17, 2017The 7th annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School MFA in Creative Writing student Keri Smith. The second-prize winner is Joseph McClure, and honorable mention goes to Lea Anders...
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20 Years of Monday Night Poetry at KGB Bar | Part 5
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry / April 17, 2017We’re celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar with spotlights on the poets who have hosted the series. Megin Jiménez hosted the series from 2009–2012. She speaks ...
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