The New School Creative Writing Program is proud to announce its list of 2020 alumni and faculty book publications. This year, 24 books have been published by alumni of the MFA in Creative Writing Program, 1 book has been published by alumni of the Continuing Education Program, and 6 books have been published by faculty of the Creative Writing Program.
The list includes publications from the “Big Four” publishing houses, university presses, and independent publishers. All four genres of study offered by the MFA in Creative Writing Program are represented: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing for children and young adults.
Every year, the Creative Writing Program celebrates these authors with its annual book party at the Theresa Lang Center, but due to the social restrictions of COVID 19 we were unable to celebrate in person this year.
Congratulations to all! *If you published a book this year or know of a fellow MFA alumni who published a book, please let us know by emailing writingprogram@newschool.edu and we will add you to this list.
MFA Program Alumni
Kerri Arsenault, ’15 Milltown: Reckoning with What Remains, Macmillan
Christopher Beha, '05, The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, Tin House
Kacen Callender ’14, Felix Ever After, Balzer + Bray, King of the Rising, Hachette, King and the Dragonflies, Scholastic
Shanna Compton ’02, Creature Sounds Fade, Black Lawrence Press
Kristina Forest, ‘11, Now That I’ve Found You, Roaring Brook Press
Jessica Gross ’18, Hysteria, Unnamed Press
Stephan Lee ’18, K-Pop Confidential, Scholastic
Douglas A. Martin (‘01), Wolf, Nightboat Books
David Rice, (’19), A Room in Dodge City Vol. 2, Alternating Current
Polly Rosenwaike (‘09), Look How Happy I’m Making You, Anchor/Penguin Random House
Greg Santos ‘09, Ghost Face, DC Books
Catherine Stine ’03, Witch of the Wild Beast, Konjur Road Press
Eve Turow-Paul ’13, Hungry: Avocado Toast, Instagram Influencers, and Our Search
for Connection and Meaning, Benbella Books
Crissy Van Meter ’11, Creatures, Workman Publishing
Sarah Gerard, ‘12, True Love, Harper Collins
Jessie Paddock, ‘17, Swimming With Dolphins, Scholastic
Gina Myers, ‘05, Some of the Times, Barrelhouse
Andrew Cotto, ‘08, Black Irish Blues, Black Rose Writing
Carly Sachs, ‘03, Delphi Series Vol 8 (Descendents of Eve), Blue Lyra Press
Micah Zevin, ‘14, Metal, Heavy, Olena Jennings
Linda Kleinbub,’14, SilverTongued Devil Anthology, Pink Trees Press
Stephanie Danler, ‘13, Stray: a Memoir, Knopf
Creative Writing Faculty
Mark Bibbins (MFA, '99), 13th Balloon, Copper Canyon Press
Caron Levis, This Way, Charlie, Abrams Books for Young Readers
Honor Moore, Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury, W.W. Norton
Stephen Wright, Processed Cheese, Little, Brown and Company
Laura Cronk (MFA, '03), Ghost Hour, Persea
Sigrid Nunez, What Are You Going Through, Riverhead Press
