Graduates
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Ricky Tucker, Riggio ’14, talks to Jacob Severn, Fiction ’13
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Current Students, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, TNS Lit Scene / October 22, 2013Waxing poetic, I'd call his world "Haunted Shout Machine." Jacob Severn's simultaneous dedication to text and visual art is a lesson in aesthetic singularity. Recently, I caught up with Jacob (The Ne...
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Gabriel Don, Fiction ’13, talks to Amanda Smeltz, Poetry ’11, and Robert Siek, Poetry ’99
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 17, 2013Robert Siek's poems have appeared in journals such as The Columbia Poetry Review, Court Green, Mary, Assaracus, and Chelsea Station. In 2002, the New School published his chapbook Clubbed Kid, and i...
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MFA Chapbook Contest Reading, Class of 2012
By Justin Sherwood / in Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Past Events, People, TNS Lit Scene / October 15, 2013On Thursday, October 10, the Writing Program hosted the 2012 MFA Chapbook Contest Reading, featuring the winners of this year's chapbook contest. Hosted by fiction coordinator Helen Schulman, this ann...
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Interview with Leah Umansky, Author of “Domestic Uncertainties”
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, Current Students, Graduates, New & Forthcoming, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 14, 2013Leah Umansky, poet, writer and curator / host of COUPLET: a poetry and music series (and regular in Patricia Carlin's poetry workshop in The New School's Continuing Education Program) shows us all the...
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Audiograph: Alysia Abbott, MFA ’03
By Luke Wiget / in Audiograph, Graduates, MFA, Past Events, People, TNS Lit Scene / October 7, 2013Alysia Abbott at The New School, moderated by Honor Moore, 9/23/13, audio reading and interview. The Audiograph series broadcasts digital audio about the people, publications, and events of Writing...
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Interview with John Bengan, MFA ’11, Author of “Armor”
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene / October 3, 2013Reading John Bengan's short story "Armor" I found myself thinking about literary awards, and how few I follow. This story won the 2013 Carlos Palanca Memorial Award, a prestigious accolade for literat...
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At the Brooklyn Book Festival
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 12th Street, Faculty, Graduates, Lit, Past Events, People, Publications of the School of Writing, TNS Lit Scene / October 1, 2013On Sunday, September 22, Borough Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn transformed from public square into a vibrant literary community with the arrival of the Brooklyn Book Festival. The annual event brought to...
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Nonfiction Forum: Alysia Abbott, ’03
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Nonfiction, Past Events, TNS Lit Scene / September 25, 2013It's been ten years since New School alum, Alysia Abbott, walked these halls as a MFA Nonfiction student. She debuts her memoir, Fairyland, which saw its early beginnings right here in nonfiction work...
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An Interview with Poet Jennifer H. Fortin
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / September 24, 2013Jennifer H. Fortin, New School MFA alum and author of We Lack in Equipment & Control, recently spoke with current MFA student B.C. Griffith about the Slow Writing movement, images versus text, an...
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Julia Cohen’s Collateral Light Now Available for Preorder
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / September 15, 2013Collateral Light, by MFA Poetry alum Julia Cohen's (you'll remember her essay in response to a controversial article by Mark Edmunson), is due 10/15 from Brooklyn Arts Press. To preorder, visit the...
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In conversation with Poets: Danielle Pafunda and Peter Davis
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, Past Events, People, Poetry / September 12, 2013In our first poetry forum of the semester, Danielle Pafunda, author of Maneater and My Zorba, and Peter Davis, author of Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! and Tina, inspired the audience with wit and humor. I...
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Ted Kerr Interviews Alysia Abbott About Her Memoir, Fairyland
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, Nonfiction, People, TNS Lit Scene / August 6, 2013Nonfiction MFA alum Alysia Abbott was recently interviewed by Riggio alum Ted Kerr for the Lambda Literary organization about her memoir, Fairlyand: A Memoir of My Father. The interview covers Abbott...
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Julia Cohen’s Open Letter to Mark Edmunson
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / June 26, 2013Harper's Magazine recently published a controversial essay by Mark Edmunson titled "Poetry Slam" wherein Edmunson criticizes the state of contemporary poetry and which poets are being valued. The essa...
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Alysia Abbott Publishes Her Debut Memoir, Fairyland
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Nonfiction, People, TNS Lit Scene / June 11, 2013Alysia Abbott, a 2003 MFA alum, has published a striking memoir about growing up in the "post-hippie" Haight of San Francisco. Fairyland, navigates the complexities of her relationship with her widow...
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Interview with Hot Street
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, TNS Lit Scene / June 3, 2013Hot Street is a literary journal started by New School alumni Emily Jacobs, Elisha Wagman, Sarah Smetana, and Ian Brown. Their first issue is now available for order online. (You can also check in with Hot Street via their website, Facebook or Twitter.) Recently, I caught up with the Hot Street editorial team about their first issue, the unseen obstacles of publishing, and the community they hope to engender.
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Interview with Julie Sarkissian, Author of Dear Lucy
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, People, TNS Lit Scene / May 21, 2013Julie Sarkissian's debut novel, Dear Lucy (Simon & Schuster), to quote Joyce Carol Oates, "introduces a young writer with a most original voice and a tenderly eccentric vision. Julie Sarkissia...
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MFA Alum Morgan Matson Wins 2013 California Book Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / May 9, 2013MFA Writing for Children Alum Morgan Matson has won a gold medal in the Commonwealth Club's 2013 California Book Award for her young adult novel, Second Chance Summer. Second Chance Summer has also ho...
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Alex Bennett Wins the Third Annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / April 19, 2013The third annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School Alumna Alex Bennett. The prize was founded in 2011 in remembrance of Paul Violi, who was not only an esteemed and influential...
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Loren Moreno Wins the 2012 Gertrude Press Chapbook Prize
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, TNS Lit Scene / April 4, 2013New School MFA alum Loren Moreno's award winning chapbook, Aaron & Keoni, is now available to order from Gertrude Press. Congratulations to Loren! In Aaron & Keoni, Loren Moreno takes us into...
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NYC Teen Author Festival Now Underway
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Graduates, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Past Events, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / March 18, 2013The celebrated NYC Teen Author Festival begins today, Monday, March 18th and will continue for the rest of the week. The festival is managed and moderated by our own MFA faculty member, David Levitha...
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