NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020 LONGLIST

Today we are excited to announce the titles on the 2020 National Book Awards Longlist! Finalists to be announced October 6th. For Fiction: Rumaan Alam, “Leave the World Behind” Ecco /...

LIT MAGAZINE INTERVIEW SERIES WITH TEDDY WAYNE

JOIN US TUESDAY, MARCH 31 AT 6 p.m. LIT Magazine has just launched a new book review and interview series. In this series, we offer a book review, a PDF of part of the book (when possible), and a ...

THE NEW SCHOOL @ BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL

Writing at The New School is proud to be featured at the Brooklyn Book Festival once again this year! Find us at the book fair on Sunday, September 22nd from 10AM to 6PM (booth #335), w...

Five Questions With Mishka Anthony

Mishka Anthony is an MFA poetry candidate at The New School currently living in Flushing, Queens. She is working on a collection of poetry and essays on the transgender experience and has become ...

Five Questions With Victoria Richards

Victoria Richards is a poet, freelance writer and second-year MFA Creative Writing student at The New School. She holds a BS degree in Public Relations from St. John’s University. Victoria has a passi...

Five Questions With Robert Polito

Robert Polito is a poet, essayist, editor, and biographer. Recent books include the poetry collection Hollywood & God and Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber. He...

Creative Writing Program at 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival

The Creative Writing program will be tabling at this year's Brooklyn Book festival. Come by booth 124 and say 'hello.' We also have several alumni or faculty participating in events and panels this...

5 Questions with Ricky Tucker

Ricky Tucker is a North Carolina native, storyteller, essayist, and art critic. His work explores the imprints of art and memory on narrative, and the absurdity of most fleeting moments...

The New School @ AWP 2016

The New School will once again be featured at #AWP16, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference! This year's conference will be held in Los Angeles, California, from Wednesday, ...

LIT 28 Launch: Saturday, November 14

LIT Issue 15 Preview

Check out the cover for the new issue of LIT featuring art by Kristen Liu-Wong. The issue launches here at The New School on Nov 14, 5:30pm in Wollman Hall.  

The New School @ Brooklyn Book Festival

The New School will be representing at the Brooklyn Book Festival again this year! The Brooklyn Book Festival is the largest free literary event in New York City, presenting an array of national and i...

The New School In Conversation with We Need Diverse Books

Written by Alison Doherty, a first year student in The New School’s Writing for Children MFA program. More than half of the students in US schools are people of color, but the latest available stud...

NBCC Autobiography Finalist Meline Toumani in Conversation with Brett Rawson

Thanks 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...

LIT Magazine Launches Issue #26

Join us Friday, October 10 for the Launch of LIT Magazine issue #26! Featuring readings and conversations with contributors Matthew Klane, Josh Luft, Ali Power, Danniel Schoonebeek, and Catherine Tafu...

The New School @ Brooklyn Book Festival

Updated September 22: The New School booths at the Brooklyn Book Festival were a hit! We ran out of copies of LIT Magazine and selections from our chapbook series long before the day was over. Come to...

#AWP14 Round-Up: The New School Does Seattle

The New School Writing Program set up shop in Seattle, Washington for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference 2014. On Thursday, LIT Magazine launched issue #25 at Office ...

The New School at AWP Conference 2014 in Seattle

The New School Writing Program will be at the AWP Conference and Bookfair! This year, the AWP Conference (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) will be held in Seattle, Washington from Wedne...

At the Brooklyn Book Festival

On 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...

LIT & 12th Street Journal at AWP 2013

So...we're back! AWP 2013 was an incredible and exhausting experience. It was personally my first time attending and I've never seen so many eager and enthusiastic authors in my life. The New School h...