People
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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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Audiograph: Tina Chang
By Luke Wiget / in Audiograph, Faculty, New & Forthcoming, Past Events, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 21, 2013Tina Chang at The New School moderated by David Lehman, 10/09/2013, audio, reading and interview. The Audiograph series broadcasts digital audio about the people, publications, and events of Wri...
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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 David Levithan about Two Boys Kissing, longlisted for the National Book Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, New & Forthcoming, People, TNS Lit Scene / October 14, 2013David Levithan is a professor of literature at The New School MFA Writing Program as well as a New York Times bestselling author. His latest novel, Two Boys Kissing, was recently longlisted for the Na...
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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: Jonathan Dee & Patrick McGrath
By Luke Wiget / in Audiograph, New & Forthcoming, Past Events, People, TNS Lit Scene / October 14, 2013Jonathan Dee and Patrick McGrath at The New School moderated by Helen Schulman, 10/02/2013, audio, reading and interview. The Audiograph series broadcasts digital audio about the people, publ...
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Pictograph: Thomas Fucaloro, MFA ’14
By Pictograph / in Current Students, MFA, People, Pictograph, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 7, 2013September 2013: Thomas Fucaloro, MFA 2014 Candidate in Poetry, at the launch of Free Verse. Part of Pictograph: Portraits of The School of Writing at The New School. Photo by Bean Haskell. Whe...
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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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Pictograph: Mark Bibbins
By Pictograph / in Faculty, People, Pictograph, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 3, 2013October 2013: Mark Bibbins at Cafe Loup. Part of Pictograph: Portraits of The School of Writing at The New School. Photo by John Reed. There was a dictionary on my lap and a word you wanted bu...
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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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Poetry Forum: Heather Christle
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Past Events, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 2, 2013Poet Heather Christle, author of What Is Amazing, brought her charm and enthusiasm to The New School poetry forum. She read new work, as well as work from her most recent collection of poems, which se...
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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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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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Pictograph: Sharon Mesmer
By Pictograph / in Continuing Education, Faculty, People, Pictograph, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / September 24, 2013September, 2013: Sharon Mesmer at the Le Poisson Rouge book release party for James Sherry's Oops (Blazevox). Part of Pictograph: Portraits of The School of Writing at The New School. Photo by John ...
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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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Continuing Education at The School of Writing: Poetry with Kathleen Ossip
By Justin Sherwood / in Continuing Education, Faculty, People, Poetry / August 15, 2013Beginning August 26, the School of Writing launches its fall workshops and seminars for its Continuing Education and undergraduate programs. These classes, ranging from 5 to 15 weeks, include workshop...
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Continuing Education at The School of Writing: Fiction with Sharon Mesmer
By Justin Sherwood / in Continuing Education, Faculty, Fiction, People / August 13, 2013Beginning August 26, the School of Writing launches its fall workshops and seminars for its Continuing Education and undergraduate programs. These classes, ranging from 5 to 15 weeks, include workshop...
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Continuing Education at The School of Writing: Nonfiction with Lisa Freedman
By Justin Sherwood / in Continuing Education, Faculty, Nonfiction, People / August 12, 2013Beginning August 26, the School of Writing launches its Fall workshops and seminars for its Continuing Education and undergraduate programs. These classes, ranging from 5 to 15 weeks, include workshop...
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