People
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Interview with Kathleen Ossip
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, Faculty, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / April 30, 2013Kathleen Ossip is the celebrated author of The Cold War (named one of Publisher's Weekly 100 Best Books of 2011), The Search Engine (which was selected by Derek Walcott for the American Po...
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Interview with Adam Fitzgerald, Author of The Late Parade
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Current Students, Faculty, MFA, New & Forthcoming, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / April 5, 2013New School MFA student Brooke Ellsworth caught up with Adam Fitzgerald about his new poetry collection The Late Parade. Renowned poet John Ashbery exclaimed: "Adam Fitzgerald is a master of defeating...
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Craig Morgan Teicher and Lisa Russ Spaar Read at The New School
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, Faculty, Past Events, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / April 4, 2013Last night, as part of The New School's ongoing Poetry Forum, Craig Morgan Teicher and Lisa Russ Spaar read from their work and shared their insights. Teicher and Spaar agreed that one of the most vit...
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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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Faculty Member Candy Schulman’s Essay “Raising My Mother” Named Essay of the Year
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Nonfiction, People, TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2013School of Writing faculty member Candy Schulman's essay "Raising My Mother" has been named Essay of the Year by The American Society of Journalists and Authors. The piece, first published in the Ch...
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Mario Zambrano’s “Lotería” Previewed on LibraryJournal
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, New & Forthcoming, People, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / March 6, 2013Mario Zambrano, who graduated from the Riggio Honors Program in 2011, has had his upcoming debut novel, Lotería, previewed on Library Journal's Fiction Previews list. Library Journal refers to the...
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Give Me Everything You Have by James Lasdun is Now Available
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, New & Forthcoming, Nonfiction, People, TNS Lit Scene / March 5, 2013MFA faculty member James Lasdun's new memoir, Give Me Everything You Have, is now available from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. On the Lasdun's memoir, Joyce Carol Oates wrote: “Here is a chilling acc...
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12th Street and LIT Journal Joint Reading at AWP 2013
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 12th Street, Lit, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Past Events, People, Publications of the School of Writing, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / March 4, 2013Our favorite literary journals 12th St and Lit Magazine will be entwining their literary ecosystems in a joint reading during AWP 2013. Please join us on Friday, March 8 from 4:30-5:30 pm for a cha...
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MFA Student Dianne Masucci Interviews NBCC Winner Andrew Solomon
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, NBCC 2014 Finalist Interviews, Nonfiction, People, TNS Lit Scene / March 2, 2013Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the New School Graduate Writing Program, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide for...
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MFA Student Halle Murcek Interviews NBCC Winner Ben Fountain
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, MFA, NBCC 2014 Finalist Interviews, People, TNS Lit Scene / March 2, 2013Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the New School Graduate Writing Program, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide for...
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MFA Student Brooke Ellsworth Interviews NBCC Winner D. A. Powell
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, NBCC 2014 Finalist Interviews, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / March 2, 2013Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the New School Graduate Writing Program, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide for...
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New School Alum Patricia McCormick named a Finalist for the National Book Awards
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / November 11, 2012Never Fall Down by The New School Alum Patricia McCormick, has been named a finalist for the National Book Awards in the category of Young People's Literature. "Well-written and heart-breaking, t...
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Luis Jaramillo’s The Doctor’s Wife Chosen as a Best Book of 2012
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, Faculty, Fiction, Graduates, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene / November 6, 2012New School faculty member and alum Luis Jaramillo's The Doctor's Wife, winner of the Dzanc Short Story Collection prize, and an Oprah's Book of the Week, has been selected as a Best Book of 2012 o...
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Catherine Barnett Wins the James Laughlin Award for The Game of Boxes
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, MFA, People, Poetry, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / October 20, 2012MFA and Riggio Honors Program faculty member Catherine Barnett has been named the winner of the prestigious 2012 James Laughlin Award for her incredible and heart-rending book of poems, The Game of B...
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New School Faculty Member Craig Teicher Publishes ‘To Keep Love Blurry’
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, Faculty, MFA, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / August 22, 2012New School faculty member, Craig Morgan Teicher, has published his third book with BOA Editions: To Keep Love Blurry. The collection deftly brings lyrical innovation and refreshing formalism together...
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Associate Director Laura Cronk Wins 2011 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Graduates, MFA, People, Poetry, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / May 4, 2012We're delighted to report that School of Writing Associate Director and MFA alum Laura Cronk has been awarded the 2011 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize for her recently released first collection of poe...
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