TNS Lit Scene
Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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WRITING PROGRAM AND NYC EVENTS: NOV. 28-DEC. 4
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fall 2016 Events, TNS Lit Scene / November 28, 2016I REMEMBER Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6:30-8 PM 66 West 12th Street Room 510 New York, NY Join an intimate gathering of writers, artists, teachers and students to remember the words and vision of th...
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PHOTOS: 2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS READING
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Past Events, People, TNS Lit Scene / November 16, 2016The MFA in Creative Writing Program at The New School was honored to host the 67th National Book Awards 2016 Finalists Reading on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. One of the most anticipated events of the ...
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Q&A WITH MFA ALUM AMY KURZWEIL
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, MFA, TNS Lit Scene / November 9, 2016Elisha Wagman sits down at the Think Coffee on 4th Avenue with Amy Kurzweil, her good friend and fellow alumni of the MFA program at The New School, to discuss Flying Couch, Kurzweil’s graphic memoir...
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Brooklyn Book Festival 2016
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / September 13, 2016Creative Writing at The New School will be well-represented at the Brooklyn Book Festival again this year. New School alumni and faculty will be featured at the book fair, on children's day, and at Bo...
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Ryan Berg Wins NCCD Media for a Just Society Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate / September 6, 2016Ryan Berg, Liberal Arts BA '05, has been awarded a 2016 Media for a Just Society Award from the National Council on Crime & Delinquency (NCCD) for his debut book of nonfiction, No House to Call My...
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New York City Poetry Festival 2016
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, TNS Lit Scene / July 26, 2016The sixth annual New York City Poetry Festival commences this weekend on Governors Island. The two-day festival runs from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31. Co-founded by New School...
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Meeting Poets and Poetry: Helene Swarts and Pearl London
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / July 25, 2016From 1970 to 1998, Pearl London taught a now-famous poetry seminar, “Meeting Poets and Poetry,” at The New School. London invited poets — including luminaries such as Stanley Kunitz, Maxine Kumin, Joh...
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The Phantasmagoria of Offense: Interview with Jess Irish (MFA ’15)
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, TNS Lit Scene / July 20, 2016Censorship, “Obscene Art,” and Trigger Warnings: The Thought-Provoking New Film Lyric by Jess Irish Guest post by MFA student Julia Lynn Rubin Last Thursday, I attended the debut screening o...
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Fall Event Preview: Stephanie Danler with Helen Schulman
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / July 12, 2016Creative Writing's fall 2016 event series kicks off on Wednesday, September 7 with a special event featuring MFA '14 alum Stephanie Danler. [caption id="attachment_24749" align="alignright" width="...
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Keep Your Eyes Open: The Naked Truth About Playboy
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / May 16, 2016An Interview with James Rickman, Senior Editor at Playboy, by Fagan Kuhnmuench, MFA Fiction '17 Mere months before one of the most globally recognized magazines, Playboy, completely changed its for...
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WRITING EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY: MAY 11-MAY 18
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA Creative Writing Events, Spring 2016 Events, TNS Lit Scene / May 12, 2016Poet/Translator VI: The New School Literary Translation Workshop Final Reading Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm Hullabaloo Books, 658 Franklin Avenue, on Park Place, Brooklyn, New York 11238 Va...
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WRITING COMMUNITY EVENTS: MAY 4-MAY 11
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA Creative Writing Events, Spring 2016 Events, TNS Lit Scene / May 3, 2016Free Verse Meets In Scena! Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 12:00 pm South Bronx NeON (198 East 161st, Bronx, NY 10451) Day of Italian poetry, theatre and translation. Bring your poem or story or song ...
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WRITING PROGRAM AND NYC EVENTS: APRIL 27-MAY 4
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA Creative Writing Events, Spring 2016 Events, TNS Lit Scene / April 26, 2016CREATIVE WRITING EVENTS Poetry Forum: Susan Wheeler Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Klein Conference Room, Room A510, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Room 510, 66 West 12th Stre...
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WRITING PROGRAM AND NYC EVENTS: APRIL 20-APRIL 27
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA Creative Writing Events, Spring 2016 Events, TNS Lit Scene / April 19, 2016CREATIVE WRITING EVENTS Cave Canem: New Works Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang College 65 West 11th Street Room B500, New York, NY 10003 Cave Canem ...
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12th Street Journal Launch This Friday
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 12th Street, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / April 19, 2016This year, 12th Street launches a digital issue for the first time ever. Come celebrate our leap into the online world of publishing. Politics and letters come together for an evening of readings by ...
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WRITING PROGRAM AND NYC EVENTS: APRIL 13-APRIL 20
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / April 12, 2016CREATIVE WRITING EVENTS Fiction Forum: Ben Lerner Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Klein Conference Room, Room A510, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Room 510, 66 West 12th Street, N...
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#6WordMemoir Winners from Woodstock Writers Festival 2016
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Continuing Education, People, TNS Lit Scene / April 12, 2016This year, The New School Creative Writing program was a featured presenter at the Woodstock Writers Festival. We challenged festival attendees to tweet us their best #6WordMemoir, and we got some gre...
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Sean Speers Wins 6th Annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / April 7, 2016The 6th annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School MFA in Creative Writing student Sean Speers. The second-prize winner is Thomas Moody, and honorable mention goes to Marissa Blo...
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WRITING PROGRAM AND NYC EVENTS: APRIL 6-APRIL 13
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, Spring 2016 Events, TNS Lit Scene / April 5, 2016CREATIVE WRITING EVENTS Nonfiction Forum: Dale Peck Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Klein Conference Room, Room A510, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall Room 510, 66 West 12th Street,...
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The New School @ AWP 2016
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Lit, MFA, Riggio Honors, TNS Lit Scene / April 1, 2016The 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, ...
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