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Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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New School Chapbook Series 2017 Winners Announced
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, Nonfiction, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / February 1, 2018The MFA in Creative Writing Program at The New School is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 New School Chapbook Series! Each year, alumni from the most recent cohort of graduates are invit...
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Creative Writing Faculty Member Dave Johnson Receives Grant for Free Verse project
By Ben Fama / in Faculty, TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate / January 22, 2018The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs has awarded New School Creative Writing faculty member Dave Johnson's Free Verse journal a grant to expand its programing with the NYC Depart...
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Alumna Deirdra McAfee’s Anthology ‘Lock & Load: Armed Fiction’ Examines America’s Obsession with Guns
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / December 19, 2017"Nothing says America louder than a gun." The new anthology Lock & Load: Armed Fiction, published by the University of New Mexico Press and co-edited by Deirdra McAfee (MFA '04), examine...
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2017 CREATIVE WRITING ALUMNI AND FACULTY BOOKS
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Graduates, MFA, Nonfiction, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / December 6, 2017The Creative Writing Program is proud to announce the list of 2017 alumni and faculty book publications. This year, 39 books have been published by alumni of the MFA in Creative Writing...
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Finding Family in Middle Grade Literature: An Evening with WFC/YA Alumni
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / November 27, 2017By: Michelle Lee and Sophia N. Lee, MFA 2018 Earlier this fall, the Graduate Writing Program welcomed back Celeste Lim and Caela Carter, two authors from the New School’s Writing for Children &...
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Profile of Former New School Student Zack McDermott
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / October 16, 2017By Sara-Kate Astrove When Zack McDermott came back to his old New School class, he was holding his new book, Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love (Little Brown). Recently o...
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Best American Poetry 2017 Reading
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 9, 2017Every year, poets travel to The New School from near and far to celebrate the launch of the yearly Best American Poetry anthology. This year, series editor and MFA faculty David Lehman introduced the ...
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10 Books by MFA Alumni and Faculty You Need to get Your Hands on this Summer
By Kelly Stewart / in Faculty, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / June 9, 2017Whether you’re traveling around the world or enjoying a staycation this summer, there’s no better time to enjoy a good book. In the past few months, the MFA in Creative Writing Program at The New Scho...
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A Memory Becomes a Prize and a Legacy, Rafnsdóttir receives inaugural Bette Howland Nonfiction Prize
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, Nonfiction, TNS Lit Scene / May 18, 2017Written by MFA in Creative Writing faculty member and nonfiction coordinator Honor Moore In the winter of 1977, I went to the MacDowell Colony for the first time. I had just had my first work – a mem...
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Writing Program and NYC Events: May 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / May 9, 2017INSCRIBING GRIEF W/ MARTHA COOLEY, CHARLES BOCK, MAX WINTER AND MIRA JACOB Wednesday May 10, 2017, 7:00 PM The Center for Fiction 17 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017 Three writers whose latest works ...
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Writing Opportunities: Summer 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / May 9, 2017Calling all writers! From internships to contests to calls for submission, there's something for everyone on this list. Check out this month's upcoming writing opportunities: CONTESTS CONTEST: JANET...
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Writing Opportunities: April/May 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / April 25, 2017Calling all writers! From internships to contests to calls for submission, there's something for everyone on this list. Check out this month's upcoming writing opportunities: CONTESTS COSMONAUTS AVE...
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MFA Student Activism: Parrish Turner
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate / March 22, 2017By Parrish Turner I wrote this piece as part of Lisa Freedman's Breathe Write Meditate group immediately after leaving the protests outside of the Stonewall the day the of the executive order which...
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An Interview MFA Alum Kerri Arsenault
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / March 21, 2017By Kelly Stewart [caption id="attachment_41879" align="aligncenter" width="640"] View from the house where MFA alum Kerri Arsenault grew up. February 2010. (Photo courtesy of Kerri Arsenault)[/capt...
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20 Years of Monday Night Poetry at KGB Bar | Part 3
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / March 13, 2017We’re celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar with spotlights on the poets who have hosted the series. Following founders David Lehman and Star Black, Deborah Lan...
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Writing Opportunities: March 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / March 6, 2017Calling all writers! From internships to contests to calls for submission, there's something for everyone on this list. Check out this month's upcoming writing opportunities: JOB/INTERNSH...
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Interview with NBCC Fiction Finalist Ann Patchett
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Fiction Finalist 2017, NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017, TNS Lit Scene / February 28, 2017Thanks to the cooperation of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and Creative Writing at The New School, as well as the tireless efforts of our students and faculty, we are able to provide intervi...
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Writing Opportunities – February 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / February 14, 2017Calling all writers! There's something for everyone on this list. Check out these new writing opportunities: JOB OPPORTUNITY: THE ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Deadline to Apply: ASAP The Asian ...
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2016 Creative Writing Alumni & Faculty Books
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / February 7, 2017As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Creative Writing MFA Program at The New School, we are proud to announce the list of 2016 alumni and faculty book publications. This year, 42 books have bee...
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The New School @ AWP 2017
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA Creative Writing Events, TNS Lit Scene / January 24, 2017The New School will once again be featured at #AWP17, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference! This year's conference will be held in Washington, D.C., from Wednesday, Februar...
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