TNS Lit Scene
Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC FICTION FINALIST VALERIA LUISELLI
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / March 2, 2020By Vanessa Chan Thoughtful, quiet, and yet at times troubling and terrifying, Valeria Luiselli’s novel Lost Children Archive refuses to conform. It is a story of a road trip, a journey of an e...
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC BIOGRAPHY FINALIST JOSH LEVIN
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / March 2, 2020by L.B. Browne In his critically acclaimed book The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth, Josh Levin, national editor of Slate, introduces us to Linda Taylor, a welfare cheat who ...
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC FICTION FINALIST MYLA GOLDBERG
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, MFA Creative Writing Events, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / March 2, 2020Thanks 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 abl...
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC NONFICTION FINALIST KATE BROWN
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, MFA Creative Writing Events, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / March 2, 2020Thanks 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 ...
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC BIOGRAPHY FINALIST SONIA PURNELL
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / February 28, 2020By Taylor Sue Leonhardt Thanks 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 student...
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INTERVIEW WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE RECIPIENT OF THE 2019 NBCC IVAN SANDROF AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / February 28, 2020By Aekta Khubchandani Thanks 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 a...
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC FICTION FINALIST BEN LERNER
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / February 26, 2020By Zac Ginsburg Thanks 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...
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Five Questions With Natalie Fletcher
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / February 26, 2020Natalie Fletcher is a writer from Kingston, Jamaica. She has an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from the New School, and most recently worked as an associate lecturer at the University of the W...
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INTERVIEW WITH 2019 NBCC BIOGRAPHY FINALIST LUCASTA MILLER
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, 2020 NBCC Finalists Interviews / February 24, 2020By Kate Tooley Thanks 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 facul...
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2019 Creative Writing Faculty and Alumni Publications
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing for Children and Young Adults / January 7, 20202019 book publications by MFA Creative Writing alumni. The New School Creative Writing Program is proud to announce its list of 2019 alumni and faculty book publications. This year, 31 books h...
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MFA students respond to New York Times “This is 18” Prompt
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / January 2, 2020What does it mean to be an 18-year-old girl around the world? The New York Times asked young women photographers this question. The result was “This Is 18,” a portrait of girlhood across six cont...
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Current MFA student John Kazanjian Responds to Mike Kelley’s Timeless Painting Show @ Hauser & Wirth
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / December 5, 2019On Mike Kelley’s Timeless Painting by John Kazanjian This Fall semester, Ben Fama conducted a trio of masterclasses on Art Writing for students of the MFA in Creative Writing. A component of t...
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Five Questions with Ellen Hagan
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / November 13, 2019Ellen Hagan is a writer, performer, and educator. She is the author of two poetry collections: Crowned and Hemisphere, and Watch Us Rise, a YA collaboration with Renée Watson. She has a poetry co...
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Five Questions with Roberto Montes
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / November 4, 2019Roberto Montes is the author of I DON'T KNOW DO YOU, named one of the Best Books of 2014 by NPR. His poetry has appeared in The Lambda Literary Spotlight, Guernica, PEN America Poetry Series, and...
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Five Questions with Kate Cox
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / October 22, 2019Kate Cox is editor of The New Food Economy, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom, where she leads a team of reporters and editors in investigating the forces shaping how and what we eat. She ...
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Fall 2019 Creative Writing Common Reading List
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / October 14, 2019The Creative Writing Program is embarking on something new this fall. We are sharing a common reading list with students, faculty, and staff by notable contemporary writers on issues of diversity...
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The Phaistos Project Announces Its First Writer In Residency
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / October 14, 2019A visual communication design project started at Parsons goes transdisciplinary as it expands to include creative writing students. The first Writer In Residence, MFA 2020 candidate Pune Dracker, sha...
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Five Questions with Charlotte Slivka
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / October 9, 2019* Illustration Credit: Lisa Brown Charlotte Slivka is from Manhattan and now lives in Brooklyn with her daughter, two cats and her partner (cast in order of appearance). She likes to think ab...
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100 Books by Creative Writing Alumni
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, MFA / September 27, 2019Guest post by Robert Polito, Founding Director of The New School Graduate Writing Program, and past President of the Poetry Foundation (2013-2015). List compiled by Justin Sherwood, MFA Creative Writ...
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