TNS Lit Scene
Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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Sigrid Nunez Named National Book Award Finalist
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Fiction, TNS Lit Scene / October 11, 2018Three cheers to Sigrid Nunez, a long-time faculty member in the Creative Writing Program, whose novel The Friend has been nominated for the National Book Award in Fiction. Sigrid has been on...
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Five Questions with Leah Iannone
By Nicole Drayton / in Graduates, MFA, People, Poetry, TNS Lit Scene / October 2, 2018Leah Iannone received her MFA in poetry from The New School’s Creative Writing Program. She currently works as Director of Academic Planning at The New School. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, 12th ...
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Five Questions With Aditi Sriram
By Nicole Drayton / in Faculty, Fiction, Graduates, MFA, People, Summer Writers Colony, TNS Lit Scene / September 24, 2018Aditi Sriram teaches Critical Thinking and Creative Writing at Ashoka. She has written for several international publications including The Washington Post, The New York ...
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Five Questions With Susan Shapiro
By Nicole Drayton / in Current Students, Faculty, MFA, New & Forthcoming, Nonfiction, People, TNS Lit Scene / September 20, 2018Susan Shapiro is the bestselling author/co-author of 12 books including the acclaimed memoirs “Five Men Who Broke My Heart,” “Lighting Up” (Random House) and “The Bosnia List” (Penguin Books.) Her...
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Five Questions With John Reed
By Nicole Drayton / in Faculty, Fiction, TNS Lit Scene / September 19, 2018[caption id="attachment_78832" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Natalie Keyssar[/caption] John Reed is author of A Still Small Voice (Delacorte), The Whole (Simon & Schuster),...
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Sigrid Nunez – National Book Awards Longlist
By Nicole Drayton / in Fiction, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene / September 19, 2018Creative Writing faculty, Sigrid Nunez’s novel The Friend has been nominated for The National Book Foundation’s 2018 National Book Awards Longlist. Sigrid is currently teaching an MFA fiction...
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Creative Writing Program at 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fall 2018 events, Fiction, Graduates, Lit, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / September 7, 2018The Creative Writing program will be tabling at this year's Brooklyn Book festival. Come by booth 124 and say 'hello.' We also have several alumni or faculty participating in events and panels this...
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Jenny Han’s (MFA ’05) Young Adult Series Debuts on Netflix
By Ben Fama / in Graduates, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / August 23, 2018Jenny Han, MFA in Creative Writing alumna (Writing for Children and Young Adults '05) is a prolific YA author. Her books include the trilogy To All the Boys I've Loved Before, P.S. I Still L...
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Five Questions With Sarah Jospitre
By Nicole Drayton / in Current Students, Fiction, MFA, People, TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / August 20, 2018Sarah Jospitre is a second-year student in the Writing For Children & Young Adults section of the MFA Creative Writing Program. Recently, she has completed an internship in the editorial dep...
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The Inquisitive Eater Anthology is Here
By Creative Writing at The New School / in MFA, TNS Lit Scene / July 16, 2018The Inquisitive Eater anthology is here! Editor Felicity LuHill says: "this is some of the best of what The Inquisitive Eater has to offer. The Inquisitive Eater has been flourishing since 2012 a...
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5 Questions with Ricky Tucker
By Nicole Drayton / in 12th Street, Graduates, Lit, MFA, Nonfiction, People, Riggio Honors, Summer 2018 Events, Summer Writers Colony, TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate / June 26, 2018Ricky Tucker is a North Carolina native, storyteller, essayist, and art critic. His work explores the imprints of art and memory on narrative, and the absurdity of most fleeting moments...
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Summer Photo Contest #LiterarySwag
By Nicole Drayton / in Continuing Education, Current Students, Faculty, Fiction, Graduates, MFA, Nonfiction, Summer 2018 Events, TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate, Writing for Children and Young Adults / June 19, 2018This summer, join the #LiterarySwag movement, launched on Instagram by Yahdon Israel, MFA Creative Writing graduate (2016), by sharing your most creative photograph that brings together liter...
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5 Questions with Jeff Vasishta
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Riggio Honors, Summer Writers Colony, TNS Lit Scene, Undergraduate / June 13, 2018Five Questions with Jeff Vasishta Jeff Vasishta is a writer, music publisher and journalist who has interviewed many musicians including Prince, Beyonce, Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock. He...
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Sarah Schulman Publishing Triangle Award Speech
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Past Events, TNS Lit Scene / April 27, 2018Last night at The New School, Sarah Schulman accepted the 2018 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Publishing Triangle. We are honored to publish the text of her speech, as delivere...
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MFA Alum Sharisse Tracey Featured in Roxane Gay’s New Anthology: NOT THAT BAD
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / April 23, 2018By Kelly McHugh-Stewart MFA alum Sharisse Tracey's latest essay "Picture Perfect" will be featured in the forthcoming anthology, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture (Harper Collins...
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LIVE THE WRITER’S LIFE IN NYC THIS SUMMER
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / April 17, 2018The New School in New York City offers what we believe to be the country's premier urban writers colony. Each June, writers convene from around the country and around to world to transform their wri...
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John Reed Brings Multi-Genre Workshop To the Summer Writers Colony
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / April 13, 2018The Creative Writing Program is excited to announce John Reed will be teaching a multi-genre workshop at this year's Summer Writers Colony. This literary arts workshop will cover narrative stor...
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Valeria Luiselli and mónica teresa ortiz on Borders and Belonging
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, New & Forthcoming, Nonfiction, TNS Lit Scene / April 12, 2018Join the Creative Writing Program, in collaboration with The New School's Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, on Wednesday, April 18 for an evening of readings and conversation by renowne...
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Visiting Writer Layli Long Soldier wins National Book Critics Circle Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / March 27, 2018Congratulations to 2018 Summer Writers Colony visiting writer Layli Long Soldier who has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry! Layli's award winning book WHEREAS: Poems will be...
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Interview with NBCC Nonfiction Nominee Dr. Adam Rutherford
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / March 14, 2018By Plamena Malinova 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 facult...
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