TNS Lit Scene
Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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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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LIVE THE WRITER’S LIFE IN NYC THIS SUMMER
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / January 23, 2017The 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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MFA Creative Writing Alumni Skillshare
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, MFA, TNS Lit Scene / January 18, 2017MFA CREATIVE WRITING ALUMNI SKILL-SHARING SEMINARS As part of the 20th anniversary of the MFA in Creative Writing Program, we are rolling out new initiatives featuring alumni. We're pleased to announ...
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CREATING HOPE IN THE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WORLD
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Writing for Children and Young Adults / December 29, 2016“It’s my belief that we need to TALK. We need to share our stories, as often as possible, when it’s safe to do so, because that’s the only way understanding, and a path to real peace, can happen” – ...
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BEST BOOKS OF 2016 BY MFA ALUMNI & FACULTY
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / December 20, 2016Congratulations to The New School Creative Writing alumni and faculty members who made best of 2016 book lists! These books are among the 40 books published by Creative Writing alumni and 13 published...
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WRITEON FELLOWS SPEND SEMESTER TEACHING AT GEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Current Students, TNS Lit Scene / December 15, 2016[caption id="attachment_37046" align="aligncenter" width="640"] MFA students Elise Burchard and KrisAnne Madaus pose with their George Jackson Academy Creative Writing Class after an end of semester r...
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