TNS Lit Scene
Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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Ignite Fellows for Spring and Fall 2019
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / January 31, 2019We are thrilled to announce the selection of the two Ignite Fellows for 2019. Danicia Dominguez will serve this spring and Virginia Collins this fall. Fellows work ten hours a week as "internal journ...
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Five Questions With Madge McKeithen
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Fiction, MFA, Summer Writers Colony / January 29, 2019Madge McKeithen began teaching nonfiction writing at the New School in 2006, shortly after completing her MFA in the low-residency program at Queens University in Charlotte, NC, and publishing her fir...
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Five Questions With Candice Ralph
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / January 22, 2019Candice Ralph is a second-year MFA Creative Writing student concentrating in Writing for Children and Young Adults at The New School with a BA in English Language and Literature from The University of...
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2018 Creative Writing Alumni and Faculty Books
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Graduates, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing for Children and Young Adults, MFA / January 17, 2019The New School Creative Writing Program is proud to announce its list of 2018 alumni and faculty book publications. This year, 30 books have been published by alumni and former students of t...
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Five Questions With Helen Schulman
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, People, Fiction, MFA / January 14, 2019Helen Schulman was born in New York City, where she lives, writes, teaches. She received a BA at Cornell University and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. She has published six nov...
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Five Questions with Theodore Kerr
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Undergraduate / January 9, 2019Canadian born Theodore (Ted) Kerr is a white, HIV negative, non-trans, gay man who lives in Brooklyn and works as writer, organizer, and educator, focusing primarily on HIV/AIDS and community. He fini...
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Five Questions with Kelly McHugh-Stewart
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Nonfiction, MFA / December 17, 2018Kelly McHugh-Stewart graduated from the MFA in Creative Writing Program in May of 2018. Formerly a sports journalist, Kelly focused on nonfiction during her time at The New School and is cu...
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Five Questions with Keisha Bush
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Fiction, MFA / December 12, 2018Keisha Bush was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and currently lives in East Harlem. She received her MFA in creative writing from The New School, where she was a Riggio Honors Teaching Fell...
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Sigrid Nunez Wins National Book Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Fiction / November 15, 2018MFA Creative Writing faculty member Sigrid Nunez has won the 2018 National Book Award for her novel The Friend. Announced last night at the National Book Award Ceremony in lower Manhattan, the pr...
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Five Questions With Victoria Richards
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Current Students, People, Fiction, Poetry, MFA, Lit / November 7, 2018Victoria Richards is a poet, freelance writer and second-year MFA Creative Writing student at The New School. She holds a BS degree in Public Relations from St. John’s University. Victoria has a passi...
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Dale Peck and Zia Jaffrey’s Protest Factory
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene / November 1, 2018MFA faculty Dale Peck and Zia Jaffrey are curating a reading series as part of Downtown for Democracy's Protect Factory: EVENT SCHEDULE Thursday, November 01, 2018 Sign making and p...
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Five Questions With Robert Polito
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, People, Poetry, Riggio Honors, MFA, Lit / October 29, 2018Robert Polito is a poet, essayist, editor, and biographer. Recent books include the poetry collection Hollywood & God and Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber. He...
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Congratulations to Caron Levis!
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / October 16, 2018The Children's Literature Centre Book Award was founded in 2012 and given to an artist in the early stages of their career, whose work embodies themes of compassion, love, and courage. This year, o...
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Five Questions With Darren Lyons
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, Current Students, People, Poetry, MFA / October 15, 2018Darren Lyons is from Akron, OH. He's rambled since, but he's currently an MFA student in the Creative Writing Program of The New School in New York, NY and is the MFA Saturday Workshop Coordinator thi...
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Sigrid Nunez Named National Book Award Finalist
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Fiction / 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 TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Poetry, MFA / 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 TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Graduates, People, Fiction, MFA, Summer Writers Colony / 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 TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Current Students, People, Nonfiction, MFA, New & Forthcoming / 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 TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, Fiction / 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 TNS Lit Scene, People, Fiction, MFA / 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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