TNS Lit Scene
Lit news aggregated by the School of Writing at the New School
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Interview with 2018 NBCC Criticism Finalist Edwidge Danticat
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 2018 NBCC Finalist Interviews, NBCC Criticism Finalist Interviews – 2018, TNS Lit Scene / March 7, 2018By Kelly McHugh-Stewart 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 fa...
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Benjamin Taylor wins L.A. Times Book Prize
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Nonfiction, TNS Lit Scene / February 27, 2018Benjamin Taylor, long-time faculty member of the MFA in Creative Writing Program, has been awarded the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose from the L.A. Times Book Prizes for his me...
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THE NEW SCHOOL @ AWP 2018
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Graduates, TNS Lit Scene / February 12, 2018The New School will once again be featured at #AWP18, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference. This year's conference will be held in Tampa, Florida, from Wedne...
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Now Available To View: Readings by Eileen Myles and Margot Livesey
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Fiction, Nonfiction, TNS Lit Scene / February 8, 2018The New School Creative Writing Program is now live-streaming select readings hosted here on campus. The videos remain available through our Facebook page to view at your leisure. Watch Eilee...
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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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