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MFA Alum Alyson Gerber Walks Tall
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, Writing for Children and Young Adults / April 25, 2017By Iva deMartelly When New School alumni Alyson Gerber walked back into to her old classroom on West 12th street holding up her new book, Braced, she was standing tall. Ten years before, as a 22...
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20 Years of Monday Night Poetry at KGB Bar | Part 6
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Graduates, Poetry / April 25, 2017[caption id="attachment_44082" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Current Monday Night Poetry hosts John Deming and Matthew Yeager at KGB Bar[/caption] We’re celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Mon...
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Keri Smith Wins 7th Annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry / April 17, 2017The 7th annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School MFA in Creative Writing student Keri Smith. The second-prize winner is Joseph McClure, and honorable mention goes to Lea Anders...
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20 Years of Monday Night Poetry at KGB Bar | Part 5
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry / April 17, 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. Megin Jiménez hosted the series from 2009–2012. She speaks ...
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Dale Peck’s Resistance Bookshelf
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Resistance Bookshelf / April 4, 2017Resistance Bookshelf is a new series for the MFA in Creative Writing Program, in which faculty and students share their reading lists and advice for being aware of and learning to fight fascism and fo...
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20 Years of Monday Night Poetry at KGB Bar | Part 4
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Poetry / April 3, 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. Laura Cronk and Michael Quattrone hosted from 2007 until 20...
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WriteOn Fellow celebrates student’s NYC Scholastic Art & Writing Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Current Students / March 31, 2017On Sunday, March 19th, WriteOn fellow and MFA student KrisAnne Madaus attended the NYC Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as an educator to celebrate the success of seventh grade student Neil Baidan ...
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Hettie Jones’ Resistance Bookshelf
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Faculty, Resistance Bookshelf / March 27, 2017Resistance Bookshelf is a new series for the MFA in Creative Writing Program, in which faculty and students share their reading lists and advice for being aware of and learning to fight fascism and fo...
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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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Interview with NBCC Nonfiction Winner Matthew Desmond
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017, NBCC Nonfiction Finalists - 2017 / March 17, 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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Interview with NBCC Criticism Winner Carol Anderson
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Criticism Finalists - 2017, NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 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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Interview with NBCC Autobiography Winner Hope Jahren
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Autobiography Finalists - 2017, NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 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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Interview with NBCC Poetry Winner Ishion Hutchinson
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017, NBCC Poetry Finalists - 2017 / March 17, 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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Profile of NBCC Fiction Winner Louise Erdrich
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Fiction Finalist 2017, NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 2017By Sara Di Blasi Louise Erdrich is a favorite American author and household name. She has written novels, books of poetry and children’s books. Although she started her career as a poet, she is mos...
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Interview with NBCC Biography Winner Ruth Franklin
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Biography Finalists - 2017, NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 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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Profile of Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement Winner Margaret Atwood
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 2017By Alexandra Luppens-Dale Margaret Atwood is the author of over forty books including novels, short story collections, essays, and, most recently, graphic novels. Her work has been adapted into fil...
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Interview with NBCC Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing Michelle Dean
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 2017Lexi Wangler, on behalf of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and Creative Writing at The New School, interviewed Michelle Dean, the winner of this year’s Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in...
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Interview with 2016 NBCC John Leonard Prize winner Yaa Gyasi
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 17, 2017Glynn Pogue, on behalf of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) and Creative Writing at The New School, interviewed Yaa Gyasi, the winner of this year’s NBCC John Leonard Prize. In Bed-...
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Profile of NBCC Autobiography Finalist Hisham Matar
By Creative Writing at The New School / in NBCC Autobiography Finalists - 2017, NBCC Finalist Interviews 2017 / March 15, 2017by Ruwa Alhayek Hisham Matar is a Libyan writer, born in New York, raised in Cairo, and who has lived and taught in England for over 25 years. His most recent book, The Return: Fathers, Sons, and t...
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