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Five Questions with Jhon Valdes Klinger
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / May 28, 2020Jhon Valdes Klinger is a Colombian storyteller, filmmaker, educator, and writer. He is currently an MFA candidate in Fiction from the New School’s Writing Program. He was a Riggio Writing and Dem...
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Five Questions With Ahmad Al-Ashqar
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / March 5, 2020Ahmad Al-Ashqar is a nomadic, romantic, illmatic Palestinian-American poet-translator. Soon after his birth in Kuwait, at the start of the Gulf War his family was displaced to Jordan before movin...
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Five Questions with Roberto Montes
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene / November 4, 2019Roberto Montes is the author of I DON'T KNOW DO YOU, named one of the Best Books of 2014 by NPR. His poetry has appeared in The Lambda Literary Spotlight, Guernica, PEN America Poetry Series, and...
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Five Questions With Antonia Wright
By Nicole Drayton / in TNS Lit Scene, People, Poetry, MFA / February 1, 2019Antonia Wright is a Cuban-American artist born in Miami, Florida. Wright received her MFA in Poetry from The New School in New York City in 2005 as well as at the International Center of Photogra...
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Interview with 2018 NBCC Poetry Finalist Layli Long Soldier
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 2018 NBCC Finalist Interviews, NBCC Poetry Finalist Interviews - 2018 / March 15, 2018By Melanie Odelle 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 f...
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Interview with NBCC Poetry Nominee Nuar Alsadir
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 2018 NBCC Finalist Interviews, NBCC Poetry Finalist Interviews - 2018 / March 15, 2018By Tiziano Colibazzi 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 facul...
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Interview with 2018 NBCC Poetry Finalist Frank Ormsby
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 2018 NBCC Finalist Interviews, NBCC Poetry Finalist Interviews - 2018 / March 14, 2018By Beatrice Helman 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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Interview with 2018 NBCC Poetry Finalist James Longenbach
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 2018 NBCC Finalist Interviews, NBCC Poetry Finalist Interviews - 2018 / March 12, 2018By M.L. Thompson 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 facul...
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Interview with 2018 NBCC Poetry Finalist Ana Ristović
By Creative Writing at The New School / in 2018 NBCC Finalist Interviews, NBCC Poetry Finalist Interviews - 2018 / March 12, 2018By: Annakeara Stinson 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 facu...
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Poetry Forum: Ariana Reines
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Past Events, People, Poetry, New & Forthcoming / November 18, 2013Poet, dramatist, translator, Ariana Reines treated the audience to a new material, rare material and a selection from her latest book, Mercury. The forum was moderated by Tom Healy. The visceral na...
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Poetry Forum: Heather Christle
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Past Events, Faculty, People, Poetry / October 2, 2013Poet Heather Christle, author of What Is Amazing, brought her charm and enthusiasm to The New School poetry forum. She read new work, as well as work from her most recent collection of poems, which se...
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An Interview with Poet Jennifer H. Fortin
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Poetry, MFA / September 24, 2013Jennifer H. Fortin, New School MFA alum and author of We Lack in Equipment & Control, recently spoke with current MFA student B.C. Griffith about the Slow Writing movement, images versus text, an...
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Poetry Forum: Loretta Collins and Paula Bohince
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Past Events, Poetry / September 19, 2013The poetry forum series continued with critically acclaimed poets Loretta Collins (pictured, left) and Paula Bohince, moderated by The New School's Tiphanie Yanique. The two poets discussed their w...
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The Best American Poetry Reading 2013
By Justin Sherwood / in TNS Lit Scene, Past Events, Poetry / September 17, 2013Each year, MFA poetry coordinator David Lehman brings The Best American Poetry Reading to The New School for an unparalleled celebration of the previous year of American poetry publishing. Lehman, who...
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Julia Cohen’s Collateral Light Now Available for Preorder
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Poetry / September 15, 2013Collateral Light, by MFA Poetry alum Julia Cohen's (you'll remember her essay in response to a controversial article by Mark Edmunson), is due 10/15 from Brooklyn Arts Press. To preorder, visit the...
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In conversation with Poets: Danielle Pafunda and Peter Davis
By Creative Writing at The New School / in Past Events, Graduates, People, Poetry / September 12, 2013In our first poetry forum of the semester, Danielle Pafunda, author of Maneater and My Zorba, and Peter Davis, author of Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! and Tina, inspired the audience with wit and humor. I...
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Julia Cohen’s Open Letter to Mark Edmunson
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, People, Poetry / June 26, 2013Harper's Magazine recently published a controversial essay by Mark Edmunson titled "Poetry Slam" wherein Edmunson criticizes the state of contemporary poetry and which poets are being valued. The essa...
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Interview with Kathleen Ossip
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Faculty, People, Poetry, Continuing Education / April 30, 2013Kathleen Ossip is the celebrated author of The Cold War (named one of Publisher's Weekly 100 Best Books of 2011), The Search Engine (which was selected by Derek Walcott for the American Po...
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Alex Bennett Wins the Third Annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Graduates, Poetry, MFA / April 19, 2013The third annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School Alumna Alex Bennett. The prize was founded in 2011 in remembrance of Paul Violi, who was not only an esteemed and influential...
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New School MFA Student Raven Jackson Wins the Vera List Writing Award
By Creative Writing at The New School / in TNS Lit Scene, Current Students, Poetry, MFA / April 18, 2013The Vera List Center for Arts and Politics has announced MFA student Raven Jackson (class of 2014) as the winner for their annual Art Collection Writing Award! Here's their note about this year's them...
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