Robert Polito, Chair
The New School has been a vital forum for writing since 1931, when Gorham Munson, a member of the Stieglitz circle, on impulse initiated a workshop in creative writing. In the early 1950s, critic Maxwell Geismar stated that "The New School has become the richest center of new fiction among all our colleges and universities." Writing Program instructors are all published writers and experienced teachers. Many of our students have gone on to publish or enter graduate writing programs as a consequence of their work at The New School.