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NEW YORK, September 1, 2010, The New School’s fall roster of readings and talks brings to campus many of the most distinguished writers and thinkers of our time.
Samplings of the season include readings by Walter Mosley and Sigrid Nunez; an all-day discussion on contemporary poetry with Rita Dove, Edward Hirsch, Galway Kinnell, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, C.K. Williams, and others; a presentation by the founder of the global educational nonprofit, Room to Read, John Wood; and a lecture by 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner Holland Cotter.
The New School also celebrates the contributions of established and emerging writers, hosting the Best American Poetry Reading and the National Book Awards. With what is one of the preeminent university public reading series in the nation, the university reinforces its commitment to the imaginative process.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS IS ATTACHED. All public programs are subject to change.
About the New School Writing Program
The New School has been a vital center for writing and its instruction since 1931, when Gorham Munson, a Manhattan editor and influential partisan of the Alfred Stieglitz circle, introduced his now-legendary workshop in creative writing. Since 1996, The New School has offered a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree with concentrations in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and writing for children. Founded by poet and biographer Robert Polito, the MFA program marks the latest transformation in the school’s commitment to creative writing. Over seven decades of steady innovation, The New School’s writing faculty has featured many of America’s most important poets, novelists, literary critics, and editors, including Robert Frost, W.H. Auden, Robert Lowell, and Frank O’Hara. The current faculty includes Jeffery Renard Allen, Susan Cheever, David Gates, Ann Hood, Hettie Jones, David Lehman, Suzanna Lessard, Phillip Lopate, Honor Moore, Sigrid Nunez, Dale Peck, Helen Schulman and Stephen Wright. For more information, visit www.writing.newschool.edu.
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