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Alumni and Friends

Graduates of the New School Writing Program are cordially invited to take advantage of free admission to selected public programs; invitations to private events and receptions hosted by degree programs, the dean, and the university president; and reading privileges at the Fogelman, Gimbel, and Scherman libraries, as well as networking and professional development opportunities. Alumni also receive and are invited to contribute to the alumni newsletter. Register with the Office of Alumni Relations today.

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Alumni Community

The Alumni Community is listed in alphabetical order by category. Categories include books, albums, movies, literary magazines, Reading Series, Anthologies, artworks, press and other.

Books

Note: Click on the book jacket for a larger view.

Janet Beard

Beneath the Pines (September 2008)
www.twodollarradio.com/beneaththepines

Janet Beard Beneath The Pines REVISED THUMB

Chris Beha The Whole Five Feet (May 2009)

www.christopherbeha.com

Christopher Bena The Whole Five Feet THUMB 

Margot Berwin

Hot House Flower and The Nine Plants Of Desire
(sold to Knopf/Vintage 2007, optioned by Columbia Pictures in January 2008;
film will star Julia Roberts)

Margot Berwin Hot House Flower REVISED THUMB


Jen Benka

A Box of Longing With Fifty Drawers (Soft Skull, 2005)

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Mark Bibbins

The Dance Of No Hard Feelings (Copper Canyon Press October 2009)

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Ben Bogacious  
Coleen “Coe” Booth

Tyrell (Scholastic, 2006); Kendra (Scholastic, 2008)
www.coebooth.com

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Pat Brazil  
Kalisha Buckhannon

Conception (St. Martin’s, 2008); Upstate (St. Martin’s, 2004)
www.kalisha.com

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Nick Burd The Vast Fields Of Ordinary (Dial Books/Penguin, May 2009)

www.nick-burd.com


Michael Cirelli

Hip-Hop Poetry & The Classics - Curriculum (Milk Mug Publishing, 2004);
Lobster with Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Hanging Loose Press, 2008);
Vacations On The Black Star Line (Forthcoming: Hanging Loose Press, 2009);
Poetry Jam - Curriculum (Forthcoming: Recorded Books, 2009)

www.urbanwordnyc.org

Christen Clifford www.christenclifford.com
Jessanne Collins

www.jesscollins.com

Susan Cronin

Gidget Goes Away (Publish America, April 2006)

Susan Cronin Gidget Goes Away THUMB

Huy Duc Dao  
Brian DeLeeuw In This Way I Was Saved (Simon & Schuster, August 2009)

www.briandeleeuw.com

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Carlos Deus  
Jesse Dorris

Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction (edited w/ Jaime Manrique)

Kate Ellis

Crossing Borders: A memoir (University Press of Florida, 2001)

Erica Miriam Fabri

High Heel Magazine (chapbook)
www.ericafabri.com

John Findura www.crazyapplepress.blogspot.com
Porter Fox www.writingofthedisaster.com
Sarah Gold  
Carol Goodman

The Lake of Dead Languages (Ballantine, 2002);
The Seduction of Water (Ballantine, 2003);
The Drowning Tree (Ballantine, 2004);
The Ghost Orchid (Ballantine, 2006);
The Sonnet Lover (Ballantine, 2007).
www.carolgoodman.com

Daphne Grab

Alive and Well in Prague, New York (HarperCollins, 2008)
www.daphnegrab.com

George Green

180 More Extraordinary Poems For Every Day (Random House Trade Paperbacks, March 2005); Best American Poetry 2006 (Scribner, September 2006)

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Ellen Hagan

Submerged: Tales From The Basin (Stepsister Press, September 2008)

Ellen Hagan Submerged Tales From The Basin THUMB

Tonya Cherie Hegamin

M+O 4EVR (Houghton-Mifflin, 2008); Pemba’s Song (Scholastic, 2008) Most Loved In All the World (Houghton-Mifflin, 2008)

Caroline Hickey

Cassie Was Here, (Roaring Brook Press, May 2007); Isabelle’s Boyfriend (Roaring Book Press, September 2008)
www.carolinehickey.com

Caroline Hickey Cassie Was Here THUMB

Jared S. Hohl

The Apocalypse Reader (Thunder's Mouth Press May, 2007)

Jared Hohl The Apocalypse Reader THUMB

Andrew Hubner

American By Blood (Simon & Schuster, April 2001)

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Martin Hyatt A Scarecrow’s Bible (Suspect Thoughts Press, February 2006)

www.martinhyatt.net

Martin Hyatt Scarecrows Bible THUMB

Devon Jackson  
Mira Jacob  
Sarah Ruth Jacobs

Gunshy (Finishing Line, 2008); Valence (Flarestack, 2005)
www.editinghq.com

Luis Jaramillo  
Erica kaufman

from censory impulse (Farfalla Press, 2008); from censory impulse (OMG Press, 2008); civilization day (open 24 hours, 2006); from censory impulse (big game books, 2006); a familiar album (New School Chapbook Winner, 2006); the kickboxer suite (Boog Literature, 2006)
ericajane0808.googlepages.com

Brad Kessler  
James Kidd www.carpenterconfidential.com
Alison Kinney  
Geoff Kirsch www.34thparallel.net
Lucas Klauss www.lucasklauss.blogspot.com www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/5/8/klauss.html
Amy Lawless

Noctis Licentia, Emotion Road,
www.pressbodypress.com
www.amylawless.blogspot.com

Daniel W.K. Lee  
Jay Leeming

Dynamite on a China Plate (Backwaters Press, 2006; selected for Backwaters Press Editor’s Prize)

www.jayleeming.com

Jay Leeming Dynamite On A China Plate THUMB

David Levinson
Most Of Us Are Here Against Our Will (Viking Penguin UK, 2005); Antonia Lively Breaks The Silence (Algonquin Books, 2009)

www.david-levinson.com

David Levinson Most Of Us Are Here THUMB


Robert Lopez

Part of the World (Calamari Press, 2007); www.calamaripress.com/ Kamby Bolongo Mean River (Dzanc Books, Forthcoming: 2009); Untitled Story Collection (Dzanc Books, coming in 2010) www.dzanchbooks.com

Robert Lopez Kamby Bolongo Mean River THUMB

Carolyn MacCullough Falling Through Darkness (Simon & Schuster Children's, February, 2005); Drawing The Ocean (Roaring Brook Press, October 2006); Once A Witch (Clarion Books, September 2009)

www.carolynmaccullough.com

Carolyn MacCullough Falling Through Darkness THUMB Carolyn MacCullough Drawing The Ocean THUMB Carolyn MacCullough Once A Witch THUMB

Augustin Maes

New Stories From The South (Algonquin Books, August 2007)

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Douglas Martin  
Deirdra McAfee

www.deirdramcafee.com

Rebecca McCarthy

Over 15 titles in the Mad Libs and Adult Mad Libs series.

Molly McCloy www.mollymccloy.com
Patty McCormick  
Krista McGruder  
Linda Morel

www.lindamorel.com

Sekou Morrison  
Nancy Naluer  
Nita Noveno

www.sundaysalon.com

Flaminia Ocampo  
Meg O’Rourke  
Kathleen Ossip  
Danielle Pafunda

My Zorba (Bloof Books, 2008); Pretty Young Things (Soft Skull Press, 2005)
www.daniellepafunda.blogspot.com

Chris Pastore  
Stephanie Pederson  
Chuck Pizar  
David Pollock Art & Artifice (Factory School, 2008)
essaysandfictions.com
Meghan Punschke

Stratification (BlazeVOX Books, 2008)
www.megpunschke.com

Michael Quattrone

Rhinoceroses (New School Chapbook Series Winner)

John Raymond  
Amanda Robb  
Molly Rosen  
Amy Ryan

Shadow Falls (Delacorte Press, 2005); Vibes (Houghton-Mifflin, 2008)
www.amykathleenryan.com

Carly Sachs

the steam sequence (Washington Writers’ Publishing House, 2006); the why and later (Deep Cleveland Press, 2008)
www.fivefeetabovewater.blogspot.com

Greg Sanders

Motel Girl (Red Hen Press, 2008)
www.gregorysanders.com

Peter Selgin

S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic (Simon & Schuster, 2003); By Cunning & Craft (Writers Digest Books, 2007); Drowning Lessons (University of Georgia Press, 2008, Winner: Flannery O’Connor Award); Life Goes to the Movies (Dzanc Books, 2009)
www.peterselgin.com

Samantha Schnee  
Ronald E. Shamers  
Jessie Sholl www.jessie-sholl.com
Daryl Smith  
Michele Spirn The Know-Nothings series; The Bridges series; Poisoned Plate, Missing, Cold-Blooded Creatures, Arachnids, Mysterious People, Mysterious Places, Spies and Pies, Great Days in Harlem: The Harlem Renaissance, Racing to the Light, Against All Odds, The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Story and others.
www.MicheleSobelSpirn.com
Catherine Clinsky Stone  
Bara Swain

Counting, Eighty-Six,and Beauty and the Beasts in Daifuku, Sweet & Sour Chapbook (Lamia Ink! Press, 2003); I Don’t Know How to Speak French and With a Cherry on Top in Daifuku: Delicious Short Fiction & Poetry Chapbook (Lamia Ink! Press, 2002)

Keally Sweatt www.lyndenk.blogspot.com
Chalanda Sweet  
Justin Taylor

More Perfect Depictions of Noise
www.justindtaylor.net

Mathew Thorburn

Subject to Change (New Issues, 2004)
www.matthewthorburn.

Carol Toscano www.caroltoscano.blogspot.com
Sarah Weeles  
Maggie Wells www.pressbodypress.com
Danielle Winterton

Art & Artifice (Factory School 2008),
www.myspace.com/daniellewinterton

www.thelandscapepress.blogspot.com
www.essaysandfictions.com

Randolyn Zinn  
Andrew Zornoza Where I Stay (Tarpaulin Sky, 2009)
Gina Zucker  

Albums

Sufjan Stevens
Jon Arello  

Movies

 
   

Literary Magazines founded by New School Alums

Essays and Fictions Essays & Fictions, www.essaysandfictions.com; co-founded by David Pollock and Danielle Winterton
The Landscape Press founded by Danielle Winterton
Belladona Books co-edited by Erica Kaufman
www.belladonaseries.org

Reading Series founded or hosted by New School Alums

Paragraph an affordable and tranquil working environment for writers of all genres. Created by New School with an understanding that writers work best in a quiet, comfortable space away from the hurry and obligation of urban life.
Sunday Salon started by Caoline Berger
www.sundaysalon.com
Pete’s Reading Series started by Mira Jacob and Alison Hart
www.petescandystore.com
KGB Poetry Reading Series hosted by Laura Cronk
www.KgbBar.com
Tea Leaf Readong Series hosted by The Tea Lounge, Julia Sorrentino, and Komo Ananda
Vox Reading Series

in Athens, Georgia; started by Danielle Pafunda.

Lolita and Gilda’s Burlesque Poetry Hour co-hosted by Carly Sachs
Word of Mouth hosted by Meghan Punschke
Afternoon of Poetic Debauchery hosted by John Findura

Anthologies

The Apocalypse Reader (Thunder’s Mouth, 2007) – edited by Justin Taylor.
Come Back, Donald Barthelme (McSweeney’s, 2007) – edited by Justin Taylor.

Travelers’ Tales –Prague and the Czech Republic (Travelers’ Tales Press, February 2006) – co-edited by Jessie Sholl

Everything You Know About Sex is Wrong (Disinformation Press: New York, 2006) - edited by Christen Clifford
The Masters (Studio Publications: Sydney, Australia, 2004) - edited by Christen Clifford

Artwork

Adam Chapman
Timothy Chapman  

Press started by New School Alumni

Press Body Press

founded by Amy Lawless and Maggie Wells, www.pressbodypress.com

Eyepatch Press co-founded by Kiely Sweatt

Others

Peter Moore

developed a software package for Microsoft Access that manages writing submissions to editors and publishers.

Baby Love a solo performance based on an essay written by Christen Clifford; ran in an off-Broadway production in April-June 2008.