• Faculty

  • Mark Statman

    Emeritus Professor

    Email
    statmanm@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

    Download vCard

    Mark Statman

    Profile

    As a poet and educator, I’m interested in the ways in which poetry (and all the arts) help us to describe and define the world we live in, that is, to think about what it means to be a writer in this society. I want for my students what I want for myself: to read and to make work that is challenging, provocative, funny, sad, strange, beautiful.

    Degrees Held

    BA, Comparative Religions, Columbia College (Columbia University)

    Professional Affiliation

    Academy of American Poets

    ASCAP (American Society of Performers and Composers)

    PEN America

    AWP (Associated Writers and Writing Programs)

    ALTA (American Literary Translators Association) 

     

    Recent Publications

     
    • Poetry, fiction, translations, essays have appeared in twelve anthologies as well as in numerous journals including South Dakota Review, Washington Square Review, American Poetry Review (APR), Florida Review, Cincinnati Review, Ping Pong, Trespass, Mad Hat, Tin House, The Hat, Hanging Loose, Bayou, conduit, Curbside Review, CBC Features, and Teachers & Writers .
    • That Train Again: Poems (Lavender Ink, 2015).
    • A Map of the Winds: Poems (Lavender Ink, 2013).
    • Black Tulips: The Selected Poems of José María Hinojosa (translations), (University of New Orleans, 2012).
    • Tourist at a Miracle: Poems (Hanging Loose, 2010).
    • Poet in New York, Federico Garcia Lorca, translated with Pablo Medina (Grove Press, 2008). 
    • Listener in the Snow: The Practice and Teaching of Poetry (Teachers & Writers, 2000). 
    • The Alphabet of the Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing, co-edited with Christian McEwen (Teachers & Writers, 2000).

     

    Performances and Appearances

    Readings and talks include Miami Book Fair International (multiple years), Cheltanham (England) International Book Festival, Lorca in Engand Festival, Ruben Darío International Poetry Festival (Nicaragua), Columbia University, Fordham University, Pace University, University of South Dakota, University of New Orleans, Roger Williams University, Allegheny College, Poetry Center of Chicago, Sacramento Poetry Center, Poetry Project (St Marks in the Bowery), Bowery Poetry Club, Blood-Jet Poetry Series (NOLA), Maple Leaf (NOLA), Latter Library (NOLA), Parrish Art Museum, McNally-Jackson Books, Changing Hands Books, NYU Bookstore, ALTA conferences (multiple years), AWP (multiple years).

    Research Interests

    Poetry; Short fiction; Translation (Spanish); Pedagogy of Creative Writing.

    Awards And Honors

    • Jubilee Award, Columbia Scholastic Press Association (Columbia University)
    • Gold Key, Columbia Scholastic Press Association (Columbia University)
    • National Endowment for the Arts
    • National Writers Project Fellow
    • VIrginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow (multiple years)

  • Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.