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  • James Lasdun

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    lasdunj@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    James Lasdun

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    James Lasdun has published three books of poetry, two collections of short stories and three novels, The Horned Man, Seven Lies, and The Fall Guy. His story "The Siege," was adapted by Bernardo Bertolucci for his film Besieged. He co-wrote the screenplays for two other feature films, Signs and Wonders and Sunday, and the latter, based on another of his stories, won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance in 1997. With Michael Hofmann, he co-edited the anthology After Ovid: New Metamorphoses. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in poetry and was the winner of the inaugural National Short Story Competition in the UK.

    Recent Publications

           

    Current Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Spring 2025

    Prose Workshop
    NWRG 5250, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Fall 2024

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