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  • Shelley Jackson

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    jacksons@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Shelley Jackson

    Profile

    Author of Half Life, The Melancholy of Anatomy, hypertexts including Patchwork Girl, My Body, and The Doll Games, and author/illustrator of several children's books, including The Old Woman and the Wave. Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals including Conjunctions, the Paris Review, Bookforum, The LA Times, The Village Voice and Cabinet Magazine. She is the author of SKIN, a story published in tattoos on the skin of 2095 volunteers, and co-founder (with artist Christine Hill) of The Interstitial Library. The recipient of a Howard Foundation grant and a Pushcart Prize, she has degrees from Stanford and Brown and has taught at Brown, MIT, Pratt Institute, and the European Graduate School.

    Recent Publications

          

    Current Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Spring 2025

    Prose Literature Seminar
    NWRG 5500, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Fall 2025

    Reading and Practice Seminars
    NWRG 5500, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Fall 2024

    Prose Literature Seminar
    NWRG 5500, Fall 2024

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