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  • Laura Cronk

    Chair of Poetry and Assistant Professor of Writing

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    cronkl@newschool.edu

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    Laura Cronk

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    Laura Cronk, is a poet and essayist and is the author of two books from Persea Books: Ghost Hour (2020) and Having Been an Accomplice (2012), winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize.  Her poems, essays and interviews have appeared in anthologies and publications including the Best American Poetry series, the Academy of American Poets, Big Other, The Bennington Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Court Green, The Curator, Iterant, Lit Hub, The Literary Review,  Public Seminar, and WSQ. She was the founding poetry editor for The Inquisitive Eater: New School Food and is currently an associate editor with Tupelo Quarterly. For many years she curated the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar. She has presented panels on reframing the writers' workshop and the ethics of writing nonfiction. In her teaching practice, she is especially interested in collaborative pedagogical methods. Her work supporting writers at The New School has included programming The Summer Writers Colony, the Writing & Democracy Honors Program, and the BA in Creative Writing. She is a member of the feminist writing collective The Matrix.

     

    Future Courses

    Advanced Poetry
    LLSW 4020, Fall 2025

    Book Culture
    NWRW 3359, Spring 2026

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Spring 2026

    Honors Program: Thesis
    NWRW 4950, Spring 2026

    Poetry Workshop
    NWRG 5100, Spring 2026

    Teaching of Writing Seminar
    NWRG 5940, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Contemporary Books
    NWRW 3359, Spring 2025

    Creative Thesis & Lit. Project
    NWRG 5920, Spring 2025

    Honors Program: Thesis
    NWRW 4950, Spring 2025

    Poetry Workshop
    NWRG 5100, Fall 2024

    Teaching of Writing Seminar
    NWRG 5940, Fall 2024

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