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The Writing Program is pleased to host authors, critics, and publishers in this ongoing program of readings and discussions. Series and single-admission tickets to these public events can be purchased the day of an event or in advance from the Box Office at 66 West 12th St. The Box Office is open Mondays-Thursdays, 1:00-8:00 p.m., and Fridays, 1:00-7:00 p.m., or call (212) 229-5488 during Box Office hours. You can also e-mail boxoffice@newschool.edu (provide your name, contact e-mail or telephone, forum title/date, and number of tickets required). Tickets will be held for you to purchase during Box Office hours.
students, faculty, and staff.
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Nonfiction Forum
Tues., March 28, 6:30 p.m.$5.
Robert Polito, moderator
Cynthia Carr.
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Poetry Forum: Mark Strand
Wed., March 29, 6:30 p.m.$5.
David Lehman, moderator
Mark Strand is the author of The Story of Our Lives, with the Monument and the Late Hour and Blizzard of One: Poems.
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Acclaimed/Emerging Reading: Kay Ryan, Tomaz Salamun, and Andrew Zewacki
Thurs., March 30, 7:30 p.m. $10/$7 PSA members.
Location: Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street).
Faturing acclaimed poets Tomaz Salamun, author of Poker and the forthcoming The Book for My Brother; and Kay Ryan, author of The Niagra River. Salamun and Ryan will read with emerging poet Andrew Zewacki, author of Amabranch. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America and the Writing Program.
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MFA Chapbook Reading
Fri., March 31, 6:30 p.m., reception; 7:00 p.m., reading. Free admission.
Location: 66 West 12th Street, room 510.
Winners of the Class of 2003 and Class of 2004 Chapbook Contests read from their work. 2003 winners: Randolyn Zinn The Giselle Room (selected by Trey Ellis); Alysia Abbott, Unused to Water: Selected Shorts (selected by Jo Ann Beard); Erica Kaufman, A Familiar Album (selected by Mary Jo Bang); Catherine Stine, Refugees (selected by Daniel P. Ehrenhaft). 2004 winners: Nikki Westfall, The Night Manager (selected by Meg Wolitzer); Meredith Philips, Dwellings (selected by Jo Ann Beard); Erin Burke, Undivided Fronds and Ben Turner, The Death of Good Sailor Bob (selected by Mary Jo Bang); Selene Castrvilla, Evolution (selected by Daniel P. Ehrenhaft).
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Forum on Writing for Children
Tues., April 4, 6:30 p.m.$5.
Deborah Brodie, author of Writing Changes Everything, moderator
Elizabeth Partridge, author of John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth and Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange.
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John Ashbery Festival
Thurs.-Sat., April 6-8. For more information, call 212.229.5611 or email writingprogram@newschool.edu.
Location: All events take place at 66 West 12th Street unless indicated otherwise; see schedule below for room assignments.
The New School graduate Writing Program sponsors a three-day festival honoring the great American poet John Ashbery. Ashbery has won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, as well as MacArthur, Guggenheim, and other prestigious fellowships, and is the author of more than 20 books of poetry, including Some Trees (1956), Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975), A Wave (1984), Can You Hear, Bird (1994), and Where Shall I Wander (2005). He is also the author of three books of critical prose and co-author, with James Schuyler, of the novel A Nest of Ninnies. In 1988 he served as the inaugural editor of "The Best American Poetry" series. He holds a titled professorship at Bard College. During the three days of the festival, poets, critics, and scholars from far-flung places will discuss various aspects of Ashbery's achievement. David Lehman, poetry coordinator of the New School Writing Program, is organizing the festival together with Robert Polito, the Writing Program's director.
Thurs., April 6
- 1:00 p.m.
- Ashbery's Landscapes: Marit MacArthur, Timothy Gray, Ann Mikkelsen, and Kacper Bartczak on an Ashbery poem, room 510.
- 2:30 p.m.
- Selected Prose and Selected Translations: David Kermani, Micaela Morrissette, Eugene Richie, and Rosanna Wasserman, room 510.
- 4:30 p.m.
- Poets and Artists: Jane Hammond, Archie Rand, Jane Freilicher, and Karen Wright, Tishman Auditorium.
- 7:30 p.m.
- Homage to Ashbery: A Group Reading: introduced by David Lehman. Mark Bibbins, Star Black, Marc Cohen, Billy Collins, Douglas Crase, Jacek Gutorow, Daniel Halpern, Vicki Hudspith, Tomoyuki Iino, Deborah Landau, Ann Lauterbach, James Longenbach, Geoffrey O'Brien, Ron Padgett, Robert Polito, Pawel Marcinkiewicz, David Shapiro, James Tate, Susan Wheeler, Dara Wier, and John Yau, Tishman Auditorium.
- 11:00 a.m.
- Roger Glbert, James Longenbach, Meghan O'Rourke, Jacek Gutorow, and Melcion Mateu-Adrover, room 510.
- 2:00 p.m.
- Tomoyuki Iino, Jennifer Quilter, Andrew DuBois John Emil Vincent, Pawel Marcinkiewicz, and William Burgos, room 510.
- 4:30 p.m.
- John Koethe, Dara Wier, John Yau, and Lacy Rumsey room 510.
- 7:30 p.m.
- John Ashbery introduced by James Tate, Tishman Auditorium.
- 2:00 p.m.
- The Heroes: Bob Holman, Vicki Hudspith, and David Lehman, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (at Bleecker).
- 3:00 p.m.
- "Litany": John Ashbery and Ann Lauterbach, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (at Bleecker).
Nonfiction Forum
Mon., April 10, 6:30 p.m.$5.
Robert Polito, moderator
John Glusman.
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Writing Program Director's Forum
Tues., April 11, 6:30 p.m.$5.
Robert Polito, moderator
Therese Svoboda.
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Wave Books
Thurs., April 20, 7:00 p.m. $5.
Authors Joshua Beckman, Anthony McCann, and Noelle Kocot read from their recent Wave Books collections. Also presented is author Mary Ruefle's visual poetry technique entitled "Erasures." Co-sponsored with Wave Books and the Writing Program.
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Cave Canem Legacy Reading: Naomi Long Madgett
Mon., April 24, 7:00 p.m. Free admission.
Location: Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Naomi Long Madgett interviewed by Cave Canem co-founder Toi Derricotte.
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Nonfiction Forum
Tues., April 25, 6:30 p.m.$5.
Robert Polito, moderator
Mary Karr.
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Poetry Society of America 96th Annual Awards Ceremony
Thurs., May 10, 7:30 p.m. $10l; $7 PSA members.
Location: Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street.
A gala ceremony featuring the presentation of the 2005 Frost Medal. The winner delivers the annual Frost Lecture. Winners of the other PSA Annual Awards are officially announced, and a reception follows the program. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America and the Writing Program.
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Publishing Triangle Awards
Thurs., May 11, 7:00 p.m. Free admission.
Every year, the Publishing Triangle presents awards for the year's best gay and lesbian writing in a gala ceremony. Awards for fiction writing are presented in partnership with the Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards. The Publishing Triangle itself presents the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, the Publishing Triangle Award for Gay Poetry, and the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement. The Robert Chelsey Foundation awards for playwrting are also presented at this event. Hosted by the Writing Program.
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