Summer Writers' Colony at the New School, full schedule

Tuesday June 1st



9-10:30 am: Welcome Breakfast and Orientation

The New School Courtyard



10:30 am-noon: Writing Workshops

Lang Building (B258, 259, and 261)



2-4 pm: Faculty Reading: Poetry and Prose

Sharon Mesmer and Kathleen Ossip

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jonathan Franzen

Lang Building 65 W. 11th St. (B259)



Wednesday June 2nd



10am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-5 pm: Literary Walking Tour of Greenwich Village

with Joshua Beckman

Meet in the New School Courtyard



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jonathan Franzen



Thursday June 3rd



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-4 pm: Publishing Panel: Fiction

Moderated by Shanna Compton

Associate Publisher, Softskull Press

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jonathan Franzen



Friday June 4th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-4 pm: Lecture and Presentation: The Urban Sketch

Thomas Beller, novelist and editor of Open City Magazine & Books and Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood

Orozco room (66 W. 12th Street)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jonathan Franzen

Orozco Room (66 W. 12th Street)



Monday June 7th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



12:30 – 2 pm: Brown Bag Lunch Faculty Reading

Robert Polito and Helen Schulman

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jorie Graham

Lang Building 65 W. 11th St. (B259)



Tuesday June 8th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-4 pm: Faculty Fiction Reading

Douglas Martin and Joe Salvatore

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jorie Graham



Wednesday June 9th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-4 pm: A Conversation with Richard Howard

Poet and Poetry Editor of The Paris Review

Orozco Room (66 W. 12th Street)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jorie Graham



Thursday June 10th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-4 pm: Publishing Seminar

Amy Holman

Co-Founder, Poets & Writers Publishing Seminars

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



Friday June 11th



3-4:30 pm: Publishing Panel: Poetry

Moderated by Matthew Zapruder

Editor-in-Chief, Verse Press

GF Building 65 5th Avenue (F302)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Jorie Graham

Orozco Room (66 W. 12th Street)



8:30-10 pm: Faculty Poetry Reading and Reception

Joshua Beckman, Matthew Rohrer, Matthew Zapruder

Orozco Room (66 W. 12th Street)



Monday June 14th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



12:30-2 pm: Brown Bag Lunch Faculty Reading

Jackson Taylor and Abigail Thomas

GF Building 65 5th Avenue (F302)



2-5 pm: Public Transit Writing Workshop

With Joshua Beckman

Meet in New School Courtyard



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Colm Toibin

Lang Building 65 W. 11th St. (B259)



Tuesday June 15th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Colm Toibin



Wednesday June 16th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-3:30 pm: Faculty Poetry Reading

Patricia Carlin and Deborah Landau

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Colm Toibin



Thursday June 17th



10 am-noon: Writing Workshops



2-4 pm: Publishing Panel Discussion: Magazine and Journal Editors

Moderated by Patricia Carlin

Editor, Barrow Street

Wolf Conference Room (65 5th Avenue)



6-8 pm: Literary Salon: Colm Toibin

Lang Building 65 W. 11th St. (B259)



8:30-11 pm: Final Student Reading and Celebration

Lang Cafeteria (65 W. 11th Street)