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Writers in New York (Summer 2010 Info Coming In January)

This summer, live and write in Greenwich Village.

VISITING WRITERS & EDITORS

Visiting writers include recipients of the American Book Award, the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, the Lannan Literary Award, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Whiting Writer's Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Library of Congress, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Also visiting will be editors from A Public Space, The Brooklyn Rail, Fence, The Harvard Review, Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, Open City, The Paris Review, Tin House and Wave Books.

Joshua Beckman, Thomas Beller, Jen Bervin, Jason Brown, David Cameron, Christopher Cox, Lydia Davis, Danielle Evans, Steve Fishman, Nick Flynn, Mary Gaitskill, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Kimiko Hahn, Matthea Harvey, A.M. Homes, Brigid Hughes, Major Jackson, Noelle Kocot, Jennifer Kronovet, Deborah Landau, James Lasdun, Sam Lipsyte, Anne Marie Macari, Nathaniel Rich, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Rachel Sherman, Chris Smith, Christopher Sorrentino, Joyce Wadler, Lewis Warsh, Rebecca Wolff, Joanna Yas, John Yau, Leni Zumas, and more

FACULTY

Matthew Rohrer (Poetry Craft Seminar) is the author of Rise Up (2007) and A Green Light (2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin International Poetry Prize. He is also the author of Satellite (2001), Nice Hat. Thanks (2002, with Joshua Beckman) and A Hummock in the Malookas (W.W. Norton, 1994), a winner of the National Poetry Series. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Hopwood Award for Poetry and an M.F.A from the University of Iowa.

Elissa Schappell (Fiction Writing Workshop) is the author of Use Me, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and co-editor with Jenny Offill of the anthologies The Friend Who Got Away and Money Changes Everything. She is a co-founder and editor at large of Tin House, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review. Her essays, articles, and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies such as The Bitch in the House, The KGB Bar Reader, and The Mrs. Dalloway Reader. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Queens in Charlotte, North Carolina, and at Brooklyn College.

Helen Schulman (Fiction Writing Workshop) is the author of the short story collection, Not a Free Show, and four novels, most recently A Day at the Beach. She has been a Sundance Fellow, a New York Foundation for the Arts recipient and a Pushcart-Prize-winner. She has taught in the MFA program at Columbia University and at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She is also an associate professor and fiction coordinator for the MFA Program at The New School.

Brenda Shaughnessy (Poetry Writing Workshop) is the author of Interior with Sudden Joy and the forthcoming Human Dark with Sugar, winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches at Princeton University and Eugene Lang College.

Irini Spanidou (Fiction Writing Workshop) is the author of three highly acclaimed novels: Fear, God’s Snake, and, most recently, Before. She has taught creative writing at New York University, Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn College. Her work has been translated into several languages, including her native Greek.

Darin Strauss (Fiction Craft Seminar) is the author of the international bestseller Chang and Eng, and The New York Times Notable Book The Real McCoy, one of the New York Public Library's "25 Books to Remember of 2002." His latest novel, More Than It Hurts You, was published in June, 2008. His work has been translated into fourteen languages, and he teaches writing at New York University, for which he won a 2005 "Outstanding Dozen" teaching award. Darin was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing.
Joanna Yas (Associate Director) has been the editor of Open City, a literary journal and book publisher, since 1999. Previously, she held positions at Ploughshares, Grand Street, and Zoetrope, and is a co-founder of Editrixie, an editorial services company. She has conducted panels and seminars on publishing at a variety of universities, including The New School, Sarah Lawrence, Columbia, and NYU.

Deborah Landau (Director) is the author of Orchidelirium, which won the Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and Blue Dark (forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press). Her poems, essays, and reviews appear in Grand Street, The Paris Review, Tin House, The Antioch Review, American Literature, The Kenyon Review, TriQuarterly, The Best American Erotic Poems, Poetry Daily, and Women’s Studies Quarterly, among other publications. She was educated at Stanford, Columbia, and Brown, where she was a Javits Fellow and received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature. For many years she co-directed the KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry Series. She co-hosts the video interview program Open Book on Slate.com and is the Director of the NYU Creative Writing Program.

PROGRAM

Classes and readings are held in the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, home of the NYU Creative Writing Program. Located on one of the most beautiful blocks in Greenwich Village, this historic townhouse has been a gathering spot for artists and intellectuals since the 1870s. It was in this building that members of the Tile Club, a group of notable painters, sculptors and architects, met and conducted their famous symposia. Today, the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House allows students to learn and write in the same neighborhood where so many writers—including Mark Twain, E.E. Cummings, James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Marianne Moore, Richard Wright, and Frank O’Hara—have lived and worked. Writers House is also an ideal setting for the intimate readings, literary salons, panel discussions, seminars and lectures that are held throughout the year.

Students who participate in Writers in New York choose to focus on either poetry or fiction and attend daily writing workshops and craft sessions. Classes are supplemented by readings and lectures by New York-based writers and publishing professionals. Field trips, cultural activities, readings, and guest lectures constitute an integral component of the program; students are expected to attend and actively participate in all of them.

Classes meet in the afternoons (2:30pm-5:00pm), Monday-Thursday. Evenings (6:00pm-8:00pm) feature readings, lectures, panel discussions, and special events. The schedule includes time for writing, reading, and exploring New York. The program culminates in a celebratory reading showcasing student work. This is a four-week undergraduate program carrying eight points of credit. Enrollment in the entire program is required.

Courses in Fiction or Poetry
Writers in New York: Fiction
V39.0818 - Strauss (craft seminar), Schappell (workshop) - 8 Points
V39.0818 - Strauss (craft seminar), Schulman (workshop) - 8 Points
V39.0818 - Strauss (craft seminar), Spanidou (workshop) - 8 Points

Writers in New York: Poetry
V39.0819 - Rohrer (craft seminar), Shaughnessy (workshop) - 8 Points

Craft Seminars
The craft seminars are literature courses taught by writers for writers about the craft of writing. Craft courses are designed to complement the writing workshops. Students study great works of literature (poems, short stories, and novels) in order to learn how to create their own. Emphasis is on close reading and the basic elements of craft. Poetry students read exemplary poems and study voice, style, line, image, music, metaphor, syntax, and diction. Fiction writers consider stories and novels with a focus on the basic techniques of fiction, including plot, narrative, dialogue, tone, structure, rhythm, setting, and style. Course format includes both lecture and discussion.

V39.0818.001-003 Writers in New York: Fiction w/ Darin Strauss (craft seminar)
V39.0819.001 Writers in New York: Poetry w/ Matthew Rohrer (craft seminar)

Writing Workshops
The writing workshops in fiction or poetry are central to the Writers in New York program. Workshops are led by professional writers who are also gifted teachers. Students learn the art and craft of writing by studying exemplary literary works and generating new original work of their own. Students gain experience responding to the poetry or prose of others and receive detailed faculty feedback on work in progress. Complementary reading and writing exercises are given to inspire and instruct. Students learn how to read closely and are given guidance on the art of revision, the business of publishing, and all aspects of the writer's life. Workshops are generally limited to 12 students. Individual private conferences supplement coursework. Each student submits a final portfolio of writing at the end of the program.

V39.0818.001 Writers in New York: Fiction w/ Elissa Schappell (workshop)
V39.0818.002 Writers in New York: Fiction w/ Helen Schulman (workshop)
V39.0818.003 Writers in New York: Fiction w/ Irini Spanidou (workshop)
V39.0819.001 Writers in New York: Poetry w/ Brenda Shaughnessy (workshop)

Evening Colloquia
All students attend a nightly series of readings, lectures, panel discussions, publishing forums, literary walking tours, and special events.

2009 Colloquia Events

HOUSING

Writers in New York students may choose to apply for NYU Summer Housing. Information on accommodations, rates, and application procedures can be found on the Office of Summer Housing website. Students are guaranteed housing at the enrolled rate, but we recommend that they

apply for housing by March 27. Students applying after this date are less likely to be housed in one of their top building preferences. Summer Housing rates differ depending on the accommodation type and whether or not a meal plan is required. Students may arrange to stay in housing beyond the Writers in New York program dates.

Please note: housing is not guaranteed at the time of application to the Writers in New York program. If you are accepted into Writers in New York and would like NYU housing, you must submit a separate housing application. A minimum three-week payment per application must be included when you submit a completed housing application to the Office of Summer Housing. Once your application is complete, it typically takes four to six weeks to receive a confirmation of your status.

COSTS

For students enrolled at NYU in Spring 2009: $9,044
For a breakdown of fees, please visit the Office of the Bursar's website.

For students not enrolled at NYU in Spring 2009: $9,068
For a breakdown of fees, please visit the NYU Summer in Greenwich Village website.

Program & Activities Fee (for all students): $250

NYU Summer Housing (optional)
Enrolled student housing rates differ based on accommodation type and whether or not a meal plan is required. Please visit the Office of Summer Housing website for rate information.

APPLICATION

DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION HERE

The application consists of a form and a personal statement. Visiting students must also submit their official transcript(s) and a $25 application fee. Admission is rolling. Applications must be submitted to:

NYU Office of Special Sessions
110 E. 14th Street
New York, NY 10003

Eligibility
Writers in New York is open to NYU and Non-NYU Students. You must have a high school diploma or equivalent to apply.

2009 Dates
Program Dates: June 1-June 25
Orientation & First Day of Classes: June 1
Last Day of Classes: June 25

Contact Information
NYU Creative Writing Program
Telephone: 212-998-7584
Email: writers.in.ny@nyu.edu

	Matthew Rohrer (Poetry Craft Seminar) is the author of Rise Up (2007) and A Green Light (2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin International Poetry Prize. He is also the author of Satellite (2001), Nice Hat. Thanks (2002, with Joshua Beckman) and A Hummock in the Malookas (W.W. Norton, 1994), a winner of the National Poetry Series. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Hopwood Award for Poetry and an M.F.A from the University of Iowa.
	Elissa Schappell (Fiction Writing Workshop) is the author of Use Me, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and co-editor with Jenny Offill of the anthologies The Friend Who Got Away and Money Changes Everything. She is a co-founder and editor at large of Tin House, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review. Her essays, articles, and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies such as The Bitch in the House, The KGB Bar Reader, and The Mrs. Dalloway Reader. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Queens in Charlotte, North Carolina, and at Brooklyn College.
	Helen Schulman (Fiction Writing Workshop) is the author of the short story collection, Not a Free Show, and four novels, most recently A Day at the Beach. She has been a Sundance Fellow, a New York Foundation for the Arts recipient and a Pushcart-Prize-winner. She has taught in the MFA program at Columbia University and at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She is also an associate professor and fiction coordinator for the MFA Program at The New School.
	Brenda Shaughnessy (Poetry Writing Workshop) is the author of Interior with Sudden Joy and the forthcoming Human Dark with Sugar, winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. She teaches at Princeton University and Eugene Lang College.
	Irini Spanidou (Fiction Writing Workshop) is the author of three highly acclaimed novels: Fear, God’s Snake, and, most recently, Before. She has taught creative writing at New York University, Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn College. Her work has been translated into several languages, including her native Greek.
	Darin Strauss (Fiction Craft Seminar) is the author of the international bestseller Chang and Eng, and The New York Times Notable Book The Real McCoy, one of the New York Public Library's "25 Books to Remember of 2002." His latest novel, More Than It Hurts You, was published in June, 2008. His work has been translated into fourteen languages, and he teaches writing at New York University, for which he won a 2005 "Outstanding Dozen" teaching award. Darin was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction writing.
	Joanna Yas (Associate Director) has been the editor of Open City, a literary journal and book publisher, since 1999. Previously, she held positions at Ploughshares, Grand Street, and Zoetrope, and is a co-founder of Editrixie, an editorial services company. She has conducted panels and seminars on publishing at a variety of universities, including The New School, Sarah Lawrence, Columbia, and NYU.
	Deborah Landau (Director) is the author of Orchidelirium, which won the Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and Blue Dark (forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press). Her poems, essays, and reviews appear in Grand Street, The Paris Review, Tin House, The Antioch Review, American Literature, The Kenyon Review, TriQuarterly, The Best American Erotic Poems, Poetry Daily, and Women’s Studies Quarterly, among other publications. She was educated at Stanford, Columbia, and Brown, where she was a Javits Fellow and received a Ph.D. in English and American Literature. For many years she co-directed the KGB Bar Monday Night Poetry Series. She co-hosts the video interview program Open Book on Slate.com and is the Director of the NYU Creative Writing Program.