Welcome to the NYU Creative Writing Program. The graduate Creative Writing Program at NYU has distinguished itself for 30 years as a leading national center for the study of literature and writing. Permanent faculty members are E. L. Doctorow, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paule Marshall and Sharon Olds. This year, Charles Simic will be joining Philip Levine as a Distinguished Poet-in-Residence, and Francine Prose has been named the 2008-2009 Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence. Joining our faculty each year are South African writer Breyten Breytenbach, an NYU Distinguished Global Professor, and Matthew Rohrer, Darin Strauss, and Chuck Wachtel, Clinical Associate Professors. Visiting faculty in 2008-2009 are: Nicholas Christopher, Lydia Davis, Jonathan Safran Foer, Kimiko Hahn, A.M. Homes, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Jonathan Lethem, Brian Morton and Irini Spanidou. And the program is distinguished also by its exceptional students--many of our gifted alumni have published critically acclaimed and award-winning books. (A list of alumni books can be viewed at the alumni link above).

The Creative Writing Program now occupies a lovely townhouse on West 10th Street in the same Greenwich Village neighborhood where so many writers--James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Hart Crane, E.E. Cummings, Frank O’Hara, Mark Twain, Richard Wright, and Marianne Moore, to name just a few—have lived and worked.  The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House allows writers--established and emerging--to share their work in an inspiring setting.  Students come to the house to attend events, workshops, and craft classes, and also to gather informally, seeking out quiet corners in which to read and write. The beautiful reception floor, which features skylights and stained glass, is an ideal setting for the intimate readings, literary salons, panel discussions, book parties, lectures, and seminars that are held in the house throughout the year. The program also includes innovative literary outreach programs, teaching opportunities, a prominent reading series featuring over 100 writers each year, seminars with editors and publishers, a nationally-recognized literary journal, and an exciting student reading series held at the famed KGB bar.

The NYU Creative Writing Program is a vital and dynamic center for writers and writing located in the heart of Greenwich Village. If you would like to learn more about the program, please join us at one of our fall CWP Information Sessions.

Best wishes,

Deborah Landau
Director