Writes & Bites: Moynihan Train Hall and moving through your pages

The train isn’t just good for affordable, comfortable travel; it’s also a convenient mobile writing spot with a dose of scenic inspiration. Illustration by Clara Waldheim

Welcome to Writes & Bites — a series where Creative Writing MFA student Arianna Gundlach periodically reviews a place in New York City you could write at and tackles a writing topic that has been weighing on your mind. This week we look at writing aboard an Amtrak train departing from Moynihan Train Hall.

Writes & Bites: Book Club Bar and making your textual lineage count

Book Club is a café, bar, and bookstore all rolled into one — which is a lot to pull off, but the venue certainly tries. Illustration by Clara Waldheim

Welcome to Writes & Bites — a series where Creative Writing MFA student Arianna Gundlach will periodically review a place in New York City you could write at…

Wacky Wednesday Comics

Wacky Wednesday Comics by HMAC is The New School Free Press’ weekly comic, where our creative artists encapsulate relatable interactions, humor, and day-to-day life

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Writes & Bites: Black Cat LES and revising 50,000 words after 30 days of writing

Along with the end of November, came the close of National Novel Writing Month: a writing sprint of 50,000 words over 30 days. Illustration by Ting-en Tsai

Welcome to Writes & Bites — a series where Creative Writing MFA student Arianna Gundlach will periodically review a place in New York City you could write at…

Judy Chicago’s Herstory: The art and artifice of girlbossing

Judy Chicago, “Birth Trinity: Needlepoint One, from the Birth Project” “Judy Chicago: Herstory,” 2023. Exhibition view: New Museum, New York. Courtesy New Museum. Photo: Dario Lasagni

Well-behaved women rarely make history, but they do get DIOR sponsorships. The New Museum is now displaying “Judy Chicago: Herstory,” an exhibition that spans the sixty-year career of…