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GetLit: Nonfiction / ‘Rugs and Revelations’

Illustration by Sadie Wood

GetLit is a semimonthly series featuring works of fiction and creative nonfiction submitted by New School students. Each month has two opportunities to submit: an open call and a themed call. November’s theme was “Thank you, next.” This month’s themed call selection is “Rugs and Revelations” by Aadvika Gupta.

Halloween returns to Greenwich Village with the 51st Annual NYC Village Halloween Parade

Photo by Dove Williams

As the evening crept up on Greenwich Village, the monsters came out to play. Ghosts, ghouls, and spooky creatures of all kinds congregated along 6th Avenue, waiting eagerly…

WNSM World Domination!: The New School’s student-run radio station celebrates its first birthday

WNSM Birthday cake made by Elizabeth Stormont. Photo by Bella Savignano

The New School’s student-run radio station celebrated its first birthday exactly how you’d expect – and want. On Sunday, Feb. 25, Lucia Betelu, a fourth-year Sociology major at…

Writes & Bites: Jefferson Market Library and the little details

It’s the little details of the Jefferson Market Library that make it worthwhile. And as writers, we must also pay attention to the little details to keep our readers invested and interested. 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 and tackle a writing topic that has been weighing on your mind. This week we look at Jefferson Market Library located at 425 Sixth Ave.

Writes & Bites: Starbucks Reserve and the inner critic

Your inner critic comes out to play: whether it’s the calorie count police, the Instagram foodie, or the indecisive perfectionist. They sit there at the bar with a pumpkin spice espresso martini in hand, mocking you — judging you. And for us writers, the inner critic can be just as crippling. Illustration by Clara Waldheim

Welcome to Writes & Bites — a series where Creative Writing MFA student Arianna Gundlach will periodically review a potential writing spot in New York City and tackle…

Home away from home

International students at The New School talk about places that remind them of home. Being so far from home causes them to miss that familiarity, finding ways to get that same comfort in the city. Illustration by Camila Giraldo

International students share how they find pockets of home in the city. To leave home and travel to New York City is a huge upheaval. As of fall…