Faculty News

Recent and upcoming projects by our faculty

Recent and upcoming projects by our faculty

Two members of our faculty, Dan Menaker of Random House and Dorothy Wickenden of The New Yorker, have books in the works.

Dan Menaker, who taught at the Institute last year, is eagerly awaiting the publication of his book “A Good Talk: The Story and Skill of Conversation,” described as an “analysis of and guide to that most exclusively human of all activities– conversation.” Check out some of the book’s pre-publication buzz at The Daily Beast.

Wickenden is writing a book based on a recent article she wrote for The New Yorker, about her grandmother and her closest friend, both 1909 graduates of Smith College, who left Auburn , New York, for the Rockies in 1916 to teach the children of homesteaders in a remote, one-room schoolhouse [...]

Upcoming Speakers

David Shipley

David Shipley

The Writers’ Institute at The Graduate Center welcomes back David Shipley, deputy editorial page editor and Op-Ed editor of The New York Times. Shipley will lead an opinion writing workshop on Nov. 16. There will be a Q&A section following the presentation.

DATE: Monday, Nov. 16
TIME: 8:00pm

David Denby

David Denby

David Denby has been a staff writer and film critic at The New Yorker since 1998. His articles and reviews have also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Review of Books, New York Magazine, and The New Republic. In 1991, he received a a National Magazine Award. He is the acclaimed author of Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau [...]

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  • The Writers’ Institute Turns 3!

    Posted on November 18th, 2009 by anna.king

    The president of the Graduate Center, Dr. William Kelly, joined members of the Writers’ Institute in the Skylight room last week to celebrate the program’s third year. André Aciman, the director of the WI, spoke about plans for the future, including the introduction of a fiction course (in addition to the current non-fiction program). Check out our slideshow of members past and present who met at the party, below.