{"id":1633,"date":"2023-01-31T17:47:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/community\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T17:47:17","slug":"browse-the-new-schools-alumni-bookshelf-to-discover-your-next-great-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/community\/2023\/01\/31\/browse-the-new-schools-alumni-bookshelf-to-discover-your-next-great-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Browse The New School\u2019s Alumni Bookshelf to Discover Your Next Great Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The past year was another successful one for The New School\u2019s alumni authors, with dozens of books in various genres\u2014nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and children and young adults\u2014hitting the shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumni authors created captivating stories that attracted significant critical attention and commercial success. From the mesmerizing fiction of Alex Di Francesco\u2019s <em>Transmutation, <\/em>and Alison Hart\u2019s <em>The Work Wife,<\/em> to the timely explorations of Madeleine Rogin\u2019s <em>Change Starts With Me: Talking About Race in an Elementary Classroom<\/em>, Gaithuan Gonmei\u2019s <em>Corona in the City<\/em>, and Sonya Sklaroff\u2019s <em>Pandemic Paintings<\/em>, these works resonated with audiences throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover your next great read in the list below and browse The New School\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newschool.edu\/alumni\/bookshelf\/\">&nbsp;Alumni Bookshelf<\/a> for more selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FICTION<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-transmutation.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26797\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/alexdifrancesco.com\/transmutation-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transmutation<\/a><\/em><br>Alex Di Francesco, BA Liberal Arts &#8217;10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-last-girl-ghosted.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26798\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lisaunger.com\/books\/last-girl-ghosted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Last Girl Ghosted<\/a><\/em><br>Lisa Unger, BA Liberal Arts &#8217;92\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-in-the-meeting.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26799\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com\/in-the-meeting-a-frances-yates-mystery\/\">In the Meeting: A Frances Yates Mystery<\/a><br><\/em>Marjorie Jones, MA Historical Studies &#8217;96<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-little-foxes-took-up-matches.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26800\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katyakazbek.com\/lftum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Little Foxes Took Up Matches<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Katya Kazbek, BBA Strategic Design &amp; Management \u201911<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-gallery-of-beauties.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26801\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-gallery-of-beauties-a-venice-beauties-mystery-nina-wachsman\/18596111?ean=9781685121051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gallery of Beauties<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Nina Wachsman, BFA Illustration &#8217;78\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-remember-this.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26802\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steveadamswriting.com\/remember-this\">Remember This<\/a>\u00a0<br><\/em>Steve Adams, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;02\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-boxing-rings-and-cages.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26803\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lorisabates.com\/books\">Benita Renee Jenkins 2: Boxing Rings and Cages<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/em>Lorisa Bates, MA Media Studies &#8217;99\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-ballad-of-laurel-springs.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26804\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.janetbeard.com\/books\">The Ballad of Laurel Springs<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/em>Janet Beard, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;05\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-missing-hours.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26805\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250083739\/themissinghours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Missing Hours<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Julia Dahl, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-work-wife.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26806\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alisonbhart.com\/theworkwife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Work Wife<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Alison Hart, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-what-do-you-see-when-you-look-in-the-mirror.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26807\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/what-do-you-see-when-you-look-in-the-mirror-nikita-singh?variant=39651159867426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror<\/a><\/em><br>Nikita Singh, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-shimmering-state.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26808\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meredithwestgate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Shimmering State<\/a><\/em><br>Meredith Westgate, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-lunatiques.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26809\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkirby.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lunatiques<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>S.N. Kirby, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NON FICTION<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-change-starts-with-me.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26810\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutiontree.com\/change-starts-with-me.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Change Starts With Me: Talking About Race in an Elementary Classroom<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Madeleine Rogin, BA Liberal Arts &#8217;96\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-batman-saves-the-congo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26811\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/book-division\/books\/batman-saves-the-congo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrity Disrupt the Politics of Development<\/a><\/em><br>Alexandra Budabin, PhD Politics \u201912\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-mission-economy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26812\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/marianamazzucato.com\/books\/mission-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Mariana Mazzucato, MA Economics \u201995; PhD Economics \u201999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-treating-trauma-in-trans-people.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26813\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Treating-Trauma-in-Trans-People-An-Intersectional-Phase-Based-Approach\/Minshew\/p\/book\/9780367681678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treating Trauma in Trans People: An Intersectional, Phase-Based Approach<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Reese Minshew, MA Psychology &#8217;15; PhD Clinical Psychology &#8217;15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-youth-and-suicide-in-american-cinema.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26814\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-08686-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences<\/a><\/em><br>Alessandra Seggi, MA Media Studies &#8217;01; PhD Sociology &#8217;13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-last-resort.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26815\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-last-resort-sarah-stodola?variant=39703502389282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Sarah Stodola, MA Liberal Studies &#8217;05\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-design-and-the-social-imagination-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26816\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/design-and-the-social-imagination-9781350242968\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design and the Social Imagination<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Matthew DelSesto, MA Theories of Urban Practice &#8217;14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-city-witchery.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26817\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/city-witchery-accessible-rituals-practices-prompts-for-conjuring-and-creating-in-a-magical-metropolis-lisa-marie-basile\/15863896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Witchery<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Lisa Basile, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-having-this-conversation-now.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26818\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/we-are-having-this-conversation-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We are Having This Conversation Now<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Theodore Kerr, BA Liberal Arts &#8217;13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/impact-with-integrity-cover.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26819\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/impact-with-integrity-repair-the-world-without-breaking-yourself-becky-margiotta\/17418281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impact with Integrity: Repair the World Without Breaking Yourself<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Becky Margiotta, MS Organizational Change Management &#8217;07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-compact-guide-to-excellence.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26820\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tompeters.com\/writing\/books\/compact-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tom Peters\u2019\u00a0<em>Compact Guide to Excellence<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><br>Tom Peters, Parsons School of Design &#8217;73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-xo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26821\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/sararauch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">XO<\/a><\/em><br>Sara Rauch, BA Liberal Arts &#8217;03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ART AND DESIGN<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-corona-in-the-city.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26822\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westbowpress.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/813863-corona-in-the-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corona in the City<\/a><\/em><br>Gaithuan Gonmei, AAS Fashion Design &#8217;20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-long-live-king-kobe.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26823\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebooks.com\/products-1\/long-live-king-kobe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long Live King Kobe: Following the Death of Tyler Nichols<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Spencer Ostrander, BBA Strategic Design and Management &#8217;12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-pandemic-paintings.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26824\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonyasklaroff.com\/books\/pandemic-paintings-sonya-sklaroff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pandemic Paintings<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Sonya Sklaroff, MFA Painting &#8217;00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-heilbronn-wimmelt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26825\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heilbronn-wimmelt\/dp\/3842523335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heilbronn wimmelt<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Kimberley Hoffman, BFA Illustration \u201989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-one-who-loves-you-most.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26826\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levinequerido.com\/the-one-who-loves-you-the-most\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The One Who Loves You The Most<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>medina, MFA Creative Writing: Nonfiction &#8217;21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-waking-fire.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26828\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Waking-Fire-1\/dp\/1335428577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waking Fire<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Jean-Paul Bass, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/2022.11.30_rea-blood-of-the-nectar-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26829\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.payaldoshiauthor.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rea and the Blood of the Nectar<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Payal Doshi, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-home-is-not-a-country.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26830\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/625716\/home-is-not-a-country-by-safia-elhillo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Home is Not a Country<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Safia Elhillo, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-zyla-and-kai.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26831\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/678216\/zyla-and-kai-by-kristina-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zyla and Kai<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Kristina Forest, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;16\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-reckless-glorious-girl.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26833\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/reckless-glorious-girl-9781547604609\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reckless, Glorious Girl<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Ellen Hagan, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;03\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-david-dixons-day-as-a-daschund.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26834\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kathrynholmes.com\/david-dixons-day-as-a-dachshund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Dixon&#8217;s Day as a Daschund<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Kathryn Holmes, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-soft-place-to-land.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26835\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.janaemarks.com\/a-soft-place-to-land.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Soft Place to Land<\/a><\/em><br>Janae Marks, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-one-grillie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26836\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandyreitman.com\/childrens-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One Grillie<\/a><\/em><br>Sandra Reitman, MA Media Studies &#8217;12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>POETRY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/pugilists-daughter.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26837\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/poemingaround.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Pugilist&#8217;s Daughter<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Judith Antelman, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-a-list-of-things-ive-lost.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26838\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/vegetarianalcoholicpress.com\/titles\/tiffany-babb-a-list-of-things-ive-lost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A List of Things I&#8217;ve Lost<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Tiffany Babb, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-book-or-the-woods.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26839\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/punctumbooks.com\/titles\/the-book-or-the-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Book or The Woods<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Jeff Johnson, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-cover-charge.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26840\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/autonomedia.org\/product\/cover-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cover Charge<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Linda Kleinbub, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-protection.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26841\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepoetrybox.com\/bookstore\/protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protection<\/a><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>Michelle Lerner, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;08<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-the-future-of-black.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26842\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiamanick.com\/the-future-of-black\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br>Cynthia Manick, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/01\/22-alumni-bookshelf-book-of-dirt.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26843\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spdbooks.org\/Products\/9781630450656\/the-book-of-dirt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Book of Dirt<\/a><\/em><br>Nicole Santalucia, MFA Creative Writing &#8217;08\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past year was another successful one for The New School\u2019s alumni authors, with dozens of books in various genres\u2014nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and children and young adults\u2014hitting the shelves. 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