Literary Studies '22

Literary studies major with a concentration in writing, focus being poetry –that is a mouthful.

Favorite Class: Reading for Writers, Documentary Poetry taught by Wendy Xu.
This course, taken my sophomore year, introduced me to a voice of experimentation and made me question whether one day I could call myself a writer. Focusing on experience and how we document the processes of witness, the teachings in this course allowed me to contextualize and push my own understanding of identity formation as composed against societal narratives of normative performances of self.

I am most proud of the ways that my peers and I have been able to navigate learning in this time of heightened anxiety that accompanies social settings. We all deserve to be proud of the ways in which we continue to push and challenge ourselves daily, situated in this extended moment of uncertain circumstance.

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Thank you to both the professors and fellow students who have continued to interrogate my own motives of production and intention, especially in the workshop setting. I will continue to hold close both the criticisms and words of encouragement shared in these settings of extreme dissection of our intimate language. I admire and look up to each one of you.

Literary Studies '22

Minor: Gender Studies

My name is Rosannie Then, and I am a senior majoring in Literary Studies with a concentration in nonfiction writing. My favorite classes were my nonfiction workshops with Alison Kinney. I am most proud of the fact that I made it to the finish line and am graduating. I have spent my time at Lang trying to learn as much as possible but it’s definitely a challenge to constantly push through. But it’s paid off and now I have a body of work that I am very proud of.

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I am grateful for all my professors, I am lucky to say that I’ve enjoyed every class I’ve taken. And I am so thankful for all of my workshop buddies. My cohort has been incredibly supportive and encouraging but their sharpness has really helped me develop my craft. Lastly, I would also like to thank Alison Kinney who has been a huge presence in my Lang career. Her encouragement and advice in and out of the classroom has pushed me to believe in my abilities and I would not be in such a fortunate position without all of her guidance.

BAFA Liberal Arts / Finer Arts '23

Vic Walsh is an artist, pandemic-farmer, and lover of dirt. They are a BA/BFA student concentrating on Art and the Mind at Lang and Fine Arts at Parsons. Their work in Memory and Forgetting was particularly influential for their conceptual engagement with death and decay. During their time at The New School, Vic has co-curated two apartment art shows and one gallery exhibition.

BA/MA Literary Studies / Liberal Studies '22 / '23

Hello!
My name is Zoey Greenwald and I'm a poet living in Brooklyn, NY. I'm in the last year of my Literary Studies degree at Lang and the first year of my Liberal Studies degree at Social Research. In my time at Lang I've had the privilege to study under queer poets Miller Oberman and Jackie Wang, the former of whom introduced me to the work of those artists and writers I can't ever see living without, and the latter of whom inspired one of the projects I'm most proud of -- a true-to-form Punk Grrrl zine, "GIRL AND FIGHTER", that would prove to me my own ability and reach as a writer.
Reflecting also on what I've learned from masterful poets Jennifer Firestone and Wendy Xu, I'm reminded that Eugene Lang is a very special place. To trust another person with the development of one's poetics is to be placed in an incredibly vulnerable position, and I am beyond lucky to have found a community of such smart, caring people engaging so beautifully and honestly in queer-feminist poetics.
Thank you all! xo!

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Thank you!

Mckenzie Wark
Jennifer Firestone
Jackie Wang
Wendy Xu
Miller Oberman
Sul Mousavi