Robin Hemley
We wanted to share some exciting news. The new book by Robin and Xu, The Art and Craft of Asian Stories: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology has just been released…
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Ken LaZebnik
Playwright and Director of the MFA in Writing and Producing for Television program Ken LaZebnik premieres Animate, a new play performed outdoors at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St.…
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Rita Banerjee
MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Faculty Rita Banerjee’s essay “Birth of Cool,” which appeared in the Silence & Power issue of Hunger Mountain, was recently named a Notable Essay…
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Erin Stalcup
MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Faculty Erin Stalcup has a new novel forthcoming! Her novel Keen (Goldwake Press, 2022) imagines that the ancient Irish custom of hiring women to…
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New York State Education Board Approves New Curriculum for the MFA in Writing and Publishing
The Polk School is proud to announce that the New York State Education Board (NYSED) has approved the new curriculum and title change for the MFA in Creative Writing and…
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PBS Features work of Henry Arroyo from LIU Post
“Henry Arroyo, a filmmaker out of LIU Post, gives us an overview of his fiction film ‘My Friend John.’ Arroyo is featured on the full episode WLIW Arts Beat.” Read…
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TV production class visits The View
A Media Arts alumnus, Rodney Pierre, has worked on THE VIEW for many years, and prior to Covid would generously arrange a field trip to the show for our students each semester.
Curtis Stephen
Curtis Stephen is an award-winning New York-based journalist whose work has appeared in The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Newsday and City Limits magazine. Among his reports, Stephen chronicled the case of…
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Josh Margolin
Post ’92, BFA in Journalism In his role as the Chief Investigative Reporter at ABC News, Josh Margolin’s reporting appears on all ABC News programs and platforms, including Good Morning…
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