Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
What does it mean to study poetry in Literary Studies at Lang? Students explore what it means to be a writer and reader of poetry, what it means to be a practicing poet in the world. We encourage students to think about poetry as widely as possible, to consider poetry as expression that addresses concerns from the intimate and personal to the engaged and political, from questions of beauty to questions of social justice.