Writing Division
GS students and hipster undergrads galore. The Creative Writing Department is housed on the sixth floor of Kent.[1] As of 2013, the department head is the illustrious Stacey D'Erasmo. The major is small, with only 9 required classes (5 workshops and 4 seminars). The teaching staff is fantastic, with notables including Cris Beam, Margo Jefferson, and Amy Benson.
The office up in Kent is run by Dorla McIntosh, who sends amusing emails. For example, during Hurricane Sandy, she detailed her travels:
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
(I simply don't appreciate my river flowing into my subway station is all.)
10 minute walk to the post office: $0 Commuter van to Port Authority: $3 Cab to Columbia University: $20
Not having to wait for the elevator in Kent: $ priceless!
The office is sometimes frequented by a a dog, George Eliot, a brown shepherd-mutt.
