Pamela Newton
M.A., English Language and Literature, Middlebury College, 2004
B.A., Drama, Northwestern University, 1997
Pam Newton writes for magazines as an art/culture journalist and essayist. Publications include the Huffington Post, the New York Times Magazine, Time Out New York, O the Oprah Magazine, American Theatre, Entertainment Weekly, and others. She has taught literature and writing to high school and college students for many years, including two years teaching abroad in Germany, and has a particular interest in the teaching of writing and in pedagogy more broadly. Some past courses have focused on expository writing, non-fiction essay writing, dramatic literature, city life, American literature, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison.
Selected Publications
“The Theatre of Politics or the Politics of Theatre? Yes” American Theatre
- “The Balancing Act of ‘The Bedwetter,’” American Theatre
- “Sometimes You Want to Go” on Killing the Buddha
- “What is Anthony Trollope Good For?” on The National Book Review
- Author page on Medium
- “At the Well” on Wanderlust
-“Watching the Mothership Sail” on TueNight
- “The Generative Generation,” American Theatre
- Blogger Page on The Huffington Post
- “On the Lookout for the Past,” The New York Times Magazine
- “Ivo van Hove is Having a Moment,” American Theatre
- “Stew Pays a Debt to James Baldwin,” American Theatre
- “The Broadway Season Was Diverse Off-Stage Too,” American Theatre
- “Hoboken: The Gothamite’s Gateway to the Garden State,” hMag
- “Shards of Beckett,” The Brooklyn Rail
“The Shirt” (monologue), in Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron
Book Reviews for O the Oprah Magazine (samples):
- Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
- Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Theater Reviews for Time Out New York (samples):
- Inner Voices
- Hard Times
- Mountain Jews
- A Perfect Future
- Sounding
Courses
Undergraduate: Travelers and Tourists (Writing Seminar); Reading and Writing the Modern Essay; The Modern Metropolis (Writing Seminar); English 121: Writing About Cities