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Austen Rosenfeld is a poet and freelance writer who teaches writing at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the College of Staten Island.

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America’s Most Popular Poet

Public Intellectual

He’s read by many—you can even find his poems in New York City subway cars—but what makes Billy Collins so loved? By Austen Rosenfeld.

Austen Rosenfeld | Published Oct 22, 2013

Can We Live Together?

MISTER LONELYHEARTS

Austen Rosenfeld on what the French theorist Roland Barthes can teach us about escaping loneliness.

Austen Rosenfeld | Published Dec 19, 2012

Is the Internet Making Us Forget?

The Way We Were

A new book on memory chronicles how we rely on technology like the Web. Austen Rosenfeld on whether that makes us less human.

Austen Rosenfeld | Published Aug 25, 2012

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