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As an educator, Kirpal Gordon has taught creative writing, journalism, composition, critical thinking, literature, business and professional writing at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York Institute of Technology, The College of New Rochelle at Rosa Parks Campus, Borough of Manhattan College (CUNY), College of Staten Island (CUNY), New York City Technical College (CUNY), Bronx Community College (CUNY), Mercy College, Schreiner College, Central Arizona College, Arizona State University and for many arts organizations, prisons, high schools and adult education centers.

TESTIMONIALS & REVIEWS

When I showed up at Kirpal Gordon's writing workshop, my 400-page fiction manuscript in hand, I got more insight into my work than in all the time I had previously invested, including having paid an editor to do a page-by-page edit. And that was just within the first ten minutes of the first session! Using a Socratic method I much admire, he helped put each of us in touch with the original impulses that caused us to write in the first place.
Leah Klein, psychotherapist

Interaction is the basis of any good writing workshop, and that's why I admire Kirpal Gordon's approach so much. Students report not only self discovery but of connecting to, rather than competing with, the discoveries their peers are making.
Morty Schiff, director of creative arts, College of Staten Island

Kirpal Gordon's eight year contribution to our program is a testament to his skills as a writer and educator. He created a 4,000 book donation library; wrote press releases; developed an AIDS Education Committee; designed projects with P.E.N., the Poetry Society of America, Alternative Literary Programs and CAPS; trained group facilitators through the National Issues Forum; taught journalism by producing the national award winning Arthur Kill Alliance, a monthly prison magazine with a circulation of 1,500; taught writing by creating EMPIRE, an internationally acclaimed literary arts annual of NYS inmate writing with a circulation of 5,000. His citation for special recognition from our commissioner was very well deserved.
Kathleen Gerbing, Education Director, Arthur Kill Correctional

I would never have become a writer, nor had the good fortune to have my book published, nor found a way to stay out of prison had it not been for Kirpal Gordon and his creative writing workshops at Arizona State Prison. Simply put, he is a master communicator.
Michael Knoll, author

Experiencing Kirpal Gordon was unlike any professor in any department of
Fordham University. His insight and encouragement helped me start a literary
magazine and press.
Steven Cainero, publisher, Flower Thief Press