Across the globe, survivors, activists and nations search for productive ways of moving forward in the aftermaths of mass atrocities. Louis Bickford and Eduardo González have worked in many such areas. In conversation with Prof. Mikhal Dekel, they will talk about their lived experiences: challenges, successes, and the ideas and ideals that animate them.
A reading and conversation with poet and professor Rosanna Young Oh.
Professor Amr Kamal will speak about his new book, Emporialism: Department Store Fictions and the Politics of the Mediterranean. The book looks at the convergence between emporia (department stores) and spaces and imaginaries of empires, in the context of a modern Mediterranean divided between the British, French, and Ottoman empires.
The acclaimed Compagnia de’ Colombari, director Karin Coonrod conceived of Whitman on Walls: a hybrid project juxtaposing film and live performance in response to Walt Whitman’s radical “Song of Myself.” This ambitious project has travelled all over the country and world. Our launch features New York poets who have participated in previous events and are included in the anthology.
Tuesday, March 18th6:30PM-7:30PMRifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Free and open to the public Novelist, poet, and memoirist Andrew Krivák will read from his recent work and be in conversation with Professor Salar Abdoh. Krivák will discuss openings in his novels, and how the way a writer begins can — and should — shape the entire story. …
February 23 7-9pm Fiction Bar 308 Hooper St. Brooklyn, NY 11211 Featuring: Nina Capelli Tim Coover Kelly Dasta Mave Goren Samantha Hernandez Sarah Bess Jaffe Micaela Macagnone Gabriel Noel F.M. Papaz Presented by The Writer’s Foundry & The City College of New York
The Langston Hughes Festival THURS 2/13 – FRI 2/14 THESIS WORKSHOP – For SP25 Thesis Students MON 2/24 5:00pm-6:00pm – ON ZOOM THESIS WORKSHOP – General Information WED 3/5 6:30pm-7:30pm in the Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 MFA Reading Series featuring Andrew Krivák TUES 3/18 6:30pm-7:30pm in the Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Reading by Emily Raboteau …
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Martin Woessner will be in conversation about his new book Terrence Malick and the Examined Life with Nick Pappas, Professor of Philosophy, City College and the Graduate Center, CUNY.