MFA in Creative Writing Events, Fall 2024

Harlem In The Woods Retreat Stephen & Betsy Corman Harriman Outdoor Center Fri-Sun 10/4-10/6 Thesis Workshop 1 – General Information 4:00pm-5:00pm In The Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Wed 10/16 Thesis Workshop 2 – For Fa24 Thesis Students  4:00pm-5:00pm – On Zoom Wed 10/23 Chai and Chat With Kima Jones  6:30pm-7:30pm In The Rifkind Center, NAC …

MFA 2024 Photographs - Faculty

MFA 2024 Photographs

Some photos of the Creative Writing MFA program that students and faculty have shared through the semester

Book Covers, "Hate in the Homeland" and "Neo-Nazi Postmodern," for conference "White Supremacy in Global Context"

White Supremacy in Global Context

Wednesday, April 16th, 20245:00-6:30 pm In person and via ZoomRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building In recent years the transnational dimensions of far-right, racially motivated extremism have become unmistakable. The texts and manifestos of far-right networks circulate widely on the Internet, radicalizing new groups and spawning racially motivated acts of terrorism by actors who, despite being …

"Bricklayer" 1976 painting by Qunnie Pettway, Essay by Emily Raboteau in Orion Magazine

Essay by Emily Raboteau in Orion Magazine

Gutbucket, by Emily Raboteau At the end of the world, rituals offer a lifeline I AM A MOTHER raising Black children in New York City, which is unceded Munsee Lenape territory. Often, I am afraid for my children’s lives. Where my family lives, the storms are growing worse, and the water is rising, and these are …

Chai and Chat with David Groff

A reading and conversation to celebrate his new book, Live in Suspense. Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024New Date—Wednesday, April 3rd, 20245:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building David Groff’s third book of poems Live in Suspense, was published in 2023 from Trio House Press. He has previously published Clay, winner of the Louise Bogan Award and Theory …

45th Annual Langston Hughes Festival Honors Colson Whitehead

Roundtable Discussion, Film Screening and Award Ceremony February 1, 2024 at Aaron Davis Hall  The Symposium 12:30 pm – 1:45pm Roundtable Discussion featuring The PaperFilm Screening of The Five Demands following the symposium The Ceremony: 6:00 pm – 8:00P pm  Musical Performance by Ariel Reign, Memphis Music Ambassador  RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/45th-annual-langston-hughes-festival-honors-colson-whitehead-tickets-798761456017 Contact Info: Black Studies Program 160 Convent Avenue, NAC 4/149New York, …