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 …

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, …

Conversation with Brian Tart, President and Publisher, Viking Penguin

Tuesday, February 6th, 20245:00-6:30 pmRifkind Center, 6/316 NAC building Brian Tart will discuss the publishing industry with emerging writers. Free and open to the publicSponsored by The David Dortort Fund for Creative Writing Brian Tart was named president and publisher of Viking in January 2015, and Penguin Books in 2020. He started his career as …

Book Talk: Robert Higney, Institutional Character

Friday, December 1st from 4-5 pm Robert Higney will present a talk on his recent book Institutional Character: Collectivity, Individuality, and the Modernist Novel (University of Virginia Press, 2022), hosted by the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. The event will be held on Zoom. Register here:https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsf-qupzkoGtEde7QfbKU7XuwlVd1lwsSE#/registration

Craft as Brand: Authoring Your Career

CCNY’s MFA Program  in Creative Writing Presentsa Publishing Workshop with Yahdon Israel Senior Editor, Simon & Schuster and Guest Professor  Craft as Brand: Authoring Your Career This workshop will help the emerging writer craft their career as a writer. Tuesday November 28th from 7:00 – 8:00 pm Rifkind Room NAC 6/316 Yahdon Israel is an educator, entrepreneur, editor, writer …

Hachette Book Group hosts the 25th Anniversary of the Publishing Certificate Program 

On September 27th, 2023, CCNY’s Publishing Certificate Program celebrated its 25th Anniversary amongst industry luminaries at the Hachette Book Group’s headquarters in New York City. CCNY President Vincent Boudreau joined PCP co-founder and novelist Walter Mosley to mark this achievement and underscore the important role the PCP has played in increasing diversity in the publishing …

A Conversation with Carlos Aguasaco, Chai & Chat Reading Series

The CCNY MFA in Creative Writing presentsChai & Chat Reading Series   FA23 A Conversation with Carlos Aguasaco Poet, Professor and Director of the Americas Poetry Festival Moderated by Prof. Michelle Valladares Tuesday, November 14th 5 – 7 pm Rifkind Center, NAC  6/316 Sponsored by the Estate of the Kenneth Kowald Fund for Advancing American Literature …

In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful: A Reading & Conversation with David Unger

CCNY’s MFA in Creative Writing Reading Series Fall 2023 presents: David Unger Novelist, Translator & Professor A Reading and Conversation to Celebrate the English Translation of his Book, In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful Thurs. Nov 9 2023s:oo-6:oo pmRifkind Center NAC 6/316 David Unger received Guatemala’s Miguel Angel Asturias National Literature Prize for lifetime achievement …

Reading and Conversation with Rahna Reiko Rizzuto

CCNY’s MFA in Creative WritingReading Series Fall 2023 A Reading and Conversation with Rahna Reiko Rizzuto — Guest Professor, Novelist and Memoirist Monday, October 16, 20235:00 – 7:00pmRifkind Center, NA 6/316 The MFA in Creative Writing at City College invites you to a reading and conversation with Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, a guest professor, novelist and …