Graduate Student Conference Program – May 17, 2024
Conference program and bulletin: workshops, events and keynotes
Chloe Cooper Jones: Reading and Q/A with the author of ‘Easy Beauty’
Presented by The CCNY MFA in Creative Writing and The CCNY Department of Philosophy
Thursday, March 30, 2023
4:00 – 5:15 PM
Why Mentorship Matters: a Roundtable
Featuring the editors of ‘Feminists Reclaim Mentorship’ and other panelists
Nancy K. Miller, Tahneer Oksman, Melissa Coss Aquino, Michelle Yasmine Valladares, Sharifa Hampton, and Angela Veronica Wong
Faculty Stories: “War, Peace & Poetics” Anthology, Edited by Professor Laura Hinton, Out Now.
The issue features work by over thirty poets, visual, performance and multimedia artists, and features Cris Cheek’s “No War” image series.
Faculty Stories: Salar Abdoh’s Dispatch from Behind the Front Lines in Ukraine
“There’s a war far closer to your home, among people who speak your language. Why do you need to chase battle in Ukraine?”
Alumni Stories: Nicole Treska’s “Love Letter to Her Family”
A mobster father and a winding road leading from Hawaii to New York are just some of the stories MFA alum Nicole Treska explores in her interview for the “Indoor Voices” podcast.
Student Stories: Michael Montali’s “Fantastic Cat” Performs on CBS Saturday Morning
Singer-songwriter and CCNY MFA in Fiction Candidate Michael Montali’s and his band performed a song off their debut album for CBS Saturday Morning.
Exploring the City College Archives
The Archives at City College are rich in historical documents, from 15th century hand-written manuscripts to foundational magazines of the N.A.A.C.P
Faculty Stories: CCNY Poetry Outreach Center director Pamela Laskin wins prestigious award
Pamela L. Laskin is the recipient of a 2022 Freedom Through Literacy Board Option Award for her work to enable children to unload their grief and to empower voices through poetry.