Here is our fall lineup. Some of the readings are in classrooms
with limited space. If interested, please contact the MFA Program
at 718-997-4600 or the director, Nicole Cooley, 718-619-4671.
Poet Joshua Mehigan
Monday, September 26, 6:30 pm
For info, contact MFA Program
Poet, Fiction Writer, and Translator
Marilyn Chin Reads and Talks about her Work
Tuesday, October 11, 6:30 pm
Rosenthal Library, President’s Conference Room 2
Open to public
US Poet Laureate Philip Levine
Reads and Talks about his Work
in our series The New Salon in Queens
co-sponsored with The Poetry Society of America
Wednesday, October 19, 6:30 pm
Rosenthal Library 230
Open to public
Translator and Poet Christian Hawkey
Tuesday, October 25, 6:30 pm
For info, contact MFA Program
Poet and Fiction Writer David Mills
Thursday, October 27, 6:30 pm
For info, contact MFA Program
Poet John Murillo
Monday, November 14, 5 pm
For info, contact MFA Program
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
CUNY GRAD CENTER IS YOUR GRAD CENTER ...
There are dozens of mindblowing events at the CUNY Grad Center and many are sponsored by the Center for the Humanities,
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave btwn 34th & 35th
in Manhattan. Plus the events are free of charge.
The building and the venues are fully accessible.
For more information please call 212/817.2005 or e-mail ch@gc.cuny.edu. www.centerforthehumanitiesgc.org
UPCOMING...
Art, Again
Tue Sep 20, 2011, 6:30pm | The James Gallery
Conversation: Bernard Stiegler, Kyoo Lee
How does time relate to the production, collection, and circulation of aesthetic objects, especially in this era of global techno-capitalism? Join Bernard Steigler, renowned French philosopher and Director of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI) at the Centre Georges-Pompidou for a conversation about the material ontology of art and why it matters. He will be joined by discussant Kyoo Lee (Philosophy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice).
They will explore inquiries such as, if “technics is unthought,” as Bernard Stiegler argued in his field-defining trilogy,Technics and Time (La technique et le temps, I-III, 1994-2001), how are we to rethink that technical “thing” along with its oddly self-destructive logic of industry? And why do we continue to produce “stuff,” no matter what?
Back & Forth / Poetry & Jazz
Fri Sep 23, 2011, 4:00pm | The Skylight Room (9100)
Conversation & Performance: David Meltzer, Marty Ehrlich, Ammiel Alcalay
Join the one and only David Meltzer (then youngest poet included in Donald Allen's groundbreaking New American Poetry) in a rare New York appearance as he trades vocal/musical riffs with renowned saxophonist/clarinetist Marty Ehrlich. After performing, they will be joined by poet, CUNY professor, and Lost & Found editor Ammiel Alcalay in conversation followed by open discussion with the audience. David Meltzer's recent When I Was A Poet, Number Sixty in the legendary Pocket Poets Series from City Lights will be available.
Tangled Spaces: Poets Writing Motherhood
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 4:00pm | Martin E. Segal Theatre
Panel & Poetry Reading
How do we theorize a poetics of motherhood? Attentive to divergent experiences of motherhood and using the maternal as a field that hovers outside neat categorization, this symposium will investigate the poetics of the maternal self and body through the experiences of women of color, adoptive mothers and single mothers.
Panel discussion with poets Meena Alexander, English, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY; Kimiko Hahn, Creative Writing and Translation, Queens College; Erica Hunt, independent scholar. Moderators: Nicole Cooley, Creative Writing and Translation, Queens College; Leah Souffrant, English, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Followed by a poetry reading with Meena Alexander, Lee Ann Brown,Tina Chang, Nicole Cooley, Marcella Durand, Betsy Fagin, Kimiko Hahn, Erica Hunt, Cate Marvin, Idra Novey,Tracy K. Smith, Leah Souffrant, Karen Weiser, and Rachel Zucker.
4:00: Panel Discussion
5:30: Reception
6:00: Poetry Reading
co-sponsored by the Poetics Group
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave btwn 34th & 35th
in Manhattan. Plus the events are free of charge.
The building and the venues are fully accessible.
For more information please call 212/817.2005 or e-mail ch@gc.cuny.edu. www.centerforthehumanitiesgc.org
UPCOMING...
Art, Again
Tue Sep 20, 2011, 6:30pm | The James Gallery
Conversation: Bernard Stiegler, Kyoo Lee
How does time relate to the production, collection, and circulation of aesthetic objects, especially in this era of global techno-capitalism? Join Bernard Steigler, renowned French philosopher and Director of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI) at the Centre Georges-Pompidou for a conversation about the material ontology of art and why it matters. He will be joined by discussant Kyoo Lee (Philosophy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice).
They will explore inquiries such as, if “technics is unthought,” as Bernard Stiegler argued in his field-defining trilogy,Technics and Time (La technique et le temps, I-III, 1994-2001), how are we to rethink that technical “thing” along with its oddly self-destructive logic of industry? And why do we continue to produce “stuff,” no matter what?
Back & Forth / Poetry & Jazz
Fri Sep 23, 2011, 4:00pm | The Skylight Room (9100)
Conversation & Performance: David Meltzer, Marty Ehrlich, Ammiel Alcalay
Join the one and only David Meltzer (then youngest poet included in Donald Allen's groundbreaking New American Poetry) in a rare New York appearance as he trades vocal/musical riffs with renowned saxophonist/clarinetist Marty Ehrlich. After performing, they will be joined by poet, CUNY professor, and Lost & Found editor Ammiel Alcalay in conversation followed by open discussion with the audience. David Meltzer's recent When I Was A Poet, Number Sixty in the legendary Pocket Poets Series from City Lights will be available.
Tangled Spaces: Poets Writing Motherhood
Thu Sep 29, 2011, 4:00pm | Martin E. Segal Theatre
Panel & Poetry Reading
How do we theorize a poetics of motherhood? Attentive to divergent experiences of motherhood and using the maternal as a field that hovers outside neat categorization, this symposium will investigate the poetics of the maternal self and body through the experiences of women of color, adoptive mothers and single mothers.
Panel discussion with poets Meena Alexander, English, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY; Kimiko Hahn, Creative Writing and Translation, Queens College; Erica Hunt, independent scholar. Moderators: Nicole Cooley, Creative Writing and Translation, Queens College; Leah Souffrant, English, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Followed by a poetry reading with Meena Alexander, Lee Ann Brown,Tina Chang, Nicole Cooley, Marcella Durand, Betsy Fagin, Kimiko Hahn, Erica Hunt, Cate Marvin, Idra Novey,Tracy K. Smith, Leah Souffrant, Karen Weiser, and Rachel Zucker.
4:00: Panel Discussion
5:30: Reception
6:00: Poetry Reading
co-sponsored by the Poetics Group
ANNE WALDMAN!
... poetry in performance ... words, cello, keyboard...
Wed., Sept. 12, 7 pm
The Rubin Art Museum
150 West 17th Street in Manhattan
$15/$5 students with student i.d.
Wed., Sept. 12, 7 pm
The Rubin Art Museum
150 West 17th Street in Manhattan
$15/$5 students with student i.d.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
QC Campus and 9/11 Anniversary
From QC President James L. Muyskens:
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, the Queens College community is preparing several events to commemorate that tragic time.
On Wednesday, September 7 during free hour (12:15-1:30 pm), the college will hold a memorial service on the Quad near Klapper Circle. The service will include several speakers and a performance by the Aaron Copland School of Music Brass Ensemble. The Quad will be decorated with over 3000 American flags provided by the Student Association. In case of rain, the service will be held on the fourth floor of the Student Union.
On Wednesday, September 21 during free hour, the Asian/American Center will sponsor a forum featuring the Asian Literary Journal's special issue on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. This event will be held in the Campbell Dome.
Finally, during September the Queens College Media Center will have several films about 9/11 available for viewing, including Caught in the Crossfire: Arab Americans in Wartime, Fahrenheit 9/11, House of Saud, and Meeting Osama Bin Laden. For more information on these and other films, go to http://qcpages.qc.edu/library/information/news.php#911.
I hope you will take advantage of these events and resources as our nation reflects on a tragic time in our recent history.
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, the Queens College community is preparing several events to commemorate that tragic time.
On Wednesday, September 7 during free hour (12:15-1:30 pm), the college will hold a memorial service on the Quad near Klapper Circle. The service will include several speakers and a performance by the Aaron Copland School of Music Brass Ensemble. The Quad will be decorated with over 3000 American flags provided by the Student Association. In case of rain, the service will be held on the fourth floor of the Student Union.
On Wednesday, September 21 during free hour, the Asian/American Center will sponsor a forum featuring the Asian Literary Journal's special issue on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. This event will be held in the Campbell Dome.
Finally, during September the Queens College Media Center will have several films about 9/11 available for viewing, including Caught in the Crossfire: Arab Americans in Wartime, Fahrenheit 9/11, House of Saud, and Meeting Osama Bin Laden. For more information on these and other films, go to http://qcpages.qc.edu/library/information/news.php#911.
I hope you will take advantage of these events and resources as our nation reflects on a tragic time in our recent history.
Friday, August 12, 2011
NEW POET LAUREATE: PHILIP LEVINE, INTERVIEWED
PEN.org Kimiko Hahn » PEN.org
In today's PEN podcast, Levine talks with Kimiko Hahn
[QC Prof] at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival about poetry
as a species of magic, the merits of fistfights, ...
www.pen.org/blog/
Watch for info on his Oct. 19 reading
on Queens College campus.
In today's PEN podcast, Levine talks with Kimiko Hahn
[QC Prof] at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival about poetry
as a species of magic, the merits of fistfights, ...
www.pen.org/blog/
Watch for info on his Oct. 19 reading
on Queens College campus.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
**Free 2 Days of Poetry on Governors Island**
THE FIRST ANNUAL N.Y. POETRY FESTIVAL
July 30 & 31 from noon to 5 pm: readings from 100+ poets
INFO:
http://www.tpsny.org/
July 30 & 31 from noon to 5 pm: readings from 100+ poets
INFO:
http://www.tpsny.org/
Friday, July 15, 2011
*QC Prof Receives Prestigious Translation Grant*
Announcing the 2011 PEN Translation Fund Grant Recipients
The PEN Translation Fund, now celebrating its eighth year, is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s competition. From a field of more than 130 applicants, the Fund’s Advisory Board—David Bellos, Susan Bernofsky, Edwin Frank, Michael Reynolds, Natasha Wimmer, and Jeffrey Yang, and chaired by Michael F. Moore—has selected 11 projects for funding. Read descriptions and excerpts from the projects at www.pen.org/blog
Among this year's recipients is our colleague:
Annmarie S. Drury for a collection of poems by Tanzanian poet Euphrase Kezilahabi, an acclaimed Swahili writer whose work is only now becoming more widely available to other readers. Saturated with vivid imagery, Kezilahabi’s poems reinvigorate traditional forms by introducing everyday language and free verse. An active promoter of accessibility, Kezilahabi’s work also offers a subtle social critique of the way language is used by those in power. (Available for publication.)
***
Introduction
If anyone asks me
why, as for rhymes and meter,
I don’t use them and why, as for lines
and stanzas, they don’t add up,
I’ll say to him: friend
there are many ways of going
to the garden.
But if that same person
keeps on nagging and telling me
my way is a bad one,
I’ll say:
friend, let’s go to my house
on foot, and at my house—
when we arrive—try then to teach me
walking.
The PEN Translation Fund, now celebrating its eighth year, is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s competition. From a field of more than 130 applicants, the Fund’s Advisory Board—David Bellos, Susan Bernofsky, Edwin Frank, Michael Reynolds, Natasha Wimmer, and Jeffrey Yang, and chaired by Michael F. Moore—has selected 11 projects for funding. Read descriptions and excerpts from the projects at www.pen.org/blog
Among this year's recipients is our colleague:
Annmarie S. Drury for a collection of poems by Tanzanian poet Euphrase Kezilahabi, an acclaimed Swahili writer whose work is only now becoming more widely available to other readers. Saturated with vivid imagery, Kezilahabi’s poems reinvigorate traditional forms by introducing everyday language and free verse. An active promoter of accessibility, Kezilahabi’s work also offers a subtle social critique of the way language is used by those in power. (Available for publication.)
***
Introduction
If anyone asks me
why, as for rhymes and meter,
I don’t use them and why, as for lines
and stanzas, they don’t add up,
I’ll say to him: friend
there are many ways of going
to the garden.
But if that same person
keeps on nagging and telling me
my way is a bad one,
I’ll say:
friend, let’s go to my house
on foot, and at my house—
when we arrive—try then to teach me
walking.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
MFA Program and Social Change ... One Example
Write the Power: Poetry & Social Justice Master Class & Performance Series:
This year's afternoon Master Classes include lectures and writing workshops from well-known poets and writers who have used their art as an agent of change. URBAN WORD students will have the rare opportunity to work with accomplished poets and MCs to explore the ways that these poets have infused their writings and world view to address and resist oppression and conservatism. Each night, these poets will give a performance and lecture that includes young poets from their class and illuminates the role of poetry in creating change.
*DATE: WEDNESDAYS July 13th-August 17th, 2011
*TIME & LOCATION: 3-5pm (@ Urban Word NYC + 6-7:30 @ Bowery Poetry Club)
*Mentors: Alexis Devaux, * Kimiko Hahn, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, * Roger Sedarat, Roger Bonair-Agard, ** Aracelis Girmay
Founded on the belief that teenagers can and must speak for themselves, Urban Word NYC™ (UW) has been at the forefront of the youth spoken word, poetry and hip-hop movements in New York City since 1999. ... We promote active literacy, critical thought, and positive social dialogue across boundaries of age, race, class, gender, culture, and sexuality. Our many workshops are designed to enhance critical thinking skills, leadership, and to ignite a personal commitment to growth and learning which leads to heightened in-school performance, and greater interest in pursuing higher education.
*QC MFA Prof. **QC MFA former visiting prof
FOR INFORMATION:
www.urbanwordnyc.org/uwnyc/
This year's afternoon Master Classes include lectures and writing workshops from well-known poets and writers who have used their art as an agent of change. URBAN WORD students will have the rare opportunity to work with accomplished poets and MCs to explore the ways that these poets have infused their writings and world view to address and resist oppression and conservatism. Each night, these poets will give a performance and lecture that includes young poets from their class and illuminates the role of poetry in creating change.
*DATE: WEDNESDAYS July 13th-August 17th, 2011
*TIME & LOCATION: 3-5pm (@ Urban Word NYC + 6-7:30 @ Bowery Poetry Club)
*Mentors: Alexis Devaux, * Kimiko Hahn, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, * Roger Sedarat, Roger Bonair-Agard, ** Aracelis Girmay
Founded on the belief that teenagers can and must speak for themselves, Urban Word NYC™ (UW) has been at the forefront of the youth spoken word, poetry and hip-hop movements in New York City since 1999. ... We promote active literacy, critical thought, and positive social dialogue across boundaries of age, race, class, gender, culture, and sexuality. Our many workshops are designed to enhance critical thinking skills, leadership, and to ignite a personal commitment to growth and learning which leads to heightened in-school performance, and greater interest in pursuing higher education.
*QC MFA Prof. **QC MFA former visiting prof
FOR INFORMATION:
www.urbanwordnyc.org/uwnyc/
Monday, July 4, 2011
Free Seminar at Center for Book Arts ...
Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar
For Emerging Writers
The Center for Book Arts invites applications for Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar For Emerging Writers. The next section of this seminar is scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday, September 14-18, 2011. The seminar is tuition free for participants and includes the cost of materials. Those selected must attend the entire five-day workshop. Deadline July 15, 2011
Also Interships and Work/Study.
Info: www.centerforbookarts.org/opportunities/
ENJOY THE "SUMER WITH SATCHMO": FOURTH OF JULY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Two days before he passed away, he celebrated his final birthday right at home in his garden. To honor his legacy, LAHM celebrates Armstrong's birthday each year on the Fourth of July. LAHM will be open for guided tours and special birthday events from Noon - 5:00 pm with a special 2-for-1 admission price. Admission includes a celebratory performance by the renowned jazz trombonist Art Baron in the Armstrong Garden at 1:00 pm followed by complimentary birthday cake. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors over 65, students and children. Group rate for 8 or more is $6. Children under 4 years old are free.
July 4, 2011, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
LOCATION:
Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107 Street, Queens
(718) 478-8274
http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org
Admission:
2 for 1 price
July 4, 2011, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
LOCATION:
Louis Armstrong House Museum
34-56 107 Street, Queens
(718) 478-8274
http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org
Admission:
2 for 1 price
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