Lost & Found

A thank you to everyone who came out to this fantastic wide-ranging and brilliant discussion with legendary poet and activist Margaret Randall! It was such a privilege to witness life-long commitment to activism, friendship, poetry, and all
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TONIGHT!
Join us to hear about the incredible life of Randall and other "outrider" artists.

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And WEDNESDAY: Margaret Randall on artists, writers, and activists who risk everything to confront censorship, injustice, and the constraints of convention.

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Next week!

Join legendary poet, activist, oral historian, and translator Margaret Randall for a reading and conversation based on her newest books chronicling her correspondences with fellow “outrider” artists.

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TONIGHT!

SUNDAY!

TOMORROW!

LOST & FOUND & FRIENDS @ THE BROOKLYN BOOK FAIR. THIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER, 21 TABLE 230. BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL

We hope you can come say hi! We're tabling with our friends at Birds, LLC. We'll have books of archival work and poetry for sale, and lots to chat about!

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Next Week!

Next week!

CONTROLLED DEMOLITION: a work in four books combines three of Ammiel Alcalay’s previously published poetic texts—Scrapmetal (2007), the cairo notebooks (1993), and from the warring factions (2002)—with a new work.

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Poetry Reading and Conversation with Cristina Pérez Díaz and Isabel Sobral Campos Wed, Sep 17, 2025 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Martin Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, NYC. Free and open to all. Registration required. A blue and white figurative image captioned: Detail from cover art by Suzanne Goldenberg from Cristina Pérez Díaz's book "From the Founding of the Country"

Celebrate new poetry! Two extraordinary book-length poems confronting violent colonial histories. The poets will read from their new books, followed by a conversation.

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We were thrilled to host two packed events on Tuesday to start the Fall 2025 Friday Forum schedule, featuring visiting scholar Caleb Ward! Thank you to @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and
@cunypoetics.bsky.social for co-sponsoring the events, and to Ph.D. in English candidate Ju Ly Ban for organizing 🎉

"...a voice that speaks, in the absence of memory about the unbearable weight of memory, and another that has to bear the weight of language, of signification, of the impossible task of making memory, the ineffable, effable."

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"Even now, our thoughts and tomorrow’s to-do lists might be worlds apart. Yet, there’s this moment. a connection I call “click.” For me, that click began with Theresa’s work."

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When Ju Ly Ban first arrived at the @bampfa.bsky.social, Theresa’s letters spoke to her most. Her correspondences seemed to breathe, their voices rippling across time.

The letters that follow continue this conversation.
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Amongst other things, Distributaries will highlight @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social student projects and work, @cunypoetics.bsky.social archival research projects and journeys, @cunygcps2.bsky.social Research Fellows, and CUNY student fellows work and projects for the NYC Climate Justice Hub!

A 1921 Pashishi 4-6-2 steam locomotive, built in Japan for the Korean Government Railway (Sentetsu). The locomotive, numbered 923, represents Japan’s shift to domestic railway engineering and its expansion of rail networks throughout its colonies, including Korea and Manchuria, as part of its broader imperial ambitions in the early 20th century. World History Commons, [accessed March 1, 2025]

DISTRIBUTARIES IS BACK! The @humanitiescuny.bsky.social blog returns with a new series highlighting what our Fellows find in the archive, and the feelings, artistry, and scholarship that arises from that work. First up is Ju Ly Ban on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
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ALSO WEDNESDAY!

WEDNESDAY!

Preceding the event Tonya M. Foster will facilitate a free related writing workshop, and participants will be invited to briefly share their writings at the start this event. Map the array of influences that shape your intellectual and creative practices.

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Three poets will read from their work and consider their own lineages, influences, inspiration, and show how they extend their work to writing communities and beyond.

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To mother is to inhabit a form of acute sociality, one of deep dependence and need, attachment and love—a vulnerability to all the ways the system continues to fail us. Join these two poets for their writing on the affective and social bonds of childraising
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Preceding the event Tonya M. Foster will facilitate a free related writing workshop, and participants will be invited to briefly share their writings at the start this event. Map the array of influences that shape your intellectual and creative practices.

centerforthehumanities.org/event/influe...

Three poets will read from their work and consider their own lineages, influences, inspiration, and show how they extend their work to writing communities and beyond.

centerforthehumanities.org/event/influe...
@scryptkeeper.substack.com
@mdurandpoet.bsky.social
@humanitiescuny.bsky.social

Preceding the event Tonya M. Foster will facilitate a free related writing workshop, and participants will be invited to briefly share their writings at the start this event. Map the array of influences that shape your intellectual and creative practices.

centerforthehumanities.org/event/influe...

Three poets will read from their work and consider their own lineages, influences, inspiration, and show how they extend their work to writing communities and beyond.

centerforthehumanities.org/event/influe...
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APPLICATION DATE EXTENDED TO APRIL 13TH. A really great opportunity for students at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social with @centropr.bsky.social.

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"At a time when libraries and archives are at risk around the world — from violent conflict, extreme weather, and institutional neglect — the work of archival preservation and engagement has never been more important or necessary. "

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