Between Delivery: Letter Threads After the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Archive (Part I) - Center for the Humanities This series of letters emerged from Ju Ly Ban’s work as a Fellow for Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, grounded in archival engagement with the work and life of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha...

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Between Delivery: Letter Threads After the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Archive (Part II) - Center for the Humanities This series of letters emerged from Ju Ly Ban’s work as a Fellow for Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative from the Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center, grounded in arch...

"If I were to answer, I might say this: my relationship with Theresa is different from my relationship with kimchi. And yet, both are layered, complicated, and impossible to disentangle from who I am."

Read @julysses000.bsky.social on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
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Coming up soon! An event co-organized by @cunypoetics.bsky.social fellow Lucien Baskin.

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Letter from Samuel R. Delany to Lew Ellingham, 1984. Samuel R. Delany Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Box 70. File 18.

This is just a fragment of letters between writers Kevin Killian & Samuel Delany. They are taken up here as part of an archival research project by L&F fellow Rebecca Teich, from which she offers proliferations, detours, and provocations.

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TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing - Center for the Humanities Toni Cade Bambara. Photo courtesy of the filmmakers.

Next, we have the video from the post-screening Q&A after TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing, chronicling the incendiary life of one of CUNY’s most beloved teachers.

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2026 Lost & Found Fellows Showcase: New Poetics and Archival Research Projects - Center for the Humanities Watch the video recording and photographs from the event in the slideshow below. Watch Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative Graduate Center doctoral student fellows Ju Ly Ban, Cortnie Be...

We are excited to share photos and video from some of our latest events. First, the @cunypoetics.bsky.social Fellows Showcase, where they were able to share their in-progress archival projects.

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TOMORROW! Excited to share this project that came out of L&F Fellowship research by Cortnie Belser!

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Poetry at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social !

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A celebration of new and ongoing work, together, we will think through the newest surge of attacks on the arts, capitulation of art institutions to conservative demands, and the tensions between art as liberatory cultural front and as liberal assimilation.

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TOMORROW!

Presentations on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa’s unpublished poetry and “Tongues of Fire” manuscript; Stuart Hall, Richard Pryor, Free Jazz and the Black Arts Movement, and Gwendolyn Bennett, Claudia Jones, and Mae Mallory!

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Apply for a fellowship and then come see the amazing work our past fellows have done!

Deadline is FRIDAY! We are so excited to see your proposals! See some examples of past projects at this link, but please do not feel limited by them! We want to see *your* passion, *your* project.

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Two on Toni! First a workshop on how to ignite learning spaces with inspiration from Bambara’s own teaching practices. Then a new film that highlights how we can learn from Bambara in a time of renewed questions.

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Featuring presentations on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa’s unpublished poetry and “Tongues of Fire” manuscript; Stuart Hall, Richard Pryor, Free Jazz and the Black Arts Movement, and Gwendolyn Bennett, Claudia Jones, and Mae Mallory!

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Director of the Center for the Humanities Wins Pushcart Poetry Prize The award honors alumna Kendra Sullivan’s debut poetry collection exploring narrative, memory, and climate justice.

A huge congratulations to our Director on her AWARD WINNING poetry collection!

“My book draws from my experiences getting to know the New York City archipelago from the perspective of its many rivers, creeks, and tidal kills." 
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Graduate Center Shorts: An Evening of Films and Discussion - Center for the Humanities Still from Las Olas, a short film by Fernando Vieira.

Please join us also for
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Shorts: An Evening of Films and Discussion! A program showcasing the talent of GC film artists, whose creative work reflects their groundbreaking research and distinctive viewpoints.

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Ronaldo will also be hosting a creative workshop for
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students. Inspired by brief in-class readings, conversation, and related exercises, we will create new works. Space is limited so please register here to attend.

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Join us for a performance lecture by poet, artist, and CUNY Graduate Center alum Ronaldo V. Wilson embodying form and place through language, dance, song, and video. Introduced by poet and artist @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social

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“Candy” first debuted in 1982, yet “Candy” still lingers, often flourishing in Wilson’s art, recently in improvised dialogues, drawings and site-specific urban and land art performance videos. Join for this form-fluid event:

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Sam O'Hana Cascadian Prophets Interview YouTube video by Paul E Nelson

Youtube link to the Cascadia Poetics Lab interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP1u...

Allen Ginsberg’s 1956 tax return, courtesy of the Allen Ginsberg Estate.

@samohana.com looks at Allen Ginsberg’s tax returns to understand how Ginsberg supported himself, and the point at which he finally started getting paid for the poetry he created. Read his findings, or listen to him on @cascadiapoeticslab.bsky.social.

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For students in all disciplines who interested in archival research in or around 20th century poetry, poetics or other art forms (see link for more), and will range from $500 to $3,000. Due Feb. 13th!

Learn more!
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Charles Olson sitting against a palm tree in Key West, back facing the camera. 1944-1945, Key West and Miami, Florida., Box 322, Folder 27, Charles Olson Research Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut.

@onuraayaz.bsky.social visited the Charles Olson Research Collection at @uconn.bsky.social in search of poetry and teachings, but unexpectedly discovered Olson’s trip to Key West where his poetic genius was born. Below are Ayaz’s experiences and findings:

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Exophony in New York o el inglés como lengua literaria - Center for the Humanities Please join us for a bilingual dialogue and reading put together by Lost & Found Fellow Natasha Tiniacos as part of the Feria Internacional del Libro de la Ciudad de Nueva York (FILNYC), alongside poe...

TOMORROW!

Please join us for a bilingual dialogue and reading put together by L&F Fellow Natasha Tiniacos, alongside poets, scholars, and translators to discuss the phenomenon of literary exophony: the experience of existing outside one’s mother tongue.
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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!