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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 5d

📢TODAY'S FRIDAY FORUM📢

We can't wait for this afternoon's Friday Forum on syllabus design with Mira Zaman of the BMCC Graduate Student and Early-Career Support (GSECS) committee, featuring speakers Eugenia Cawley (Lecturer in English, BMCC) and Adele Kudish (Professor of English, BMCC)!

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to Prof. Lyn Di Iorio, whose short story “Maritza and Carmen” is included in the anthology “Best American Short Stories 2025” www.gc.cuny.edu/news/profess... @cunyenglish.bsky.social

Professor's Story Chosen as One of 'The Best American Short Stories'

Lyn Di Iorio’s short story “Maritza and Carmen,” about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, is in the noted anthology “Best American Short Stories 2025.”

www.gc.cuny.edu

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 8d

This evening, attend another event with English Program students! Janelle Poe & Addy Malinowski will join Pune Dracker, Joel Rogers, & Dr. David Humphries to discuss Dr. Humphries's book Happy Nostalgia: Making Connections with the Music of the ‘90s!

Rm. 9100, 6-7:15PM

tinyurl.com/happynostalgia

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HAPPY NOSTALGIA: BOOK TALK WITH DR. DAVID HUMPHRIES
Making Connections with the Music of the ‘90s
Panel speakers include: Joel Rogers, Pune Dracker, Addy Malinowski, and Janelle Poe
Date: Tuesday, September 30
Time: 6-7:15PM Refreshments to follow
Location: CUNY GC, Skylight Room (9100)
RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/happynostalgia

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 8d

On Friday, we had a great talk from English Program students Dale Ireland, S.E. Hamlet, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe on Cultivating Universal Design in the English Classroom, with advice and resources for designing pedagogy with accessibility in mind!

Image of two people sitting at a table, a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and red lipstick wearing a wide-brimmed black hat and a dark green button-down shirt, a woman with black hair in a bun wearing glasses, a black shirt, and black blazer, with a podium on the right side of the table and a woman with black hair in a bun wearing a white tank top, with a projector screen behind that has the words "Inclusive Design" at the top of the screen.

CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 15d

📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUM📢

4pm on Friday, 9/26, in Room 4406 and over Zoom: Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses

We're excited to host a panel on building accessibility into the classroom, featuring English Program students S.E. Hamlet, Dale Ireland, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe!

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Friday Forums Presents
Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses

Unsure of what UDL is?
Care about accessibility but don't know where to begin?

Join us for a conversation on building accessibility and inclusion into our teaching from day one...and during week five!

Leave with connections and resources.

September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In person and via Zoom
English Student Lounge Room 4406

Image description: QR Code for Zoom meeting (link also in flyer text)

Zoom
Link: 85626811423
Password: 186484

Nina Lopez-Ortiz S.E. Hamlet Janelle Poe Dale Ireland

Questions about accessing the forum? Please email us at: accessandspoons@gmail.com

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 15d

On Friday, we were thrilled to see a packed student lounge for a reading by Gazan poet Yahya Ashour!

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Emily Sherwood @esherwood.bsky.social · 19d

I'm a proud alum of @cunyenglish.bsky.social They have a mentorship cluster program that brings together a new student, returning student, faculty, and alum for the year. We meet monthly. This is my 3rd year participating. I love it. It's great connecting with current students and faculty.

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations to Dr. Dhipinder Walia on the successful defense of ""The Rhetorical Agency of Student-Parents: Assembling, Archiving, and Naming Practices and Interpretations that Transform Worlds" today!
Committee: Jessica Yood (Chair), Talia Schaffer, and Amy Wan (not pictured)

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Jojo Karlin @jojokarlin.bsky.social · 21d

Great program tonight @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
@mandiberg.bsky.social @angiewaller.bsky.social Annette Gilbert •Library of Print on Demand: Post Digital Publishing in Times of Platform Capitalism•

@cunyenglish.bsky.social @cunygcdi.bsky.social #itpcertificate
#jojodoodles

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 22d

Learn more and register here for the book launch: centerforthehumanities.org/event/contro...

<em>CONTROLLED DEMOLITION</em>: Book Launch & Reading with Ammiel Alcalay - Center for the Humanities

Join Lost & Found and Litmus Press for an evening of reading, music, and conversation to celebrate and launch poet, translator, critic, and scholar Ammiel Alcalay‘s highly-anticipated, monumental new ...

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 22d

And on 9/19 at 6pm, following Yahya Ashour's reading, we encourage everyone to attend the book launch event for Ammiel Alcalay's CONTROLLED DEMOLITION, hosted by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social and featuring @zohrasaed.bsky.social and Safira Berrada-Riggs!

The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ammiel Alcalay‘s highly-anticipated, monumental new book: a mix of memoir, poetry, auto-critique, prose narrative, history, and investigative journalism by other means.

www.eventbrite.com/e/controlled...
@cunypoetics.bsky.social @zohrasaed.bsky.social

Book Launch & Reading
CONTROLLED DEMOLITION: Book Launch & Reading with Ammiel Alcalay
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
6:00 PM–8:00 PM
Martin Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, NYC. Free and open to all. Registration required.

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 22d

9/19 at 4pm in Rm 4406: Never Mind Gaza: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yahya Ashour

Co-sponsors: Palestine Studies @ GC; DGSC; @wawog.bsky.social; CUNY GC 4 Palestine; The Center for Place, Culture & Politics; CUNY Faculty & Staff For Justice in Palestine, The Committee on Globalization & Social Change

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 22d

9/18 at 6pm in the James Gallery: Reverberations Mixtape Launch and Listening Party

Feat. artists Chitra Ganesh, Rojava Film Commune, and Hồng-An Trương & project organizers denisse andrade, Mia Curran, and Michele Chinitz.

Co-sponsors: Racial Imaginary Institute, @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 22d

📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUMS📢

This week we're excited to host two Friday Forum events, one on Thursday and one on Friday!

Thurs. 9/18 at 6pm in the James Gallery: Reverberations Mixtape Launch and Listening Party

Fri. 9/19 at 4pm in Rm. 4406: Never Mind Gaza: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yahya Ashour

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · 28d

Ph.D. candidate Alessandra Occhiolini will present her research on Jean Stein's Edie: An American Biography at the NYPL on Friday, 10/3, at 2pm! Register in advance for this free event: www.showclix.com/event/alessa...

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Edie Sedgwick and Writing the Unquiet Mind

Tickets for Edie Sedgwick and Writing the Unquiet Mind in New York from NYPL. Alessandra Occhiolini examines Jean Stein’s oral biography of the Warhol Superstar, reflecting on mental illness through t...

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Sep 8

Students and recent graduates are encouraged to attend and to bring their cover letters, CVs, and a job ad (or two!) to learn how to tailor their materials for applications!

CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢

September 12 at 2pm in Room 4406
*Please note 2pm start time!*

This week, we're excited to host the semester's first Job Search event on Cover Letters and CVs, hosted by Prof. Mary M. McGlynn @sistermmm.bsky.social, DEO of Job Search!

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Sep 8

On Friday, the English Program welcomed our new cohort of students, returning students, and faculty for a fantastic Meet the Faculty event! We were thrilled to host so many folks in the student lounge and look forward to seeing everyone at future Friday Forum events!

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT🎉

Tomorrow is our Fall 2025 Meet the Faculty event! We can't wait to introduce our new cohort of students and welcome back returning students and faculty to celebrate the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Join us tomorrow, 9/5, in Rm. 4406 at 4pm! Dinner will be served!

CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Aug 28

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 🎉

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · Aug 28

Announcing fall 2025 public programs! Timely discussions, in-depth perspectives, creative ideas. Join us in person or online – RESERVE: www.gc.cuny.edu/public-progr... @pkrugman.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cuny.edu @stone-lis.bsky.social @rbiis.bsky.social

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Matt Gold @mkgold.bsky.social · Aug 27

Started teaching "Critical AI Studies" last night in the @gc-dh.bsky.social & @cunyenglish.bsky.social programs. Great first class discussion in which we tried to come up with a community agreement on the use of AI for coursework (still unsettled).

Website: criticalai2025.commons.gc.cuny.edu

Syllabus – Critical AI Studies

criticalai2025.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Aug 25

6pm on 8/26 in Room 4406 and over Zoom - Using and Abusing “The Master’s Tools”

To attend this lecture in person, register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/using-and-...

To attend over Zoom, register here: gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Using and Abusing ‘The Master’s Tools’

Join visiting scholar Caleb Ward for a discussion of Audre Lorde’s poetics and political philosophy

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Aug 25

11:30am on 8/26 in Room 4406 - What Does a Poem Do to You?

Register for this in-person generative workshop here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

What Does a Poem Do to You? Workshop for CUNY Students & Faculty with Caleb Ward

Date: Tuesday August 26, 2025 Time: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Place: English Lounge (Room 4406), CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, NYC. *Open to all CUNY students & faculty. Register below. Using record...

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CUNY English PhD Program @cunyenglish.bsky.social · Aug 25

We can't wait for the Friday Forum events taking place tomorrow in the English Lounge (Room 4406)! Join us for a workshop at 11:30am and a lecture at 6pm with visiting scholar Caleb Ward, both co-sponsored by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social!

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