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

October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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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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October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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@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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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.

October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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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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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...

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October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM

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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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October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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TONIGHT!
Join us to hear about the incredible life of Randall and other "outrider" artists.

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October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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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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Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · Sep 25

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.

www.eventbrite.com/e/letters-fr...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM

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Next week!

Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · Sep 25

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.

www.eventbrite.com/e/letters-fr...
@newvillagepress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Lost & Found

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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.

www.eventbrite.com/e/letters-fr...
@newvillagepress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

September 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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TONIGHT!

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.

September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM

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SUNDAY!

Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · Sep 18

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

September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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TOMORROW!

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

September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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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!

brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/f...
#brooklynbookfestival

September 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Lost & Found

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Next Week!

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

September 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM

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Next week!

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

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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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"

September 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM

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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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September 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM

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

www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-rea...
@cunypoetics.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @futurepoem.bsky.social

September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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CUNY English PhD Program

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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 🎉

August 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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"...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."

read more
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Apartment buildings in Gangnam, taken by Isabelle, March 29th 2024

May 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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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."

Read more:
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May 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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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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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Untitled (Theresa and family), 1974-1981; 11 color slides.; 0 x 0 in.; University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation

May 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM

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@humanitiescuny.bsky.social

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!

Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · May 13

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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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]

May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Lost & Found

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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.
centerforthehumanities.org/between-deli...

May 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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ALSO WEDNESDAY!

Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · Apr 24

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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May 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM

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WEDNESDAY!

Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · Apr 24

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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May 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM

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