BAM Biography/Memoir
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The official site of the Biography and Memoir MA Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, affiliated with the Leon Levy Center for Biography
Tickets going fast for great BAM event tomorrow!
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Ann Powers: Telling the Storytellers’ Stories
Music critic, biography, and memoirist Ann Powers will discuss her recent biography, Traveling: On the Path with Joni Mitchell.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Tickets going fast for great BAM event tomorrow!
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Coming up at the Graduate Center, November 19
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/baldw...
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/baldw...
Baldwin: A Love Story Nicholas Boggs in Conversation with John McWhorter
Elebash Recital Hall
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November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Coming up at the Graduate Center, November 19
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/baldw...
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/baldw...
Great interview with BAM students Ausma Palmer and Meghan Racklin on their Eating Disorders in Life Writing Conference, to be held Friday 11/7, 9:30 to 5 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center:
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
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Students Turn Personal Experience into Scholarship With Conference on Eating Disorders and Life Writing
Biography and Memoir master’s students Meghan Racklin and Ausma Palmer bring new voices and perspectives to an overlooked and sensitive topic in memoir studies.
www.gc.cuny.edu
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great interview with BAM students Ausma Palmer and Meghan Racklin on their Eating Disorders in Life Writing Conference, to be held Friday 11/7, 9:30 to 5 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center:
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
Coming up at the Leon Levy Center for Biography, 11/6: Edward Luceon Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. Please register here:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Edward Luce on Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Edward Luce on Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ...
gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Coming up at the Leon Levy Center for Biography, 11/6: Edward Luceon Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet. Please register here:
gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Spring 2026 Classes in the Biography and Memoir MA Program!
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Spring 2026 Classes in the Biography and Memoir MA Program!
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Tues, Nov 4, 6:30p - catch the discussion “Downtown and the Twilight of Bohemia” with Peter Trachtenberg, Francine Prose, Howard Michels & Sur Rodney (Sur), exploring the evolution of downtown culture. Reserve: www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-a... @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cunyenglish.bsky.social
“Downtown and The Twilight of Bohemia” panel
Join us for a lively discussion on the changing face of downtown areas and the fading bohemian culture.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tues, Nov 4, 6:30p - catch the discussion “Downtown and the Twilight of Bohemia” with Peter Trachtenberg, Francine Prose, Howard Michels & Sur Rodney (Sur), exploring the evolution of downtown culture. Reserve: www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-a... @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cunyenglish.bsky.social
Coming up in less than two weeks!
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Coming up in less than two weeks!
Coming up at the Leon Levy Center for Biography
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Lance Richardson on Peter Matthiessen, with Philip Gourevitch
Join us for a lively discussion about Peter Matthiessen with Philip Gourevitch, led by the insightful Lance Richardson!
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October 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Coming up at the Leon Levy Center for Biography
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www.eventbrite.com/e/lance-rich...
Coming up at the Leon Levy Center for Biography
www.eventbrite.com/e/lance-rich...
www.eventbrite.com/e/lance-rich...
Lance Richardson on Peter Matthiessen, with Philip Gourevitch
Join us for a lively discussion about Peter Matthiessen with Philip Gourevitch, led by the insightful Lance Richardson!
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October 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Coming up at the Leon Levy Center for Biography
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Coming up in a little over a month, with a keynote by Leslie Jamison!
October 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Coming up in a little over a month, with a keynote by Leslie Jamison!
Upcoming schedule for the Global Biography Working Group:
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Upcoming schedule for the Global Biography Working Group:
Antihistory of biography and memoir too?
gems.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/09/17/s...
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Sep 26 | “A Prolegomenon to an Antihistory of the Novel” – The Program in Global Early Modern Studies
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September 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Antihistory of biography and memoir too?
gems.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/09/17/s...
gems.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/09/17/s...
Good fellowship opportunity for those working on immigration and life writing:
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Applications Open for 2026 Fellowship on Immigrant Integration | Rockefeller Institute of Government
Fellows will work with III-RP experts to assess immigrant integration policy, produce policy briefs, and analyze and compile data to fill research gaps.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Good fellowship opportunity for those working on immigration and life writing:
rockinst.org/news/article...
rockinst.org/news/article...
Coming up on Friday!
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Coming up on Friday!
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The tenth issue of RECKONING, an environmental justice journal, seeks submissions about communication. They pay 10 cents per word for prose and $50 per page of poetry. Submit by September 22! AWP members can learn more on the Contests & Calls directory.
General Submission Call: Reckoning X
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September 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The tenth issue of RECKONING, an environmental justice journal, seeks submissions about communication. They pay 10 cents per word for prose and $50 per page of poetry. Submit by September 22! AWP members can learn more on the Contests & Calls directory.
Reposted by BAM Biography/Memoir
In “From Muse to Subject,” Shonda Buchanan writes about the challenges of capturing the life of a music and civil rights icon in her ekphrastic collection, THE LOST SONGS OF NINA SIMONE. Members and subscribers can read the article (and a sneak peek!) in THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE.
From Muse to Subject
Shonda Buchanan pushes the boundaries of ekphrastic poetry in her new collection about the music and civil rights icon.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In “From Muse to Subject,” Shonda Buchanan writes about the challenges of capturing the life of a music and civil rights icon in her ekphrastic collection, THE LOST SONGS OF NINA SIMONE. Members and subscribers can read the article (and a sneak peek!) in THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE.
