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[Englishstudents] You're invited to a convo with writer & editor Irene Vázquez THIS WEDNESDAY during free hour!
by Briallen Hopper 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

Come talk with Irene Vázquez about building a life in writing, editing, and/or publishing! All are welcome. There will be vegetarian snacks. [A person in a yellow shirt Description automatically generated] Born in New Orleans, raised in Houston, now living in Manhattan, Irene Vázquez is a queer Black Mexican American poet, editor, translator, and journalist. Their writing sits at the intersection of Black cultural work, placemaking and the environment. Irene's debut chapbook Take Me To the Water was released by Bloof Books in October 2022. They are a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominated writer, whose work can be found in Muzzle, the Oxford American, and the Brooklyn Rail, among others. By day, Irene works at Levine Querido, editing books about feisty twelve-year-olds. Briallen Hopper Assistant Director MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation Department of English Queens College, CUNY my website<https://www.briallenhopper.com/> my Zoom room<https://us02web.zoom.us/my/briallenhopper>

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[Englishstudents] Fwd: Transition: A Publishing Opportunity for Undergraduates
by Jamie Arizmendy 09 May '23

09 May '23

On behalf of Rani Srinivasan, please see below. ________________________________ From: Rani Srinivasan <rsrinivasan1(a)gc.cuny.edu> ------------------ Dear CUNY Undergraduate students and Faculty, We're happy to announce the start of Transit(ion): A CUNY Undergraduate Journal! Born out of the CUNY Graduate Center's English Department, by students DeVaughn (Dev) Harris and Rani Srinivasan, this journal seeks to unite students across the CUNYVerse and facilitate the exchange of knowledge amongst burgeoning critical thinkers. In addition to accepting and publishing work from undergraduate students, our priority is to mentor students throughout the publication process and help them grow as students, scholars, and writers. We recognize that college can be a transitory period for students, involving constantly changing schedules, thinking, sociality, etc. With that in mind, we aim to cultivate this space so that we may publish writing – in the academic genre – of many kinds from students. Additionally, as part of our mission, we aim to upend and disrupt (through our editing and mentoring processes) colonial notions of correctness, academic vernacular, and technologies of grammar and prioritize the value of critical thinking and the nuanced development of ideas. We hope that students can see a home for their writing in this journal as we aim to facilitate the responsible production and exchange of knowledge as well as shine a spotlight on the work of emergent writers. With all that in mind, we want to showcase our call for papers, which can be found - as a quick link - at our Manifold website https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/journals/cuny-transition! Both the Call For Papers as well as the submission form can be found on our webpage (and our call for papers is attached to this email). We are looking forward to viewing works that align with the range of topics we've listed and encourage students to use the space of the final stretch of the semester (e.g., seminar/research papers, etc.) to develop their submissions. We ask that students submit their work for consideration by June 1st, 2023 and if you have any questions or concerns, please email us at cunytransition(a)gmail.com<mailto:cunytransition@gmail.com>. Thank you in advance - we can't wait to read your fabulous works!!! Wishing you all the best for the end of the academic year, The Transit(ion) Team

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[Englishstudents] TODAY at 1:40! The Writing Life: A Conversation with Elisa Gonzalez and Carina del Valle Schorske
by Briallen Hopper 09 May '23

09 May '23

The Writing Life: A Conversation with Elisa Gonzalez and Carina del Valle Schorske. 1:40-2:40 pm, Rathaus 112. Vegetarian snacks. All are welcome! [A picture containing human face, person, clothing, wall Description automatically generated] Do you want to learn more about being and becoming a writer? Do you love essays, poetry, fiction, journalism, and/or translation? Join this informal conversation about all of the above! Elisa Gonzalez is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer whose work appears in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, The Drift, and elsewhere. Her debut collection of poetry, Grand Tour, will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in September 2023. Carina del Valle Schorske is a writer and translator of Puerto Rican literature. Her essays and criticism have been published in many venues, including The Believer, Bookforum, and The New York Times Magazine, where she is a contributing writer. Her debut essay collection, The Other Island, was honored with a Whiting Nonfiction Grant in 2020 and is forthcoming from Riverhead Books. Sponsored by the Queens College School of Arts. Briallen Hopper Department of English Queens College, CUNY my website<https://www.briallenhopper.com/> my Zoom room<https://us02web.zoom.us/my/briallenhopper>

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[Englishstudents] Fwd: Belladonna With Queens College Reading
by Jamie Arizmendy 05 May '23

05 May '23

Please see attached and contact Ryan.Black(a)qc.cuny.edu if you have any questions. ________________________________ From: Kimberly Smith <Kimberly.Smith(a)qc.cuny.edu> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2023 2:16:26 PM To: Jamie Arizmendy <Jamie.Arizmendy(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: FW: Belladonna With Queens College Reading Please send to majors/minors. Thanks. Best, Kim Smith Academic Program Coordinator Queens College English Department 718 997 4600 From: Ryan Black <Ryan.Black(a)qc.cuny.edu> Sent: Friday, May 5, 2023 1:30 PM To: Kimberly Smith <Kimberly.Smith(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Belladonna With Queens College Reading Hey Kim, Do we normally send notice of events to English majors and minors via email? I know there's a listserv for majora and minors. If it's ok to send out event notices, can we send info on Monday's reading? I've attached the pdf. for the event. I can also put the info into the body of an email. Let me know what you think. Best, Ryan

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[Englishstudents] Meet Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and YA editor Diana Pho this Wednesday April 26 during Free Hour! There will be snacks!
by Briallen Hopper 24 Apr '23

24 Apr '23

[A person wearing glasses Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Are you a fantasy, sci-fi, or YA fan? Are you interested in learning more about the world of writing and publishing? You’re invited to a conversation with award-winning editor Diana Pho! Wednesday April 26 in Klapper 708 12.30-1.30 Sweet and savory snacks will be served! All are welcome! Diana Pho (she/her) is a Hugo Award-winning editor with over 15 years of experience across various areas of the publishing industry, most notably the Science Fiction Book Club and the Tor Publishing Group. Before landing her current job at Erewhon Books as Executive Editor, Diana served as Lead Creative Executive for Co-Productions & Partnerships at the podcast studio Realm Media. She has had the pleasure of working with household names like George R. R. Martin and the Robert Jordan estate for The Wheel of Time, as well as critically acclaimed writers such as Bethany C. Morrow, Lara Elena Donnelly, K. A. Doore, and Margaret Killjoy, among others. Books she has edited have won the Thriller Award (A.J. Hartley’s Steeplejack, for Best Young Adult), the Ditmar Award (Thoraiya Dyer’s Crossroads of Canopy, for Best Novel), the American Library Association’s Alex Award (P. Djeli Clark’s The Black God’s Drums), the Nebula Award (P. Djeli Clark’s Ring Shout & A Master of Djinn) and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year Selection (Marie Miranda Cruz’s Everlasting Nora, for Middle Grade). Diana herself is also a two-time finalist for the Ignyte Award and a finalist for the Locus Award for her editorial work. She has a double Bachelor’s degree in English and Russian Literature from Mount Holyoke College and a Master’s in Performance Studies from New York University. More than anything else, she appreciates a good cup of tea.

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[Englishstudents] Multilingual Open Mic TODAY during free hour! Kiely 229. There will be snacks!
by Briallen Hopper 24 Apr '23

24 Apr '23

The Multilingual Open Mic is your chance to share writing in a language other than English, or writing that incorporates multiple languages -- either something you’ve written yourself, or something you’ve read by someone else, or something you’ve translated! You can also free to just come and listen and cheer the readers on. There will be snacks! Today! Monday April 24 during Free Hour in Kiely 229.

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[Englishstudents] A Conversation with Award-Winning Fantasy & Sci-Phi Editor Diana Pho! Wednesday, April 26, 12.30-1.30, in Klapper 708
by Briallen Hopper 20 Apr '23

20 Apr '23

Dear all, You’re invited to this exciting event next Wednesday! Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested! All are welcome! There will be snacks! [cid:image001.jpg@01D97370.74960360] A Conversation with Diana Pho! Wednesday April 26 in Klapper 708 12.30-1.30 Sweet and savory snacks will be served! Diana Pho (she/her) is a Hugo Award-winning editor with over 15 years of experience across various areas of the publishing industry, most notably the Science Fiction Book Club and the Tor Publishing Group. Before landing her current job at Erewhon Books<https://www.erewhonbooks.com/> as Executive Editor, Diana served as Lead Creative Executive for Co-Productions & Partnerships at the podcast studio Realm Media. She has had the pleasure of working with household names like George R. R. Martin and the Robert Jordan estate for The Wheel of Time, as well as critically acclaimed writers such as Bethany C. Morrow, Lara Elena Donnelly, K. A. Doore, and Margaret Killjoy, among others. Books she has edited have won the Thriller Award (A.J. Hartley’s Steeplejack, for Best Young Adult), the Ditmar Award (Thoraiya Dyer’s Crossroads of Canopy, for Best Novel), the American Library Association’s Alex Award (P. Djeli Clark’s The Black God’s Drums), the Nebula Award (P. Djeli Clark’s Ring Shout & A Master of Djinn) and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year Selection (Marie Miranda Cruz’s Everlasting Nora, for Middle Grade). Diana herself is also a two-time finalist for the Ignyte Award and a finalist for the Locus Award for her editorial work. She has a double Bachelor’s degree in English and Russian Literature from Mount Holyoke College and a Master’s in Performance Studies from New York University. More than anything else, she appreciates a good cup of tea.

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[Englishstudents] You're Invited to a Convo with Writer, Editor, and Voice Actor Tajja Isen! This Thursday April 20 on Zoom
by Briallen Hopper 18 Apr '23

18 Apr '23

[cid:image001.png@01D971D3.4F609C70] This Thursday April 20 on Zoom, 1.40 to 2.40 pm! Advance registration required. Register here<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudequqzwvGtEaTuEANI4cMfIDRj-Udg…>. Are you interested in writing, editing, and/or voice acting? Meet Tajja Isen, the author of Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, named a Best Book of the Year by Electric Literature, The Globe and Mail, CBC Books, and Daily Hive. Tajja is the former editor in chief of Catapult Magazine and co-editor of the anthology The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Gawker, BuzzFeed, Literary Hub, and other outlets. Also a voice actor, Tajja can be heard on shows that include The Berenstain Bears, Atomic Betty, Super Why!, and Go Dog Go. She lives in Brooklyn. All are welcome—please forward to anyone who might be interested!

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[Englishstudents] You're Invited! A Convo With Angelica Jade Bastién and Shamira Ibrahim, Wed Mar 22 @ 12.30 on Zoom!
by Briallen Hopper 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

[cid:image001.jpg@01D95BDE.AD73B910][A person smiling for the camera Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Writing about Culture: A Conversation with Angelica Jade Bastién and Shamira Ibrahim Wednesday March 22, 12.30-1.30, on Zoom Register here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us02web.zoom.us_meetin… > for the link! Angelica Jade Bastién is a Southern-born critic and essayist for New York Magazine’s site, Vulture. She uses pop culture as a lens to explore madness, blackness, desire, and womanhood, amongst other deeply held obsessions. Her work carefully synthesizes analysis of narrative, cinematography, and acting alongside a deep consideration of production decisions and the history of the industry itself. She was once described by a close friend as “deliciously vulgar.” She lives in Chicago with her two cats, Judah and Professor Butch Cassidy. Shamira Ibrahim is a Brooklyn-based culture writer by way of Harlem, Canada, and East Africa, who explores identity, cultural production and technology via a race critical code framework as a critic, reporter, and essayist, with a particular emphasis on francophone accessibility in the anglophone Black diaspora. Her work has been featured in publications such as New York Magazine, Essence, The Atlantic, The New York Times, NPR, Teen Vogue, OkayAfrica, The Baffler and Harper’s Bazaar. In 2020 she was named as an honoree on OkayAfrica’s annual “One Hundred Women” list, celebrating women who are “building infrastructure, both literally and metaphorically, for future generations in Africa and in the Diaspora.” She currently manages a bilingual column, Négritude, for Amaka Studio, a digital media publisher for the African diaspora, paired with curated Francophone playlists. Sponsored by Queens College School of Arts https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.briallenhopper.com&… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.briallenhopper.com&… >

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[Englishstudents] You're invited to a Culture Writing Conversation on March 22!
by Briallen Hopper 16 Mar '23

16 Mar '23

WRITING ABOUT CULTURE: A Conversation with Angelica Jade Bastién and Shamira Ibrahim Wednesday, March 22, 12.30-1.30, on Zoom! (register below) [cid:image001.png@01D957F6.F5C85AE0] You’re invited to a lively, informal conversation with cultural critics Angelica Jade Bastién and Shamira Ibrahim! Come with questions about writing about pop culture and careers in arts journalism. Angelica Jade Bastién is an essayist and critic. She is a staff writer for Vulture and has written for New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Harper’s Bazaar, The New Republic, Vanity Fair, Vox, the Independent, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. Her commentary has been featured in Criterion DVD releases, the We Hate Movies podcast and HBO’s Station Eleven podcast, and a recent documentary on Marilyn Monroe. Angelica has longstanding interests in horror, madness, Bette Davis, and Keanu Reeves. She is from Miami and lives in Chicago. Shamira Ibrahim is a Brooklyn-based culture writer by way of Harlem, Canada, and East Africa, who explores identity, cultural production and technology via a race critical code framework as a critic, reporter, and essayist, with a particular emphasis on francophone accessibility in the anglophone Black diaspora. Her work has been featured in publications such as New York Magazine, Essence, The Atlantic, The New York Times, NPR, Teen Vogue, OkayAfrica, The Baffler and Harper’s Bazaar. In 2020 she was named as an honoree on OkayAfrica’s annual “One Hundred Women” list, celebrating women who are “building infrastructure, both literally and metaphorically, for future generations in Africa and in the Diaspora.” She currently manages a bilingual column, Négritude, for Amaka Studio, a digital media publisher for the African diaspora, paired with curated Francophone playlists. Register in advance for this meeting: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__us02web.zoom.us_meetin… After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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