Dear Graduate Students, Happy Black History Month! Please check out the many wonderful BHM events happening at QC <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/administration/Provost/Pages/Black-History-Month.aspx> and across CUNY <https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2021/02/01/cuny-to-commemorate-black-history-month-with-online-events-highlighting-complexity-and-richness-of-african-american-experience/> throughout February. We especially want to highlight an event coming up this *Wednesday, Feb. 10, 12:15-1:30pm*, that's part of our department's new English Seminar Series. Prof. Lorgia Garcia Peña will be Zooming with us to talk about "Black Latinidad: From Arthur Schomburg to Cardi B." Please see the attached flyer and register for the virtual event at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8oA1hJKuRxaq42_w5uTIFA. The CUNY Chapbook Festival <http://chapfest.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/> will also take place on three Thursdays throughout this semester. Please click here to register for their first event <https://qc-cuny.libcal.com/event/7499421> on *February 18, 4:00-5:30pm*. We hope you had a relatively smooth and gentle first week of the spring semester! As always, please don't hesitate to email us both if you have any questions or need advising. Best, Caroline & Hillary, your Directors of Graduate Studies in English -- Dr. Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY *she/her/hers* * Please note that I am off email on weekends and will respond to your email during business hours, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, generally within 1–2 business days.