Dear Graduate Students, Today, *Wednesday, April 27, at 7:00pm*, our MFA program is sponsoring a virtual poetry reading with the fabulous poets Monica Sok <http://www.monicasok.com/> and Tina Chang <https://www.tinachang.com/>. Please see the attached flyer, and you can register for the Zoom here <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIufuGgrD0qGtO6EvQK-DNdj3UFONfrFEyt> . And we are super excited to share more details about our 8th annual QC English Graduate Conference, on the theme of "Catastrophe and Community," coming up next week—*in person in Klapper 708/710 on Thursday, May 5, from 4–7pm*, and via *Zoom on Friday, May 6, from 10:30am–5:30pm*. You can now peruse the conference website <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/> for the full schedule <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/schedule/>, Zoom info <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/zoom-info/>, etc. Asynchronous presentations <https://catastrophe.commons.gc.cuny.edu/asynch/> will launch on the website by May 3. Please help us spread the word, and we hope you'll join us for as much of the conference as possible, to learn from and support your peers and to participate in one of the highlights of our program! [image: MA Conference 2022 Flyer Final.png] 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.