Welcome to the official Bluesky for the PhD Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Follow us to get updates about what's happening in our program.https://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3m366brf26c2qPlease join the GC English Department for this week's exciting Friday Forum on 10/17 at 4pm: Nuyorican Aesthetic: The Life and Work of Maria Aponte Come hear Maria Aponte discuss Nuyorican intellectualism and join us in celebrating her recent award-winning book "The Things That Shape Us" (2024)!14 Oct 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m366brf26c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3m2chovrgms2a📢TODAY'S FRIDAY FORUM📢 We can't wait for this afternoon's Friday Forum on syllabus design with Mira Zaman of the BMCC Graduate Student and Early-Career Support (GSECS) committee, featuring speakers Eugenia Cawley (Lecturer in English, BMCC) and Adele Kudish (Professor of English, BMCC)!03 Oct 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2chovrgms2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3m22rrqsypk2hThis evening, attend another event with English Program students! Janelle Poe & Addy Malinowski will join Pune Dracker, Joel Rogers, & Dr. David Humphries to discuss Dr. Humphries's book Happy Nostalgia: Making Connections with the Music of the ‘90s! Rm. 9100, 6-7:15PM tinyurl.com/happynostalgia30 Sep 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22rrqsypk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3m22r7qgk2k2hOn Friday, we had a great talk from English Program students Dale Ireland, S.E. Hamlet, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe on Cultivating Universal Design in the English Classroom, with advice and resources for designing pedagogy with accessibility in mind!30 Sep 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22r7qgk2k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lzjnfwumqk24📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUM📢 4pm on Friday, 9/26, in Room 4406 and over Zoom: Cultivating Universal Design in English Courses We're excited to host a panel on building accessibility into the classroom, featuring English Program students S.E. Hamlet, Dale Ireland, Nina Lopez-Ortiz, and Janelle Poe!23 Sep 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjnfwumqk24https://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lzjms52v4k2mOn Friday, we were thrilled to see a packed student lounge for a reading by Gazan poet Yahya Ashour!23 Sep 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjms52v4k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lz7cmxbwas2lCongratulations to Dr. Dhipinder Walia on the successful defense of ""The Rhetorical Agency of Student-Parents: Assembling, Archiving, and Naming Practices and Interpretations that Transform Worlds" today! Committee: Jessica Yood (Chair), Talia Schaffer, and Amy Wan (not pictured)19 Sep 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7cmxbwas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lyxx33rq7s26And on 9/19 at 6pm, following Yahya Ashour's reading, we encourage everyone to attend the book launch event for Ammiel Alcalay's CONTROLLED DEMOLITION, hosted by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social and featuring @zohrasaed.bsky.social and Safira Berrada-Riggs! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxx33rq7s26https://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lyxwszbdgc2s📢THIS WEEK'S FRIDAY FORUMS📢 This week we're excited to host two Friday Forum events, one on Thursday and one on Friday! Thurs. 9/18 at 6pm in the James Gallery: Reverberations Mixtape Launch and Listening Party Fri. 9/19 at 4pm in Rm. 4406: Never Mind Gaza: A Reading with Gazan Poet Yahya Ashour16 Sep 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxwszbdgc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lyixnjtli22iPh.D. candidate Alessandra Occhiolini will present her research on Jean Stein's Edie: An American Biography at the NYPL on Friday, 10/3, at 2pm! Register in advance for this free event: https://www.showclix.com/event/alessandra-occhiolini/tag/guest @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social10 Sep 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyixnjtli22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lye4h6gi6s2a📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢 September 12 at 2pm in Room 4406 *Please note 2pm start time!* This week, we're excited to host the semester's first Job Search event on Cover Letters and CVs, hosted by Prof. Mary M. McGlynn @sistermmm.bsky.social, DEO of Job Search! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social08 Sep 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lye4h6gi6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lydhxhkdgs2iOn Friday, the English Program welcomed our new cohort of students, returning students, and faculty for a fantastic Meet the Faculty event! We were thrilled to host so many folks in the student lounge and look forward to seeing everyone at future Friday Forum events!08 Sep 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydhxhkdgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lxzrltb66s2h🎉FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 Tomorrow is our Fall 2025 Meet the Faculty event! We can't wait to introduce our new cohort of students and welcome back returning students and faculty to celebrate the start of the Fall 2025 semester. Join us tomorrow, 9/5, in Rm. 4406 at 4pm! Dinner will be served!04 Sep 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzrltb66s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lxi5b3anhs24We 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 🎉28 Aug 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxi5b3anhs24https://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lxapzocpok2rWe can't wait for the Friday Forum events taking place tomorrow in the English Lounge (Room 4406)! Join us for a workshop at 11:30am and a lecture at 6pm with visiting scholar Caleb Ward, both co-sponsored by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social25 Aug 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxapzocpok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lwr6jlymzc2b📢FRIDAY FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Our first Friday Forum events of the semester are one week away! On Tuesday, Aug. 26, join us in the English Student Lounge (Room 4406) for two events with visiting scholar Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social, organized by Ph.D. candidate Ju Ly Ban!19 Aug 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwr6jlymzc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lwpbvcloac26And congratulations to Dr. Emily Price on the successful defense of ""Earth took of Earth": Melancholy and Earth in Late Medieval English Literature" on August 15! Committee: Karl Steel (Chair), Steve Kruger, and Jonathan W. Gray18 Aug 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwpbvcloac26https://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lwp7dt5aws26Congratulations to Dale Ireland, who passed their Orals Examination today! Committee Members: Talia Schaffer (Chair), Mario DiGangi, and Stephanie Hershinow18 Aug 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwp7dt5aws26https://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lrsvayovhc2jWe interviewed Prof. Miles Grier about his book Inkface: Othello and White Authority in the Era of Atlantic Slavery, which won awards from @early-am-lit.bsky.social and @saaupdates.bsky.social and grant support from @psc-cuny.org! https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/professors-book-long-shadow-race-othello-wins-two-awards @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social17 Jun 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsvayovhc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lrede6a7xc2kDrift Net by alum Chris Campanioni (Ph.D. '22) is out now from @leverpress.bsky.social ! You can read or order the book here: www.leverpress.org [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrede6a7xc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cunyenglish.bsky.social/post/3lqs3ut7pkk2jCongratulations to Prof. Lyn Di Iorio, whose short story "Maritza and Carmen" has been selected for The Best American Short Stories 2025! Preorder the anthology here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-best-american-short-stories-2025-celeste-ngnicole-a-lamy?variant=43710166532130&utm_source=aps&utm_medium=plp&utm_campaign=aps @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social04 Jun 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:kdfhrtfa553mr6hm4yectqfg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs3ut7pkk2j