Ammiel Alcalay
Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, novelist, translator, essayist, critic and scholar. He is the author of more than 20 books including After Jews and Arabs, Memories of Our Future and Controlled Demolition: a work in four books. He is Distinguished Professor at Queens College, CUNY, and the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, and the General Editor of Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative.
Events
Book Launch & Reading
<em>CONTROLLED DEMOLITION</em>: Book Launch & Reading with Ammiel Alcalay
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Conversation & Reading
“All poetry is revolution”: Reading & Discussion of Anna Greki’s <em>Algeria, Capital: Algiers</em> with Marine Cornuet & Ammiel Alcalay
Mon, Apr 7, 2025
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Conversation & Reading
Celebrating Elias Khoury and Mahmoud Darwish with Ammiel Alcalay and Sinan Antoon
Fri, Mar 14, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Workshop, Reading, Performance & Screening
Islands & Rivers: Poetry and the Art of the Possible in the Age of Climate Change
Wed, May 17, 2023 –
Thu, May 18, 2023
Conversation
John Wieners’ Letters for the Voices: A Conversation with Michael Seth Stewart, Ammiel Alcalay & Eileen Myles
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Reading
Turnstyle Reading Series: Ammiel Alcalay & Catherine Barnett
Wed, Feb 20, 2019
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Publications
Paul Blackburn & Julio Cortázar: “Querido Pablito”/”Julissimo Querido,” Selected Correspondence, 1958-1971 (Parts I & II)
Ted Joans: Poet Painter / Former Villager Now / World Traveller (Part I & II)
Vincent Ferrini: Before Gloucester
Joanne Kyger: Letters To & From
Diane di Prima: The Olson Memorial Lecture
Charles Olson Memorial Lecture: Robert Duncan
Diane di Prima: R.D.’s H.D.