Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, novelist, translator, critic, scholar, and activist who teaches at Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. His books include Islanders (City Lights), and neither wit nor gold: from then (Ugly Duckling). His After Jews and Arabs (University of Minnesota), was the subject of a 20th anniversary conference at Georgetown in 2012. He has translated widely, including Sarajevo Blues and Nine Alexandrias by Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinović, both from City Lights. A new book of essays, a little history, and a 10th anniversary reprint of from the warring factions came out in 2013 from re:public / UpSet. He is the initiator and General Editor of Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, a series of student and guest edited archival texts emerging from the New American Poetry, for which he has just received an American Book Award.
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Programming
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gatherings, readings, performances, screenings and workshops
Wed, May 17, 2023 –
Thu, May 18, 2023
Islands & Rivers: Poetry and the Art of the Possible in the Age of Climate Change
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Conversation
Wed, Apr 14, 2021,
03:00 PM –
04:30 PM
John Wieners' Letters for the Voices: A Conversation with Michael Seth Stewart, Ammiel Alcalay & Eileen Myles
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Reading
Wed, Feb 20, 2019,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Turnstyle Reading Series: Ammiel Alcalay & Catherine Barnett
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Reading and Conversation
Tue, Oct 31, 2017,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Puerto Rico/New York/Morocco: Poet’s Journey—Victor Hernández Cruz in Conversation with Dorothy Wang & Ammiel Alcalay
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Reading and Conversation
Fri, Oct 21, 2016 –
Fri, Oct 21, 2016
Gregory Rabassa (1922-2016), A Celebration
Reading and Conversation
Tue, Jun 7, 2016,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Beat & Beyond: "Lost & Found" at Bowery Poetry Club
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Event
Fri, Apr 15, 2016,
06:00 PM –
08:00 PM
Living Room: A Gathering on June Jordan’s Life and Work
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Event
Wed, May 20, 2015,
07:00 PM –
07:00 PM
"Derelict Air": A Celebration of Edward Dorn’s Uncollected Poems
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Event
Wed, Apr 1, 2015,
06:30 PM –
06:30 PM
Five Years of Lost & Found: New American Poetry & Beyond
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Panel Discussion
Fri, Feb 6, 2015,
04:00 PM –
04:00 PM
Teaching CUNY at CUNY: Engaging with CUNY Histories and Archives
Event
Fri, Dec 5, 2014,
04:00 PM –
04:00 PM
Editing Archival Materials: Robin Blaser’s Astonishment Tapes
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Event
Fri, Oct 12, 2012,
01:00 PM –
01:00 PM
Encounters in the Archives: A Transdisciplinary Discussion
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Event
Fri, Sep 23, 2011,
04:00 PM –
04:00 PM
Back & Forth / Poetry & Jazz: A Conversation and Performance with David Meltzer & Marty Ehrlich
Publications
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Paul Blackburn & Julio Cortázar: “Querido Pablito"/"Julissimo Querido," Selected Correspondence, 1958-1971 (Parts I & II)
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Ted Joans: Poet Painter / Former Villager Now / World Traveller (Part I & II)
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Vincent Ferrini: Before Gloucester
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Joanne Kyger: Letters To & From
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Diane di Prima: The Olson Memorial Lecture
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Charles Olson Memorial Lecture: Robert Duncan
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The 1963 Vancouver Poetry Conference: Robert Creeley's Contexts of Poetry with selections from Daphne Marlatt's Journal Entries
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