Guest edited by National Book Award winner Arthur Sze, Best Literary Translations 2026 features poetry and prose written in languages both widely spoken and critically endangered, brought into English by some of the most talented translators working today. Compiled from over 450 submissions written in 62 original languages, the third edition of […]
Michelle Y. Valladares
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Among the Ruins on Pioneer Works Emily Raboteau is a Black Studies and Creative Writing professor at the City College of New York and the author of Lessons for Survival.
Russell House Reading Series: Amir Arian and Salar Abdoh October 15, 2025 6:00 pm McKelvey Room, Admissions Building
Professor Lyn Di Lorio’s Maritza and Carmen has been selected for “Best American Short Stories,” edited by Celeste Ng. It was published in the fall 2024 issue of The Georgia Review. Lyn will be reading at Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories, hosted by Cynthia Nixon, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
Wednesday October 22nd, 2025 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Free and open to the public Irvin Weathersby Jr. is a Brooklyn-based writer and professor from New Orleans. His writing has been featured in LitHub, Guernica, Esquire, The Atlantic, EBONY, and elsewhere. He earned an MFA from The New […]
General Info Session FA25 Thesis Students Only Thursday, October 9, 2025 5:30-6:30PM Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 MFA faculty will speak about the process of writing a thesis. All current MFA students should attend. Monday, September 29, 2025 5:30-6:30 PM On Zoom All MFA students currently writing their thesis must attend. […]
Iranian novelist Alireza Iranmehr returned to Tehran to document the bombardment, and sent writings to his translator, CCNY professor Salar Abdoh. Read this piece in The Atlantic.
Congratulations to Professor Salar Abdoh for being selected by Arthur Sze for the third edition of “Best Literary Translations,” forthcoming from Deep Vellum in Spring 2026, for his translation of Firefly by Alireza Iranmehr!
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 5:00PM-6:30PM Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 Free and open to the public Rob McQuilkin is a cofounder of the literary agency Massie McQuilkin & Altman, a full-service literary agency that focuses on bringing fiction and nonfiction of quality to the largest possible audience. Rob began his […]
Novelist, poet, and memoirist Andrew Krivák will read from his recent work and be in conversation with Professor Salar Abdoh. Krivák will discuss openings in his novels, and how the way a writer begins can — and should — shape the entire story.
Novelist, poet, and memoirist Andrew Krivák will read from his recent work and be in conversation with Professor Salar Abdoh. Krivák will discuss openings in his novels, and how the way a writer begins can — and should — shape the entire story.
Novelist, poet, and memoirist Andrew Krivák will read from his recent work and be in conversation with Professor Salar Abdoh. Krivák will discuss openings in his novels, and how the way a writer begins can — and should — shape the entire story.
February 23 7-9pm Fiction Bar 308 Hooper St. Brooklyn, NY 11211 Featuring: Nina Capelli Tim Coover Kelly Dasta Mave Goren Samantha Hernandez Sarah Bess Jaffe Micaela Macagnone Gabriel Noel F.M. Papaz Presented by The Writer’s Foundry & The City College of New York
The Langston Hughes Festival THURS 2/13 – FRI 2/14 THESIS WORKSHOP – For SP25 Thesis Students MON 2/24 5:00pm-6:00pm – ON ZOOM THESIS WORKSHOP – General Information WED 3/5 6:30pm-7:30pm in the Rifkind Center, NAC 6/316 MFA Reading Series featuring Andrew Krivák TUES 3/18 6:30pm-7:30pm in the […]
One Man’s Complicated Quest for Connection in Contemporary Tehran by Lysley Tenorio in the New York Times Book ReviewNov. 4, 202 . . . explores the complexities of relationships, sexuality and cultural norms in modern Iran. Read review 10 noteworthy books for November and December By Becky Meloan in the Washington […]
Professors Valladares and Raboteau received awards at the CCNY faculty and staff award ceremony on May 16th 2023: — The President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Service, Professor Michelle Valladares — The Provost’s Award for Pedagogical and Curricular Innovation, Professor Emily Raboteau
Tues. Apr. 25, 6:00 – 7:30 PM Archives as Muse: A Harlem Storytelling Project created by CCNY’s MFA Program in Creative Writing / Multimedia Event directed and conceived by Karin Coonrad
Presented by The CCNY MFA in Creative Writing and The CCNY Department of Philosophy Thursday, March 30, 2023 4:00 – 5:15 PM The CCNY MFA in Creative Writing and the Department of Philosophy presents Chloe Cooper Jones author of Easy Beauty Thursday, March 30, 4:00-5:15PM, Rifkind Center (NAC 6/316) […]
The CCNY MFA in Creative Writing Presents Chai & Chat with Chris Dombrowski Author of The River You Touch Tuesday, February 28, 5:00 – 6:30pm, Rifkind Center (NAC 6/316)
The CCNY MFA in Creative Writing Presents Chloe Cooper Jones Discussion with the Author of Easy Beauty in Partnership with the CCNY Department of Philosophy Thursday March 30, 4 – 5:15 PM Rifkind Center NAC 6/316 From Writer to Author with David Groff Creating a Roadmap to Publication […]
Promethean Literary Magazine is City College of New York’s premier student-run literary arts publication.
Fiction is a literary magazine founded in 1972 by Mark Jay Mirsky, Donald Barthelme, Jane Delynn, and Max Frisch.
Acted by graduates from the Department of Theatre and Speech MONDAY, DECEMBER 10th, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM COMPTON GOETHALS HALL – Third Floor, Studio 318
TYEHIMBA JESS Poetry reading with Pulitzer Prize winner and Author of OLIO Co-Sponsored with the Rifkind Center TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 From 6:00 – 8:00PM at SHEPARD HALL 95
