On his War Books podcast, MFA alum AJ Woodhams interviews Prof. Salar Abdoh about his novel Out of Mespootamia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8e-9mtMg5w You can check out out all the episodes of his podcast series at ajwoodhams.com/warbookspodcast
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In their article How to Be a Man in Iran, published in The Atlantic this month, CCNY Professor Salar Abdoh and Tehran-based journalist Vali Khalili describe how the return of morality police to city streets is a testing ground for women’s rights and everyone’s courage. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/08/morality-police-iran-women/674927/
Kay Bell, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of English and academic advisor in the Division of Humanities and the Arts at The City College of New York, is the 2023-2025 Bronx Poet Laureate. Read more…
The MFA Program in Creative Writing has some wonderful news. Professor Salar Abdoh’s new novel, A Nearby Country Called Love, has been selected by Buzz Books for its Great Reads Fall/Winter 2023. Buzz Books posts one chapter of the author’s book on google books Salar Abdoh was born in […]
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
Presented by the CCNY MFA in Creative Writing and Rifkind Center moderated by Guest Professor David Groff THURSDAY APRIL 27, 5:00-6:00PM RIFKIND CENTER NAC 6/316 Anjali Singh started her career in publishing in 1996 as a literary scout. Formerly Editorial Director at Other Press, she has also worked as an editor […]
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
In December 2022, Michelle Valladares, director of the MFA and Aybike Ahmedi, a current MFA student, were interviewed on the CUNY TV program Urban U
CCNY Professor William Gibbons was interviewed by the BBC for their Sunday Feature program. Click the link above to learn more.
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) […]
Featuring the editors of ‘Feminists Reclaim Mentorship’ and other panelists Nancy K. Miller, Tahneer Oksman, Melissa Coss Aquino, Michelle Yasmine Valladares, Sharifa Hampton, and Angela Veronica Wong
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 […]