Terrance Hayes's most recent publications include American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin (Penguin 2018) and To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight (Wave, 2018). To Float In The Space Between was winner of the Poetry Foundation's 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism and a finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of historian Terry Golway’s new book I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America’s Mayor, and Why He Still Matters. In this vivid and entertaining chronicle, Golway illuminates the enduring impact and relevance of La Guardia’s mayoralty—and shows why, more than 75 years after his death, […]
Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Join Dr. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and CENTRO Directoria, Yomaira Figuera as we explore Meléndez Badillo's latest book, Puerto Rico: A National History, that gives voice to the […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new Library of America anthology Black Writers of the Founding Era featuring the historian, author, and editor of the volume James G. Basker in conversation with television writer and author Susan Fales-Hill. The richest and most expansive anthology of its kind ever assembled, Black Writers of the Founding Era offers a vital and […]
On September 28, 2020, the Black transfeminist collective, La Colectiva Feminista, summoned and organized the “¡Vivas nos queremos! — pa’ la tumba el patriarcado” march to end in front of La Fortaleza, the governor’s mansion, in Old San Juan, repeating their call to the Puerto Rican government to declare a State of Emergency due to […]
Roosevelt House Human Rights Program, in collaboration with Scroll, are pleased to present a facilitated discussion with Indian-American Economist, Ashoka Mody, and Hunter College Professor of Economics, Karna Basu, as they discuss Mody’s book India is Broken. Karna Basu is an Associate Professor of Economics at Hunter College & The Graduate Center, CUNY, and a Faculty Associate at the Roosevelt […]
Join CENTRO in East Harlem for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children’s books! This month’s Meriendita is Churro Stand, written by Karina González and illustrated by Krystal Quiles. On a hot summer’s day, Lucía and her brother accompany their mother to sell delicious, sugary churros on the bustling streets of New York City. But […]
President Ann Kirschner invites you to join her for a Book Party for Harold Holzer, Jonathan F. Fanton Director, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in conversation with actor and author Stephen Lang, Avatar, Gettysburg. Harold’s latest book Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration was released to rave reviews in February. The book is being called “a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grappling with the […]
Immigration affairs in recent years have highlighted the importance of language resources and access, greatly impacting the translation and interpretation (TI) and the sectors that it serves ranging from legal […]
Join us for a festival of staged readings of new plays by the Hunter MFA Playwriting program's 2024 graduating class: Davis Alianiello, Jen Diamond, Minna Lee, Guelan Luarca, and Sam Walsh. Readings will be held at the Frederick Loewe Theatre at Hunter College (119 East 68th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues). Tickets are free […]
