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You See What You See: Book Launch & Conversation for Lois Elaine Griffith

Published: February 28, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: March 7, 2025
Where: Martin E. Segal Theatre at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Address: 365 Fifth Ave, New York City, NY 10016, United States

Phone: +1 (212) 817-1860

Web: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/martin-e-segal-theatre-center

Granary Books and the Center for Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center, in collaboration with Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, are pleased to present a book launch and archival conversation in honor of the work of Lois Elaine Griffith. Griffith is a poet, author, and artist who is a co-founder and longtime organizer for the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. She will be in conversation with Lost & Found Archival Fellow Joseph Cáceres, a scholar of her work and collaborator on her archive, along with M.C. Kinniburgh and Conley Lowrance (her archivists and publishers), to celebrate her newest book: You See What You See, a limited edition artists’ book published by Granary Books.

Join us for a festive book launch featuring a conversation between Griffith and her collaborators, spanning archives, artists’ books, the shapes of poetic knowledge, and more. Free broadsides will be available to event attendees; reception will follow from 7:30 to 8:00. Please register to attend.

Time: 6:00-8:00 pm EST

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