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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Great event origanized by Hunter College and BAM professor Paul Alexander:

BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The Leon Levy Center for Biography Presents: Miriam Horn on George B. Schaller in conversation with Joe Walston Thursday, April 23, 6:30 pm, the Skylight Room the Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Coming up on Thursday, April 16: BAM presents author Hillery Stone on "The Architecture of Experience: On Building a Memoir." All are welcome to this special event, held in the Leon Levy Center for Biography, room 5406, at the CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue).

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Coming up at BAM's conference on veterans' memoirs: Professor/author Elizabeth Samet will speak of the Library of America’s two-volume 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘐 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘴, which captures history and the lives of veterans with powerful immediacy. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-their-o...

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We’re thrilled to spotlight David Nasaw at our conference "In Their Own Words: A Conference on Veterans' Memoirs." 📚In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘐, Nasaw brings to life the experiences of veterans who struggled on their return home: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-their-o...

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

We’re thrilled to spotlight Michael Ramos—professor, veteran and author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳: 𝘈 𝘝𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦, a brutally honest portrayal of life after military service. Don't miss him at our conference on veterans’ writing memoir: www.eventbrite.com/events/19826...

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Please join us for a special conference devoted to the lived experience of military veterans as expressed through memoir and life writing. Featuring David Nasaw in discussion with Elizabeth Samet, memoirist Michael Ramos, and roundtables of writers/veterans. www.eventbrite.com/e/in-their-o...

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In Their Own Words: A Conference on Veterans’ Memoirs

All are welcome to this one-day conference devoted to the lived experience of military service as expressed through memoir and life writing.

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Kai Bird on Roy Cohn! Prof. Guido Calebresi on the oral history of his life! Brenda Wineapple on the Scopes trial! Please join us at the very special "Writing Legal Lives" special conference on May 27. www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-le...

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Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law

A conference exploring how personal narratives inform our understanding of the law, justice and ethics.

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

BAM student Mathew Rodriguez has been chosen as the subject of the Graduate Center's MA program campaign. He will also be representing BAM for the MA showcase in May, discussing his forthcoming memoir Blood/Sugar. Congratulations, Mathew! www.instagram.com/p/DVYlIqhjKtg/

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Are you interested in joining an incredible community of students devoted to the study and practice of life writing in all its forms? Please join us for the BAM Open House this Wednesday, February 25 at 6 pm. For more information, please click on this link: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/biogr...

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Don't forget to reserve a seat for our Writing Legal Lives conference on March 27, with its thrilling line up of speakers! Link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-le...

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Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law

A conference exploring how personal narratives inform our understanding of the law, justice and ethics.

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Please join us for a unique conference devoted to military veterans and the memoirs they have written. Here is the link: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-their-o...

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Julie Kliegman to speak to the BAM community on March 16! For more information, please email BAM@gc.cuny.edu

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 06/01/2026

The FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS cover and preorder links are here!!!!! 😍 A couple of suggested vendors: @astoriabookshop.bsky.social: www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw... @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/find...

The book cover for Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer, by Julie Kliegman. The cover features those words on top of an old black and white photo of Renée Richards.

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Coming up on Friday, March 27: BAM presents "Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law" Kai Bird on his upcoming Roy Cohn biography, Judge/Yale Law Professor Guido Calabresi on the oral history of his life, and many more! legallives.eventbrite.com

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Writing Legal Lives: Biography, Memoir and the Law

A conference exploring how legal figures have been represented through biography and memoir and how this shapes our understanding of thelaw.

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Coming up at the CUNY Graduate Center this Spring! www.gc.cuny.edu/public-progr...

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Spring 2026 Classes in the Biography and Memoir MA Program!

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Tues, Nov 4, 6:30p - catch the discussion “Downtown and the Twilight of Bohemia” with Peter Trachtenberg, Francine Prose, Howard Michels & Sur Rodney (Sur), exploring the evolution of downtown culture. Reserve: www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-a... @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cunyenglish.bsky.social

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“Downtown and The Twilight of Bohemia” panel

Join us for a lively discussion on the changing face of downtown areas and the fading bohemian culture.

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Coming up in a little over a month, with a keynote by Leslie Jamison!

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BAM Biography/Memoir @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Upcoming schedule for the Global Biography Working Group:

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AWP @awpwriter.org · 10/09/2025

The tenth issue of RECKONING, an environmental justice journal, seeks submissions about communication. They pay 10 cents per word for prose and $50 per page of poetry. Submit by September 22! AWP members can learn more on the Contests & Calls directory.

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General Submission Call: Reckoning X

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AWP @awpwriter.org · 12/09/2025

In “From Muse to Subject,” Shonda Buchanan writes about the challenges of capturing the life of a music and civil rights icon in her ekphrastic collection, THE LOST SONGS OF NINA SIMONE. Members and subscribers can read the article (and a sneak peek!) in THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE.

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From Muse to Subject

Shonda Buchanan pushes the boundaries of ekphrastic poetry in her new collection about the music and civil rights icon.

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Explore Chakaia Booker’s work in “Press & Pull” at the James Gallery, alongside artists influenced by the Blackburn Printmaking Workshop www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/t...

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An Artist Who’s Been Using the Same Woodblock for Over 15 Years

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