Poetry in the Air

BMCC English Professor James Tolan August 4, 2014 Recently, BMCC professor of English and poet James Tolan was interviewed, along with poet Olivia Stiffler, on the nationally distributed public radio program, New Letters on the Air. Hosted and produced by Angela Elam, the show is an independent production of the College of Arts and...

From English Composition to Literary Art

BMCC’s Writing & Literature program is honored by a major educational organization

A Butterfly Girl and Flying Leaf Help Save the World

Dr. Alister Ramírez Márquez’s Colombian roots inspire him to write a mystical—and colorful—children’s story.

Faculty in the News: Professor Enrico of Modern Languages Wins Bordighera Poetry Prize

Maria Enrico, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Italian, has won the Bordighera Poetry Prize to translate Grace Cavalieri’s Water on the Sun from the English into Italian.

BMCC President Visits British Students Who Sent Prayers and Poems After the World Trade Center Attack

Two years ago, shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center, students at the Coseley School sent prayers and poems that they wrote to the students at Borough of Manhattan Community College. This fall, The BMCC president visited the Coseley students to thank them in person for their support. Meeting with the group of...

Finding the Path to Literary Citizenship

May 9, 2014 BMCC English professor Margaret Barrow had reluctantly boarded a packed subway car last year and wasn’t happy about being pushed and jostled, when she noticed a “Poetry in Motion” sign. “I had to strain to read the poem over the heads of the people pressed up against me—and when I did,...

Transitions & Transactions: A Pioneering Conference on the Teaching of Literature 

BMCC just hosted the country’s first conference focused on teaching literature in community colleges.