Constitution of The GC Poetics Group
From cunydsc.org
MISSION: The GC Poetics Group is an interdisciplinary collective at the CUNY Graduate Center made up of students and faculty from all departments who are interested in poetry and poetics. Our purpose is to provide a context in which a variety of poetry events and discussions can easily happen, and to foster an intellectual and social community dedicated to creative writing and scholarship, and to imaginative amalgams of both. This group is a way of taking advantage of the diverse talents and interests of the Graduate Center’s many poets and scholars of poetry, and also a way of connecting the institution to other poetry communities in New York City and elsewhere.
EVENTS: The activities of the group will include monthly meetings to provide a casual venue for discussion of pre-arranged topics or texts (poems, essays, etc.). In addition we plan to organize a series of happenings open to the public, featuring poetry readings, panel discussions, interviews, performances, and interdisciplinary occurrences. We also commit to organizing a student poetry/prose reading at least once a year in a social setting such as an end-of-year party.
MEMBERSHIP: The group is open to all Graduate Center students, and we also welcome participation from other CUNY faculty and students, as well as from anyone who is interested in poetry at the Graduate Center and in New York. We maintain a listerv of over 60 members.
CO-CHAIRS: The group will be chaired by two students who either volunteer, or (in the case of multiple candidates) are selected by email ballot. The Co-Chairs share the responsibilities of scheduling, publicizing, and running monthly meetings, finding volunteers to lead discussion, moderating the listserv, organizing events, meeting chartered organization requirements, and applying for funding.
