This series of letters emerged from Ju Ly Ban’s work as a Fellow for Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, grounded in archival engagement with the work and life of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Attuned to the fragments of her presence in the archive, the letters between Ju Ly Ban, Isabelle Utzinger-Son, and Cici Wu imagine otherwise by rethinking how Cha has been approached, interpreted, and held in relation. For the past two years, the three friends have written to one another about Theresa, her life, her art, and the traces of both they have found within and beyond the archive.

Onur Ayaz visited the Charles Olson Research Collection in the Archives & Special Collections at the University of Connecticut in search of the poetry and teachings of Charles Olson, but unexpectedly discovered Olson’s trip to Key West where his poetic genius was born. Read Ayaz’s experiences and findings throughout the duration of his archival research project.

This essay by Jason M. Leggett is published on the occasion of “A Report to an Academy”: Student Responses to Kafka as part of the Kafka in New York symposium held on December 5, 2024. Graduate students from the CUNY Graduate Center and SUNY-New Paltz were invited to respond to the themes and materials in the Morgan Library & Museum’s Kafka in New York exhibition in new and subversive ways.

This video by Esther Neff is published on the occasion of “A Report to an Academy”: Student Responses to Kafka as part of the Kafka in New York symposium held on December 5, 2024. Graduate students from the CUNY Graduate Center and SUNY-New Paltz were invited to respond to the themes and materials in the Morgan Library & Museum’s Kafka in New York exhibition in new and subversive ways.