Poet, teacher, and cultural worker
On October 17, 2018, Ghost Fishing poet Ross Gay joined Kathy Engel, the Art and Public Policy class “Language is Action”, members of Food And Racial Equity Collective at NYU, Decarbonize NYU and members of the public for a reading of his poem “A Small Needful Fact” in front of the Kimmel Windows.
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On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, members of the NYU community and the public joined Marta Vega for a reading and discussion of her book “When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio”, followed by a reception and book signing. Here some impressions of the event:
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This gorgeous country loves to make a summer
orphan or take a parent’s child. The tree will soon
articulate its loss, first flush, then naked limbs.
Geese announce their disciplined direction.
– excerpt from “August Letter to a Poet” by Kathy Engel
Kathy’s poem is featured in “About Place Journal”, Volume V Issue II. To read the full poem, click here…
Kathy’s poem “Return” is featured in the public art installation Ghost Fishing: Eco-Justice Poetry and the Diasporic City. The installation is on view 24/7 at the Kimmel Windows, located at the corner of LaGuardia Pl and West 3rd St, until November 1st, 2018. The project is co-sponsored by the department of Art & Public Policy, Tisch School of the Arts. It is organized by Kathy and a team of coordinators.
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Read a review in the Washington Square news here…
Read an article in in NYU Arts Digest here…
From Gwen McKinney’s newsletter on Black History month:
“Let’s view February merely as a marker, not a restraint. We should claim the moments whenever it is appropriate to exhume, remember and embrace. The obscure. The cherished. The harsh. The curated truths. They etch the Black experience. They are milestones in the storytelling of humanity, capturing what is constant and changing.”
