[New York, NY]

Influence and In-Fluency: a writing workshop with Tonya M. Foster
May 7, 2025, 4:00 pm
at Skylight Room 9100 at the CUNY Graduate Center

In “Revolutionary Theater,” Amiri Baraka reckons with the image: What is called the imagination (from image, magi, magic, magician, etc.) is a practical vector from the soul. It stores all data and can be called on to solve all our “problems.” The imagination is the projection of ourselves past our sense of ourselves as “things.” Imagination (image) is all possibility, because from the image, the initial circumscribed energy, any use (idea) is possible. And so begins that image’s use in the world. Possibility is what moves us. In this writing workshop facilitated by poet and editor Tonya M. Foster, participants will be invited to map the array of influences that shape their intellectual and creative practices. We’ll write to explore what moves us in our thinking and imagination. This workshop is free and open to all, but space is limited so please register to attend.

Workshop participants will be invited to briefly share their writings at the start of the related public event at 6:30 PM Influence and In-Fluency with Tonya M. Foster, Samiya Bashir and Tracie Morris.