Erasure
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On July 2-3, 2026, Mahshid Mayar and Philipp Leonhardt co-host "Making Sense of American: Conversations on Matters and Methods."

In July 2026, the “Making Sense of America” conference features an art installation exhibiting students’ erasures of the Declaration of Independence.

On May 8, 2026, Tracy K. Smith (22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019) joined Michael Fuchs and Mahshid Mayar on Sounds of Erasure…

On April 30, 2026, Sandra Tausel and Mahshid Mayar talked with Crystal Simone Smith for the fifth episode of Sounds of Erasure.

On May 06, 2026, Mahshid Mayar presents “Erasure as Method: Documents-Poems in Solmaz Sharif's 'Dear Salim' Poem” in the C.IAS Lecture Series,…

In May, for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Sounds of Erasure welcomes Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith.

This April, Sounds of Erasure features an interview with the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith.

This March, Sounds of Erasure presents a new episode featuring award-winning poet, social critic, and labor activist Mark Nowak.

In January 2026, Michael Fuchs gave a talk at the international conference "Anthropocene Necropoetics: Empire, Violence, and Ecological Ruin."

In December 2025, Mahshid Mayar led a critical arts workshop on erasure as craft and method at the University of Innsbruck.

CfP "Deliberate Poetics: Erasure, Materiality, and the Politics of the Page" –

Abstract submissions until Feb. 15, 2026

In December 2025, Michael Fuchs & Mahshid Mayar discussed Isobel O'Hare's poetry at "Digital Literature, Literature in the Digital" lecture series.

Upcoming Conference "Anthropocene Necropoetics: Empire, Violence, and Ecological Ruin in US Poetry" -- 28-30 Jan. 2026, University of Cologne

In September 2025, the Hmong-American award-winning poet Mai Der Vang was interviewed by Michael Fuchs and Mahshid Mayar for "Sounds of Erasure."

Upcoming International Conference "Making Sense of America: Conversations on Matters & Methods" -- July 2-3, 2026, University of Innsbruck, Austria

The essay “Splintered Archives -- Versions and Versioning through Erasure Arts and Poetry” (JAAAS 2025 (6:2)) discusses erasure art and literature.

In spring 2025, Mahshid Mayar published “Erasure and Seriality: The 'Serial Attitude' in A Humument and Tree of Codes” with Anglia.