Bushel Hosts a Reception for SUNY Delhis Agate on May 1

DELHI – Bushel is pleased to host a release party to celebrate the publication of Agate 2025, SUNY Delhi’s annual literary and arts journal. The program will include student readings and artwork reflections and a poetry reading by featured poet Sarah Giragosian. The event will take place on Thursday, May 1, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, at Bushel, 106 Main Street in Delhi. During the reception, attendees can pick up a signed copy of the journal and enjoy light refreshments. Free and open to the public.

 Agate, SUNY Delhi's literary and arts magazines, publishes works submitted by members of the SUNY Delhi community, including students, faculty, and staff.  Agate has been published for over fifty years and serves as a venue for SUNY Delhi community members to share their writing and artwork.  

 This event celebrates Agate 2025 featuring contributions by Gabrielle Blake, Emma Bonita, Bersham Brown, Lorenzo Chin, Brendan Coffey, Jake Dean, Ava Dilliplane, Kam Dunham, William Egle, Gabriella Ferri, Jeannie Gibbs, Rhonda Harrow-Engel, Haylee Hernandez, Elizabeth Hoyt, Ariel Jeffrey, Jacqueline Madden, Alison Martinez, Alexander Madison, Christy Mendoza, Jamison Moscoso, Jahzeel Moscoso, Joe Piasek, Hector Rodriguez, Cabrina Simmons, Anne Wilfer, Nancy Willow, Hailey Wolcott. The editorial team consists of Gabriella Ferri, Jamison Moscoso, Jahzeel Moscoso, Hector Rodriguez, Dr. Shelly Jones, Dr. Ben West. 

The event features a reading by Sarah Giragosian, the author of the poetry collections Queer Fish (winner of the American Poetry Journal Book Prize, 2017) and The Death Spiral (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) and co-editor (with Virginia Konchan) of Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems (University of Akron Press, 2023). Mother Octopus (co-winner of the Halcyon Prize) is available from Middle Creek Press.   

 BUSHEL is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, volunteer-led, mixed-use space dedicated to art, agriculture, ecology, and action. It is located at 106 Main Street in Delhi. For more information, go to www.bushelcollective.org.