For more than two decades City College has captured a variety of student voices by publishing an annual literary journal titled Susurrus, which means “a soft whisper or rustling sound,” and marking its annual release with a reading each May.

This year’s 22nd annual Susurrus reading will be held May 7 in the Student Center.

“It’s one of the ways we support the arts. [The book] really represents very nicely the diverse population we have here [on campus],” says Susurrus adviser and English professor Marci Selva. “It’s a whole spectrum — we have younger students, older returning students, students studying art and students who aren’t studying art.”

Susurrus is a literary journal made up of creative writing and art by current and former City College students.

“A lot of the writers who contributed to the book come and read their pieces,” says Selva. “[During the reading] we showcase the art so that the artists can be displayed at the reading as well.”

This year’s edition holds special meaning for the staff and advisers, notes Selva. It is dedicated to City College student Emma Foley, a former Express newspaper photo editor who died in an accident last summer.

“One of our Susurrus contributors, Vhonn Ryan, had submitted a black-and-white portrait of Emma for consideration for the journal,” says Selva. “The staff loved the photo, and several on the staff who knew Emma made the suggestion that we dedicate this year’s book to her, so we did.”

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“It’s a really beautiful book,” says Selva. “It’s got a piece of art by one of the staff members in the class, George Holden. It was a collaboration with a woman named Hope Harris — a piece called ‘Buddha Fish.’”

Holden, a graphic design major, wrote: “The luminous photograph of the fish and organic images in ‘Buddha Fish’ are combined with hand-painted transparencies, then projected using a combination of transparent inks, gels, dyes, liquid projection layering within the image, giving it a sense of depth, soul and dimension.”

This year’s Susurrus is designed by graphic communications major Michele Lee, who is also the design editor of the Express newspaper and Mainline magazine.

“This was an opportunity for me to actually design a book.” says Lee. “I don’t know how many opportunities there are on this campus to design a book, and as a designer that’s huge. To be able to touch on all of these things from newspaper to the magazine, and now I was able to design a literary journal… Being able to do it was a huge honor.”

The reading will take place 7-9 p.m.