Our Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak

As a precaution to help limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and care for our community, Just Buffalo Literary Center has postponed a number of events, and we will follow the guidance of Buffalo Public Schools in terms of Just Buffalo Writing Center programming.

Learn More

Dream-Poems & Poem as Dreams Timelines: 3b: Past Workshops (Unseen Archive)


Led by: Mathias Svalina, visiting poet

Where:
Just Buffalo Writing Center
468 Washington Street @ Mohawk, 2nd Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
Dates: May 8 & 10, 2018
Time: 4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

In this workshop we will explore the creative potential of dreams. We will write poems & flash fiction based on elements of your actual dreams, & apply dream-logic to your lived experiences, resulting in surrealist works that can be simultaneously silly, fun, & profound.

*

Mathias Svalina is the author of five books, including Destruction Myth (Cleveland State University Poetry Center), Wastoid (Big Lucks Books), & most recently The Wine-Dark Sea (Sidebrow Books). He is an editor for the small press Octopus Books. Since 2014, Svalina has run the Dream Delivery Service in cities such as Tucson, Marfa, San Diego, Austin, & Chicago. For the month of May 2018, he will deliver dream poems in Buffalo, New York.

This workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 12 participants.

Register