A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York Times • Publishers Weekly • NPR • Broadly • Buzzfeed (Nonfiction) • The Undefeated • Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs) • The Washington Post (Nonfiction) • Southern Living (Southern) • Entertainment Weekly • The New York Times Critics
In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir—winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prize—genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon “provocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rot” (Entertainment Weekly).
Join us on Thursday, May 2nd for an evening of poetry and music from Asiya Wadud, Travis Sharp, and Katie Weismann. Free and open to the public.
For more than 30 years, Just Buffalo Literary Center has sent poets, writers, and performers into the schools to excite students and teachers in the practice and exploration of writing. We create the space and flexibility so students can develop their creative and critical abilities with language—to explore their own creativity and become more insightful thinkers.
Professional writers join students in the classroom for custom-designed, theme-based writer residencies, complementing and supporting the school curriculum.
Foster a love of the written word from the inside out by learning how to make a book, from book binding to printing techniques.
Just Buffalo also welcomes schools, educators, organizations, and groups to visit our Writing Center for a custom-designed creative writing experience.