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.

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Heavy - Book Cover - Kiese Laymon - BABEL - Just Buffalo Literary Center

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York TimesPublishers Weekly • NPR • Broadly • Buzzfeed (Nonfiction) • The Undefeated • Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs) • The Washington Post (Nonfiction) • Southern Living (Southern) • Entertainment WeeklyThe 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).

Just Buffalo Present Asiya Wadud, Travis Sharp, Katie Weissman design by Zach Pape
design by Zach Pape

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.

BRING JUST BUFFALO TO YOU

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.

Writer Residency

Writer-in-Residence

Professional writers join students in the classroom for custom-designed, theme-based writer residencies, complementing and supporting the school curriculum.

bookmaking

Bookmaking

Foster a love of the written word from the inside out by learning how to make a book, from book binding to printing techniques.

Field Trip to the Just Buffalo Writing Center

Field Trips // Professional Development

Just Buffalo also welcomes schools, educators, organizations, and groups to visit our Writing Center for a custom-designed creative writing experience.

BABEL 2023-2024 Season - Just Buffalo Literary Center

BABEL Individual Event Tickets on Sale Now!

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for world-famous authors at Kleinhans Music Hall— John Irving (March 21, 2024) and Kiese Laymon (April 25, 2024).

Poetry Fellowship Deadline February 29, 2024 Judge Megan Fernandes

Just Buffalo Literary Center invites adult poets of all ages and stages of their career to apply for its Poetry Fellowship.

Give yourself the space to write and the time to focus.
Live in one of the nation’s most vibrant literary cities.
Read at the Silo City Reading Series.

Applications for the 2024 Poetry Fellowship are open until February 29, 2024.

Upcoming Workshops & Literary Events

April 2024
JBWC Drop-In Hours - Youth Writing Workshop - Winter Spring 2024 - Just Buffalo Literary Center

JBWC Drop-In Hours

At Drop-in Hours, you’ll find writing support, prompts, typewriters, reading recommendations, access to our unique library, publication opportunities, and good snacks.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Just Buffalo Writing Center
468 Washington Street, 2nd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14203
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Want to give the gift of your time? Just Buffalo reviews volunteer applications on a rolling basis, with interviews in August and December for the following season.