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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Announcing the 2024 JBLC Poetry Fellow

Posted at 09:00h in Poetry Fellowships

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024 Poetry Fellowship: Diana Cao of Boston, MA. Cao will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the August 31 Silo City Reading Series event.

Sunday, April 14, 2024 Emancipation Event by Heather Rae Ackerman

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I cannot boil water for an egg.
The dirty corners of the kitchen
are something I don’t know how to fix.

Read "Emancipation Event" by Heather Rae Ackerman

Leni - Youth Ambassador - Writing Center - Just Buffalo Literary Center

Friday, April 12, 2024 Meet the Youth Ambassador: Leni

Posted at 09:00h in Community, JBWC Youth Ambassador Program, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Young Writers

Meet the heartbeat of Just Buffalo's Writing Center: our 2023-2024 Youth Ambassadors. This week, we're celebrating Leni—a senior in high school and a poet.

Sunday, April 7, 2024 Sing Me Your Unburial by J.B. Stone

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

Sing me your unburial
Sing your peace into a grove of forest hollows,
Sing your requiem for the eternal riffs of atonement,

Read "Sing Me Your Unburial" by J.B. Stone

Sunday, March 31, 2024 Two poems by Robin Lee Jordan

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

crunch of what breath
what trite death

Read two poems by Robin Lee Jordan

Pride David - Youth Ambassador - Writing Center - Just Buffalo Literary Center

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Meet the Youth Ambassador: Pride

Posted at 11:06h in Community, JBWC Youth Ambassador Program, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Young Writers

Meet the heartbeat of Just Buffalo's Writing Center: our 2023-2024 Youth Ambassadors. This week, we're celebrating Pride—a senior in high school and a romance writer.

Sunday, March 24, 2024 Three Poems by CAConrad

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

We stopped
studying the
night sky

Read three poems from "Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return" by CAConrad

John Irving reading at BABEL photo credit: Pat Cray

Friday, March 22, 2024 BABEL with John Irving

Posted at 11:00h in BABEL

On March 21, 2024, Just Buffalo Literary Center welcomed best-selling author John Irving to BABEL. Mr. Irving shared multiple excerpts from his forthcoming novel tentatively titled, Queen Esther. He shared more about the book than we think he wanted to. Thank you to everyone who joined us which created the atmosphere for a remarkable evening.