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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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Just Speak - Fall 2020 Youth Writing Workshops - Just Buffalo - Buffalo NY

In this workshop, students will search for poetry in conversation. We will write whole scenes only using dialogue. We’ll investigate how well-crafted spoken exchanges can propel a story forward, provide humor, and give valuable emotional insight into our characters. This is a class for all levels. Students interested in theatre or filmmaking are strongly encouraged to enroll.

Where: Online Workshop
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Time: 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

TO REGISTER:
Email Writing Center Coordinator Robin Jordan at rjordan@justbuffalo.org.
This workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 8 participants.

Gabriel Bump

About the Teaching Artist

GABRIEL BUMP is from South Shore, Chicago. He was awarded the 2016 Deborah Slosberg Memorial Award for Fiction. He received his MFA in Fiction from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Gabriel’s first novel, Everywhere You Don’t Belong, was published by Algonquin Books in February 2020. He is at work on his second novel, The New Naturals, which is forthcoming from Algonquin Books.

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