Silo City Reading Series: Solmaz Sharif, Tyrone Williams, Plant Water, Brandon Watson
Join us for the season kickoff of the 2023 SILO CITY READING SERIES featuring poetry from Solmaz Sharif & Tyrone Williams, a musical performance by Plant Water, and artwork by Brandon Watson.
Doors at 7:00 p.m. | Reading begins at 7:30 p.m.
Books available for purchase from Fitz Books online and at the event.
About the Poets & Artists
photo credit Emma Larson
Solmaz Sharif is the author of two books of poetry, most recently Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) which Publisher’s Weekly praised as “complex and confident” in a starred review. Her first book, Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), was a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Notable Book. Her work has been recognized with a “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Prize, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and Holmes National Poetry Prize from Princeton University. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lannan Foundation, and Stanford University. Her poetry has appeared in Harpers, Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Granta, New Republic, Poetry and the New York Times.
photo credit Pat Cray
Tyrone Williams is the David Gray Chair of Poetry & Letters at SUNY Buffalo. He is the author of several chapbooks and seven books of poetry: c.c. (Krupskaya 2002), On Spec (Omnidawn 2008), The Hero Project of the Century (The Backwaters Press 2009), Adventures of Pi (Dos Madres Press 2011), Howell (Atelos Books 2011), As Iz (Omnidawn 2018), washpark (with Pat Clifford)(Delete Press, 2021) and stilettos in a rifle range (Wayne State University Press, 2022). A limited-edition art project, Trump l’oeil, was published by Hostile Books in 2017. He and Jeanne Heuving edited an anthology of critical essays, Inciting Poetics (University of New Mexico Press, 2019).
Plant Water is a Buffalo-based musical dialogue between Kevin Cain, Ryan Campbell, and Patrick Jackson. Each performance is based on enacting a sonic experience for the audience to feel rooted in the present moment.
photo credit Mustafa Hussain
Brandon Watson is a photographer based in Buffalo, New York. His works focus on the obscure, yet dynamic, subcultures of society. Brandon’s work is not only a first-person view of “the process,” but a cipher that can be utilized to understand the unique language spoken within these hallowed factions.
Silo City Reading Series is generously supported by:
Cullen Foundation // Stenclik Family Foundation // NYSCA // Eric County // Rich Products Corporation
Date
- Saturday, June 10, 2023
- Expired!
Time
- 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost
- $10.00
Location
- 85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, New York 14203
Featured Artists
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Brandon WatsonPhotographerBrandon Watson is a photographer based in Buffalo, New York. His works focus on the obscure, yet dynamic, subcultures of society. Brandon’s work is not only a first-person view of “the process,” but a cipher that can be utilized to understand the unique language spoken within these hallowed factions.
photo credit: Mustafa Hussain
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Solmaz SharifPoetSolmaz Sharif is the author of two books of poetry, most recently Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) which Publisher’s Weekly praised as “complex and confident” in a starred review. Her first book, Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), was a finalist for the National Book Award and a New York Times Notable Book. Her work has been recognized with a “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Prize, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and Holmes National Poetry Prize from Princeton University. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lannan Foundation, and Stanford University. Her poetry has appeared in Harpers, Paris Review, Kenyon Review, Granta, New Republic, Poetry and the New York Times.
photo credit: Emma Larson
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Tyrone WilliamsPoetTyrone Williams is the David Gray Chair of Poetry & Letters at SUNY Buffalo. He is the author of several chapbooks and seven books of poetry: c.c. (Krupskaya 2002), On Spec (Omnidawn 2008), The Hero Project of the Century (The Backwaters Press 2009), Adventures of Pi (Dos Madres Press
2011), Howell (Atelos Books 2011), As Iz (Omnidawn 2018), washpark (with Pat Clifford)(Delete Press, 2021) and
stilettos in a rifle range (Wayne State University Press, 2022). A limited-edition art project, Trump l’oeil, was published by Hostile Books in 2017. He and Jeanne Heuving edited an anthology of critical essays, Inciting Poetics (University of New Mexico Press, 2019). -
Plant WaterBand
Plant Water is a Buffalo-based musical dialogue between Kevin Cain, Ryan Campbell, and Patrick Jackson. Each performance is based on enacting a sonic experience for the audience to feel rooted in the present moment.
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