UB Poetics + Just Buffalo Present: Asiya Wadud, Travis Sharp, + Katie Weissman

Featured Artists

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  Travis Sharp Essayist, Poet, Scholar
  

  Travis Sharp

  Essayist, Poet, Scholar

  Travis Sharp is the author of the book-length poem Monoculture (Unicorn Press 2024) and the poetry collection Yes, I am a corpse flower (Knife Fork Book 2021). A former postdoctoral fellow at the University at Buffalo, he is currently a lecturer in the writing program at Howard University. Since 2019, he is the executive editor at Essay Press.

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  Katie Weissman Musician
  

  Katie Weissman

  Musician

  Katie Weissman began playing the cello at the age of three at Buffalo Suzuki Strings after seeing Yo-Yo Ma appear on Sesame Street. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from Boston University, and her principal teachers include Nancy Anderson, Feng Hew, Michael Reynolds, Amanda Truelove, and Roman Mekinulov. When at home in Buffalo, Katie is a cellist and backup singer in the Little Cake Cover Band and is a substitute for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. She also plays with contemporary music ensemble Wooden Cities, the composition think-tank Evolution of the Arm, free jazz group Root Cellar, folk-rock bands TEOA and Birddog, and various other chamber music outfits in the Western New York area. She has toured at home and abroad and has lent her playing to many recording projects in the studio, including multiple albums and stage performances by Buffalo’s own Goo Goo Dolls. She teaches privately in her own studio and currently lives in Williamsville with her dogs, rabbits, and parakeet.

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  Asiya Wadud Poet
  

  Asiya Wadud

  Poet

  Asiya Wadud is the author of five poetry collections, most recently No Knowledge Is Complete Until It Passes Through My Body and Mandible Wishbone Solvent. Her work appears in e-flux journal, BOMB Magazine, Triple Canopy, POETRY, Yale Review and elsewhere. Asiya’s work has been supported by the Foundation Jan Michalski, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Danspace Project, Finnish Cultural Institute of New York, Rosendal Theater Norway, Beirut Arts Center and Kunstenfestivaldesarts, among others. She lives in New York City.