On October 6, 2023, we started the new season of BABEL with the inspiring Jhumpa Lahiri. We had a lovely conversation on language and belonging and even got to hear a reading from her forthcoming book Roman Stories!
Every year, we hold a summer gathering for alum and current writers of Just Buffalo’s Writing Center. This year, Fitz Books welcomed our crew on their whimsical back patio. We ate, we caught up, we traded prompts and wrote, and, new this year, we piloted a game we’re calling Musical Notebooks that, while involving no music or notebooks, was a blast!
JBWC Fellow Jonah Ruddock has been busy this month working on his Fellow project: a micro-chapbook about microplastics, which he hopes to turn into a zine. Why microplastics?
The 2023 season of Silo City Reading Series concluded on August 26, 2023 with readings from Roger Reeves and Just Buffalo Poetry Fellow Ae Hee Lee. Singer-songwriter Katie Bejsiuk performed and surrounded by wild and thoughtful installation by the artist Max Collins.