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herry Robbins is a poet, teaching artist, and long-time yoga instructor. Her publications include the full-length collections Or, the Whale (BlazeVOX Books) and Under World, and the chapbook Snapshots of Paradise. She’s a familiar face at Just Buffalo—she’s been teaching workshops for youth and adults with us for nearly forty years. This spring, Sherry teaches two all-ages writing workshops at Just Buffalo: Tarot Writing and Falling Down, Rising Up. Learn more about Sherry and her workshops in this quick Q&A.

On November 14, 2019, Valeria Luiselli visited Buffalo for the second BABEL of the 2019-20 season. (Photographs by Melody Hyatt) [bt_bb_css_image_grid img_base_size="large" lightbox_img_base_size="full" bb_version="5.5.2" images="13646,13647,13648,13649,13650,13651,13652,13653,13654" columns="2" gap="small" shape="inherit" format="" no_lightbox="" responsive="" publish_datetime="" expiry_datetime="" animation="no_animation,;,,;,,;,,;,,;,,;," el_id="" el_class="" el_style=""][/bt_bb_css_image_grid]

I am moved, and a bit amused, that Just Buffalo would invite me to look back on a reading I did three decades ago, sharing an afternoon monologue marathon in June of 1989 at Ujima Theatre’s then-current space on Elmwood with Eileen Myles, the late, great Manny Fried, Tammy Ryan, Susan Hodge Anner, and Francine Witte.