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29 May Meet the Youth Ambassador: Mia

Posted at 09:00h in Community, JBWC Youth Ambassador Program, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Young Writers

Meet the heartbeat of Just Buffalo's Writing Center: our 2023-2024 Youth Ambassadors. This week, we're celebrating Mia—a high school senior at City Honors School with a passion for creative writing, specializing in poetry.

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26 May sour by Zach Savich

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

entropy multiples coincidence or to have been ruined for in the
in the immense gentling sense

Read "sour" by Zach Savich

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19 May Since You Asked by Ann Goldsmith

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I did it because of the rain
and the heaviness of trees
and because you understood
the ways of deer.

Read "Since You Asked" by Ann Goldsmith

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12 May The Hawk by Donna Grace

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

When I told you
what I saw
that morning
in the graveyard

Read "The Hawk" by Donna Grace

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11 May Stepping Into Your Light

Posted at 09:00h in Just Buffalo Writing Center, Other Youth Publications, Youth Publications

JBWC is thrilled to present a new, digital publication: Stepping Into Your Light

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04 May Four Poems from OVID’S CREEK by Sam Magavern

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

I was myopic and fat.
My physique — weak.
Hated to run, swim,
throw discus, wrestle.

Read four poems by Sam Magavern

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28 Apr Excerpt from Monoculture by Travis Sharp

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

image of farmhouse       future tens   fire warning grass         unrelenting blue sky

Read an excerpt from Monoculture by Travis Sharp.

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26 Apr BABEL with Kiese Laymon

Posted at 09:00h in BABEL, JB History

What a beautiful ending to a great season. Thank you Kiese Laymon for your warmth, your vulnerability, your humor, and your incredible work. Thank you to our audience, both at Kleinhans and at home—The magic of BABEL is because of all of you.

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21 Apr Mandible Wishbone Solvent by Asiya Wadud

Posted at 09:00h in Poem of the Week, Publications

roped in incremental ghost tens       future tens    clairvoyant tens          home tens

Read "Mandible Wishbone Solvent" by Asiya Wadud.

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16 Apr Announcing the 2024 JBLC Poetry Fellow

Posted at 09:00h in Poetry Fellowships

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024 Poetry Fellowship: Diana Cao of Boston, MA. Cao will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the August 31 Silo City Reading Series event.

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