21 Apr Mandible Wishbone Solvent by Asiya Wadud
roped in incremental ghost tens
future tens clairvoyant tens home tens
Read "Mandible Wishbone Solvent" by Asiya Wadud.
16 Apr Announcing the 2024 JBLC Poetry Fellow
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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.
14 Apr Emancipation Event by Heather Rae Ackerman
I cannot boil water for an egg.
The dirty corners of the kitchen
are something I don’t know how to fix.
Read "Emancipation Event" by Heather Rae Ackerman
The dirty corners of the kitchen
are something I don’t know how to fix.
12 Apr Meet the Youth Ambassador: Leni
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Meet the heartbeat of Just Buffalo's Writing Center: our 2023-2024 Youth Ambassadors. This week, we're celebrating Leni—a senior in high school and a poet.
07 Apr Sing Me Your Unburial by J.B. Stone
Sing me your unburial
Sing your peace into a grove of forest hollows,
Sing your requiem for the eternal riffs of atonement,
Read "Sing Me Your Unburial" by J.B. Stone
Sing your peace into a grove of forest hollows,
Sing your requiem for the eternal riffs of atonement,
03 Apr Just Buffalo Presents Brenda Iijima, Janice Lee, and Robin Jordan
Last night we hosted a beautiful evening of readings in collaboration with UB Poetics. Thank you so much to Brenda Iijima, Janice Lee, & Robin Lee Jordan for sharing your work with us, thank you to Fitz Books and thank you to all who attended.
31 Mar Two poems by Robin Lee Jordan
crunch of what breath
what trite death
Read two poems by Robin Lee Jordan
what trite death
27 Mar Meet the Youth Ambassador: Pride
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Meet the heartbeat of Just Buffalo's Writing Center: our 2023-2024 Youth Ambassadors. This week, we're celebrating Pride—a senior in high school and a romance writer.
24 Mar Three Poems by CAConrad
We stopped
studying the
night sky
Read three poems from "Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return" by CAConrad
studying the
night sky
22 Mar BABEL with John Irving
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On March 21, 2024, Just Buffalo Literary Center welcomed best-selling author John Irving to BABEL. Mr. Irving shared multiple excerpts from his forthcoming novel tentatively titled, Queen Esther. He shared more about the book than we think he wanted to. Thank you to everyone who joined us which created the atmosphere for a remarkable evening.