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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 JBWC Fellowships, 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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14 Apr Emancipation Event by Heather Rae Ackerman

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

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

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12 Apr Meet the Youth Ambassador: Leni

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 Leni—a senior in high school and a poet.

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07 Apr Sing Me Your Unburial by J.B. Stone

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

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

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03 Apr Just Buffalo Presents Brenda Iijima, Janice Lee, and Robin Jordan

Posted at 09:00h in JB History, Literary Events

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.

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