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17 Nov What It Sometimes Sounds Like She Is Singing by Ariel Yelen

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

When it’s a lemon,
a sprig of thyme,
when it’s oil.

Read "What It Sometimes Sounds Like She Is Singing" by Ariel Yelen.

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15 Nov “Still Life” by Zazie Anastasopoulos

Posted at 09:37h in JBLC Fellowships, Just Buffalo Writing Center, Young Writers, Youth Fellow Projects, Youth Fellowships

Presenting “Still Life” a short story by the 2024 JBWC Youth Fellow, Zazie Anastasopoulos.

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14 Nov BABEL with Tommy Orange

Posted at 11:00h in BABEL, Literary Events

Last night was deeply inspiring and insightful. Thank you to Tommy Orange, our audience and all of the people behind the scenes that make BABEL possible!

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10 Nov Pastoral by Canese Jarboe

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

They swarm my calves, my white-hot socks shining
With a thousand seed ticks. This is divine.
All through my hair & I want them to take.

Read "Pastoral" by Canese Jarboe.

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04 Nov Transmissions: Issue 6

Posted at 12:10h in Just Buffalo Writing Center, Transmissions Digital Mag, Young Writers, Youth Publications

Transmissions is a collection of youth writing edited and designed by Youth Ambassadors of Just Buffalo's Writing Center. Issue 6 features work that emerged from JBWC programs during the Spring of 2024.

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03 Nov The 33 by Patrick J. Long

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

Where do we live? In our cars
Scuttling between office and house
Pausing to let a siren pass.

Read "The 33" by Patrick J. Long

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27 Oct excerpts from ANTIKYTHERA by Thom Eichelberger-Young

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

Generator I mean a crystal wrapped it
in wire there are four they are there in
the blue room all that is left of the big
dreams of our generation are letters:::

Read two excerpts from ANTIKYTHERA by Thom Eichelberger-Young

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20 Oct at twenty six i’m getting better at distilling my rage by Spencer Williams

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

a fear of being judged is the two-hundred-and-seventh bone
in the body and no surgery can shave it down or cut it out.

Read "at twenty six i'm getting better at distilling my rage" by Spencer Williams

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13 Oct Maid of the Mist by Celeste Lawson

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

Life flows into her and out of her all at once
Her breath is the great mist rising above thunder

Read "Maid of the Mist" by Celeste Lawson

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11 Oct BABEL with Sandra Cisneros

Posted at 09:00h in BABEL

Last night was such a wonderful start to the BABEL season! Sandra Cisneros captivated all of us with her honesty, her humor and her effortlessly beautiful storytelling.

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