Spoken & Seen: A Community Conversation with Asian Artists & Activists
Join us for a community conversation about art and activism featuring Myung Mi Kim, Ba Zan Lin, and Mizin Shin, moderated by Barbara Cole and Bryan Lee. ...
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Events
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November 2021
BABEL: Virtual Reading Group for Chang-rae Lee’s “My Year Abroad”
Join Jeehyun Lim, Associate Professor of English at the University at Buffalo, for a lively discussion of Chang-rae Lee's My Year Abroad ahead of Lee's appearance at BABEL. ...
BABEL: Chang-rae Lee
Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning author Chang-rae Lee, discussing his book My Year Abroad, an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure—and about the human capacities for pleasure, pain, and connection. ...
March 2022
BABEL: Alison Bechdel
Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning cartoonist Alison Bechdel, discussing her latest work, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir titled The Secret to Superhuman Strength, which was released in 2021 and described by The Guardian as “quietly astonishing” and “extraordinarily generous.” ...
April 2022
BABEL: Colson Whitehead
Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning author Colson Whitehead, discussing his book The Underground Railroad, a gripping tale of one woman’s will to escape the horrors of bondage—and a powerful meditation on the history we all share. ...
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Writing Workshops
Register for one of our upcoming writing workshops.
October 2021
Spooky Season Open Mic (In-Person)
Join the JBWC for a Spooky Season Open Mic at Buffalo’s Reading Park at the downtown Central Library! Celebrate the Halloween season with your spookiest works! This youth writing workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 10 participants. ...
Tarot Writing with Sherry Robbins (Hybrid)
We will cover a brief history and cosmology of tarot, and then use the images and symbols of various decks to prompt your own creative responses. This adult writing workshop is limited to 12 in-person participants with the option to join virtually. ...
Exploring Visual Stories with Ariel Aberg-Riger (Hybrid)
Read and get inspired by the work of great visual storytellers, then create your own fully visual collaborative story. This youth writing workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 10 in-person participants with the option to join virtually.
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Buffalo Writes with Cornelius Fitzpatrick (In-Person)
Join us for a drop-in writing time in the newly-remodeled Just Buffalo Writing Center, facilitated by established writers from Just Buffalo. Just come ready to write. This adult writing workshop is limited to 12 in-person participants. ...
JBWC Halloween Party (In-Person)
Led by our terrifyingly creative team of Youth Ambassadors, JBWC Halloween will dare you to channel your inner Shirley Jackson, Jordan Peele, or perhaps good ole' Edgar Allen. Throw on a costume, grab a pen, and get ready for a raucous adventure to the land of horror (of your own making). ...
November 2021
Office Hours (Hybrid)
Office Hours is a space (and time) where young people can receive one-on-one feedback on any of their writing. This youth writing workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 10 in-person participants with the option to join virtually.
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How To Tell Your Story with Nishant Batsha (Hybrid)
Want to tell your story, but don’t know how? Learn some of the best practices for getting your story from idea to page, then workshop your stories in a supportive learning environment. This adult writing workshop is limited to 12 in-person participants with the option to join virtually.
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Open Share (Hybrid)
Open Share is a time for you to share any of your creations, thoughts, and inspirations with peers. This youth writing workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 10 in-person participants with the option to join virtually. ...
Robotic Poems?!? with Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (Hybrid)
Can computers right poems? And if so, are they any good? Experiment and tinker around with the emerging field of digital and computational poetics and pick up some useful basic coding skills along the way. This youth writing workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 10 in-person participants with the option to join virtually. ...
A Movable Education: Chang-rae Lee and the Hero’s Journey (Hybrid)
What would you do if you had the opportunity to leave your life behind? Can one person transform your ordinary cares into limitless possibilities? Have you ever wanted to become the hero of your own story? Do journeys make heroes from ordinary people?
The hero’s journey is a quintessential literary archetype. Novelist Chang-rae Lee contemporizes the hero’s journey with exciting and eccentric characters, bold descriptive language, and circumstances befitting our modern social climate. This writing workshop, for youth and led by youth, held the week before the Chang-Rae Lee BABEL event, will explore in-depth the writing style of the author and his featured work, My Year Abroad. ...
Teachers Are Writers with Katie Naughton (Hybrid)
This teacher workshop series is aimed at school teachers and educators so they will have the opportunity to explore their own creative work, engage in ongoing conversations about process, and grow as writers. This workshop is FREE and limited to 10 in-person participants with the option to join virtually. CTLE credit is available through the Buffalo State English Education program. ...
Office Hours (Hybrid)
Office Hours is a space (and time) where young people can receive one-on-one feedback on any of their writing. This youth writing workshop is FREE, aimed at young students aged 12–18, and limited to 10 in-person participants with the option to join virtually.
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Silo City Reading Series: Peter Gizzi, Laura Marris, Shilpa Ray, Adam Zyglis (07.31.2021)
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BABEL Tickets: Alison Bechdel (03.16.2022)
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BABEL Tickets: Chang-rae Lee (11.18.2021)
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BABEL Tickets: Colson Whitehead (04.21.2022)
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