Christina Vega-Westhoff Archives - Just Buffalo Literary Center

Soundscape Writing with Christina Vega-Westhoff July 17, 2025 // 4:00-5:00pm

02 Jul Teachers Are Writers: Soundscape Writing with Christina Vega-Westhoff

Posted at 16:34h in

In this creative writing workshop we will reimagine place through its sonic layers, natural and industrial. We will write, self-translate, collaborate, and work with texture and silence!

Fred Moten + Brandon Lopez from behind 06152024 photo credit Pat Cray

16 Jun Silo City Reading Series featuring Fred Moten + Brandon Lopez, Christina Vega-Westhoff, Bree Gilliam

Posted at 09:28h in JB History, Literary Events, Silo City Reading Series

The Silo City Reading Series returned on June 15, 2024 for it's 12th season. There was a memorable reading and performance given by poet & cultural theorist Fred Moten and double bassist Brandon Lopez. Poet Christina Vega-Westhoff started off the evening with a moving reading of her work. Artist Bree Gilliam showcased her work on the concrete walls of the silos. Thanks to everyone who made it down to the silos.

02 Jun Tide by Christina Vega-Westhoff

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

of less necessity than in other places
abandoned, the canon ship
the sound some soft repetition
it was high tide and then low tide
and then in between tide, when

Read "TIDE" an excerpt from Suelo Tide Cement by Christina Vega-Westhoff