Literary Buffalo
Big Night

 

BIG NIGHT TRIBUTE TO MILLIE NISS
FEATURING KAZIM ALI

  

Saturday, February 19, 8:00 PM

 

Celebrate the posthumous publication of
City Bird: Selected Poems 1991-2009 (Blazevox, 2010)
by Millie Niss

 

Poetry by Kazim Ali!

Video by Millie Niss and other artists!

Poems by Millie Niss read by friends!

Food by Geoffrey Gatza!

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Events This Week

 

02.16.11 

 

Screening Room Wednesday Series

Sara Ries and Sally Ann Miller

Reading and open mic

Wednesday, February 16, 7:30 PM

Screening Room, Northtown Plaza, Tonawanda

 

Readings at the RIC

David Landrey and Grace Ritz

Poetry Reading

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 7:30 PM

Daemen College, 4380 Main St.


02.18.11
 

Poetics Plus at UB

Christina Milletti & Dimitri Anstasopoulos

Talk: Narrative and Hybridity: The Influence of Lautreamont and Djuna Barnes on Contemporary Innovative Fiction 

Friday, February 18, 8:00 PM

Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 453 Porter Ave.

 

02.19.11

 

Sugar City

Marc Pietrzykowski

Book Launch/Poetry Reading

Saturday, February 19, 7:00 PM

Sugar City, 19 Wadsworth (In Allentown)

 

BIG NIGHT!

Millie Niss Tribute w/ Poet Kazim Ali

Poetry, Video, Food! $5. Free food. Cash Bar.

Saturday, February 19, 8:00 PM

JBLC @ WNYBAC 468 Washington @ Mohawk

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Buffalo Small Press Book Fair 

The 5th Annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is Half Full!

 

The vendor slots for the 5th annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair are filling up faster than ever.  If you're considering getting a table, act now and reserve your spot.  Check out all the great vendors signed up here

 

The 2011 Buffalo Small Press Book Fair is happy to announce new opportunities for vendors this year as well!  Partnership with the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative and Just Buffalo have made it possible to offer discounted memberships when you sign up to vend at the fair.  If you'd like to become a member of either organization, simply check the box when you fill out your

online vendor application.

 

The Buffalo Small Press Book Fair still needs your support.  We already have the backing of generous sponsors like SUNY at Buffalo Poetry Collection, Colleen Dunham Indexing, Elmwood Franklin School, and others.  Our online sponsorship applications are now open, so if you're looking for a great way to promote your business to a targeted audience for cheap, this is your chance!  Check out different sponsorship opportunities here.

 

We've already begun scheduling events - so look for interesting workshops about comics, zoetropes, and more!  In addition, we've begun setting up the Buffalo Small Press Pre-Party on Friday night, so look for details to come on our

schedule page.


Contact Us

Remember, if you have any questions or concerns, or you want to pitch an idea,

contact us.  For all information regarding the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair, see the website www.buffalosmallpress.org

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  EXTRAS! 

 

BABEL AT BETTY'S DISCUSSION

Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat

Led by Carine Mardorossian

Monday, March 7, 7 PM 

Betty's

379 Virginia St., Buffalo

 

Carine Mardorossian is an associate professor in the English department at UB. Her essay "Edwidge Danticat and Caribbean Women Writers" was published in

Edwidge Danticat: A Reader's Guide

(U of Virginia Press, 2010).

Haitian Cultural Night!

Friday, March 18, 6:30 PM

A celebration of Haitian culture, cuisine, and music in anticipation of

Edwidge Danticat's visit to Buffalo
International Institute of Buffalo
864 Delaware Avenue
Phone: 716.883.1900
 

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JUST BUFFALO MEMBER WRITER CRITIQUE GROUP

The JBLC Member Writer Critique Group meets at our program offices on the second floor of WNYBAC, 468 Washington St., Corner of Mohawk, on first and third WEDNESDAYS of each month from 6:30-8:30 PM.


Click here for info:

http://www.justbuffalo.org/media/pdf/CritiqueGroup1209.pdf  
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