Poetry and Literature Calendar/ A list of readings and workshops
TODAY, 2p.m.: Reading and book launch by Onondaga poet and novelist Eric Gansworth, the Lowry Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College, from “From the Western Door to the Lower West Side” (White Pine Press), his collaboration with legendary Buffalo photographer Milton Rogovin. Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo State College.
TODAY, 2:30p.m.:Jewish Community Book Fair reading by Dara Horn, author of “All Other Nights.” Broder Building, Temple Beth Zion, 700 Sweet Home Road, Amherst.
TUESDAY, 1p.m: UB Poetics Program Small Press in the Archive Lecture Series: “Small Pressing Finnegans Wake—Histories of the Text in Multiple Versions,” by Nick Morris, former research fellow at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. Poetry Collection, 420 Capen Hall, UB North Campus.
TUESDAY7p.m.: Reading and book signing by writer/filmmaker Greg Lamberson, author of “Personal Demons: The Jake Helman Files.” Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St.
TUESDAY, 7:30p.m.:Poetry reading and book launch featuring Buffalo-based poets David Hadbawnik and John Hyland and two Canadian poets with new books— Carolyn Smart (“Hooked: Seven Poems”) and Moez Surani (“Reticent Bodies”). Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen St.
THURSDAY, 3:30p.m.:“The External World (When a Stranger Appears): On Hannah Arent, Performance and Poetry,” UB Poetics Program lecture by Fred Moten, associate professor of English at Duke University. Poetry Collection, 420 Capen Hall, UB North Campus.
THURSDAY, 7p.m.:Reading and book signing with novelist Derek Nikitas, a Western New York native and author of “The Long Division,” a mystery set in this region. Nikitas teaches writing at Eastern Kentucky University. Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St.
THURSDAY, 7p.m.:Reading and book signing by Buffalo native Greg Ames, author of “Buffalo Lockjaw,” recently named best first novel by the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association. Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave.
THURSDAY, 7:30p.m.: Jewish Community Book Fair reading and book signing by Roslyn Bernstein, journalism and creative writing professor at Baruch College and author of “Boardwalk Stories,” a new collection of short stories. Benderson Building, Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, 2640 North Forest Road, Getzville.
THURSDAY, 8p.m.:UB Poetics Program reading by poet/critic Fred Moten, author of “In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition” (University of Minnesota Press, 2003), “I ran from it and was still in it” (Cusp Books, 2007), and “Hughson’s Tavern” (Leon Works, 2008). Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 453 Porter Ave.
Poem submissions The poems printed in the Spotlight section of The Buffalo News are selected by R. D. Pohl. Poetry submissions should be sent to him at: R. D. Pohl P. O. Box 641 Buffalo, N. Y. 14225 All poems must include author’s name address and phone number. Inquiries about the poetry page can be e-mailed to Rdpohl1@aol.com.
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