Literature

Local Author and LHS Student Host Children’s Storytime at Lockport Farmers Market

Award-winning local author Diana Tuorto will offer a children’s storytime and signing of her latest picture book, Ms. Alberta: Feline Barn Manager, at the

June 22, 2024

Literature·Local News

The Buffalo Reading Invasions are back for their 12th season

The Buffalo Reading Invasion is kicking things off  along Bidwell Parkway, just east of Elmwood (the Talking Leaves/Aroma side) on Wednesday June 12th from 7pm

June 3, 2024

Activities·Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature

UB professor to discuss her new book, “The Letters of Emily Dickinson” April 29 7 p.m.

Cristanne Miller, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Edward H. Butler Professor of English in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, will

April 24, 2024

Arts & Culture·Events·Featured·Literature

Just Buffalo BABEL Season Finale features KIESE LAYMON on Thursday, April 25 @ 8pm

The BABEL season finale is just three days away! Join us for an evening with award-winning author Kiese Laymon as we discuss his memoir Heavy— an

April 23, 2024

Arts & Culture·Events·Featured·Literature

Long-Awaited Huge Used Book Sale @ Central Library

Downtown Central Library’s Massive Used Book Sale Returns April 11-13 Over 12,000 items available for 25 cents each WHO:  Buffalo & Erie County Public

April 5, 2024

Arts & Culture·Events·Featured·Literature

ECLIPSE Author Cites Benefits of Experiencing ‘Total Awe’ During April 8th Solar Eclipse

Fourth edition of ECLIPSE book is now available to educate and inspire. In less than two months, the Moon’s shadow will darken a 120-mile-wide

February 26, 2024

Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature

Just Buffalo Literary Center 2024 Poetry Fellowship application is open!

Just Buffalo invites adult poets 21 years and older in all stages of their career to apply for the 2024 Poetry Fellowship. The 2024

January 30, 2024

Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature

Last BABEL of 2023! Michelle Zauner Thursday, November 9th | 8pm

Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for a conversation with Japanese Breakfast front-woman and bestselling author Michelle Zauner as she discusses her memoir, Crying in

October 31, 2023

Arts & Culture·Events·Featured·Literature

Individual BABEL Tickets are Available Now!

Individual tickets for each BABEL event are available now! Choose which authors you want to see or get a season subscription to see all four. Remember:

September 7, 2023

Arts & Culture·Events·Featured·Literature

BABEL season finale April 26

BABEL: Isabel Wilkerson  Wednesday, April 26 | 8:00pm In 1994, at just 33, Wilkerson won a Pulitzer Prize for individual reporting for her work

April 19, 2023

Arts & Culture·Events·Featured·Literature

Just Buffalo Literary Center seeking to hire new Communications Coordinator

Just Buffalo’s Communications Coordinator works closely with program staff to tell the JBLC story in a meaningful & impactful way.From the BABEL author series

January 10, 2023

Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature

Join Just Buffalo and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library for a FREE Lit City Celebration! Thursday, September 29 from 3-7 p.m.

LIT CITY CELEBRATION Celebrate Buffalo’s literary community and the year-long Lit City: On the Move public art project with JBLC and the Buffalo & Erie County

September 17, 2022

Arts & Culture·Education·Events·Featured·Literature·Music·TV & Film

Of Lost Time’s Letters of Note: Harriet Tubman and Her Fight Against Slavery

Future Science Group’s Literary Unit, Of Lost Time, is revisiting the astonishing life of Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) in an upcoming collection. Amongst many other

May 18, 2022

Arts & Culture·Education·Literature·Visual Arts

Pointers for Publicists With Leni Weisberg 

Public relations is rarely a profession that gets any kind of spotlight, perhaps because so much of PR focuses on giving a spotlight to

January 11, 2021

Literature

New book: When “twice-a-day George” Stephanopoulos isn’t busy plugging for the Clintons, he’s plugging his wife

ABC News anchor, George Stephanopoulos, who once was President Clinton’s communications director during his campaign, and later the White House communications director under Clinton,

April 16, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Independent Bookstore Day to Celebrate Local Authors

Lakewood, NY – It’s that time of year again, on April 28, 2018, Off the Beaten Path Bookstore will once again participate in the

April 14, 2018

Arts & Culture·Events·Literature

ONE NATION OVERDOSED: 3 Things To Understand About America’s Opioid Crisis And Pain-Pill Addiction

Each time the American people think the nation’s opioid crisis can’t get any worse – it gets worse. In 2016, 42,249 people died from

April 5, 2018

Health·Literature·Opinion

Great New Book by Elizabeth Licata on Things To Do In Buffalo

Something has been missing in Buffalo for a long time. There is no Lonely Planet Buffalo tour guide, or Frommer’s Buffalo, or Fodor’s Essential

April 4, 2018

Arts & Culture·Lifestyle·Literature

Lawyer, politico Stephanie Mickle to release memoir “Follow the Leader”

One of Washington’s sought-after legal advisors and political strategists depicts a 20-year-career in personal tome (WASHINGTON D.C.) Stephanie Mickle, Esq., CEO of Mickle Public Affairs, has inked a deal

March 21, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Lessons from a Super Bird; One species, homo sapiens, responsible for mass extinction of many species

By Dr. John O. Hunter “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” 

March 21, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Famed Royal Writer Charles Rae to do exclusive interviews of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

MEGHAN MARKLE & PRINCE HARRY THE ROYAL WEDDING Bespoke features from renowned Royal Correspondent Charles Rae Interviewhub, a UK’ based resource for exclusive interview and

March 19, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Dr. John O. Hunter: Robert Burns and W.B. Yeats

By Dr. John O. Hunter Burns and Yeats       Selecting my favorite poets is difficult to do, and on another day, it

March 16, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature·Uncategorized

Dr. John O. Hunter: Genghis Khan and Crazy Horse

By Dr. John O. Hunter Of the world’s warrior chiefs, the two most fascinating for me are Genghis Khan and the Lakota Crazy Horse,

March 14, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

New Memoir ‘Bi-Gender’ Rides Wave of New Nonbinary Gender Attention

By Johnny B. Gay LGBT Editor Gender Rebel Press has published a book on the bi-gender experience, James-Beth Merritt’s Bi-Gender: A Candid Nonbinary Memoir. While

March 12, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

The meaning of St. Patrick’s Day

by Dr. John O. Hunter   Preface Ego baptizo te inome patris et filio et spiritus sancti   I begin by using Latin (not to claim  fluency,

March 8, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Margolis’ book rebuts notion of scandal free Obama presidency

Before leaving office, President Barack Obama said,”I’m proud of the fact that […] we’re probably the first administration in modern history that hasn’t

March 2, 2018

Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature

Dr. John O. Hunter: End of Days? [Part 4]

By Dr. John O. Hunter We do not need lessons from an elite band of strategic philosophers or fake news artists or movie stars,

February 27, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Dr. John O. Hunter: End of Days? [Part 3]

By Dr. John O. Hunter We know that we live in a material world which compels us to stay with rational interpretations and logical

February 23, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Dr. John O. Hunter: End of Days? [Part 2] Big Pharma rules

  End of Days? Part II By Dr. John O. Hunter  Elsewhere, I have argued the difference between physical evolution and spiritual evolution and

February 22, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature·Uncategorized

Dr. John O. Hunter: End of Days? [Part 1]

End of Days? Part I By Dr. John O. Hunter  I grew up in a different country. Pale impressions of it appear now and

February 20, 2018

Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature

Author: Sex reassignment procedures do not change people’s sex, they merely masculinize or feminize outward appearance

Ryan T. Anderson Ph.D. is the author of “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment”.  He is also the William E. Simon Senior

February 20, 2018

Arts & Culture·Literature

Author: Dalai Lama reportedly aware, secretly supported lamas’ Tantric sex cult practices

The following is the opinion of author, Christine Chandler. She wrote ‘Enthralled,’ a book about the alleged secret Tantric sex practices of Tibetan Buddhist

February 18, 2018

Arts & Culture·Featured·Literature·Philosophy & Religion

The 5 Most Popular Degree Courses Revealed

The most popular degree courses are usually popular for a reason. They are usually highly paid careers that have a lot of opportunities and

December 22, 2017

Literature

Poems by Ellen Catherine Scherer DEAR READER Dear reader: You’ve been asking me what is

December 4, 2017

Literature

POETRY by Susan Marie

The Perfect Poem The perfect poem is without words. It is heard within the cries of lovers, legs entwined like trees, limbs reaching

November 12, 2017

Literature

POETRY

Poems by Ellen Catherine Scherer I GO LIE  i’m too afraid to name her i keep tripping over the same curb in front

October 23, 2017

Literature

Why Do So Many Nurses Enjoy Their Job

While it’s clear there are thousands of nurses around the world that wished they never bothered getting into the industry, there are more people

October 3, 2017

Literature

If You Love Helping Others a Masters in Counseling Might Be Your Calling

Do you have a passion for helping others? Maybe you go out of your way to help those around you who are in need?

September 25, 2017

Literature

‘Buffalo View’ chronicles WNY Ecology Scene

By James Hufnagel; Readers of the Buffalo News are no strangers to the guest editorials written by local author and environmentalist Larry Beahan of

January 12, 2017

Literature

Books: The Perfect Gift

Suggestions from Talking Leaves Bookstore:   The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick In this poignant and charming debut, a lovable widower embarks

December 15, 2016

Literature

GRAPHIC TRAFFIC

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT By Neil Gaiman (Author) and Michael Zulli (Illustrator) Dark Horse Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. Do you enjoy Grimm’s

December 8, 2016

Literature

GRAPHIC TRAFFIC

THE PRIVATE EYE By Bryan K Vaughn (Author) and Marcos Martin (Illustrator) Image Comics Inc. (Publisher) Reviewed by Jack Dumpert. Spanish artist Marcos Martin

November 17, 2016

Literature

GRAPHIC TRAFFIC

THIS ONE SUMMER By Mariko Tamaki (Author) and Jillian Tamaki (Illustrator) First Second Books (Publisher) Review by Emil Novak Sr. Who doesn’t love that

November 3, 2016

Literature

GRAPHIC TRAFFIC

BLACK MAGICK, VOL. 1: AWAKENING By Greg Rucka (Author) and Nicola Scott (Illustrator) Image Comics (Publisher) Review by Gabriel Allandro. “Eight words the Wiccan

October 6, 2016

Arts & Culture·Literature

POISON IVY: CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH

By Amy Chu (Author) and various illustrators DC Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead If you’re a Poison Ivy fan, you’ll love this graphic

September 22, 2016

Literature

Righting Bad History: American intervention in the Middle East caused the crisis

BY JIM OSTROWSKI This is an excerpt from the brand new book, The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes

August 4, 2016

Literature

The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton For High Crimes in Syria and Libya

By Jim Ostrowski This week, my brother Mike and I published “The Impeachment of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for High Crimes in Syria

July 28, 2016

Literature

Graphic Traffic, presented by Queen City Bookstore INC.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #1 By Nick Spencer (Author) and Jesús Saiz (Illustrator) Marvel Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. Warning: If you planned

June 30, 2016

Literature

Poetry

“Memory Foam” by Spencer E. Carr A dirtbag mattress flopped all stained and frameless in the corner wakes suddenly and feels its face—the rictus

June 30, 2016

Literature

Graphic Traffic, presented by Queen City Bookstore INC.

RUNAWAYS: PRIDE AND JOY By Brian K. Vaughan (Author) and Adrian Alphona (Illustrator) Marvel Comics (Publisher) Review by Maia Bankhead. What would you do

June 24, 2016

Literature

Poetry

In Dedication to the Buffalo Puerto Rican/Latino Memorial By Alberto O. Cappas We visited the Buffalo Canal Side Enjoying the lively breeze from

June 24, 2016

Literature

An International Banquet of Edible Books

Every year, WNY Book Arts Center invites artists, foodies, and book-lovers to design and display books intended to be consumed. Each presentation is to

March 31, 2016

Literature

S.H.I.E.L.D. by Steranko: The Complete Collection

Jim Steranko, superstar guest at the 2015 Buffalo Comicon, told the story of being offered a job by four different comic book companies in

March 17, 2016

Arts & Culture·Literature

Deadpool & Cable: Ultimate Collection, Book 1

It comes along every so often, that perfect buddy-action book that fits together like peanut butter and jelly. Deadpool & Cable is not that

March 17, 2016

Literature

A Poetry Reading Featuring Lauren Shufran

On Friday (3/11), Rust Belt Books (415 Grant Street) will host Lauren Shufran to present a thought-provoking and apt reading, at 8pm. There will

March 10, 2016

Literature

Wonder Woman at Super Hero High

I usually make it a rule to stay as far away from comic-based novels as possible; they’re one of the few types of books I

March 10, 2016

Literature

Harley Quinn and Power Girl

Two fan-favorite D.C. characters, Harley Quinn and Power Girl, team up in what has to be the most underrated adventures ever written. I mean,

March 10, 2016

Literature

Deadshot: Bulletproof

It’s a thin line between villainy and heroism, andDeadshot: Bulletproof walks that razor’s edge with a blend of sharp art, an edgy plot and dark

March 7, 2016

Literature

Invincible, Vol. 1: Family Matters

Chances are, you’ve experienced Robert Kirkman’s work (The Walking Dead, Ultimate X-Men, Marvel Zombies). But when Kirkman wasn’t making one of the most badass

March 7, 2016

Literature