What’s Up Buff State Writers?
June 2015
Hello Writer!
Theresa Wyatt self published her first
poetry chapbook, Arrowheads Everywhere in 2014. The title is inspired by Native
American imagery and general symbolism as it relates to aim and finding
direction. The cover photograph is of an arrowhead plant with one large leaf
pointing north. When I asked her about the title, Theresa said it came from the
last line in her poem, “To Burchfield, The Four Seasons.”
Theresa cited Carl Sandburg as one
of her major influences. She admires his social activist commitment in
highlighting the common man through his prose and poetry. She especially likes
his Chicago poems and his war poems. She also has an interest in writing as a
therapeutic process and has many poems published in medical humanities
journals.
www.buffalopoets.blogspot.com
(Access to the archive of January 17, 2015)
A
recent and new poem that she wrote in honor of her father, "Dementia Unit
Visit," has been published in the spring edition of The Medical
Literary Messenger (Univ of Va Medical School). That address and access
is:
www.med-lit.vcu.edu (Click on current spring edition to read)
Hello Published!
Matt Gryta was the editor of the Buffalo State Record his sophomore
and senior years. He is a veteran crime reporter based in Buffalo, New
York. A staff reporter for the Buffalo News for four decades. He has spent his
career covering gritty stories of crime, punishment and violence in Western New
York.
He
has two books published so far, The
Real Teflon Don, the first disclosure of the secret New York State Police
unit that so successfully tapped into the telephone calls of one of the Mafia's
most powerful crime families that the FBI began borrowing its transcripts of
those calls. Gryta has also published Joey
22, the first non-fiction account of one of the nation's most notorious
serial killers who was based in Buffalo. Gryta was one of the principal
reporters covering the story of the Joey Christopher crime saga.
Hello Publishers!
There are
literary journals, magazines and newsletters to start publishing or continue to
publish your creative writing. The dedication of the editors is important for
the literary and arts community but without writers and artist, there is
nothing for the editors to do. Below are
only a few I met through the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair and readings posted
on the Buffalo State Writer’s Facebook page. There are contest too!
Hello Community!
Dog Ears Bookstore
and Café is a cozy place to relax at the café or explore the bookshop. The
walls are decorated with local’s art. They have a section for local authors and
a poetry reading held every 4th Friday of the month with limited
open mic spots. The nonprofit provides our neighborhood with art and literary
surprises for adults and children. Also there is a writing summer camp for
children.
Hello World!
Homecoming is a documentary about the
island Pukapuka changes in the environment and culture from the perspective of two
friends returning: Johnny Frisbie, a Pukapukan-American
writer’s daughter and Amelia Borofsky,
an American anthropologist’s daughter.
The director is Gemma Cubero
del Barrio.
Interested in supporting this documentary on climate change, the South
Pacific and two daughters coming home? The last date to raise funds is July 3. Here’s
the adventure!
And more literary events and open mics
in Buffalo, NY…
Book Fest at WNY Book Arts Center 468 Washington St July
18 11 am-6 pm
Infringement
Festival July 23-Aug 2
In
the Wildflowers Field 1045 Elmwood Gallery for the Arts Sunday
August 2
3 pm to 6 pm
3 pm to 6 pm
Buffalo State Writer’s Reading at WNY Book Arts Center July 24 at 6 pm
Uniting
Creative Writers at Buffalo State College Friday August 14 from 4pm-7pm
Open mic at Presto at 59 Allen St 6pm every
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
Open mic at Gypsy Bar 376 Grant St at
6pm 2nd Sunday of the month.
Poetry
Slam at Gypsy Bar 376 Grant St at 6pm 4th Sunday of the
month. $5
Reading and open mic at Dog Ears Bookstore 688 Abbott Rd at 7
pm 4th Friday of the month.
$4
Silo
City Reading Series is at Ohio St & Child St. July 17th
& August 29th at 7 pm.
Shakespeare
in Delaware Park Donations
Mark Twain’s
time in Buffalo Tour hosted by Tom Reigstad Friday July 24 at 6pm $40
Cheektowaga, NY…
Empire State College Apple Tree
Reading Series and open mic at 2875 Union Rd at 7 pm every last Tuesday
of the month.
Lockport, NY...
Pulp
716 is a new comic & graphic novel coffee shop. There’s a record player
so bring your vinyls to enjoy!
North Tonawanda, NY…
In
the Wildflowers Field Redeemer Lutheran Church 265 Falconer St
Sunday August 9 from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Thank you Theresa Wyatt and Matt Gryta for contributing to this newsletter!
Have literary events and open mics in
your area around Buffalo, NY?
Please contact Rachel at bscalumniwritinggroup@gmail.com
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