4/2 Rooftop Reading Postponed

The 4/2 reading featuring Gary Earl Ross & PC Fernbach will regretfully have to be rescheduled.  Watch this space and the Rooftop Poetry Club home page  for further details.

spin: a project of vinyl and verse

This project is over.  Thanks to everyone who participated.  You can see their work here.

Vinyl is back! Please join us for this groove-y poetry project, sure to make your artistic heart skip a beat. Stop by Lisa’s office (BUTL 218D) to pick up a vinyl LP record of your choice. Then, turn the tables on “square” poetry by creating a poem on the vinyl album using the language and art from the album sleeve. Wax poetic! You can draw, paint, etch, paste, or collage on both sides of the album to create your revolution-ary work. Please include your name somewhere on the album. See Lisa for more information forresla@bufalostate.edu.

Completed albums will be presented as part of the April 16th “April Showers” open mic.

Rooftop Poetry Club home page >

Love is a Four-Letter Word: Valentine Day Poetry Contest

Calling all poets:
Send us your love poems! The only rule: you cannot use the words “love” or “heart.” Enter your poem through this blog post (one entry per poet please). Winner to be announced at the 2/13 Rooftop Poetry Club open mic. Butler Library 210, 4:30 pm.

Submission Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2008. 

Writer’s Compass Literary Group/Halloween Reading Event

Dear Rooftop Poetry Club Members,

The Writer’s Compass literary group, a student run group and publication here on campus, is planning a Halloween event on October 30th to promote the fall issue. It will be a reading (poetry, prose) in the bookstore at 5 pm. We were wondering if any of your members would be interested in reading or at least attending our event.

Please check out our myspace page (we are in the process of developing a webpage) for more information on our publication.

If you know anyone who is interested in reading, they can contact me at this address or at write2live@peoplepc.com.

Thanks!

Christina Surdi

Congratulations to Perry, Jennifer, and Nikki!

In case you missed the poetry page in this Sunday’s Buffalo News— three Rooftop poets were published.  Congratulations to Perry Nicholas, Jennifer Campbell, and Nikki Carroll!

Call for writers!

Buffalo Authors Alycia Ripley and Tom Waters will be considering any and all submissions of flash fiction and nonfiction (2,000 word max) as well as poetry (10 page max) for inclusion in an upcoming not-for-profit anthology about present day Buffalo. Submissions will be considered in (as well as) outside of Buffalo, and the material must be topical to modern day Buffalo life, landmarks or Buffalonians in general. All entries must be cut and pasted into the body of an email and sent simultaneously to ‘bigwordsmailbag@yahoo.com’ and ‘alyciaripley@hotmail.com’ with the type of submission in the subject heading (ex: ‘flash fiction submission’). In addition, please include name, address, email address and published works you would like listed after your name in the completed anthology. All royalties will go towards the betterment and continued success of the Just Buffalo Literary Center. The submission period has been extended to January 1st, 2008 and accepted authors will be notified via email. In addition, any and all parties interested in contributing their time or capital towards publishing, producing and marketing the book are also welcome to email or query.

Join Us for Rooftop Poetry in the Lobby

Since the library’s Rooftop Garden is undergoing renovations (like everything else around here), the poetry club has moved its summer reading and music series into the lobby until further notice.

If you see a performance in progress, please feel free to have a seat and enjoy! The readings are open to all–see below for a complete listing, and visit our Web page for podcasts of past readings.

If you wish to join the Rooftop Poetry Club, send an e-mail to Lisa Forrest with a brief bio, some of your poetry, and a photo if you have one, and we’ll put together a Web page for you (example).

June 27
Carol Townsend & Ryki Zuckerman

July 9
Nikki Carroll & Kimberly Davis
Library Lobby 7 pm. Stick around after the reading: open mic slots will be available.

July 19
Aaron Lowinger & Rachel Johnson
Library Lobby 7 pm.

August 1
David Landrey
Library Lobby 7 pm. Also reading: Gabriel Andrews with special musical guest Dee Adams.

August 8
Susan Leist
Library Lobby 7 pm. With special musical guest Brian Wheat.

August 30
Douglas Manson & Barbara Cole
Library Lobby 7 pm. With special musical guest Gregory Paul

Rooftop Poetry Reading May 2

(Butler 210; 4 pm) - Please join us to hear Johanna Fisher & Matt Thompson read their poetry.

Learn more at the Rooftop Poetry Club home page.

Rooftop Poetry Reading April 25

(Butler 210; 4 pm) - Join us to hear humor writer Tom Waters and poet Sara Ries read, then stick around for an open mic afterward. Tom Waters will read from If They Can’t Take A Joke, his “fourth published collection of wickedly subversive and laugh out loud rants, essays, and celebrity interviews” (author’s quote). This event is open to all!

Learn more at the Rooftop Poetry Club home page.

Poem a Day

Hey all you poetry lovers….click here to receive a poem-a-day in your inbox!   http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/poetry/poemaday/