“The Curious Novelist” … A.S. Byatt journeys to Buffalo
The 2009-2010 season of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel has commenced. Attendance didn’t unfortunately sell-out the new venue at Kleinhans, but the crowd was full and above the capacity of...
View ArticleFinally, I’m in Buffalo! … Babel’s Azar Nafisi
Those four words were definitely not what I expected to escape Azar Nafisi’s lips upon reaching the podium at Kleinhans for 2010’s first installment of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel Series....
View ArticleSalman Rushdie risks his life once more for Just Buffalo’s Babel
And that is why you leave to get in line for an autograph when Mike Kelleher says “final question” with a guy like Salman Rushdie doing the signing. The guy is a rockstar that not only brought the...
View ArticleWriting is a process of endless learning … Babel’s V.S. Naipaul
The fourth season of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel Series begun with a glaring omission—there was no Ed Cardoni at the podium on behalf of Hallwalls, replaced instead by the corporate spiel of...
View ArticleTelling your story brings you home … Babel’s Maxine Hong Kingston
With Ed Cardoni back to open the festivities of the second installment of Just Buffalo Literary Center’s fourth Babel season, one could catch a quick glimpse of Maxine Hong Kingston trying to get on...
View ArticleIf I were satisfied, I wouldn’t keep doing it … Babel’s Zadie Smith
Not to overshadow the presence of British novelist Zadie Smith ushering in 2012’s year of Babel, the sobering news that Just Buffalo Literary Center‘s Michael Kelleher was stepping down as Artistic...
View ArticleAll new homes come with a clarinet … Babel’s Alexander McCall Smith
The Michael Kelleher-less era of Babel began tonight with one of the biggest crowds the series has ever seen. If Alexander McCall Smith didn’t find himself standing before more audience members than...
View ArticleBabel’s Abraham Verghese teaches Buffalo the difference between curing and...
It is interesting to see how Just Buffalo Literary Center’s Babel series has evolved over the years. Beyond locale (now residing at Kleinhans Music Hall after its origins in Asbury Hall at Babeville),...
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