CRAZY WISDOM: BUDDHISM, BEAT LITERATURE, AND AMERICAN POETICS

Saturday September 16, 2006

8:00 pm

Presented by the Buffalo Community Outreach Group in celebration of the visit of the Dalai Lama, in association with Just Buffalo Literary Center.

This event will be held at the Buffalo Arts Studio located at the Tri-Main Center:
2495 Main Street, Suite 500
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 833-4450

Many westerners first contact with Buddhist philosophy came through the works of poets and writers like Allan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder. Join us  for an evening celebration of the literature that introduced many of us to eastern philosophy and a deeper way of looking at and living in the world. The evening will include a variety of selected readings by members of the outreach committee and those given by the audience. Please bring your favorite readings to share and be prepared for the transforming power of this genre of American poetry and prose.

So who is coming?

Besides you and 60+ dalailamabuffalo.com volunteers,
the following lovers of poetry and literature will be there:

Mike Kelleher - Artistic Director, Just Buffalo Literary Center

David Schmid, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of English, SUNY at Buffalo

Dennis Maloney - Editor / Publisher - White Pine Press

Michael Basinski - Curator, Poetry / Rare Books, University Libraries, SUNY at Buffalo

Ted Pelton, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Humanities, Medaille College

Jonathan Stalling - doctoral candidate