Literature

March 15
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    Poet Rod Smith and chapbook
author Stacy Szymaszek reading, 7
p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Rust Belt
Books, 202 Allen St., Buffalo. Hosted
by Kevin Thurston and Michael
Kelleher. Call 885-9535 or visit
www.justbuffalo.org for more
information.
March 16
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    Arabian Nights/Middle
Eastern Poetry and Dance The
heat is rising at a program designed to
bring some sizzle in the middle of
March, beginning at 7 p.m. Friday,
March 16 at Unitarian Universalist
Church, 695 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo.
Call 832-5400 or visit www.just
buffalo.org for more information.
March 19
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    The UB Poetics program presents
Joan Retallack, who will begin
reading at 8 p.m. Monday, March 19 at
The Cinema at Hallwalls Contemporary
Art Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo.
Call 854-1694 or visit www.hallwalls.org
for more information.
March 22
.
    The Write Thing Reading Series
continues with author Karen
Volkman, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22
at The Library at Huber Hall, Medaille
College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo. Call
884-3411 x152 for more information.