Literature

thurs. 31
.Boxed Lunch Seminar - Erno
Rossi, author of "White Death: The
Blizzard of '77" and "Crystal Beach: The
Good Old Days," will be the featured
speaker, noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31,
Crossroads Bookstore, 6010 Goodrich
Road, Clarence Center; free. 741-1355,
www. booksatcrossroads. com
.Classics Book Review -
Professor Renee Rojas will review
Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 31, Crossroads Bookstore,
6010 Goodrich Road, Clarence Center;
free. 741-1355,
www. booksatcrossroads. com
sat. 2
.Budgeting for Independent
Publishing - With instructor David
McNamara of Sunnyoutside press,
Saturday, Feb. 2. For time and location,
visit www.wnybookarts.org.events.php.
sun. 3
.Spoken Word Sundays -
Spoken word and open mic hosted by
poet Liz Mariani, 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
3, Allen Street Hardware Cafe, 245
Allen St., Buffalo; free. 882-8843
mon. 4
.Basics2Bylines - Discussions on
finding potential markets, understanding
the submission process, sharing of

publishing experiences and problems, as
well as readings of attendees' current
works-in-progress for group input, 7-9
p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, Barnes & Noble,
1565 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst; free.
LynneWallace-L ee@Basics2Bylines.org,
www.basics2by lines.org
tues. 5
.EM Tea Coffee Cup Open Mic
Poetry Slam - 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 5, EM Tea Coffee Cup Cafe, 80
Oakgrove Ave. and Hughes Street,
Buffalo; free. 884-1444
wed. 6
.Friends of the Center Book
Club - Orhan Pamuk's Nobel
Prize-winning novel, "Snow," will be
discussed, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6,
Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home
Road, Amherst; free. 636-4869
.Just Buffalo Literary Café -
Evening will feature authors Amol
Salunkhe and Marjorie Norris and up to
eight additional local readers. Open
readers should plan on reading for up to
5 minutes each starting at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 6, Center for Inquiry,
1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst; free.
636-4869, Ext. 409, www.justbuffalo.org
.Elmwood Writers Group - 7
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, Starbucks, 933
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free. 882-5440
.Beat Night - A open forum for
poets and writers, 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 6, Madame Mocha's, 1190 Lovejoy
St., Buffalo; free. 894-8544