Join us at Buffalo Street Books with author Christopher Gonzales to celebrate the release of Return of The Lost Son. The memoir is set primarily in the Ithaca of the 60's as the author explores his fathers past, and his own heritage.

Thursday, September 18, 5pm LOCATION: Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium, Klarman Hall KG70 The Fall 2025 Zalaznick Reading Series kicks off with a reading by Kevin Young Kevin Young is the poetry editor of The New Yorker, where he hosts the poetry podcast, and is widely regarded as one of the leading poets of his generation. He was the director of the Schomburg ... Read More

With nicole v. basta. ECODEVIANCE is a term borrowed from the poet CA Conrad. Here, we will use the idea (“subversive syllabus for a queer ecopoetics”) to practice presence with our words and with the earth outside the typical constraints of our society and our minds. Through extensive multi-step prompts, you will be asked to burrow forward without turning back ... Read More

A book club focused on BIPOC authors that write romance and fantasy based on central-america, meso-america and indigenous cultures!

Join us at Buffalo Street Books with author Jade Song, and our staff member Anamarie, in a book club discussion of Chlorine! A book about a ravenous swimmer and her longing to become a mermaid, by any means necessary. Jade Song is a writer and artist whose debut novel Chlorine was published by William Morrow. Awarded the American Library Association ... Read More

Join us at Buffalo Street Books for Poetry as Spellcasting - A Reading For Palestine There will be a collection of Author Readings, as well as Zines, Broadsides, and Performances

Join us at Buffalo Street Books with local author Christine Gelineau for observations on the intersections between real life, stories, and the natural world in this contemplative memoir as she reads from her new book, ALMANAC: A Murmuration About the Author: Christine Gelineau is past Associate Director of the Creative Writing Program at Binghamton University and teaches creative nonfiction and ... Read More

Join us at Buffalo Street Books for Katarzyna Bartoszynska in conversation with Alexis Becker as we celebrate the release of Reading Together About the Author: Local author Katarzyna Bartoszynska is a professor in English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Ithaca College, and is also a writer, translator, and avid reader. About the Book: Reading Together is a memoir-essay ... Read More

"Sometimes the dead don’t stay dead” Join us at Buffalo Street Books with author Kalynn Bayron for a reading from her newest novel, Make Me a Monster

Join us at Buffalo Street Books for community-led conversations about climate change, seen through fiction and non-fiction books. The Climate Literature Book Club meets every third Wednesday of the month! Parable of the Talents as well as The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming are the books featured in this week's discussion Shop with us for 10% off these titles!