"In this future universe of the novel, gestures and objects will be there before being something; and they will still be there afterwards, hard, unalterable, eternally present, mocking their own ‘meaning.’ Exhibit X ‘gives us’ a clear image of this situation. Though [it] may conceal a mystery, or betray it, the [X] element which make[s] a mockery of systems has only one serious, obvious quality, which is to be there."
from "A Future for the Novel" by Alain Robbe-Grillet
 UB English Department presents
Exhibit X
A Series of Readings in New Fiction at Hallwalls
7:00 P.M. • FREE

Fiction writer and new UB English Professor Christina Milletti has initiated an exciting new series of readings at Hallwalls by some of the most talented and interesting young fiction writers publishing today. Practically from its inception in the mid-1970s, when such writers as Kathy Acker visited Essex Street early in their careers, and continuing unabated through at least the early 1990s, Hallwalls was renowned for its innovative fiction programming, complementing the wealth of readings in poetry and other genres presented by just buffalo literary center, the UB Poetics Program, and many other community literary presenters. Hallwalls is pleased to partner with the UB English Department in hosting this new series, with writers selected by Milletti, which will continue the Hallwalls tradition of showcasing innovative prose and experimental narrative. The series title is a phrase from Alain Robbe-Grillet’s influential essay "A Future for the Novel."

Thursday, Oct. 2: Brian Evenson

Brian Evenson is the author of six books of fiction, including Altmann’s Tongue, Father of Lies, Contagion, and Dark Property. He is the recipient of a NEA Fellowship, an O. Henry Prize, and a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award. His short fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Conjunctions, The Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Third Bed, The Southern Review, and a number of other magazines. He teaches in Brown University’s Creative Writing Program, and is a Senior Editor for Conjunctions.

Thursday, Nov. 20: Paul LaFarge

Paul LaFarge is the author of two novels: The Artist of the Missing (1999) and Haussmann, or the Distinction, a New York Times "Notable Book" when it was published in 2001. His stories have appeared in Story, Conjunctions, and McSweeney’s. LaFarge was a 2002 Guggenheim Fellow. He is currently working on his third novel, about aviators, stand-up comedians, and languages not in general use. He lives out of his car.
Medaille College presents
B.I.L.L.:
Buffalo Indie Lit Luau
Friday & Saturday, October 10 & 11
Small Press & Little Magazine Book Fair & Panels

With readings at Rust Belt Books, just buffalo literary center, Talking Leaves Books, & Hallwalls

The first-ever Buffalo Indie Lit Luau (B.I.L.L.), hosted by Medaille College with a grant from the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP), will bring together small press editors, scholars, publishers, and independent booksellers from across the U.S. for two days of festivities, discussions, and readings by some of the most exciting talents in contemporary writing. The Book Fair at Medaille (Friday, 9 A.M.–4 P.M.; Saturday, 9 A.M. –12:15 P.M.) will feature the wares of publishers attending the festival, as well as literary magazines from around the U.S. at discounted prices. Panels at Medaille will discuss self-publishing, undergraduate literary magazines, and the history of small presses, and will bring together students and faculty from Medaille, Canisius, and D’Youville Colleges, as well as UB. The various literary events of the weekend include evening readings, a Friday mega-reading, and a Saturday afternoon bookstore crawl. All events are free and open to the public.

Friday, Oct. 10 • 3–6 P.M.
Small Press Mega Reading at Medaille College Lecture Hall
Poets, fiction writers, and editors from around the country will mix with
local talents in this marathon open-mike event.

Friday, Oct. 10 • 8 P.M.
Poetry readings at just buffalo literary center
Tomaz Salamun, Thom Ward, & Peter Ramos

Saturday, Reading Crawl
2 P.M., Rust Belt Books
Verse Press & Slope Editions poets Joshua Beckman, Chris Janke,
Ethan Paquin, & Matthew Zapruder

3:30 P.M., Talking Leaves Bookstore, 3158 Main Street
Starcherone Books authors Nicolette de Csipkay & Aimee Parkison

5 P.M., just buffalo literary center
FC2 novelist Jeffrey DeShell & White Pine Press poet Stephen Frech

8 P.M., Keynote Reading by Forrest Gander & Closing Party at Hallwalls
Saturday, Nov. 8 • 8:00 P.M.
Electronic Poetry Center of UB presents
Steve McCaffery
Sound Poetry Performance
Black ‘n’ Blue Theatre
FREE

Steve McCaffery, born in England, emigrated to Canada partly to work with the late bp Nichol, with whom he co-founded the Toronto Research Group. McCaffery and Nichol also combined talents with Paul Dutton and Rafael Barreto-Rivera as the acclaimed Four Horsemen, creating and performing innovative sound poetry. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, he and Nichol were regular contributors to the seminal poetics journal Open Letter. He is author of the recent Seven Pages Missing: The Selected Steve McCaffery, and co-editor of Imagining Language: An Anthology. McCaffery’s collection of critical writings, North of Intention, stands as one of the earliest and best collections of essays about experimental writing in Canada and the U.S. It demonstrates and explores McCaffery’s own affiliation with the practitioners of the so-called "Language Poetry" and poetics, often considered a uniquely American phenomenon. McCaffery teaches at York University. This free event at Hallwalls, presented by the UB Poetics Program and epc, will provide a rare and historic performance of McCaffery’s sound poetry, a body of work that has changed the history of this medium of expression worldwide.