On October 16, acclaimed Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín visited Special Collections for a private tour of the UB James Joyce Collection. Tóibín—author of Brooklyn, Long Island, and Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce—was in Buffalo to speak in Just Buffalo Literary Center’s BABEL series. The visit offered a special moment for UB’s Poetry Collection curators to share highlights from one of their renowned literary collections.

Photo: (From left) Scott Hollander, Alison Fraser, Colm Tóibín, James Maynard, and Barbara Cole stand before a portrait of James Joyce’s father by Patrick Tuohy.