In the Media
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August 30, 2024
First Wednesday reading features northeast Ohio poets
August 1, 2024
Lit Youngstown event features poet, sci-fi author
July 26, 2024
Cincinnati fiction writer, Cleveland poet to read at Lit Youngstown August event
Mahoning Matters
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July 25, 2024
State Arts Grants Includes $107k for Butler Art Museum
July 4, 2024
Lit Youngstown will feature Buckeye Poets
5/30/24
CityVerse poets do reading at Stambaugh
5/30/24
Poet, prose writer announced for Lit Youngstown reading
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5/24/24
Cleveland poets featured in Lit Youngstown's First Wednesday reading
4/25/24
Lit Youngstown hosts Biddinger, Dravec
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3/28/24
Lit Youngstown reading series to feature Liz Hill and Adam Brodsky
2/29/24
Lit Youngstown reading highlights history
1/25/24
Lit Youngstown hosts Winter Gala
1/19/24
Uplifting Palestinian voices: Lit Youngstown hosts online seminar featuring poets
1/11/24
Write off the bat with Lit Youngstown
11/30/23
Lit Youngstown series ends year with NE Ohio authors
10/26/23
Lit Youngstown hosts live, virtual events
10/26/23
Falling into Literature with Lit Youngstown
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10/18/23
Lit Youngstown presents free readings as part of this week’s fall festival in Youngstown
Mahoning Matters
10/3/23
Lit Youngstown's First Wednesday Series
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9/28/23
Murcko Performs Musical Poetry for Lit Youngstown
8/31/23
Lit Youngstown hosts poets from Columbus
8/29/23
Registration deadline approaching for Fall Literary Festival
8/29/23
Columbus poets to appear at September Lit Youngstown event
8/17/23
Lit Youngstown hosts 7th annual literary festival
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7/22/23
Lit Youngstown to host two poetry readings in August
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7/22/23
State agency on arts hands out $256K in Valley
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7/21/23
State Grants Awarded to Help Support Arts in the Valley
6/29/23
Three Ohio poets coming to Lit Youngstown
6/26/23
Three poets featured at upcoming Lit Youngstown reading
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6/7/23
PODCAST: Kimberly Mack talks about her book on Living Colour
6/6/23
THINGS TO DO: Lit Youngstown’s first Wednesday Readers series
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6/2/23
Ohio writer Kimberly Mack to speak on Living Colour’s album ‘Time’s Up’ in Youngstown
6/1/23
Pushcart Prize nominees featured
5/22/23
Youngstown, Columbus writers to speak at next Lit Youngstown reading series event
5/1/23
Lit Youngstown seeks poems inspired by art and movies
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4/28/23
Lit Youngstown seeking poets inspired by art, movies for upcoming events
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4/27/23
Reader Series rolls to Westside Bowl
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4/18/23
Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader Series Moves to Westside Bowl
3/30/23
Gallery to feature two poets at reading
2/2/23
Lit Youngstown Plans Winter Gala
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1/27/23
Lit Youngstown to hold Just Desserts: a Lit Winter Gala
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1/26/23
Reading features Olney writers
1/26/23
Round Table Readers
1/26/23
Lit Youngstown plans gala
1/5/23
Lit Youngstown announces online benefit with Mahoning natives
12/31/22
Lit Youngstown announces first 2023 event
12/24/22
Community Foundation awards $506K in 4Q grants
12/22/22
Grants total $506K in 4Q
10/22/22
Youngstown documentary to be screened at Fall Literary Festival
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10/22/22
Write with Lit Youngstown
10/20/22
Literary festival offers free events
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10/17/22
Maker of Documentary about City to Screen Her Film at Playhouse
10/13/22
Councils Prepare for Arts & Humanities Month
Federation of State Humanities Councils
9/30/22
Ohio authors booked for Lit Youngstown
8/20/22
Literary Festival Receives $5K Grant
7/30/22
Valley arts groups get $175K in grants
7/29/22
Poets picked for Lit Youngstown reading
7/22/22
All three Mahoning Valley counties receive grants from Ohio Arts Council
6/30/22
Lit Youngstown presents Soap Gallery Reading
4/22/22
Renowned poet speaks at writer workshop in Lowellville
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4/16/22
Resident-led groups get Wean grant funds
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4/12/22
Playwright sets events at theaters
Business Journal
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4/2/22
Lit Youngstown to offer poet-in-residence, workshops, cultural events
3/31/22
Poet Manuel Iris comes to Valley
3/1/22
Writers gather for annual Lit Youngstown camp
WKBN
12/30/21
Lit Youngstown hosts reading, announces grants
Youngstown Vindicator
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12/27/21
Lit Youngstown receives more than $50,000 for programming, operating costs
11/6/21
Lit Youngstown hosts online reading
Youngstown Vindicator
10/8/21
Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival continues
10/7/21
Interview on Jambar TV
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10/7/21
Fall Lit Fest to Ignite Creativity
10/4/21
Lit Youngstown's Fall Literary Festival to get underway Thursday
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8/2/21
Nick Gardner, Couri Johnson to read from their works during Lit Youngstown event
7/25/21
August special events abound in Valley
7/23/21
Ohio Arts Council grants include $100K to Butler Institute
Mahoning Matters
7/19/21
Lit Youngstown offers poetry master class
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7/16/21
PNC provides more than $50K for local education programs
Mahoning Matters
7/21/21
PNC gives to pre-K programs
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6/5/21
Lit Youngstown offers in-person session
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4/17/21
Wean grant to provide books for Lit Youngstown program
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4/16/21
Lit Youngstown receives grant
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4/12/21
Youngstown native Ross Gay wins PEN America award
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3/31/21
Lit Youngstown Receives $15K Grant for Fall Literary Festival
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3/26/21
Lit Youngstown to host virtual poetry workshop Sunday
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3/2/21
Adam Hughes, Renay Sanders to read for Lit Youngstown on Wednesday
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2/26/21
Youngstown State University Jambar
2/21/21
Get Lit with Lit Yo
Mahoning Matters
2/2/21
Marra Gad to discuss memoir during online session Monday
Mahoning Matters
2/2/21
Montonaro, Swerdlow to read for Lit Youngstown on Wednesday
Metro Monthly
1/30/21
Lit Youngstown announces February, March programming
Vindicator
1/4/21
2 featured in poetry reading
Mahoning Matters
1/1/21
Lit Youngstown offers January workshops
Tribune Chronicle
12/1/20
Reading starts Lit Youngstown’s 2021 schedule
Mahoning Matters
11/23/20
Wednesday’s Lit Youngstown Series Features Poetry Pair
Business Journal
11/20/20
Spate of Murals Gives Visual Boost to City
Tribune Chronicle
11/15/20
Arts organizations in Mahoning get $240K in funding
Mahoning Matters
11/7/20
Pandemic surge cancels Mahoning Avenue mural unveiling
Mahoning Matters
10/29/20
Lit Youngstown to feature poet Craig Paulenich, fiction writer James Winter
YSU Jambar
10/11/20
YSU Students Paint Mural on Andrews Avenue
YSU Jambar
10/11/20
The Barbaric Yawp: Lit Youngstown’s First Online Fall Literary Festival
Rust Belt Girl Blog
10/8/20
Lit Fest Lowdown: 2020 highlights
Business Journal
10/8/20
Mural depicting Youngstown past and future taking shape
Mahoning Matters
10/6/20
Lit Youngstown reading will feature Kelly Bancroft and Jessica Jewell
WFMJ
10/5/20
Ribbon of memories mural painted on Andrews Ave. wall
WYSU
10/5/20
David Giffels interviewed by Tim Francisco
Mahoning Matters
10/2/20
YSU students making progress on Andrews mural project
Tribune Chronicle
9/23/20
Lit Youngstown adds Sunday reading series
WYSU
9/17/20
Lit Youngstown’s Virtual Fall Literary Festival
Mahoning Matters
9/4/20
Lit Youngstown to host annual Fall Literary Festival online
Best American Poetry Blog
9/3/20
The Virtual Poetry Conference
Mahoning Matters
9/1/20
Lit Youngstown’s fall series to focus on Black authors
Mahoning Matters
8/29/20
Lit Youngstown to feature pair with city connections Wednesday
Mahoning Matters
8/17/20
Lit Youngstown Receives $3225 Ohio Arts Council Grant
The Business Journal
8/8/20
Lit Youngstown Gets Ohio Arts Council Grant
WKBN
7/30/20
New mural project begins in Youngstown
WYSU.org
7/24/20
WYSU to Co-sponsor Lit Youngstown’s Fall Literary Festival
The Alliance Review
7/19/20
Mahoning YWCA names art contest winners
Mahoning Matters
7/11/20
Lit Youngstown reading to feature Ted Lardner and Kathleen Strafford
Mahoning Matters
7/8/20
Registration open for Lit Youngstown workshops and conference
WKBN
7/1/20
Ambitious mural project coming to Youngstown’s east side
Mahoning Matters
6/29/20
Lit Youngstown to host poets Diane Kendig and Hannah Rodabaugh tonight
Tribune Chronicle
6/28/20
Valley arts, culture groups awarded $22K
Mahoning Matters
6/25/20
4 Mahoning Cultural Institutions Receive Federal Funds
Mahoning Matters
6/24/20
Lit Youngstown Receives Relief Grants
Tribune Chronicle
6/20/20
Lit Youngstown Features Poets in Online Event
Mahoning Matters
5/20/20
Lit Youngstown Offers Armeni Bird Bath Raffle
Mahoning Matters
4/6/20
Zoom Poetry Workshop
3/26/20
Andrews Ave. Memory Mural
Tribune Chronicle
1/30/30
Lit Youngstown gets program grant
Tribune Chronicle
1/21/20
Lit Youngstown hosts Akron, Alliance writers
Goldenstring Radio
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12/30/19
Lit Youngstown to host poets Burroughs, Chernin
12/26/19
Lit Youngstown offers free camp
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12/20/19
Whitman and Brass
Metro Monthly
10/31/19
Winter Writing Camp
Tribune Chronicle
10/14/19
Lit Youngstown Hosts Writers
rustbelt girl blog
10/10/19
Fall Literary Festival
The Jambar
8/1/19
Third Annual Fall Literary Festival
Tribune Chronicle
8/22/19
Poets at Soap Gallery
Tribune Chronicle
7/17/19
Lit Youngstown, Library, Host Writing Contest
YWCA
6/28/19
Poetry and Paints
The Vindicator
6/13/19
Public Library with Lit Youngstown Receives NEA Big Read Grant
The Business Journal
3/28/19
Library, Lit Youngstown Get $15K NEA Grant
Tribune Chronicle
Lit Youngstown Hosts Visiting Writers
Fall Literary Festival September 21-22, 2018
Early Bird Registration Open for Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival
YSU Jambar
3/1/18
Poems Stamped Into Sidewalks in Downtown Youngstown
9/24/17
Lit Youngstown offers reading, workshop
7/28/17
Lit Youngstown, groups plan literary festival (link dead)
6/6/17
Lit Youngstown Interview
10/5/16
Lit Youngstown @ Purple Cat
9/7/16
Novelists Lit Youngstown
4/15/16
Jamie Marich and Johanna Slivinske
2/5/15
Lit Youngstown joins us for a Poetry luncheon at the Lunch Bucket
New literary group aims to serve valley writers