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Two New Novelists
We welcome MB Earnheardt and Randi Barlow Pappa to our August First Wednesday reading, August 3 @ 7:00, Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 34 N....
Jul 26, 20161 min read
All the Way from Erie
We welcome Greg Brown and Cee Williams to our July First Wednesday reading, July 6 @ 7:00, Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 34 N. Phelps St. Greg...
Jun 20, 20161 min read
Esteemed Marys to Read June 1
We are thrilled to welcome two esteemed poets, Mary Biddinger and Mary Quade, to our First Wednesday Reading Series June 1, 7 PM at...
May 21, 20161 min read
Featured Reader: Robin Wesson
The featured reader from our April First Wed. Reading is Robin Wesson. She tell us I was born and spent most of my life on the East Side...
Apr 20, 20162 min read
Celebrating Big!
Lit Youngstown is going all out this April for National Poetry Month! Each day, we will add a poetry-writing prompt. We’ve invited poets...
Mar 20, 20163 min read
Featured Reader: Charin George
The featured reader from our February 2016 First Wednesday series is Charin George. Charin is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and has...
Mar 17, 20162 min read
Canfield HS Students Rock Suzie’s
We asked one of our YSU interns, Sam Amazing, to report on the reading at Suzie’s on Monday March 7. The evening was planned by Chris...
Mar 9, 20162 min read
Outsiders, artists, and adventurers: youth dispatches from the rust belt
Lit Youngstown presents Outsiders, artists, and adventurers: youth dispatches from the rust belt: an evening with Chris Jennings,...
Feb 18, 20162 min read
Thomas Sabatini Opens the Mic
One of the pleasures of having interns on board is their fresh ideas. Sam recently suggested we videotape our open mic sessions, and...
Feb 12, 20166 min read
Bill Lawson Presents to a Full House
Michael McGovern’s poetry was published in The Youngstown Vindicator and the Youngstown Telegram, cultural periodicals like Gaelic...
Jan 13, 20161 min read
February First Wednesday Series Reading: Philip Brady, Lynn Lurie & Student Contributors to CROW
Our February reading will be worth the cold car! We will kick off with two seasoned authors, and then welcome student writers published...
Jan 13, 20161 min read
January First Wednesday Series Reading: H. William Lawson on Michael McGovern
Join us for the first First Wednesday Reading Series of 2016. January 6, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Free...
Dec 21, 20151 min read
December First Wednesday Series Reading: Three Appalachian Women Poets
Join us for the last First Wednesday Reading Series of 2015. Wow, what a great year, and what a lineup. December 2, 2015, 7:00, downtown...
Nov 20, 20151 min read
November First Wednesday Series Reading: Philip Metres
After the featured reader at 7:00, musician Shiloh Hawkins will take the stage, followed by an open mic emceed by neighborhood developer...
Oct 13, 20151 min read
October First Wednesday Series Reading: Pig Iron Poets & Rust Belt Poets
October 7, 2015, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Free parking in the lot behind the Voinovich Building, corner of...
Sep 22, 20151 min read
September First Wednesday Reading Series: Major Ragain & Joe Caley
September 2, 2015, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Free parking in the lot behind the Voinovich Building, corner...
Aug 18, 20151 min read
August First Wednesday Reading: Sean Posey
August 5, 2015, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Free parking in the lot behind the Voinovich Building, corner of...
Jul 19, 20151 min read
July First Wednesday Reading: Larry Smith & Paul Gentile
July 1, 2015, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Free parking in the lot behind the Voinovich Building, corner of...
Jun 9, 20151 min read
June First Wednesday Reading: Car Bombs to Cookie Tables, the Youngstown Anthology
June 3, 2015, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Free parking in the lot behind the Voinovich Building, corner This...
May 26, 20151 min read
May First Wednesday Reading: Nin Andrews
May 6, 2015, 7:00, downtown at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts, 32 Phelps St. Fr Why God is a Woman is Nin Andrews’s sixth book of poetry. Her...
Apr 19, 20151 min read
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