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The web photo of this original 18 x 24 inch oil on canvas by celebrated artist Christopher Leeper. does not do it proper justice. It’s a...
May 31, 20161 min read
Welcome New Board Members
Lit Youngstown is pleased to welcome two new members to its Board of Directors: Sean Posey and Bill Soldan. Both are experienced writers...
May 16, 20161 min read
This Painting Goes With Your Couch
We’re joking about the couch, but… wow. We are beyond thrilled to be raffling this gorgeous original oil, painted for us by acclaimed...
Apr 28, 20161 min read
Write a Poem Today
The Academy of American Poets has designated April as National Poetry Month. This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry...
Apr 1, 201614 min read
Collective Resonance
The Jewish Community Center and Lit Youngstown present a reading with Mari Alschuler, Kelly Bancroft & Arya-Francesca Jenkins, Thursday,...
Mar 13, 20161 min read
Our Night at the Museum
Thank you to the McDonough Museum of Art for the quiet and intriguing space to write and imagine. We found the art engaging, and it...
Feb 24, 20161 min read
Our First Year in Review
Happy Birthday to Lit Youngstown! We had our initial formation meeting just about a year ago. We asked one of our YSU interns, Sam...
Feb 24, 20163 min read
JCC Gallery Reading Sun. Feb. 21
Lit Youngstown writers Paula Clarke, Bill Koch & Jordan McNeil will read in the Thomases Family Gallery Sun. Feb. 21 at 3:00, amid an...
Feb 16, 20161 min read
Lynn Lurie: an Excerpt from Quick Kills
One of our February featured readers was Lynn Lurie, who read from her novel Quick Kills (Etruscan Press). We asked Lynn for an excerpt,...
Feb 16, 20163 min read
Broadsides From Cranky Pressman Feature Frank Polite Poem
For those of you who ordered a letterpress broadside from our Indiegogo campaign–we are mailing them out today, or have wrapped them...
Jan 27, 20161 min read
Art as Muse: Poetry Writing Workshop
Ekphrasis is a literary art made after a visual art; for example, a poem inspired by a photograph. Join Nin Andrews and Karen Schubert...
Jan 20, 20161 min read
We Welcome Our Spring Interns!
We have two interns this semester: Adrianna Mayes, a YSU English major, and Sam Amazing, a fiction writer in the Northeast Ohio Master of...
Jan 14, 20161 min read
Thank you very much! Thank you very much!
When we sat down to name the people, businesses and organizations who have kindly shared with us their time, energy and resources, we...
Dec 26, 20151 min read
Indiegogo Thank-You Gifts in the Making!
We have our work cut out for us, sending out a whole bunch of thank-you gifts! The “Bundle of Books” came in, very fine writing by some...
Dec 6, 20151 min read
Thank You to the Nathalie and James Andrews Foundation
We are so grateful for a recent and generous gift from the Nathalie and James Andrews Foundation. This contribution will allow us...
Nov 23, 20151 min read
Thanks for all the Love!
Wow. Just wow. We are so grateful and excited about reaching our goal in our Indiegogo campaign. We are busy planning our next steps in...
Nov 18, 20151 min read
Winter Wheat Festival of Writing
Lit Youngstown will represent at the Winter Wheat writing conference in mid-November on the campus of Bowling Green State University. Liz...
Oct 25, 20151 min read
A Year of Readings
Curious to know who will be headlining our First Wed. Reading Series at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts? It’s a great lineup. Hope you can make it!...
Oct 17, 20152 min read
“Tornado” by Frank Polite Featured on Letterpress Broadside
One of the thank you gifts for our Indiegogo campaign is a poem by the iconic Youngstown poet Frank Polite printed on a letterpress...
Sep 30, 20152 min read
Slice of Life: Sweets & Love
What a wonderful night! at the gorgeous historic YWCA, in a room full of people and that pleasant murmur of conversation. Our five...
Sep 30, 20153 min read
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