YWCA Women Artists Show Ekphrastic Reading (June 29)
One of our favorite events of the year pairs the highly accomplished art of Valley women artists with wonderful original poems inspired...
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- May 8
- 2 min
Youngstown Book Talk: Kimberly Mack's Living Colour Time's Up (June 9)
Lit Youngstown is proud to co-host author Kimberly Mack for a Youngstown reading and discussion on her book Living Colour Time's Up - an...
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Seeking Poems on John Williams Movie Scores (Deadline June 15)
The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band and Lit Youngstown invite submissions of poetry for a July 25 concert at Austintown Township...
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Seeking Poets for YWCA Ekphrastic Reading (Deadline May 15)
Lit Youngstown seeks poets to write original work that responds to visual art in the juried Women Artists Show at the YWCA-Mahoning...
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Olney Magazine Editors & Contributors (Feb. 1)
First Wednesday Reader Series presents Olney Magazine editors Brandon Noel & Tony Wade, and nationwide contributors to this...
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Winter Writing Camp Registration Closed
Winter Writing Camp will be Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 9:30am-3:00pm at St. John's Episcopal Church and the main library....
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Youngstown Live/d: a Benefit Reading (online, Jan. 30)
Youngstown has a rich literary history, and this series will showcase the incredible writers who call or have called Youngstown home....
- Oct 8, 2022
- 1 min
Kelly Hambly & Jimmy Sutman (Nov. 2)
First Wednesday Reader Series presents poetry and prose writer Kelly Hambly of Kent & poet Jimmy Sutman of Youngstown, Wednesday,...
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Kelly Fordon & Joy Priest (Oct. 21)
Award-winning writers and Fall Literary Festival Feature presenters Kelly Fordon and Joy Priest read from their work Friday, October 21...
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
Quartez Harris & Kerry Trautman (July 6)
First Wednesday Reader Series Presents poets Quartez Harris of Cleveland and Kerry Trautman of Findlay on Wednesday, July 6 at 7 PM....
- May 22, 2022
- 2 min
Writer Residency with Quartez Harris
We are so grateful to the Ohio Arts Council for an Arts Resiliency Grant Community Projects Award for allowing us to invite poet Quartez...
- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
YWCA Women Artists Show Reading (June 30)
Forty poems to celebrate forty years of the YWCA Women's Art Show! We congratulate the YWCA and the artists and are so honored to take...
- Apr 24, 2022
- 1 min
Jeff Friedman & Meg Pokrass (May 22)
Join us for a reading by New Book News writers Jeff Friedman & Meg Pokrass in celebration of The House of Grana Padano, a newly released...
- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
Jenny Magazine 20th Issue Launch Party (April 22)
Enjoy a night of fun and relaxation, celebrating 20 issues of Jenny with readings from some of this year’s published authors! Pizza and...
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
"I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing" Anthology Reading (April 23)
LitYoungstown is pleased to announce a reading from the anthology I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing: Ohio’s Appalachian Voices, a...
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Quartez Harris & Sony Ton-Aime Reading (May 6)
Lit Youngstown presents a poetry reading and book signing by Quartez Harris & Sony Ton-aime on Friday, May 6th at 7 PM in the sanctuary...
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
Beginner Poetry Workshop with Quartez Harris (May 6)
Beginner Poetry Workshop St. John's Episcopal Church Friday, May 6th at 6 PM. We’ll respond to a generative poetry exercise where we’ll...
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Manuel Iris & Mathias Svalina (Friday, April 1 at 7 PM)
Lit Youngstown presents a poetry reading by Manuel Iris & Mathias Svalina on Friday, April 1 at 7 PM. Many thanks to our wonderful hosts,...
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