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Olney Magazine Editors & Contributors (Feb. 1)

First Wednesday Reader Series presents Olney Magazine editors Brandon Noel & Tony Wade, and nationwide contributors to this...

Winter Writing Camp Registration Deadline Feb. 5

Winter Writing Camp will be Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 9:30am-3:00pm at St. John's Episcopal Church and the main library. The...

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....

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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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