First Wednesday: Kayla Jeswald & Cliff Richeal
March’s First Wednesday Reading, March 4, 7:00, The Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St., will feature fiction writer Kayla Jeswald & poet...
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- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
Carpool to Winter Writing Festival in Ravenna Saturday, February 22
here. Like to carpool with Lit Youngstown? Send us a note: LitYoungstown@gmail.com. #Books #stories #writingworkshop #WritingConferences...
- Jan 17, 2020
- 1 min
First Wednesday Features Holly Christensen & Chris Gibowicz
Join us for a First Wednesday Series reading by Akron Beacon Journal columnist Holly Christensen and Youngstown poet Chris Gibowicz. Open...
- Dec 15, 2019
- 1 min
First Wednesday on Second Wednesday
John Burroughs of Cleveland was recently honored as the 2019-2021 Beat Poet Laureate for the State of Ohio. He serves as the founding...
- Oct 9, 2019
- 1 min
Nacho Missable Reading
Yo, Yo-Towners! Join us for a reading by Pamela Anderson & Steve Thomas. Open mic to follow, emceed by Beth Franklin. We will also be...
- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
First Wednesday Reading Features Mary Grimm & Susan Grimm
Mary Grimm has had two books published, Left to Themselves (novel) and Stealing Time (story collection) – both by Random House....
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Lou Yuhasz Scholarship
The second Lou Yuhasz Memorial Scholarship is open for submissions. Each year, we will award one $100 scholarship, and invite the...
- Apr 16, 2019
- 1 min
First Wednesday: Bonné de Blas, Monica Kaiser & Sheryl St. Germain
Lit Youngstown presents a reading with Bonné de Blas, Monica Kaiser & Sheryl St. Germain, Wednesday May 1 @ 7:00 at The Soap Gallery, 117...
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
Seeking Proposal Submissions for Fall Literary Festival
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FALL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2019 Lit Youngstown seeks proposals for presentations, workshops, craft talks and creative...
- Nov 17, 2018
- 1 min
Food for Thought: Line Study of a Motel Clerk
Join us for a conversation about Line Study of a Motel Clerk by First Wednesday visiting writer and native daughter Allison Pitinii...
- Nov 11, 2018
- 1 min
Join us at the Lakeland Literary Festival
Celebrate the many exciting forms of literature with noted writers. The Lakeland Literary Festival is being held Nov. 30, 2018, from 8:30...
- Feb 12, 2018
- 1 min
Poets Adam Hughes & Stephanie Sesic March 7
Wednesday, March 7, The Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St. Doors open at 7:15, reading begins at 7:30. Open mic follows the reading....
- Nov 13, 2017
- 1 min
On the Road with Phenomenal Women
It was a great privilege to take our oral history project, Phenomenal Women: Twelve Youngstown Stories, to Arkansas in early November. At...
- Sep 11, 2017
- 1 min
October Reading at Soap Gallery
October’s First Wednesday Series Reading features local writer Nancy Christie and J. Everett Prewitt of Cleveland. We’ll meet at the Soap...
- Aug 7, 2017
- 1 min
Poetry Reading September 6
Join us Wednesday September 6 at 7:00 at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts in downtown Youngstown, as we welcome Meg Johnson of Iowa and Caryl Pagel...
- Feb 13, 2017
- 1 min
Spring Workshop Enrollment Open!
Announcing our Spring 2017 Menu of Workshops! Is there a road you didn’t travel? Thinking about writing the family story? Looking for...
- Feb 11, 2017
- 1 min
Poets Sean Thomas Dougherty & Terry Murcko March 1
Our First Wednesday Reading Series features two poets whose words have graced the poetry landscape for decades: Sean Thomas Dougherty and...
- Jan 19, 2017
- 1 min
The CROW Makes a Landing at Suzie’s
Student writers from YSU will read their essays selected for the publication CROW, Compose: A Review of Writing. The evening will be...
- Nov 27, 2016
- 1 min
History is Local
It just happens that our Dec. First Wed. reading falls on Pearl Harbor Day, so come down and get your history on with readings from some...
- Nov 22, 2016
- 2 min
Phenomenal Women Celebration
With profound thanks to the Raymond J. Wean Foundation and to these twelve women in our community, we invite you to a reception cel...
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