Writers Circle & Ekphrastic Reading at YWCA
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In conjunction with the 35th Annual Women Artists Show, Lit Youngstown will present a reading featuring ekphrasis, or poems and stories...
- Jun 22, 2017
- 2 min
Lit Youngstown at 2017 Summer Festival of the Arts July 8-9
And if that weren’t enough happiness, wait until you see the posters we’re giving away, designed by graphic artist Laura Garvin,...
- Jun 22, 2017
- 2 min
Back to Suzie’s for July Reading
Join us for a reading by fiction writer Robert Pope of Akron and Thomas Welsh, an author of A History of Jewish Youngstown and the Steel...
- Jun 17, 2017
- 1 min
More Food for Thought!
Our monthly book club will take the summer off and start back up again in the fall with a new focus: the American experience, fiction,...
- Jun 5, 2017
- 1 min
Winning Poems for Summer Festival Posters
We received many hundreds of wonderful poems and stories for our Words Made Visible projects! Thank you all! It was so challenging, but...
- May 31, 2017
- 1 min
Food for Thought: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
We made a quick switch for our last book selection in our food-themed series, and decided to discuss the first section of Michael...
- May 31, 2017
- 1 min
Purple Cat Hosts June Reading
We are excited about this reading. It’s an amazing confluence, too: Nin Andrews will be moving soon, and Allison Pitinii Davis & Rochelle...
- May 31, 2017
- 1 min
Hanging our Hats
Thank you to everyone who came to our open house and helped us warm the place with good spirits. We are looking forward to a long...
- Apr 18, 2017
- 1 min
Quilt Raffle Tickets
Thank you to local artist Sheila Ugolini for offering this gorgeous handmade quilt for our summer art raffle. The bold, bright colors...
- Apr 18, 2017
- 1 min
Food for Thought: Immortal Milk, Adventures in Cheese
This month’s book-club book is by Ohio University faculty member Eric LeMay, who leads us to artisan cheesemakers in Europe and the...
- Apr 17, 2017
- 1 min
David Giffels & Lori Jakiela Take the Stage at Suzie’s
Creative non-fiction rock stars David Giffels of Akron and Lori Jakiela of Pittsburgh travel all the way to Youngstown to read us some...
- Mar 12, 2017
- 1 min
Youngstown Stories Project Video
As part of our oral history project Phenomenal Women: Twelve Youngstown Stories, we created a 10 minute video about the process. It...
- Mar 7, 2017
- 1 min
Meet Our Intern
We thank Sarah for helping us out this semester! Thanks, too, to the support from the YSU internship program. #NEOMFA...
- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
Friends, Writers, Countrymen! Send Us Your Words
Ohio-affiliated Writers: Call for Submissions Lit Youngstown seeks poetry and prose for a series of public art projects called Words Made...
- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
Lit Youngstown Co-sponsors Food Policy Advocate
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, will lead a workshop on bringing grocery stores to...
- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
Food for Thought: Closing the Food Gap
The last three books in our food-themed book series will be non-fiction, but very different in tone and content: from serious to humorous...
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
Photos: Phenomenal Women Book Event
At our reception for the release of Phenomenal Women: Twelve Youngstown Stories, photographer Melanie Rae Buonavolanta took such...
- 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 13, 2017
- 1 min
Food for Thought Book Club
This month we will read and discuss Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. According to the New York Times: Barbara Kingsolver’s new...
- 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...
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