First Wednesday Reader Series: Mike Dittman & Shei Sanchez (October 1 Westside Bowl)

First Wednesday Reader Series presents fiction writer Michael Dittman & poet Shei Sanchez. Open mic to follow. Co-host Carrie Zapka. Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs. Many thanks to series sponsor POP! Art Books Culture.

Michael Dittman is a professor of English living and writing near Pittsburgh, surrounded by the palimpsest of the Appalachian Rust Belt. His most recent novel is Who Holds the Devil. He is also the author of Jack Kerouac: A Biography; Masterpieces of the Beat Generation; and Small Brutal Incidents.

Shei Sanchez writes from Southeast Ohio. Her poetry lives in many places, including Women of Appalachia Project's Women Speak, Light Enters the Grove, Orchards Poetry Journal, Hawai'i Pacific Review and Amplify, forthcoming from Sheila-Na-Gig. A Best of the Net Nominee, Shei found that herding her goats are primal moments for marrying verse with the world.

Upcoming Readings at Westside Bowl

November 5 Jane Ann Fuller & Wendy McVicker co-host YSU Poetry Club 

December 3 Jason Harris & Mark Sebastian Jordan co-host David Wheeler

January 7 Kelly Ferguson, Nicole Miller & Candice Zee co-host Kara Zone

February 4 Conor Bracken & Lindsay Turner co-host Heather Sutherin