First Wednesday Reader Series: Nancy Krygowski & Jane McCafferty (September 2 Westside Bowl)

First Wednesday Reader Series presents Pittsburgh poet and editor Nancy Krygowski & poet and fiction writer Jane McCafferty Wednesday, September 2 at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave. Open mic to follow. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs. Meagan Albani will provide ASL interpretation. The First Wednesday Reader Series receives support from POP! Art Books Culture.

Nancy Krygowski is Tiny Day's Pittsburgh Bureau Chief and staff meteorologist/poet. She is the author of two books of poetry. When she's not working on Tiny Day, she's teaching poetry at Carlow University's Madwomen in the Attic writing program and serving as a co-editor of The Pitt Poetry Series. 

Jane McCafferty is the author of two novels, two collections of short stories, and, most recently, a book of poetry, The Sea Lion Who Saved the Boy Who Jumped from the Golden Gate. She is a frequent contributor to Tiny Day and a professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University.

2026 Readings at Westside Bowl

October 7 Diane Kendig & Erica Manto Paulson

November 4 William Breeze & E.F. Schraeder

December 2 Theresa Göttl Brightman & Steve Brightman