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Dec 27, 20232 min read

*CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS* Youngstown Live/d: A Benefit Reading (Online Jan 16)

Join us for an unforgettable fiction reading by Youngstown-lived writers Chris Barzak and Sarah K. Stephens, moderated by Rose Marry....

Dec 22, 20232 min read

Uplifting Palestinian Voices (Online Jan 24)

Lit Youngstown, Action Books, World Poetry Books, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center present a reading by poets Ghayath Almadhoun,...

Sep 14, 20231 min read

Ross Gay (October 20)

Fall Literary Festival Featured Presenter Ross Gay reads from his highly acclaimed essay and poetry collections. The Reverie Movement...

Jul 19, 20233 min read

Lit Youngstown Hosts the Rust Belt City Poetry Tour (August 10)

On a five-city tour, poets from several Rust Belt cities will read their work in the trophy room at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., at...

Jul 18, 20231 min read

Gina Tabasso & Russell Vidrick (August 2)

First Wednesday Readers Series presents Cleveland poets Gina M. Tabasso & Russell Vidrick. Julie Cancio Harper will co-host. Open mic to...

Jun 23, 20231 min read

Music & Poetry with Youngstown Area Community Concert Band (July 25)

Join us for a concert on the lawn at 7pm on Tuesday, July 25 at Austintown Township Park, featuring the Youngstown Area Community ...

May 19, 20231 min read

YWCA Women Artists Show Ekphrastic Reading (June 29)

One of our favorite events of the year pairs the highly accomplished art of Valley women artists with wonderful original poems inspired...

May 8, 20232 min read

Youngstown Book Talk: Kimberly Mack's Living Colour Time's Up (June 9)

Lit Youngstown is proud to co-host author Kimberly Mack for a Youngstown reading and discussion on her book Living Colour Time's Up - an...

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Seeking Poems on John Williams Movie Scores (Deadline June 15)

The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band and Lit Youngstown invite submissions of poetry for a July 25 concert at Austintown Township...

Mar 13, 20231 min read

Seeking Poets for YWCA Ekphrastic Reading (Deadline May 15)

Lit Youngstown seeks poets to write original work that responds to visual art in the juried Women Artists Show at the YWCA-Mahoning...

Jan 9, 20231 min read

Olney Magazine Editors & Contributors (Feb. 1)

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

Dec 12, 20221 min read

Winter Writing Camp Registration Closed

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

Dec 12, 20222 min read

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....

Oct 8, 20221 min read

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,...

Oct 3, 20222 min read

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...

Jun 2, 20221 min read

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....

May 22, 20222 min read

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...

May 22, 20221 min read

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...

Apr 24, 20221 min read

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...

Apr 17, 20221 min read

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...

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