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Lit Youngstown
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Lit Youngstown is a literary arts nonprofit in Northeast Ohio, offering readings, workshops and community collaborations. Our signature event is the annual Fall Literary Festival, featuring nearly 150 presenters from coast to coast.
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hanvanderhart.bsky.social
Beautiful books from @lityoungstown.bsky.social bookfair— @wickpoetrycenter.bsky.social, @eulaliabooks.bsky.social, @poetcamp.bsky.social, @nightlightbooks.bsky.social, and more 📚💙 (Intermezzo picked up in the Orlando airport)
books on a flint blue blanket: WAKING IN THE SAHARA Zaira Pacheco Mantited by Lauren Shapira WINNER OF THE BARROW STREET PRESS POETRY PR ALMA ALMANAC Romina Freschi Echo 2 of the Park THE DAUGHTER OF MAN - LSsko SALLY ROONEY INTERMEZZO The Mistaken Place TORNADO TED LARDNER Susan Sontag iness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors Things Sleepless Nights Under Capitalism from the poems of John Wendell Gabriela Aguirre SARAH ANN WINN Edited by Keith Rosenthal Álvaro Lasso ErFP Translated by Kelsi Vanada SEVEN BOXES FOR THE COUNTRY AFTER Juan Gelman translated by Erin Moure TETHERING WORLD YOU KANAL Capitalism Disability Selected Writings by Marta Russell JANITYEADANE
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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jburroughs.bsky.social
Thanks to @mothergusa.bsky.social for this photo of me reading my protest poem "What They Did" on the opening night of this weekend's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival. Such a full and fulfilling several days!
October 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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@davidjbauman.bsky.social and i’s haul from @lityoungstown.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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riverriverbooks.bsky.social
Editor @amorak.bsky.social at the @riverriverbooks.bsky.social table today at @lityoungstown.bsky.social 🌊 🌊 📚 We had such a great day selling books!
Amorak and a blue River River table with books under a wall of art in McDonouhugh Museum of Art
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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With Lauren Camp at @lityoungstown.bsky.social, where we sold out of An Eye in Each Square! 💙📚
Han, Amorak, and Lauren camp selfie everyone smiling. Han in jacket and Lit! blue lanyard, Amorak in pink tshirt and lanyard, Lauren in red sweater and lanyard
October 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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neomfa.bsky.social
Spectacular NEOMFA poets El Bentivegna & Julia Cilano spotted at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 👀👀

Come say hi 👋 we’re here til 4pm 📚
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
Looking forward to 3pm at @lityoungstown.bsky.social! Join Samantha Imperi for “Prosody and the Pleasure of Poetic Soundscapes,” & I’m presenting “Villanelle Exploration.”

#poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
Kerry & I have a contoured villanelle in the latest issue of Painted Pebble Lit Mag.

& we met PPLM staff member Nikki “db” Fragala Barnes today at @lityoungstown.bsky.social.

Read the issue here: paintedpebblelit.com/issue-5-fall....

#poetry #poem #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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lwcoates.bsky.social
Enjoying the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Lit Youngstown literary conference. #booksky
October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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reganiswriting.bsky.social
I had such a wonderful time reading with @crayfishmag.bsky.social at @lityoungstown.bsky.social last night!

It's always a pleasure to share my work & listen to others share theirs, & to be reminded of just how much goodness and beauty still lingers in the world.
October 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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ksupress.bsky.social
Come find KSUP books—and @tottencs.bsky.social, our director—at the @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival! If you’re not in Youngstown, you can still save 30% on titles from the exhibit (with free shipping, through 10/31). Use code LYF30 at checkout:

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A display of books at the Lit Youngstown festival on a table with the Kent State University press name and logo. Text: MOMENTS OF TRUTH 30% off Cards only. We cannot accept cash. FIFTH STAR PLAYHOUSE SQUARE ReSurrection wild Where sar Meets (Mid) West Ghosts ofan , old Forest LeBron James 30% off Cards ony. We caunot accept cash. The Kent State University Press Kent State University Press Book List - Lit Youngstown Festival Author Title Capuzza, Jamie The Fifth Star Fleming, Deborah Ghosts of an Old Forest Fleming, Deborah Resurrection of the Wild (PB) Lauck, Jon Where East Meets (Mid) West Livingston, Bill The Promise of LeBron James Malone, Charles et al Light Enters the Grove Belew, Terry The Deep Blue of Neptune Dekeersgieter, Colin Opium and Ambergris Terrell, Stephen The Madness of John Terrell Nite, Norman The House That Rock Built Ruffner, Howard Moments of Truth Vacha, John Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
I’m talking about the villanelle on Saturday at @lityoungstown.bsky.social!

#poets #poetry #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I am delighted to announce I’m going to be one of the readers at next year’s @lityoungstown.bsky.social First Wednesday Series, in March.
August 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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neomfa.bsky.social
So many NEOMFA students/alum/faculty involved in this year's @lityoungstown.bsky.social Fall Literary Festival 📝📚 We're leading workshops & discussions on The Necropastoral, Poetic Soundscapes, Small Press Ecologies, & more 💜

Learn more: www.lityoungstown.org/2025-fall-li...
2025 Fall Lit Fest Registration | Lit Youngstown
Fall Lit Fest 2025 features Kortney Morrow, Todd Davis, Lauren Camp, David Huebert & Sean Prentiss, plus readings, workshops and craft talks by presenters from throughout the U.S. The bookfair hosts s...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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ksupress.bsky.social
New month, new chances to see KSUP authors! Our calendar’s been updated with festivals including @lityoungstown.bsky.social and the Buckeye Book Fair, plus appearances by Mary Noé, Charles Malone, Rebecca Jumper Matheson, and more:

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Author events N Th Links to event details are added as they become available. October 4, Mary Noé (The Man Who Shot J.P. Morgan), Monmouth County (NJ) Public Library, Local Author and Illustrator Book Expo October 16-18, Lit Youngstown Fall Festival; details here October 29, Mary Noé (The Man Who Shot J.P. Morgan), Glen Cove Public Library, NY; details here November 1, Deborah Fleming (Ghosts of an Old Forest), Charles Malone (Light Enters the Grove), and Tom Batiuk (Funky Winkerbean series), Buckeye Book Fair, Wooster, OH November 12, Rebecca Jumper Matheson (Artisans and Designers), free online book launch with the Costume Society of America; details here
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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riverriverbooks.bsky.social
We just registered for Lit Youngstown this morning! Early bird registration through September 15 🐦📚💙

@riverriverbooks.bsky.social author LAUREN CAMP is a featured speaker, and we can’t wait! 👇
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Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
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Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Who’s goin?
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Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
WHEN I WAS STRAIGHT is the perfect size anthology for @sealeychallenge.bsky.social. (Poems by 24 contributors!)

Order your copy today & enjoy this #Lammys2025 nominated book!

www.smallharborpublishing.com/anthologies/...

#sealeychallenge #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets
July 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Octavio Quintanilla, former San Antonio poet laureate, named 2025 Poet Laureate for State of Texas
He said he planned to use his new platform to build up an annual festival at Our Lady of the Lake University.
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June 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
lityoungstown.bsky.social
Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
June 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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#amwriting #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity #writingcommunity #writesky inventingrealityediting.com/2...
Five Great Quotations about Plots
“Not every story has explosions and car chases. That’s why they have nudity and espionage.” – Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum“I don’t praise plots as accurate representations of life, but as ways of ke…
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June 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
lityoungstown.bsky.social
Small Press Pitching & Publishing w/Jen McConnell Doron, Kim Jacobs-Beck
Small presses are a wonderful way to get published. No agent, creative control, niche genres. Cons: author does most of the marketing
#WritingCommunity @milkandcakepr @RoadSidePress
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
June 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
lityoungstown.bsky.social
Bookfair! After Happy Hour, Brainchild, CLE State U Poetry Ctr, Crisis Chronicles, Dodge, Driftwood, Elizabeth's Bookshop, Eulalia, Last-Picked, Milk & Cake, Neighborhood Bookstore Pdcst, Painted Pebble, POP! Art Bks Culture, Rescue, 7 Kitchens, Wick, Wilkes MFA
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
lityoungstown.bsky.social
Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! Creative Reading
w/ Richard Klin, Daniel Lassell, CE Mackenzie, Christopher Sims
@dlassell @cemackenzie @TxReviewPress @madhouse_press @PorchTN @lighthousewrite
#poetry #creativenonfiction #poetrycommunity
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
June 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh!
Writer-blogger Rebecca Moon Ruark in conversation with prose features David Huebert and Sean Prentiss #fiction #creativenonfiction #WritingCommunity
@PrentissSean @NOBA_Books @norwichnews
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...
Festival Details | Lit Youngstown
Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.
www.lityoungstown.org
June 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM