Literary Cleveland presents fourth annual Inkubator Festival, Tues. July 31st - Sat. Aug. 4th6/25/2018 Literary Cleveland, a nonprofit organization committed to nurturing a vibrant community of readers and writers in Northeast Ohio, is hosting its fourth annual Cleveland Inkubator conference this summer.
The conference will begin on Tuesday, July 31st with a book swap and reading by Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) alumni, and culminate on Saturday, August 4th with the Cleveland Inkubator writers conference featuring a keynote reading and talk from award-winning author Benjamin Percy at the Cleveland Public Library Stokes Wing (525 Superior Ave., Cleve. 44115). “Literary Cleveland continues to promote a culture of reading and writing in Northeast Ohio by offering free programs with our partners,” says executive director Lee Chilcote. “For the fourth year running, Cleveland Inkubator is expected to engage hundreds of writers and readers in Northeast Ohio’s diverse, stellar literary scene!” The schedule for Cleveland Inkubator includes:
Inkubator, Northeast Ohio’s largest free annual literary festival, is made by possible with the support of Cleveland Public Library and the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Additionally, the festival is sponsored by Overdrive and Council Gardens. The full schedule for 2018’s Cleveland Inkubator can be found on our website at www.litcleveland.org.
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Cleveland Public Library will host four award-winning authors through its 2018 Writers & Readers series: Benjamin Percy, Paul Beatty, José Antonio Vargas, and Susan Orlean. The series, which is presented in partnership with Literary Cleveland, will also engage the community through book discussions, writing workshops, and more.
“Fostering a love of reading and an appreciation of literature is central to our work here at Cleveland Public Library,” says Felton Thomas Jr., Executive Director and CEO. “Through our revamped Writers & Readers series, we’re excited to bring world-class authors to Cleveland while creating workshops and discussions related to the writers’ work.” The 2018 Writers & Readers series launches in August with novelist and comics author Benjamin Percy, who headlines Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator literary conference. On August 3, Percy will offer a fiction craft talk, “How Do You Create Suspense? I’ll Tell You Later,” as well as the August 4 Inkubator keynote. The remainder of the Writers & Readers series features Beatty’s appearance on September 22, Vargas on October 13, and Orlean on November 10. “We sought a diverse set of contemporary authors whose work is socially engaged and cutting-edge, yet also accessible,” says Lee Chilcote, Director of Literary Cleveland. “We’re looking to engage the community with the authors’ work—to encourage people to read the books in advance, join book discussions, or attend a writing workshop. We also hope to involve some Northeast Ohio writers to spotlight the talent we have here.” Cleveland Public Library and Literary Cleveland collaborated to select the authors for the 2018 Writers & Readers series. The schedule is as follows: Benjamin Percy Percy is the author of the novels The Dark Net, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding, as well as Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction and the story collections Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His comics work includes DC Comics’ Nightwing, Green Arrow, Teen Titans, and Batman Detective Comics #35 and #36. Fiction Craft Talk: Friday, August 3 at 7pm Louis Stokes Wing, 525 Superior Avenue Inkubator Keynote: Saturday, August 4 at 3pm Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 525 Superior Avenue Paul Beatty Beatty is the author of The White Boy Shuffle, Tuff, Slumberland, The Sellout, and two books of poetry. The Sellout, which won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the Man Booker Prize in Fiction, tells the story of a modern-day farmer who reinstates slavery in a scathing satire. Beatty was the first American author to win the Man Booker Prize. Saturday, September 22 at 2pm Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 525 Superior Avenue José Antonio VargasVargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, revealed his status as an undocumented immigrant in a 2011 essay published in The New York Times Magazine. He has since written, produced, and directed the autobiographical feature film Documented as well as the MTV film White People. His forthcoming memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (September 2018), addresses the larger conversation about immigration and American identity. Saturday, October 13 at 2pm Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 525 Superior Avenue Susan OrleanSusan Orlean is the author of Saturday Night, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, and The Orchid Thief (which became an Academy Award-winning film), among other works. Her newest title, The Library Book (October 2018), reopens the unsolved mystery of America’s most catastrophic library fire, underscoring and exploring the treasured place that libraries hold in our culture. Saturday, November 10 at 2pm Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, 525 Superior Avenue About Cleveland Public Library: Cleveland Public Library is The People’s University, the center of learning for a diverse and inclusive community. Founded in 1869, CPL serves the residents of Cleveland through its network of 27 neighborhood branches, the Main Library downtown, Public Administration Library at City Hall, homebound delivery services, and mobile services to daycare and senior centers. From a collection of 10.5 million items, CPL lends over 5 million items a year to its 330,000 registered borrowers and to 43 other CLEVNET-member libraries in 12 counties across northeast Ohio. CPL is home to the Ohio Center for the Book and the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled, serving all 88 counties in the state. For more information, visit cpl.org. On Friday 6/1, Lit Cleveland members, staff, and supporters gathered at The Bop Stop at the Music Settlement for Lit Cleveland's annual fundraiser party, A LIT Summer Night. True to its name, the sold-out party offered an evening of lively, lit-themed entertainment. The night featured celebrity writers-for-hire Mary Weems, Susan Petrone, and Ray McNiece composing short, spontaneous pieces with only a single noun, verb, and adjective to guide them; Lit Cleveland's first-ever Live Auction, emceed by WCPN's own Amy Eddings; a Lit Jam starring local authors Kisha Nicole Foster, EF Schraeder, and Michael Garriga backed by jazz trio Sun Song's smooth improvisations; an array of enticing raffle baskets; and more. Perhaps most importantly, A LIT Summer Night provided a unique opportunity for writers and readers of every stripe to connect and toast to the continued health of the literary arts in Cleveland and beyond.
A heartfelt THANKS to all who attended and performed on this special evening. Thanks also to our staff, board members, and fundraising committee for organizing, and to our sponsors OverDrive and Council Gardens for helping make A LIT Summer Night a reality. |
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