Lit Cleveland Open Mic & NEOMFA Reading
Tues. 7/31,
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Join Lit Cleveland for our 3rd-annual book swap party! For every book you bring, you'll receive a raffle ticket that will allow you to exchange it for another book. This is a great chance to re-gift some books you no longer want and pick up some new-to-you summer reads. Market Garden is generously donating a dollar from every beer purchased, so drink up! Magazines in good condition welcome, too. Leftover reading material will be donated to Seeds of Literacy and Cleveland Books 2 Prisoners.
Featured readers include NEOMFA alumni Brandon North, Emily Troia, and Andrew Wehmann. Looking to read a recent poem, short story, or other written piece? You're in luck! We'll have three open mic slots available -- sign up on a first come, first serve basis. About the readers: Brandon North is a recent graduate of the NEOMFA. His poems and essays are forthcoming or appear in Ghost Proposal, Crixeo, The Bombay Gin, and Quarterly West. Emily Troia studied Physics and Philosophy at Wesleyan University and received her B.A. in Studio Art from Ursuline College. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Program and worked for the Cleveland State Poetry Center as a reader, designer, and marketer for five years. She now works for the international nonprofit Social Venture Partners. A resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Emily spends her time reading, writing, and trying to finish at least one of her art projects. Andrew Wehmann’s stories appear in Jellyfish Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, and elsewhere. Part of our week-long Cleveland Inkubator literary arts festival, taking place Tues. 7/31 - Sat. 8/4. |
OutLoud Cleveland
Weds. 8/1, 7-9pHappy Dog at the Euclid Tavern, 11625 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44106
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OutLoud Cleveland is a reading and storytelling event that brings together writers of fiction, poetry, and storytellers from the LGBTQ+ community in Northeastern Ohio. The event will feature local writers M; Margo, Penelope Jeanne Girlblood, and EF Schraeder, and will be MC'd by writer Alex DiFrancesco. The talents of our community are far-ranging and diverse, and we're thrilled to showcase them on August 1st at Happy Dog.
To submit your work for consideration, send it to Literary Cleveland at info@litcleveland.org with the subject line “OutLoud Cleveland submission.” Part of our week-long Cleveland Inkubator literary arts festival, taking place Tues. 7/31 - Sat. 8/4. Open to adults and teens 14 and up. M; Margo is a person who writes and resides in Cleveland. They are Founding Editor of Zoomoozophone Review, Managing Editor of Gold Wake Live, and Publicity Director for Gold Wake Press. Their most recent poetry chapbooks are Pennine Hillsongs (The Haunted Mask II) (summer 2018) and yr yr (2017), both published by Ghost City Press. Penelope Jeanne Girlblood is a trans lesbian, a mother, and a a poet. She has had her work published in Zoomoozophone Review and Voicemail Poems. She is in the second year of her MFA at Cleveland State and she helps run the Lighthouse Reading Series through the CSU Poetry Center. In her free time she enjoys riding trains and browsing Craigslist. EF Schraeder lives and works in the rustbelt. After studying the double whammy “what-are-you-gonna’-do-with-that” combo, literature and ethics, Schraeder went on to earn an interdisciplinary doctorate emphasizing ethics and social justice issues. After years of teaching everything from gender studies, humanities, and philosophy at a variety of colleges, Schraeder worked in the nonprofit sector, primarily in fundraising and development for grassroots organizations. Schraeder now works in the library and reads as much as possible (visit Goodreads to check out what Schraeder is reading now). EF Schraeder’s world is also full of other interesting details and pursuits which didn’t make it into this bio. Go figure. Alex DiFrancesco is a writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and journalism who has published work in Tin House, The Washington Post, Pacific Standard, and more. Their first novel, an acid western, was published in 2015, and their essay collection Psychopomps (Civil Coping Mechanisms Press) and their second novel All City (Seven Stories Press) are forthcoming in Spring of 2019. They can be found @DiFantastico on Twitter, or, more often, snuggling their cat, Sylvia. |
Writers and Readers: Benjamin Percy keynote reading
Sat. 8/4,
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This year's week-long Inkubator Festival concludes with a keynote reading with award-winning novelist and comic book maker Benjamin Percy! Percy will read from his newest novel, The Dark Net, converse with local author Brad Ricca about his approach to writing, and take questions from the audience. Open to adults and teens 14 and up.
Benjamin Percy is the author of four novels, The Dark Net (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017), The Dead Lands (Grand Central/Hachette, 2015), Red Moon (Grand Central/Hachette, 2013) and The Wilding(Graywolf Press, 2010), as well as two books of short stories, Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf Press, 2007) and The Language of Elk (Grand Central/Hachette, 2012; Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2006). His craft book — Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction — was published by Graywolf Press in 2016. He is also a comic book author, and has published work in Esquire, GQ, Time, Men’s Journal, Outside, The Wall Street Journal, The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and Tin House. His is the recipient of awards from National Endowment for the Arts, the Whiting Writers’ Award, Pushcart Prizes, the Plimpton Prize. He has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Brad Ricca is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated Mrs. Sherlock Holmes (St. Martin's, 2017) and the Ohioana Award-winning Super Boys (St. Martin's, 2013). He is also the author of a book of poetry, American Mastodon (Black Lawrence Press, 2010), winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award. He is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Emerging Artist in Literature. He teaches at Case Western Reserve University and is a lifelong Clevelander. |
Making Sense of Humor
Wed. 8/15,
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Join us August 15 for a discussion with Emmy-award winning television writer and producer Dan O'Shannon! The former executive producer of Modern Family and author of What Are You Laughing At? A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event, O'Shannon will share some of the tricks he's learned in his 37 years making people laugh, with the goal of offering participants perspectives on the art and craft of comedy that might influence their approach to writing it. Q & A to follow.
Part of our Between the Lines series, an event spotlighting award-winning local authors taking place every other month at Happy Dog Euclid. Bio forthcoming. |
Inspired by the Parks: A Reading of Prose and Poetry
Thurs. 9/6, 7pHines Hill Conference Center, 1403 West Hines Hill Rd, Peninsula, OH 44264
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Three National Parks Artists-in-Residence will be on hand to share their experiences and to present work illuminating the spirit of the national parklands and historical monuments. Area writers will join in, reading from their own work focusing on nature and local lore. The audience is encouraged to engage in conversation with the artists following the presentation and invited to ask questions about the Ohio arts community, opportunities for artists in the national parks, and the artists’ work and experiences
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