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Developing writers, amplifying voices, and transforming our community through storytelling.
Upcoming Classes
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Poetry
5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11 & 6/18
Creating New Poetry - May 2026
It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop designed to help you create new poetry or make progress on your project.
Reader Series
5/16, 6/20 & 7/18
A Source of Self-Regard: Toni Morrison Reader Series - Session Two
Join us in this pay-what-you can deep dive into the works of Toni Morrison.
Fiction
5/20, 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17 & 6/24
Creating New Fiction - May 2026
It's all welcome in this six-week generative workshop designed to help you create new work or make progress on your project.
Upcoming Events
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May 20, 2026
Plum City Reading - May 2026
Featuring Daisy Hernández, Sara Levine, and Daniel Moysaenko
May 31, 2026
Toni Morrison Statewide Virtual Book Club
Join our free virtual book club to read and discuss the novels of Toni Morrison as part of our yearlong Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison program.
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June 4, 2026
A Lit Summer Night
10th Anniversary Fundraiser
Support Literary Cleveland and local writers at our 10th anniversary fundraiser!
Featured Announcements
Everything you need to know
Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison
Literary Cleveland and Ohio Humanities are planning a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison in Ohio. Learn more about this 2026-2027 project and how to get involved. Head to the website!
Essential Worker Anthology
Voices from the Edge
In 2021-2022, we collected the stories and poems of essential workers in Northeast Ohio into an anthology that details the lived experience of the pandemic from the point of view of those who sacrificed to keep others safe. Read these powerful and movies stories now.
Gordon Square Review
Literary Cleveland's biannual online literary journal
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