Literary Cleveland's Plum City Reading Series brings the country's most interesting and groundbreaking authors to Cleveland to highlight the work of independent publishers while thoughtfully curating celebratory evenings of literature and community.
The theme of our March reading is Freedom in connection with the Cleveland Humanities Festival and Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison.
Join us Wednesday, March 18 at 7pm at Loganberry Books for readings from Daisy Hernández, author of the new book Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, Kortney Morrow, author of the new poetry collection Run It Back, and Loung Ung, award-winning author of First They Killed My Father.
This installment of the Plum City Reading Series will take place Wednesday, March 18 at Loganberry Books (13015 Larchmere in Cleveland. Doors open at 6:30 and reading begins at 7pm to be immediately followed by an afterparty at the Literary Cleveland Offices (13002 Larchmere).
NOTE: In keeping with our mission, to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the registration fee for this event is "Pay What You Can." We believe every writer, reader, storyteller, and literary enthusiast who wants to attend a Literary Cleveland event should be able to have that experience. "Pay What You Can" registration allows comfortable, affordable participation for everyone. We have suggested fees—you can pay one of them, or pay what you can. Your participation is the priority for us.
Daisy Hernández is the author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease, which won the 2022 PEN /Jean Stein Book Award and was selected as an inaugural title for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program. She is also the author of the award-winning memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed, coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, and a regular contributor to the Buddhist magazine Tricycle. She is an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Northwestern University. Her latest book is Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (Febrary 2026, Hogarth).
Kortney Morrow is a poet and writer creating from her studio in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has received support from 68to05, The Academy of American Poets, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and Transition Magazine. Her debut poetry collection, Run It Back, was the winner of the 2024 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, judged by Carmen Giménez.
Loung Ung is a bestselling author and human rights activist whose memoir, First They Killed My Father, was adapted into a critically acclaimed Netflix film. After surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide, Loung moved to the U.S. as a refugee and has since authored Lucky Child and Lulu in the Sky. Her upcoming graphic novel, Spirits of Survival, continues her journey of storytelling. A dedicated advocate, Loung served as a global spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World. She has traveled back to Cambodia over 50 times to support the nation's healing. Her work has earned her recognition as a "Global Youth Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum. When she isn't writing or lecturing, Loung and her husband, Mark Priemer, are the proud co-owners of Market Garden Brewery, Bright Side, Nano Brew and Market Garden Brewpub where she happily serves in her favorite role as the official food and beer taster.
Literary Cleveland's Plum City Reading Series brings the country's most interesting and groundbreaking authors to Cleveland to highlight the work of independent publishers while thoughtfully curating celebratory evenings of literature and community.
The theme of our March reading is Freedom in connection with the Cleveland Humanities Festival and Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison.
Join us Wednesday, March 18 at 7pm at Loganberry Books for readings from Daisy Hernández, author of the new book Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, Kortney Morrow, author of the new poetry collection Run It Back, and Loung Ung, award-winning author of First They Killed My Father.
This installment of the Plum City Reading Series will take place Wednesday, March 18 at Loganberry Books (13015 Larchmere in Cleveland. Doors open at 6:30 and reading begins at 7pm to be immediately followed by an afterparty at the Literary Cleveland Offices (13002 Larchmere).
NOTE: In keeping with our mission, to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the registration fee for this event is "Pay What You Can." We believe every writer, reader, storyteller, and literary enthusiast who wants to attend a Literary Cleveland event should be able to have that experience. "Pay What You Can" registration allows comfortable, affordable participation for everyone. We have suggested fees—you can pay one of them, or pay what you can. Your participation is the priority for us.
Daisy Hernández is the author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease, which won the 2022 PEN /Jean Stein Book Award and was selected as an inaugural title for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program. She is also the author of the award-winning memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed, coeditor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, and a regular contributor to the Buddhist magazine Tricycle. She is an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Northwestern University. Her latest book is Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (Febrary 2026, Hogarth).
Kortney Morrow is a poet and writer creating from her studio in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work has received support from 68to05, The Academy of American Poets, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and Transition Magazine. Her debut poetry collection, Run It Back, was the winner of the 2024 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, judged by Carmen Giménez.
Loung Ung is a bestselling author and human rights activist whose memoir, First They Killed My Father, was adapted into a critically acclaimed Netflix film. After surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide, Loung moved to the U.S. as a refugee and has since authored Lucky Child and Lulu in the Sky. Her upcoming graphic novel, Spirits of Survival, continues her journey of storytelling. A dedicated advocate, Loung served as a global spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World. She has traveled back to Cambodia over 50 times to support the nation's healing. Her work has earned her recognition as a "Global Youth Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum. When she isn't writing or lecturing, Loung and her husband, Mark Priemer, are the proud co-owners of Market Garden Brewery, Bright Side, Nano Brew and Market Garden Brewpub where she happily serves in her favorite role as the official food and beer taster.
