First Wednesday Reader Series

Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reader Series presents fiction writer Michael Dittman of Western Pennsylvania and Shei Sanchez of Athens, Ohio on Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs. The series is sponsored by POP! Art Books Culture.

Michael Dittman is a professor of English living and writing near Pittsburgh, surrounded by the palimpsest of the Appalachian Rust Belt. His most recent novel is Who Holds the Devil. He is also the author of Jack Kerouac: A Biography; Masterpieces of the Beat Generation; and Small Brutal Incidents.

Shei Sanchez writes from Southeast Ohio. Her poetry lives in many places, including Women of Appalachia Project’s Women Speak, Light Enters the Grove, Orchards Poetry Journal, Hawai’i Pacific Review and Amplify, forthcoming from Sheila-Na-Gig. A Best of the Net Nominee, Shei found that herding her goats are primal moments for marrying verse with the world.

The First Wednesday reading in November will feature poets Jane Ann Fuller of Logan, Ohio and Wendy McVicker of Athens, Ohio.

Lit Youngstown is a literary arts nonprofit with programs for writers, readers, and those who love a good story. More information is available at www.LitYoungstown.org.