First Wednesday Reader Series

Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reader Series presents poets Nancy Krygowski & Jane McCafferty, both of Pittsburgh, on Wednesday, November 6, at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs with an open mic following the reading.

Nancy Krygowski is the author of The Woman in the Corner, named one of the top 100 (or so) poetry books of 2020 by Library Journal, and Velocity, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. She teaches in Carlow University’s Madwomen in the Attic writing program, and is Co-Editor of the Pitt Poetry Series and the Pittsburgh Bureau Chief of the tiny weekly newspaper, Tiny Day.

Jane McCafferty’s first collection of poems, The Sea Lion Who Saved the Boy Who Jumped from the Golden Gate was published by Saddle Road Press in fall of 2024. She is also the author of two story collections and two novels. Her work has received an NEA, two Pushcarts, several Pushcart special mentions, the Drue Heinz prize, The Great Lakes Writers Award, and the Talking Writing award for non-fiction.

This reading is supported in part by funds awarded to the Board of Mahoning County Commissioners under Assistance Listing No. 21.027 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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.