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Two Ohio poets will be featured at the next Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader Series event.
Diane Kendig's latest book is "Woman with a Fan: On María Blanchard and Prison Terms" and she co-edited the tribute anthology "In the Company of Russell Atkins."
Kendig led a prison writing workshop for 18 years and now curates Cuyahoga County Public Library's weblog Read + Write and writes for Free Poetry Cleveland.
Named the 2022 Ohio Poet of the Year for her chapbook "Hunger," Erica Manto Paulson is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and holds a degree in creative writing and English literature.
Her poems have appeared in Thimble Literary Magazine, Sheila Na Gig, the Northern Appalachia Review, Slippery Elm and has been featured on WYSO-FM's "Conrad's Corner.”
The reading starts at 7 p.m. at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, in its Trophy Room, which is accessible only by stairs. It will be followed by an open mic, and ASL interpretation will be provided.
Admission is free, and the series is made possible by POP! Art Books Culture. For more information, go to lityoungstown.org.