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Lit Youngstown will feature Buckeye poets

Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reader Series moves to the second Wednesday in July due to the July 4 holiday.

This month’s event features a trio of Ohio poets.

Angel James, who lives in Mentor, is the author of “Becoming Friends with Chaos,” a collection of works inspired by the life and music of Bob Dylan.

Stephanie Kendrick, who lives in Albany, has been published in “Women of Appalachia Project (WOAP) Women Speak: 10th Anniversary Collection,” “Not Far From Me: Stories of Opioids and Ohio,” Essentially Athens and Ghost City Review.

Mark Lee Webb of Louisville is a poet, photographer and musician. He is the author of “It’s Not Easy Being a Moth” and several poetry chapbooks. His work has appeared in literary journals such as Ninth Letter, Reed, Columbia Journal and Aeolian Harp.

Webb also is a jazz drummer, and his photography has been selected in several juried exhibitions, such as WideOpen 2020.

The reading starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Trophy Room at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, and it will be followed by an open mic. Admission is free.

For more information, go to lityoungstown.org.

Starting at $3.23/week.

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