Poet Philip Brady and essayist Jacqueline Marino will be featured at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event.

Brady is the author of five collections of poetry, and he has received numerous awards, including the Ohioana Poetry Award, an Ohio Governor’s Award and six Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council, a Best of Ohio Writers Prize, a Newhouse Award and a Thayer Fellowship in the Arts from the state of New York.

He is professor emeritus at Youngstown State University and co-founder and executive director of Etruscan Press.

Marino has been published by The Washington Post, Bicycling, Belt, River Teeth and Cleveland Magazine. She is the editor of “Carbombs to Cookie Tables,” an anthology about her hometown, Youngstown.

She won Edward R. Murrow awards for her Ideastream Public Media coverage on rural health and on the Mahoning River. She teaches at Kent State University’s School of Media and Journalism.

The program starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday on the main stage at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, in its Trophy Room, which is accessible only by stairs. Admission is free.

Michele Gatts will co-host, with an open mic to follow. Meagan Albani will provide ASL interpretation.

The series receives support from POP! Art Books Culture. For more information, go to lityoungstown.org