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Join the Ohio Poetry Association on November 15th from 10 to 4:30 at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch for an absolutely free Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference. Registration and more details at https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294.
Get Sharp! will include an Ohio small press book fair and fab workshop presentations by Dianne Borsenik, Geoff Anderson, Michael Salinger, and Susan Grimm.
So many thanks to Ohio Poetry Association President, Holly Brians Ragusa, for her hard work on this excellent project in collaboration with the OPA and America's River Roots. I'm thrilled to have a poem ("After Kao Ch'an") included alongside the work of so many fantastic writers! View the whole digital flipbook anthology at https://midd.me/aspt.
From Mike Credico and our friends at the Ohio Center for the Book at Cleveland Public Library:
I wanted to let you know that we'll be hosting an open mic poetry reading on Saturday, August 30th from 3-5 PM here at the Ohio Center for the Book. We're offering this as an alternative to the other, better-known, airshow (although it will be in full view). We did something similar last year, by accident, and it turned out to be a very positive, powerful experience for participants.
We're hoping to have a bunch of readers, so if you're in the area this upcoming Labor Day weekend, stop by!
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Picnic begins at 12:30 p.m. in the park's Johnson Wetlands Center.
Preceded at 10 a.m. by OPA's quarterly business meeting (all members welcome).
6195 Otten Road
North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039
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Friday 16 May 2025 at 4 p.m., poets from all over Ohio will gather for a dramatic reading on the theme of tributaries. There will be music, and an anthology of the poems performed will be available at the reading.
Kent State College of Architecture + Environmental Design
132 S. Lincoln Street
Kent, Ohio 44240
More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1007338138041745.
From our friends at Literary Cleveland:
For complete info and to register, please visit https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/cleveland-poetry-festival-2025.
From our friends at Visible Voice Books in Tremont:
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An evening of readings from volumes of poetry titled Of.
Kai Ihns is the author of two books of poems, most recently Of (The Elephants, 2024). She lives in Chicago.
Ossian Foley is the author of OF: Vol I (UDP) and works for the government.
Justin Cox is the author of Stock Pond (Bench Editions, 2025). His writing has appeared in Annulet, Chicago Review, Fence, Tagvverk, and elsewhere. Justin teaches at the University of Iowa and has been a fellow at the International Institute of Modern Letters in Wellington, New Zealand.
David James Miller is the author of CANT and the chapbooks FOLD, As Sequence, and Facts & Other Objects. He is founding editor of Elis Press and SET, a journal of innovative writing that comes out once in a while.
Caryl Pagel’s most recent book is Free Clean Fill Dirt (University of Akron Press), named for a sign seen at Lakeview Cemetery. She teaches and makes books with her friends.
Zach Peckham is a writer, editor, and educator. He is the author of the poetry collection As If And, forthcoming from New Mundo Press in 2026, and his work has recently appeared in Full Stop, Mercury Firs, Landfill, APARTMENT, and Tilted House. He is the managing editor at the CSU Poetry Center, an editor at large at the Cleveland Review of Books, and he teaches at Cleveland State and the Cleveland Institute of Art. He also runs a small press called Community Mausoleum and a journal called Coma.
Alyssa Perry is the author of Oily Doily (Bench Editions, 2024). Her writing appears with Annulet, Coma, Fence, Mercury Firs, and elsewhere. Perry is poetry editor at the Cleveland Review of Books and an editor at Rescue Press. She teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Lindsay Turner is the author of The Upstate (University of Chicago Press, 2023) and Songs & Ballads (Prelude Books, 2018). She's also a French-to-English translator of poetry and philosophy. Originally from northeast Tennessee, she lives in Cleveland, where she is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Case Western Reserve University.
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From our friends at Heights Arts:
In my new role as 2nd vice president of the Ohio Poetry Association, I would like to invite you to join us virtually on Saturday 11 January at 1 p.m. for a fantastic workshop with Yalie Saweda Kamara.
To attend, please register at www.ohiopoetryassn.org/events.
To learn more about Yalie Saweda Kamara, visit her website at www.yaylala.com.
From our friends at the East Cleveland Public Library:
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4 p.m. January 11th 2025 at:
East Cleveland Public Library
14101 Euclid Avenue
East Cleveland, OH
eastclevelandpubliclibrary.org
A nice feature on our friend (and Cuyahoga County Poet Laureate) Doc Janning appears in the Winter 2024/25 issue of Thrive: South Euclid Magazine.
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Find Doc online at facebook.com/drmikej1008. His book Before Today ∞ Beyond Tomorrow [2023, Venetian Spider Press] is available from Mac's Backs and other great booksellers.
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Kevin Prufer says: "I think Russell Atkins is one of the most fascinating, unique, and brilliant poets of the 2nd half of the 20th century. He's also one of the most under-appreciated. He died earlier this year. Here's a piece I wrote about him for the Poetry Foundation and Poetry Magazine."
From our friends at Heights Arts in Cleveland Heights:
The Heights Poet Laureate will receive a yearly stipend and participate in civic and community events, as well as manage Heights Arts’ popular Ekphrastacy – Artists Talk and Poets Respond series throughout their tenure.
History: The Cleveland Heights Poet Laureateship, established in 2000 by Heights Arts to celebrate and elevate poetry as an essential art form for the community, is the first and longest-running laureateship in the state of Ohio. In 2023, with the endorsement of both Cleveland Heights and University Heights, the laureateship expanded to become the Heights Poet Laureateship. Every two years, Heights Arts’ staff along with the Heights Writes Community Team of volunteers with expertise in the literary arts and the Heights community solicit applications to select a poet from the Cleveland area for this honor.
“We were thrilled to join Cleveland Heights in the Heights Poet Laureate program,” says University Heights Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan, “... and I look forward to our participating in the program going forward. University Heights is committed to supporting the arts. Adding poetry to our city events has been inspirational and has helped bring residents together.”
The current Poet Laureate, Siaara Freeman, is a dynamic voice in the Cleveland poetry scene, a 2023 Room in the House fellow with Karamu Theater. Freeman is also a 2022 Catapult fellow with Cleveland Public Theater. Her accolades include the 2021 Premier Playwright fellowship with Cleveland Public Theater, the 2020 WateringHole Manuscript fellowship, and being a four-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. Freeman’s work has appeared in The Journal, Josephine Quarterly, Cleveland Magazine, and other notable publications. She has gained recognition for her viral poems and has toured both nationally and internationally.
The meeting will be posted on the Heights Arts website for those who cannot attend. Applicants for the laureateship must commit to serving the full 24-month term if selected and must either be residents of Cleveland Heights or have a significant connection to the communities. Applications will be accepted from November 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Detailed information and the application can be found at Heights Arts Poet Laureate.
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Tuesday 3 December 2024 at 7:30 p.m., see former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106.
Billy Collins is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has combined high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. His work has appeared in a variety of periodicals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Scholar. Collins has published twelve collections of poetry that have led to numerous awards including the Mark Twain Award for Humor in Poetry. Collins was named New York State Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006 after serving as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001-2003. Collins’ newest book, Water, Water: Poems, will be released in November 2024.
Book signing immediately following the lecture.
Get your FREE tickets at https://case.edu/maltzcenter/calendar-events/concerts-events-silver-hall/think-forum-evening-billy-collins.
