Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reader Series presents poets Ali Black of Cleveland and Dana Reeher of Hermitage, PA, Wednesday, August 6 at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl. The reading will be in the Trophy Room on the lower level, which is accessible only by steep stairs. ASL interpretation will be provided by Meagan Albani, with support from the Raymond J. Wean Foundation. Following the reading, there will be an open mic.
Ali Black is the author of the poetry chapbook If It Heals At All (Jacar Press, 2020) and We Look Better Alive (Burnside Review Press, 2025). Her writing has appeared in The Atticus Review, jubilat, Literary Hub, The Offing, The Adroit Journal and elsewhere. She is the co-founder of Balance Point Studios, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making, teaching, and sharing art.
Dana Reeher is the author of Code Domesticity, her first poetry collection. Her poems have appeared in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. She works full time as a nurse practitioner while also working as an adjunct professor at Baylor University.
The First Wednesday reading in September will feature Mary Quade of Madison, OH, and Steve Skovensky of Columbus.
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.
