We’ll be celebrating Free Comic Book Day on May 4 with cake, free comics, and more. Come dressed as your favorite superhero for photo opportunities! The festivities in Cleveland will take place at several branches of the Cleveland Public Library: Fulton Branch, 3545 Fulton Road Harvard Lee, 16918 Harvard Avenue Langston Hughes, 10200 Superior Avenue …
Read More Free Comic Book Day at the Ohio Center for the BookThe 2019 Poetry Out Loud National Finals will be held April 30-May 1, in Washington, DC. Poetry Out Loud is the largest youth poetry recitation competition in the nation. Ohio Poetry Out Loud Champion, Lima Central Catholic High junior Anna Kahle, will represent Ohio as champions from each state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the …
Read More Watch Live April 30 & May 1, as Students Compete in 2019 Poetry Out Loud National FinalsL I T E R A R Y F R O L I C F R I D A Y S MAIN LIBRARY | LITERATURE DEPARTMENT | 2ND FLOOR, North West Corner Group critique and analysis of iconic works of literature followed by screenings of cinematic or made for TV adaptations Fourth Friday in May, June, …
Read More Literary Frolic Fridays: A Book & Film Discussion Group with a TwistThe annual Letters about Literature competition has come to an exciting conclusion with nearly 2,000 students (1,773) from across the length and breadth of the Buckeye state participating. Once again, Ohio students have upheld the state’s strong literary heritage and, nationally, have secured her place in the literary firmament of tomorrow. Students found enlightenment reading …
Read More An Exciting Conclusion for Annual Letters about Literature Contest!Born: 1973 Ohio connection: Birth Cleveland Anthony Doerr, also known as Tony Doerr, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In high school, he developed an interest in writing, and by the time he was in his mid-twenties, Doerr was submitting his work to magazines for publication. Although his mother was a high school science teacher who encouraged family …
Read More Doerr, AnthonyBorn: 1947 Ohio connection: Birth Columbus Robert Bernard Greene, Jr., son of Robert Bernard and Phyllis Ann (Harmon) Greene, was born in 1947 in Columbus, Ohio. He received a Bachelor of Journalism from Northwestern University in 1969. He married Susan Bonet Koebel in 1971, and they have two children. Greene worked as a reporter for the Chicago …
Read More Greene, BobBorn: 1950 Ohio connection: Birth Cleveland Linda Nemec Foster is the granddaughter of Polish immigrants, a fact that informs her poetry in the volume Amber Necklace from Gdansk. In 2003 Foster was named the first poet laureate of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in honor of her body of work and her efforts to promote a love of literature …
Read More Foster, Linda NemecBorn: 1935 Ohio connection: Birth Cincinnati Elizabeth Drew was born Elizabeth Brenner, daughter of William J. and Estelle (Jacobs) Brenner, in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1957. In 1964 she married J. Patterson Drew, and also began doing freelance writing. She became the Washington editor for the Atlantic Monthly in 1967, …
Read More Drew, ElizabethBorn: 1944 Ohio connection: Former Resident Columbus Nicholas Guild, son of Walter Francis and Gertrude (Mowry) Guild, was born in 1944 in California. He received a B.A. from Occidental College in 1966, followed by an M.A. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in 1972, both from The University of California, Berkeley. He married Suzanne Weil on March …
Read More Guild, NicholasBorn: 1952 Ohio connection: Birth Cleveland Susan Grimm was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up on the west side of the city until age thirteen, when her family moved to Brecksville, Ohio. Grimm, who has a B.A. in Anthropology and an M.A. in English from Cleveland State University, did not pursue writing seriously until …
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