Literary Cleveland

05/28/2026

😃😃 NEW Issue of GSR Out Now!

Issue 17 of Literary Cleveland’s Gordon Square Review literary journal is ready for the world and represents the world 🌍 with writers near to us (Cleveland and Columbus) and writers from afar ( , , the and ).

“One day, you’ll be this cold sky, and I’ll be / a wisp of cloud bulging with lakewater-turned-snow.” – Jen Hallaman

Read the full issue now! http://www.gordonsquarereview.org/ (Link in bio)

Artwork: “Tamamo no Mai” by Kirsty Greenwood

05/24/2026

Check out this MSN article about our yearlong Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison program with Ohio Humanities!

Toni Morrison is being honored throughout the year in her home state of Ohio, celebrating her enduring legacy as part of America's 250th birthday.

05/22/2026

🚨 Bid recklessly. Support writers.

Literary Cleveland’s fundraiser auction is now LIVE with 25 prizes (Tinyurl.com/ALSN26). Your bid will support local writers helps keep programs like Inkubator, scholarships, GSR, and the Breakthrough Residency free and thriving. No fundraiser ticket needed to participate. Take home something wonderful!

Here is what you can win:

* Complete set of Toni Morrison books
* Tickets to the 2026–2027 Writers Center Stage Series
* Beer basket from Masthead Brewery
* Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners collection
* Wine basket with 7 bottles from around the world
* Tickets to Chautauqua Institution
* Tickets to a Cleveland Guardians game
* Weekend stay at a Lake Erie cottage
* Loganberry Bookseller for a Day experience
* 5-night stay at a villa in the Finger Lakes
* Shakespeare basket with books and a hand-knit wool Shakespeare figure
* 7-night oceanside retreat in South Carolina (writing retreat)
* Full year of Literary Cleveland classes
* And more

Auction closes June 4, at 8:30pm.

05/21/2026

🎉 What a night. Huge thanks to Daisy, Sara, and Daniel for an unforgettable reading. From laugh-out-loud moments to deeply moving poems.

Sara had the whole room laughing out loud, especially during the now-iconic corgi screed. Daniel showed such range in style and form, and Daisy trusted us enough to nerd out together through the opening chapter of her book. . And lastly, a huge thanks to for hosting us!

❤️‍🔥 See you all for June’s Plum City! Announcement coming up.

05/20/2026

See you tonight!

🎉 WED MAY 20 • Join us for our May Plum City reading at Loganberry Books! https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/plum-city-reading---may-2026

We’ll celebrate and listen to work by:

📖 Chicago nonfiction writer Daisy Hernández, author of Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (Hogarth Press, 2026)

📖 Chicago fiction writer Sara Levine, author of The Hitch (Roxane Gay Books, 2026)

📖 Local writer Daniel Moysaenko, author of the debut poetry collection Overtakelessness (Graywolf Press, 2026) and winner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award

📍Wednesday, May 20 at Loganberry Books (13015 Larchmere in Cleveland)

Doors open at 6:30pm and reading begins at 7pm to be immediately followed by an afterparty 🥂 at the Literary Cleveland Offices (13002 Larchmere).

🟣 RSVP here https://www.litcleveland.org/events-programs/plum-city-reading---may-2026

05/20/2026

Shoutout to our friends at Rust Belt Humanities Lab at Ursuline College for the amazing work they do!

The program is reshaping perceptions of Northeast Ohio through humanities-driven storytelling and civic engagement.

05/18/2026

🚨 2 DAYS LEFT before ticket sales end on May 20th!

Celebrate 10 years of Literary Cleveland with us at A Lit Summer Night on June 4, 2026 at Ariel International Center. Ticket link in bio.

An evening of readings, stories, food, drinks, and community as we honor the past decade and look ahead to the next!

🎙️Featuring Kisha Nicole Foster, Dan Chaon, Thrity Umrigar, and Sonia Feldman, plus the reveal of our 2026 Inkubator keynote speaker.

Tickets are limited and sell out every year.

🔗 https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/Kx6iACl-_TjfkDtepJP74Q

05/18/2026

BUSY WEEK!

MON - New issue of Gordon Square Review is out now (read for free)

MON - Free virtual The Open Spaces of We: AAPI Writers on the Legacy of Toni Morrison with Kundiman

TUE - Free Q***r Writes group at the LGBT Community Center

TUE - Free virtual Veterans Workshops with the VA

TUE - Tuesdays with Toni free virtual event with GLAAWC

WED - Plum City Reading at Loganberry with Daisy Hernández, Sara Levine, and Daniel Moysaenko

WED - Ticket deadline for our 10th Anniversary Fundraiser

WED - Creating New Fiction virtual class begins

THU - The Past is Closer Than You Think: Historical Fiction and the Art of Time Travel virtual class

THU - Virtual auction launch for our fundraiser

SAT - Spring Writing Retreat at Mather Mansion

ONGOING - Applications for the Breakthrough Writing Residency are open

ONGOING - Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison events continue

See links in the comments below!

05/18/2026

Support our friends at the Cleveland Public Library at this fundraiser Thursday, May 21 at Music Box Supper Club. Click to see the all-star lineup of readers!

The Power of Words is an evening of Clevelanders sharing favorite parts from favorite texts; celebration in the company of people who love literacy, believe in the power of words, and in the power of supporting institutions that support literacy. Cleveland Public Library is honored to be the recipie...

05/17/2026

✨ Virtual Event Alert ✨

Join Kundiman Midwest for "The Open Spaces of We: AAPI Writers" on the Legacy of Toni Morrison, a virtual panel honoring Morrison’s far-reaching influence on writers and scholars, part of Literary Cleveland's yearlong celebration of Toni Morrison.

learn more: https://ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org/event/the-open-spaces-of-we-aapi-writers-on-the-legacy-of-toni-morrison/

(posted by her publisher)