First Wednesday Reader Series presents fiction writer Arya F. Jenkins of Youngstown and poet Rose M. Smith of Columbus. Alex Harper will co-host. An open mic will follow the featured readers. Wednesday, June 7 at 7:00pm at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave. in Youngstown, Oh! The reading will take place on the lower level in the Trophy Room. Our profound apologies that the only way to access the room is via stairs.
Arya F. Jenkins is a Colombian-American poet and writer whose work has been widely published, has received several nominations for the Pushcart Prize and, in 2021, a nomination for the Best of the Net Anthology. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, a short story collection and a novel.
Rose M. Smith's work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is author of four chapbooks, most recently Holes in My Teeth (Kattywompus Press, 2016). Her collection, Unearthing Ida (Glass Lyre Press, 2019), won the 2018 Lyrebird Prize. She is a Senior Editor with Pudding Magazine, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and a Cave Canem fellow.