Lit

TMA’s Art Book Club in January—’Maria: The Potter of San Ildefonso’

Courtney Probert

María Martínez is considered a legend for reviving ancient Pueblo pottery-making. Author Alice Marriott and illustrator Margaret Lefranc tell the history of Maria’s craft...

The book flood

Courtney Probert

Hailing from Iceland, Jólabókaflóð, otherwise known as the Christmas book flood, is a holiday tradition where people exchange books on Christmas Eve, and spend...

Toledo Voices at Play

Erin Holden

Feel like you may have written (or could write) the next great American play? Now might be your chance to let your talent shine....

Cold War Paranoia In Mayo’s Survival House

Nicholas Rys

Wendell Mayo’s latest collection of short stories, Survival House (Stephen F. Austin University Press), is a lean, sharply focused collection of tales for these...

Book It!

Jason Webber

Toledo has much to offer local lit lovers. In addition to boasting one of the best library systems in the country, active book clubs around town welcome new members.

Sandra Feen and Anthony Frame Read Poetry

Erin Holden

The Arts and Performance Center presents readings by two accomplished poets – Sandra Feen and Anthony Frame – on December 7. Feen, a teacher...

Save on Books at Friends of the Library Sale

Erin Holden

With books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and other media for sale for as low as 25 cents, the Friends of the Library Book Sale is...

Locals Present Poetry During Uncloistered Series

Athena Cocoves

Hear from some of Toledo’s best poets during the December installment of the Uncloistered Poetry series. Led by local literary figure Jonie McIntire, this...

Nathan Elias’ Poetry Brings it Back Home

Courtney Probert

With Nathan Elias’ chapbook, readers are taken close-to-home, through compelling reflections on Toledo and vivid descriptions of places in time.

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Discusses Autobiography

Sarah Emily

Mirror Garde: A Memoir chronicles 20th Century Iranian artist and writer Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. She will discuss her inspirational autobiography including her visual work...

Damon Brown Promotes Recent Work

Sarah Emily

TED Talk participant and writer Damon Brown will give a public lecture promoting his most recent work, The Ultimate Bite-Sized Entrepreneur: 76 Ways to...

Yoga Meets Reading at California Yoga in Sylvania

Sarah Emily

Read and dissect the 1982 best selling novel, Women Who Run with Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Women of Archetype at this...

Headlining the 2018 David S. Stone Law Lecture at the University of Toledo College of Law on November 5, author and current University of Utah law professor Amos N. Guiora will present a lecture on his latest book, The Crime of Complicity: The Bystander in the Holocaust.

Prartho Sereno Makes Stop in Toledo

Courtney Probert

Accomplished writer, creative workshop instructor, award-winning poet and BGSU graduate, Prartho Sereno visits Toledo to read from her latest release Indian Rope Trick along...

Toledo Public Libraries Offer Writing Workshops

Courtney Probert

Are you an aspiring writer? Do you need help developing your story? Sign up for one or all three of Toledo Library Writing Workshops,...

America’s Amnesia: The Ongoing Effects of Segregation

Erin Holden

Bestselling author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (2017), Dr. Richard Rothstein, was the keynote speaker for the 2018 Ohio Fair Housing Summit held in downtown Toledo on September 20, to educate the public about the purposefully racist policies beginning in the early 20th century that have led to today’s segregated neighborhoods.

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