Ohio Author Holds Book Event at Fusion Bistro
March 15, 2019On Tuesday, March 19, author Dan Stout will launch his new book Titanshade at Toledo’s Fusion Bistro starting at 6pm. Now based in Columbus, Stout is excited to return to his hometown of Toledo, “Readings are fun, but this is a party! We’ll have some cake, and there’ll be plenty of talk about the book
Frost Grape, Nightshade, Milkweed
February 12, 2019Justin Longacre’s newest chapbook sheds new light on the familiar Justin Longacre’s poetry chapbook, Frost Grape, Nightshade, Milkweed (Raggedy Mouths Press, 2018) evokes images of desperation, ruin, escapism and, ultimately, hope. It takes readers through events that they are likely to experience in their everyday lives, homing in on them to take apart the layers
Cold War Paranoia In Mayo’s Survival House
December 19, 2018Wendell Mayo’s latest collection of short stories, Survival House (Stephen F. Austin University Press), is a lean, sharply focused collection of tales for these troubling times. The stories, in some ways, represent a change of direction for Mayo, who recently retired from spending over two decades as a creative writing professor at Bowling Green State
Book It!
December 4, 2018Toledo 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.
Nathan Elias’ Poetry Brings it Back Home
November 26, 2018With Nathan Elias’ chapbook, readers are taken close-to-home, through compelling reflections on Toledo and vivid descriptions of places in time.