October 7 at 7:00. Lit Youngstown presents a virtual reading by Kelly Bancroft & Jessica Jewell livestreamed via Facebook. Register here to attend on Zoom and/or read in the open mic

Kelly Bancroft (l) writes and teaches in Youngstown, Ohio. Her poems and prose have appeared in many journals and her plays have been presented in Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Milwaukee. She teaches at Hiram College and at the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center.

Jessica Jewell (r) is the author of three collections of poetry including Dust Runner, Slap Leather, and Sisi and the Girl from Town, as well as the co-editor of the bilingual collection I Hear the World Sing. Jewell is the senior academic program director for the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, where she also earned her PhD and MFA.