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Poetry

3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8 and 5/15
I Can Hear Her Breathing: Poems that Build New Worlds
Through conscious surrender and creation, we tap into what is longing for our attention to be rebirthed and restored.
Multigenre

4/5
The Art of Multiperspectivity
We’ll specifically analyze what multiple perspectives do for a story (and why we can’t achieve the same effect with only one perspective).
Fiction

4/7
To Live: Giving Voice to the Nonhuman Narrator
In this generative workshop, participants will study various examples of flash that give voice to the often-silent characters in our lives.
Upcoming Events
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April 5, 2025
Hungry Heart: CHF Reading
A free reading in on the topic of appetite as part of the Cleveland Humanities Festival
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April 16, 2025
The Story of The Land
A panel on how literature confronts the climate crisis featuring Deborah Fleming, Alison Stine, and Jon Wlasiuk.

April 25, 2025
Cleveland Poetry Festival 2025
Join April 25-27 for readings, workshops, panels, open mics, and a new Poetry Crawl!
Featured Announcments
Everything you need to know

Inkubator Call for Proposals
Want to be an Inkubator presenter? Interested in running a community project during the Inkubator? See our open calls for Inkubator presenters and community projects. Deadline April 7, 2025.

Gordon Square Review
Submit Your Writing for Publication
Looking to publish your writing? Literary Cleveland's own online literary journal, Gordon Square Review, is open for submissions now through March 31. Submissions are free and contributors are paid. What are you waiting for? Revise your writing and submit today!

Essential Worker Anthology
Voices from the Edge
In 2021-2022, we collected the stories and poems of essential workers in Northeast Ohio into an anthology that details the lived experience of the pandemic from the point of view of those who sacrificed to keep others safe. Read these powerful and movies stories now.
Gordon Square Review
Literary Cleveland's biannual online literary journal
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