Antioch Writers’ Workshop offers free readings and other events

The 33rd annual summer program of the Antioch Writers’ Workshop at University of Dayton is underway, but free and open-to-the-public programs will be held each evening through Thursday, July 19.

The readers on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday are a llpartoftheworkshop’s Full Week faculty. Learn more about them on the workshop’s faculty page: www.antiochwritersworkshop.com/faculty—summer-workshop.html

Becky Morean, Juliet Fromholt, TJ Turner, Shuly Cawood and Chris Tebbetts are all writers who live in the area or who have roots in the region; the other faculty

members have come to Dayton from across the United States.

■ Sunday, July 15

— Lynn Powell (poetry), David Coe (fiction), Sophfronia Scott (nonfiction and/or fiction), Becky Morean (fiction)

■ Monday, July 16

— Comic Books Flash Workshop, Juliet Fromholt. Fromholt is part of the team at Sparkle Comics, an independent comic book publisher in Dayton. She will share insights and

tips on how writers can find an outlet for storytelling through comic books. Learn more about Spark leComicsatwww. sparklecomics.com

■ Tuesday, July 17

— TJ Turner (fiction), Joe Oestreich (nonfiction), Megan Hart (fiction), M.

Scott Douglass (poetry)

■ Wednesday, July 18

— Open mic by Full Week workshop participants

■ Thursday, July 19

— Doug Ramspeck (poetry), Shuly Cawood (nonfiction), Chris Tebbetts (fiction)

All evening events start prompt lyat7p.m.,and

will be held in the Sears Auditorium at the Jesse Philips Humanities Center on the main campus of the University of Dayton. Parking is free in the evenings in Lot C. Check the University of Dayton website for a campus map.

These events are free and open to the public, thanks in part to sustainability funding from the Ohio Arts Council and the generosity of the workshop, a 501(c)3 non-profit.

Thurber House Summer Literary Picnic Series

If you’re up for small road trips with a literary theme, consider venturing to Columbus for the Thurber House Summer Literary Picnic Series. Each summer, Thurber House hosts picnics and readings with authors with an Ohio connec

tion. Though the series is underway, three more literary picnics are still

on the calendar. Attendees can opt to both picnic and attend the reading, or attend the reading only:

Wednesday, July 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

—Jessica Strawser will discuss her novel, “Not That I Could Tell,” a domestic thriller set in Yellow Springs.

Wednesday, Aug. 8,

5:30-8:30 p.m.

—Dan Gearino will share insights from his book about the

quirky world o f comic book stores, “Comic Shop: The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us aNe w Geek Culture.”

Wednesday, Aug. 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

— Two Appalachian writ

ers will shar etheir work — Michael Henson, author of “Maggie Boylan,” a collec

tion of linked stories, and Kari Gunter-Seymou r,a two-times Pushcart nominee and Poet Laureate of Athens, Ohio. Learn more about these

programs, including ordering tickets, at www. thruberhouse.org/literarypicnics

Other upcoming literary events

■ Sunday, July 15, 2:30 p.m., Wright Memorial Public Library, 1776 Far Hills Ave., Oakwood — Writers’ Café, a casual hang out for writers ages

18 and up and of all experience levels, meets the first Friday (7 p.m.) and

third Sund ay (2:30) of each month.

■ Tuesday, July 17, 7-8:30 p.m., Wright Memorial Public Library, 1776

F arHills Ave., Oakwood — The Wr ightL ibrary Poets meet monthly to share work and hone craft; beginners welcome. For more information contact Elizabeth Schmidt at schmidt@wrightlibrary.

org or 294-7171.