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• Antioch Writers Workshop to offer free readings

  By YS News StaffJuly 6, 2016

  

  The annual Antioch Writers Workshop returns July 9–14, when more than 100 writers will visit the village and partake in writing workshops and events at Antioch University Midwest. As part of the week of events, free readings will be offered to the general public each evening.

• Literary launch celebrates symposium on black women and performance

  By YS News StaffMay 2, 2016

  

  A special issue of the literary journal “Obsidian” celebrating the 2014 Antioch College symposium “Call & Response” will be launched this Saturday, May 7, 4:30–6:30 p.m., at the John Bryan Community Center.

• McGruder to discuss new book on race, real estate

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 29, 2015

  

  Dr. Kevin McGruder, assistant professor of history at Antioch College, will read from his new book, Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920, on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. at McGregor 113 on the Antioch campus.

• Nikki Giovanni to speak at Antioch Writers Workshop

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 10, 2015

  

  Poet Nikki Giovanni will give the keynote address of the Antioch Writers Workshop this Saturday, July 11, at Antioch University Midwest.

• Luisa Owens’ poems bear witness, honor dead

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 4, 2015

  

  Luisa Owens’ poems describe the terror and inhumanity of daily life in the concentration camp in Yugoslavia, where Owen lived with her family shortly before the end of World War II, from the ages of 9 to 13.

• Villager to read poems about concentration camp

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 27, 2015

  

  Villager Luisa Owen will read original poems in German on Friday, June 5, at the Epic Book Shop.

• Writer Kent Nelson to read

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 19, 2015

  

  Writer Kent Nelson will read from his work this Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. at the Glen Helen Building.

• Epic book event for midwives and mothers

  By Megan BachmanDecember 11, 2014

  

  A book event featuring three local authors of books for midwives and mothers will be at the Epic Book Shop, Friday, Dec. 12.

• Local academics read at Blue Jacket

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 14, 2014

  

  Villagers Keith Doubt and Kevin McGruder will read from their original works this Saturday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. at Blue Jacket Books in Xenia.

• Crime author ferrets out her plots

  By Megan BachmanOctober 16, 2014

  

  While Cynthia Pauuwel’s new crime mystery “Forty & Out” is based around a morbid concept, it’s really the story of the female detective out to find the killer while balancing police politics, a clingy almost-ex-husband and a family rift.