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Ohio Center for the Book at CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

Book Discussions

Tremont Think & Drink Book Club

Join us for an engaging book discussion while enjoying your favorite beverage. We’ll discuss the following great reads:

Lost & Found: A Memoir by Kathryn Schulz

Monday, March 13 | 7:00 p.m.

In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes With Anthony Bourdain by Tom Vitale

Monday, April 10 | 7:00 p.m.

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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman

Monday, May 8 | 7:00 p.m.

Lincoln Park Pub

2609 W 14th St, Cleveland, OH 44113

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Read Ohio

Join the discussion of Alison Stine’s visionary novel, Trashlands. For more details, visit ohiocenterforthebook.org

Saturday, May 20 | 3:30 p.m. Main Library, Literature, 2nd floor

Book Clubs

No Pressure Book Club

Still haven’t finished that book, no problem! We still want to hear about it; Share with other readers what you are currently reading and other exciting reads added to your list.

Tuesdays, March 14, April 18 & May 16 | 1:00 p.m. Rockport

GET GRAPHIC! BOOK CLUB

Grab your favorite drink and pull up a seat for our graphic novel book discussions.

Anisfield-Wolf Award Book Club

The Ohio Center for the Book in collaboration with Ursuline College is sponsoring discussions of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award-winning memoirs this spring. Dr. Valentino Zullo, Postdoctoral Fellow in English and the Public Humanities at Ursuline College, will lead the conversations. No registration required.

Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey (2021 Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner)

Tuesday, March 14 | 6:30 p.m.

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

Thursday, March 2 | 6:30 p.m.

Keeping Two by Jordan Crane

Thursday, April 6 | 6:30 p.m.

Time Zone J by Julie Doucet

Thursday, May 4 | 6:30 p.m.

Rising Star Roastery located at 3617 Walton Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113

Coffee and Comics

Pour a cup of coffee and learn from local comics artists who explain the process of creating your own comics, help you refine your sequential art skills, and share valuable insider information on the comics industry.

Saturdays, April 6 & 22 | 10:00 a.m.

Rising Star Roastery located at 3617 Walton Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113

Paula by Isabel Allende (2017 Award Winner)

Tuesday, April 11 | 6:30 p.m.

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston (1943 Award Winner)

Tuesday, May 9 | 6:30 p.m.

Bookhouse Brewing

1526 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113

National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate with readings, open mics, and more.

Virtual Poetry Reading with Kari Gunter-Seymour

Join us on Zoom to celebrate National Poetry Month with a virtual poetry reading by Ohio poet laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour.

Saturday, April 29 | 1:00 p.m. Register at ohiocenterforthebook.org

Hawaiian in Ohio

The Ohio Center for the Book hosts Native Hawaiian and Ohio-resident poet, musician, and artist, Joe Balaz, for a performance of Hawaiian in Ohio: A Celebration of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Asian American Heritage Month, featuring a variety of Balaz’s retrospective and recent artwork, music, and poetry, including selections of his well-known work in Hawaiian Islands Pidgin (HIP), also formerly known as Hawaiʻi Creole English. The performance, is followed by a conversation and audience Q&A. Throughout May 2023, visit exhibits of Balaz’s artwork on display at in the Digital Library and International Languages Department.

Saturday, May 6 | 3:30 p.m.

Main Library, Literature, 2nd floor

Reading is Aloud: Ohio Poets

We’re celebrating Ohio Poetry Day by reading aloud selected works by Ohio poets. For more details, visit ohiocenterforthebook.org.

Tuesday, March 21 | 12:00 p.m.

Main Library, Literature, 2nd floor

Open Mic Poetry

Come share or listen to original works of poetry as we celebrate National Poetry Month with a special guest poet Cardell Belfoure, formerly with the ID13 Prison Literacy Project. For more details, visit ohiocenterforthebook.org.

Saturday, April 8 | 1:00 p.m.

Main Library, Literature, 2nd floor

Open Mic Night

Step up to the mic and share a favorite poem or your original work of verse.

Tuesday, April 11 | 4:30 p.m.

East 131st Street

Rockport Immortal Poets Society (R.I.P.S.)

Seeking local poets to discuss famous poets and poetry including Walt Whitman (March 14), Robert Frost (April 4), Maya Angelou (April 18), and Allen Ginsberg (May 16), and to create new poetry to read, critique, and re-read.

Tuesdays, March 14, April 4 & 18, and May 16 4:45 p.m.

Rockport

Blackout Poetry

Join us the entire month of April for impromptu blackout poetry. Grab supplies at the front desk and add your poem to our collage.

April 1 – 30

West Park

Poem In My Pocket

We’re playing with words and poetry. Reading aloud from Kenn Nesbitt’s hilarious and silly poems will inspire us to write poems of our own to keep in our pocket and share with friends and family.

Monday, April 24 | 4:00 p.m.

Fulton