Keystone Poetry Anthology Reading

Name: Keystone Poetry Anthology Reading
Start: 2025-10-18T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Butler Institute of American Art

Schedule

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Butler Institute of American Art | Youngstown, OH

From Philadelphia to Erie, shale fields to coal mines, Keystone
This reading will take place at Butler North, and is free and open to the public.
Our State(s) of Poetry: A Reading and Discussion of the Anthology Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (PSU Press, 2025)
Christopher Bakken, David Bauman, Micah Bauman, Todd Davis, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Lisa Dougherty, Sharon Fagan McDermott, Lilace Mellin Guignard, Mike Good, Matt Hohner, Dawn Leas, Marjorie Maddox, Julie Moore, Heather Myers, Eric Potter, Barbara Sabol, Anne Dyer Stuart, Judith Sornberger, David Swerdlow, Phil Terman, Patricia Thrushart, Gabe Welsch, Karen Weyant, Shanna Powlus Wheeler
Poetry celebrates the varied landscapes and voices of Pennsylvania. During this 75-minute session, co-editor Marjorie Maddox and some of the anthology’s 182 poets will commemorate hometowns, history, and traditions—modeling, alongside included discussion/writing prompts, how Keystone Poetry teaches through location.