Lakewood Public Library
Lakewood, Ohio
Jenna Martínez is a finalist for the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a 2023–2024 Literary Cleveland Breakthrough Writing Resident, and a recipient of the 2023 Unidos Por El Arte Grant. Her work has been supported by the Macondo Writers Workshop and Community of Writers Workshop. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, HAD, […]
Nardine Taleb is a speech-language pathologist and a writer. She worked as a prose editor at Gordon Square Review for several issues. She is the author of warda, published in 2023 by Passengers Press. Her poetry and fiction stories have been published in award-winning online journals including Electric Literature, The Offing, The Rumpus, Rattle, Frontier Poetry, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, […]
Join us on the Main Library front porch during the Lakewood Arts Festival and enjoy poetry readings featuring experienced poets, participants from the writing groups and even inspired festival goers. We encourage everyone interested in sharing their own poetry to sign up at our table during the festival.
Jen Jones Donatelli has worked in various forms of media and entertainment for nearly 20 years. Her resume spans feature films, award shows, talk shows, sitcoms, red carpet reporting, and print/online journalism for outlets including Glamour, REDBOOK, Business Insider, Playboy, Los Angeles Confidential and many more. Jen's work has taken her into the kitchens of Wolfgang Puck and Thomas […]
This stunning slow-burn romantasy follows Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are twelve years old when they are whisked away from the shadows of their disenfranchised mining towns to dazzling Belavere City to discover their magical potential. They uncover a world-changing secret and are thrust into a violent class war, navigating love, loss, and devastating betrayals.
Cousins in Crime is the true story of Alfred and Charles Polizzi. After struggling to grow up on the streets of Cleveland at the turn of the century, they became members of the Mayfield Road Mob, an Italian American gang that had formed in Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood. With the help of their new friends, a wealthy lifestyle came easily- until they began running into government agencies. Then they found themselves alone, fighting an uphill battle to remain free. Author Frank Monastra […]
Jenna Martínez is a finalist for the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a 2023–2024 Literary Cleveland Breakthrough Writing Resident, and a recipient of the 2023 Unidos Por El Arte Grant. Her work has been supported by the Macondo Writers Workshop and Community of Writers Workshop. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, HAD, […]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a fantasy novel by V.E. Schwab about a French woman who makes a Faustian bargain for immortality in 1714, but is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets, leading to a life across centuries where she can leave no mark on the world until she meets a man […]
Trace the origins of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 as it made its way across several states and into Ohio, with award winning author, Mark Strecker. Workers pushed back on repeated cuts in wages and hours, unsafe working conditions and job loss, with a work stoppage that paralyzed most of the region’s freight train traffic. What's referred to as America’s first nationwide strike led to a fascinating moment in Ohio history. For more interesting stories about our great state, visit […]
This Book Will Bury Me tells the gripping story of Jane Sharp, a college student who becomes deeply immersed in the world of true crime after the unexpected death of her father. Seeking solace and purpose, Jane engages with online true crime forums, where she befriends fellow amateur sleuths.
Tiffany Graham Charkosky was eleven years old when her mother, Julie, died. Years later, she discovered the genetic mutation that took her mother had been passed down to Tiffany herself. With prose both lucid and revealing, Tiffany shares her challenging journey forward in Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event.
Jen Jones Donatelli has worked in various forms of media and entertainment for nearly 20 years. Her resume spans feature films, award shows, talk shows, sitcoms, red carpet reporting, and print/online journalism for outlets including Glamour, REDBOOK, Business Insider, Playboy, Los Angeles Confidential and many more. Jen's work has taken her into the kitchens of Wolfgang Puck and Thomas […]