Lit Youngstown's First Wednesday Reader Series presents poets Dianne Borsenik of Cleveland & Steven Concert of Harveys Lake, PA. with an open mic to follow on Wednesday, July 9 at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs. ASL Interpretation will be provided. More information at lityoungstown.org

In 2024, Dianne Borsenik produced "In the Company of Angels" at Speak of the Devil in Lorain, Ohio. At that time, SotD proclaimed her to be the bar’s Poet Laureate. In 2023, her collection Raga for What Comes Next was taught as part of Muskingum University’s Contemporary and Modern American Poetry course.

Steven Concert is a queer poet whose poetry appears at discretionarylove.com, oneartpoetry.com, and anthologies Agates, Common Threads, Fixed & Free Quarterly, Mad Poets Review, and Word Fountain. His work was shortlisted in NFSPS' Stevens Poetry Book competition (2021). His collections include Steer into the Skid, No Mortar Required, and Standing in the Chaos.