A Reading by Allegra Solomon and Matt Weinkam

Allegra Solomon is a fiction writer from Columbus, Ohio. She got her MFA from the University of Kentucky and her BA in creative writing from Ohio University. Her debut short story collection won the Kimbilio National Fiction prize and was a finalist for the Iron Horse Literary Review/TTU First Book Prize. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and has appeared in The Georgia Review, TriQuarterly, American Literary Review, New Ohio Review, Lolwe, and more. Her debut short story collection There's Nothing Left For You Here is out now with Four Way Books. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.


Matt Weinkam is the executive director of Literary Cleveland. He holds an MA in creative writing from Miami University and an MFA in fiction from Northern Michigan University. His work has been published in HAD, Denver Quarterly, Sonora Review, New South, DIAGRAM, Electric Literature, and more, and he has helped edit and publish anthologies of writing by immigrants, Northeast Ohio veterans, low-income seniors, residents of Mt. Pleasant, and essential workers during the pandemic.

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