The Ohio University Southern Writer’s Series kicks off Wednesday, Feb. 17 with a virtual session with poet Courtney LeBlanc.

LeBlanc is the author of “Beautiful & Full of Monsters” (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press); and chapbooks “All in the Family“ (Bottlecap Press) and “The Violence Within” (Flutter Press).

She is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Riot in Your Throat, an independent poetry press.

She received an MBA from the University of Baltimore and an MFA from Queens University in Charlotte. She loves nail polish, tattoos and a soy latte each morning.

The virtual session will begin at 1 p.m. on Feb. 17 via Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTA2NGNkMjAtNGU2Mi00YzM4LWI1MjAtZDliNTI4MjE4ZWU0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f3308007-477c-4a70-8889-34611817c55a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22eb17e05f-4b54-48ed-b686-20f85d6a5289%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d

Read her publications on her blog www.wordperv.com or follow her on Twitter @wordperv and Instagram @wordperv79.

Other upcoming Writer’s Series events include poet Caroline Earleywine, March 24; and poet and short story writer Amy Haddad, April 21.

For more information about the Writer’s Series, contact Barbara Biggs at costas@ohio.edu or 740-533-4649.