readings
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On Friday, The Writer’s Center kicked off a re/newed free event series called Story/Stereo that featured readings by our first two Emerging Writer Fellows, Suzanne Frischkorn and Neil Smith, as well as a musical performance by local band Roofwalkers. There was a great crowd–near capacity–in the auditorium for the event, and there was great energy
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The Writer’s Center Announces Fellowships for Emerging Writers The Writer’s Center, metropolitan DC’s community gathering place for writers and readers, is currently accepting submissions for several competitive Emerging Writer Fellowships. Emerging Writer Fellows will be selected from applicants who have published up to 2 book-length works of prose and up to 3 book-length works of
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come hear poetsPLUS OPEN MICartomatic solo stagejune 17, 19, 26 three big readings at dc’sall-free, all action, artomatic, by artists, for everyone get the latest here:comehearpoets.blogspot.com wednesday, june 17, 7-8:30 pmRichard Peabody (Gargoyle, Last of the Red Hot Magnetos)Maria Padhila (Capitol Cougar blog)Dallas Corsair (Z-Spot) friday, june 19, 9-10:30 pmRose Solari (Orpheus in the Park)Charles
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Recent acquisitions: Dark Wild Realm, Michael CollierThe Prayers of Others, David KeplingerHoney, Richard CarrMexico: A Traveler’s Literary Companion, C. M. Mayo, ed. I attended a bilingual reading by the Mexican poet David Huerta last week as well, and was fortunate enough to meet the editor of Mexico’s most significant poetry publication, Periódico de poesia. I
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Yesterday we had a wonderful reading by the staff who work with me at The Writer’s Center. Although we see each other on a virtually daily basis and though many of us talk freely about writing and art (including, sometimes our own), for many of us, it was our first opportunity to encounter each other
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Last night I trekked into DC to catch the Laurie Notaro reading event at what turned out to be the most cleverly hidden Borders store in the world. I first encountered Laurie’s work when my old roommate Julia plastered magnets of Laurie’s book covers all over our fridge and then proceeded to read passage after
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