Holly Bass reads at Beltway Poetry Sonnet event

Holly Bass will be among those participating in the Beltway Poetry Sonnet issue reading on January 22nd at the West End Library Annex at the Watergate. The event is from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Below is a selection of her work from YouTube –

Here is another example of her work –

Kate Samworth reads at Takoma Park Library

Kate Samworth, author and artist of Aviary Wonders, Inc., will talk about her work at the Takoma Park Library on January 22nd from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Admission is free.

I found an interesting video on YouTube of her first attempt at stop-motion animation. Please enjoy –

Terrance Hayes lectures on poetry

Terrance Hayes will lecture on poetry as part of the Bagley Wright Lecture series at the Library of Congress on January 22nd from Noon until 1:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Below is a video from a reading he gave a few years ago at the University of Maine Farmington –

Farran Smith Nehme reads at Kramerbooks

Farran Smith Nehme will read her novel Missing Reels at Kramerbooks on January 21st at 6:30 p.m. Roger Ebert.com published an excerpt of her novel a few months ago. Please read it and attend her reading if you can.

Inner Loop Reading on January 21st

Fiction writers Emily Lyons Flamm, Tara Campbell, and Mark Willen will read at the Inner Loop: Happy Loop Year event on January 21st from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Johnny Pistolas on 2333 18th Street, NW, DC.

Molly McCloskey reads at Inner Loop

Molly McCloskey will read at the Inner Loop: Happy Loop Year event on January 21st from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Johnny Pistolas on 2333 18th Street, NW, DC.

McCloskey is the author of Circles Around the Sun, in Search of a Lost Brother, and Protection.

Below is a video of her conversation with Lisa Page, Acting Director of Creative Writing, at the George Washington University, which was co-sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation –