Maureen Corrigan reads from So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why it Endures, at the Writer’s Center this Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. She is a book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air and a critic-in-residence and lecturer at Georgetown University. Admission is free. The reading will be followed by a reception and book signing.
Below is a video from YouTube on a great interview Ms. Corrigan gave a few months ago about her book at the Miami Book Fair International 2014 —
Don’t forget – Naomi Ruth Barber King, the sister-in-law of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will discuss her new book, A.D. and M. L. King: Two Brothers Who Dared To Dream at the Hyattsville Public Library this Saturday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Admission is free. There will be a book sale following her presentation.
Don’t forget – the Spit Dat open mic event is tonight. Morgan “Momo” Butler is the feature, but others are encouraged to participate. The event is from 8:30 p. to 11:30 p.m. at the Emergence Community Arts Collective (ECAC) on 733 Euclid Street NW., D.C. The cover charge is only $1.00.
Below is a YouTube video of Savage Nature Films’ presentation of a recent Spit Dat Open Mic event –
Don’t forget – Terrance Hayes will lecture on poetry tomorrow as part of the Bagley Wright Lecture series with the Library of Congress. The event is from Noon until 1:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Below is a YouTube video on Mr. Hayes reflecting on race, gender, family and his work –
Deborah Ager will be the guest at the Beltway Poetry Sonnet issue reading on January 22nd at the West End Library Annex at the Watergate. She will be joined by Holly Bass, Holly Karapetkova and Melanie Henderson, editors Kim Roberts and Michael Gushue, The event is from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Here is a recitation of her poem “Morning” on YouTube –
Holly Karapetkova will be joining others 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 one of her readings from YouTube –