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 –

Farran Smith Nehme at Kramerbooks for MISSING REELS

Farran Smith Nehme will read her novel Missing Reels at Kamerbooks on January 21st at 6:30 p.m.

Below is a video of her recent talk at Strand Books in New York –

Reb Livingston, Marion Bell & Thea Brown read “In your Ear”

Reb Livingston, Marion Bell and Thea Brown will read at the DC Poetry In Your Ear on Sunday in D.C from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Bell is a Philadelphia poet who has written a chapbook called The Abjector and a manuscript titled You People.

Brown is a Baltimore native. Recent or forthcoming poems can be found in Better, The Volta, Mississippi Review, jubilat, and inter|rupture.

Livingston lives in Reston with her husband and son.  She is the author of Bombyonder (Bitter Cherry Books, 2014), God Damsel (No Tell Books, 2010) and Your Ten Favorite Words (Coconut Books, 2007).

Here are the directions –  http://www.dcartscenter.org.

Special Note: Admission $5, FREE for DCAC members

Poet Naomi Thiers reads at Inner Loop

Naomi Thiers will be joined by Barrett Warner and Ailish Hopper at the Inner Loop: Happy Loop Year reading on January 21st (please see events calendar for more details).

Below is a video of Theirs reading her poem “Union” –

Lines + Stars Reading this Saturday!

The Lines + Stars Winter Reading and Reception this Saturday! Featuring Mark McCloughan, Diana Smith Bolton, and Sarah Winn.  Mark your calendars. The event will be held at the Petworth Citizen.

Yes, I know the event is on a Saturday evening. Maybe you have other plans. But it’s cold outside and what better way to warm up than to listen to some great poetry. And hey, the reading and reception is free. And in this economy you can’t ask for anything more.

What makes Lines + Stars unique is that unlike other poetry and short prose journals, they cannot afford to pay writers for their work. Think about that. These writers are taking their time to entertain you for free. And what makes Lines + Stars even more unique is that they focus most of their work from  Washington, D.C.-area writers.

So let’s give Lines + Stars and all their writers a big hand and support them this Saturday.

Barrett Warner at the Inner Loop reading!

Barrett Warner will be among the poets who will read at the Inner Loop: Happy Loop Year on January 21st (please see events calendar for more details).

You will have a chance to listen to an award winning writer who has been publishing since 1982. Last year, he received the Chris Toll Memorial Prize for his poetry chapbook My Friend Ken Harvey (Publishing Genius), the Salamander fiction prize for his story “Dimension,” and the Cloudbank poetry prize for his poem “Tanya, Tanya, Tanya.”

Currently, Warner reviews books, writes essays, and lectures. His work can be found in Revolution John, Four Chambers, Consequence Magazine, Chiron Review, Entropy, and Cultural Weekly.

Here is an interview he gave with the Coal Hill Review in April 2013.