Upcoming and Past Events
Launch of Sarah Trembath’s This Past Was Waiting for Me, with Yao Glover, Kenneth Carroll, Sarah Trembath, and Darrell Perry [Photo credit: Tom Mockler]
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Launch of Sarah Trembath’s This Past Was Waiting for Me, with Yao Glover, Kenneth Carroll, Sarah Trembath, and Darrell Perry [Photo credit: Tom Mockler]
WWPH Holiday Reading, Sunday, November 17th, 5 pm, Busboys & Poets in Takoma Park, with Varun Gauri, Melanie Hatter, Robert Williams, Steven Leyva, Len Kruger, Caroline Bock and Jona Colson.
Mid-Atlantic Review Launch, Sunday, Nov 24, 2-3:30 pm, MLK Library, 901 G St NW
Words that Matter: Teen Poetry Workshop, Gum Spring Library, Loudoun County, Sunday, November 3, 2pm
Washington Writers’ Publishing House Reading, Saturday, September 15th, 1 pm POTTER’S HOUSE in Washington DC , with Jona Colson, Caroline Bock, and the WWPH 2024 Fellows
Day Eight youth poets reading and book launch, Sunday September 22nd, 2:00-3:30 pm, Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Ave NW DC.
Poetry Reading with Courtney LeBlanc, Dan Brady, and Jessica Simon
Saturday, April 27, 5pm, The Company of Books, 2200 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA
Poetry Society of Virginia’s Northern Region Festival, Featured reader
Thursday, March 7, 5:30 pm, Patrick Henry Library, Vienna, VA
Writing the DMV, AWP Offsite reading, Bluford Conference Center at Lucile H Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 3050 Prospect Ave, Kansas City, MO 64128, Wednesday, February 7th from 5-7 pm
Poems for a Burning World, DC Poet Project with Day Eight, Friday February 23rd, 7-8:30 pm on zoom
Poet’s Corner: Reading and open mic, Literary Hill Book Fest, Tunnicliff’s, Sunday, Sept 17, 3-5pm
Creating Convincing Characters: A Writing Workshop, Loudon County Library, Rust Branch, Monday, September 18, 3:30-5pm
1455’s Storyfest Live, Sunday, October 15, 1-5pm, Kalero Vinyard, Purcellville, VAFinding Your Voice: A Writing Workshop, Loudoun County Library, Brambleton Branch, July 27, 7pm
Mastering Imagery: A Writing Workshop, Loudoun County Library, Rust Branch, Aug. 3, 7pm
1455 Summer Storyfest, July 15, Virtual, view the recording on Youtube!
Words for the World: An Anthology of Arlington Young Poets, Reading and Celebration, June 13 6-7:30 pm, Arlington Central Library
Launch of Words for the World: An Anthology of Arlington Young Poets, May 24, 7-8:30pm, Washington-Liberty High School
Courthouse Library Grand Opening and Community Celebration, April 12, 3-6 pm, Courthouse Library
National Poetry Month Kick Off Reading with WWPH, April 2, 7pm, Virtual
The Great World of Days, Sunday, December 4, 2-4 pm, Southeast Neighborhood Library, 403 7th Street Southeast
Storyfest Live! With 1455, Friday October 14, 5:30-9pm, Above ALX Alexandria
Creative State of the Union with the Library of Virginia, October 20, 6-7 pm, Virtual—Register here!
Why We Write: A Youth Poetry Celebration, Sept 18, 1pm, Crazy Aunt Helen’s, Washington, DC
1455 Literary Festival, Youth Poetry Award & Reading, July 15, 6:30-8 pm, Virtual
Second Sunday Reading Series, June 12, 2022, My Dead Aunt’s Books, Hyattsville, MD
Arlington Poets in Solidarity with Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 6-8pm, Shirlington Library
Arlington County Earth Day Celebration, Sunday, April 24, 2:15 pm, Leigh Heights
Arlington County COVID Commemoration, March 22, 2022, Courthouse Plaza
Poetry Society of Virginia Northern Region: Virtual Reading in Support of Ukraine, Saturday, March 26, 2022 10:30 am, Virtual
The Ethics of Interpreting Slavery, Marymount University’s Ethics Awareness Week, with Brenda Parker, Stephen Hammond, and Cassandra Good, Feb. 10 on Zoom
Delmarva Review launch, The Writer’s Center, Nov 20, 2021, 2-4 pm
“Vanishings,” Original poem read for the Zitkala Sa Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Arlington, VA, Oct 23, 11 am
In the Company of Laureates, Hosted by the Poetry Society of Virginia, NVCC Woodbridge, Oct 9, 2021, 10 am
Written in Arlington: A reading from the anthology, co-hosted with editor Katherine Young, Lubber Run Amphitheater, Sept 23, 2021, 7:30pm
“The Post-Covid Classroom Revisited,” 1455 Summer Lit Fest, Virtual, July 16, 2021, 4pm
Readings on the Pike, Virtual, June 10, 2021, 7pm
Writing Through Trauma, a writer’s workshop, with Susan Mockler and Kirsten Porter, The Writer’s Center, Virtual, June 5, 2021
DC Poet Project, Virtual, April 10, 8 pm
Pieces, a multilingual reading, with Irene Ivantcheva, University of Cincinnati, Virtual, March 5, 2021
This Is What America Looks Like reading, 1455 & The Anacostia Swim Club, Virtual, Feb 21, 3 pm
“Writing Through Trauma,” Conversations and Connections, Virtual, February 5, 2021
Best Small Fictions 2020 Launch, Spotlighted Authors Reading, Virtual, Nov 1, 2020
“Writing Race and Resistance” with 1455 Literary Arts, The Potter's House, Washington, D.C., February 14, 6 pm
“Unraveling Whiteness: Using Poetry to Challenge White Supremacy,” A virtual Split This Rock panel, originally scheduled for March 2020
“Poetry and Witness,” A Radio Broadcast, Part of National Poetry Month on Delmarva Public Radio Writer’s Edition, aired April 16
A virtual reading sponsored by Natural Bridge with Bulgarian poet Dostena Anguelova, May 29, 7:30 pm CDT
”Writing Our Own Future: The Sociopolitical Power of Story,” 1455 Literary Festival, July 17, 2020
“Written in Arlington: An Anthology Reading,”1455 Summer Literary Festival, July 17, 2020
“The Post-COVID Classroom,” 1455 Summer Literary Festival, July 18, 2020
Little Patuxent Review Launch, Oliver's Carriage House, Columbia, Maryland, January 19th, 2 to 4 p.m.
Delmarva Today: Writer's Edition #73 an hour-long interview with Hal Wilson, September 27, 2019
1455 Summer Literary Festival, Winchester, VA: Writing Through Trauma (a panel), July 19, 3:30 pm
1455 Summer Literary Festival, Winchester, VA: Sound and Vision: Poetry of Witness (a reading), July 19, 8 pm
Meacham Writers’ Workshop Visiting Writer, UT Chattanooga, April 4-6, 2019
Second Saturday Poetry Series, Evelyn’s, Annapolis, MD, April 2019
AWP 2019: Impact and Empathy: Service Learning and Creative Writing, Portland, OR, March 2019
Willow Springs and Cloudbank Books AWP Offsite reading, Portland, OR, March 2019
Takoma Busboys and Poets, with Sarah Trembath for the launch of This Past Was Waiting for Me, January 2019
Delmarva Review Reading at The Writer's Center, Nov. 2018
One More Page Books, with Washington Writers' Publishing House, Arlington, VA, Nov. 2018
Other Words Conference, Florida Literary Arts Coalition, Kestrel Reading, Tampa, FL, Oct. 2018
Kestrel 38 Celebration, Fairmont State University, March 2018
The Poetry of World War I: A Commemoration, Arlington Central Library, March 2018
AWP 2018: Balancing Act: Neutrality in the Classroom?, Tampa, FL, March 2018
Gargoyle Magazine Launch, American University, Sept. 2017
Concordia University, Mountain Writers Series, Reading and Book Launch, March 2017
Kramerbooks, Reading with David Ebenbach, Feb. 2017
Sunday Kind of Love, Busboys and Poets, Nov. 2017