Word Works Books

Majda Gama and Alina Stefanescu
2023-10-02 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Please go to our Café Muse Literary Salon Online website at https://sites.google.com/view/cafe-muse-events/home to register for this event. We will send you a reminder email and link by the day of the reading.

Eman Quotah and Anne Harding Woodworth
2023-09-11 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

DC-ALT presents Poetry in Translation hosted by Barbara Goldberg
2023-08-07 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Indran Amirthanayagam and Luther Jett
2023-07-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 20815, United States

Claire McGoff and Jacklyn Potter Young Poets
2023-06-05 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Monica Gomery and Komal Matthew
2023-05-01 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

From the Belly: A Tender Buttons Response Reading
2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 20815, United States

Melanie McCabe and Cindy Savett
2023-03-06 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Ellen Bass and Babo Kamel
2023-02-06 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Taylor Johnson and A. Molotkov
2023-01-09 19:15 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Donika Kelly and Jay Rogoff
2021-12-06 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Jessica Cuello and Katherine Young
2021-11-01 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Leah Johnson and Kiki Petrosino
2021-10-04 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Andrea Carter Brown and Katherine Gekker
2021-09-13 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

DC-ALT presents Poetry in Translation
2021-08-02 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Arlington Anthology Reading
2021-07-12 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
2021-06-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Readers are: Sandra Beasley, Miss Kiane & Bonnie Naradzay.
Co-hosts are: Henry Crawford (tech), Rosemary Winslow (MC) & Sistah Joy Alford (monitor)

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
2021-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Readers are: Kristin Kowalski Ferragut, Mark Fitzgerald & Jacqueline Jules.
Co-hosts are: Henry Crawford (tech), Beth Konkoski (MC), Karren Alenier (monitor)

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
2021-06-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Readers are: Zeina Azzam, Thomas March & Susan Notar.
Co-hosts: Karren Alenier (tech), Jason Gebhardt (MC)

Tara Campbell and Meg Kearney
2021-06-07 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series
2021-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Kathleen O’Toole reads with the Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Winners: Penelope Duran & Chioma Opaigbeaogu.
Miles David Moore reads “Columbus” by Joaquin Miller.
Co-hosts are Karren Alenier (tech), Miles Moore (MC), Deborah Ager (monitor).

Poets vs The Pandemic
2021-05-19 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Karren Alenier reads from how we hold on.
Guest Poets are: Mervyn Taylor & Julie Marie Wade.

David Baker and Carl Phillips
2021-05-03 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Margaree Little and Joseph Ross
2021-04-05 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Teri Cross Davis and Jane Clarke
2021-03-01 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Lindsay Lusby and Charlotte Mattthews
2021-02-01 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Stephanie Strickland & Camille-Yvette Welsch
2020-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with The Writer’s Center, features readings by the poets Stephanie Strickland and Camille-Yvette Welsch.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
This program airs at The Writer’s Center and can be reached on the Redline subway stop Bethesda. Nearby parking requiries quarters to feed meter or use parking app on your smart phone. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out to hear good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, Renee Gherity, and Leah Johnson.

Cafe Muse Online: Translators Andrea Jurjević & Seth Michelson
2020-08-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
The Word Works features readings by Andrea Jurjević & Seth Michelson. Both were published in The Word Works International Editions curated by Barbara Goldberg, who will make the introductions.
Café Muse begins with classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, Renee Gherity, and Leah Johnson.

Cafe Muse Online: Traci Brimhall & Burgi Zenhaeusern
2020-07-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 20815, United States
The Word Works features readings by poets Traci Brimhall and Burgi Zenhaeusern.
Café Muse begins at 7 pm with classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, Renee Gherity, and Leah Johnson.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Online—Emilio Iasiello & Terri Merz
2020-06-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to hear poetry by Emilio Iasiello and Terri Merz. Find the URL link for the Zoom session below.

The Technical Host is Henry Crawford. Upon entry your audio (and every other audience member) will be muted. Only the technical host can unmute you. This should improve the speaker’s audio transmission.

The fourth and final program of the year is hosted by Beth Konkoski.

Emilio Iasiello is a published poet, screenwriter, and playwright. His poetry has been published in several university and literary journals, and in a collection, Smoke in the Afterlife. An avid screenwriter, Emilio has authored several independent films and short films. His stage plays have been produced in the United States and United Kingdom.
Terri Merz was the co-founder/co-owner of Chapters Literary Bookstore for its 22 years in operation. She was a 2013 – 2014 Lannan Fellow at G.U.’s Center for Poetics and Social Practice, and also awarded a D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Individual Artist Fellowship. She graduated in May 2019 from G.U. with an M.A. in Liberal Studies, in the discipline of Literature and Society. Her thesis, A Mirror and a Barometer: On the Public Use of Poetry, is published online.
