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Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Megan Alpert & Nancy Naomi Carlson
2019-07-21 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015
Join us at the Rock Creek Nature Center auditorium to hear poetry by Megan Alpert & Nancy Naomi Carlson.

Bring a short poem for the open reading (sign up begins at 2:45).

Plenty of free parking. The Nature Center is located at the far north side of the Horse Stables. Wheel chair accessible.

Visitor info: 202-895-6070

The eighth and final program is hosted by Henry Crawford & Kyle Dunn.

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Poetry in Translation--Barbara Goldberg & Katherine Young
2019-08-05 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 poetry in translation with Barbara Goldberg and Katherine E. Young.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
This program has moved to 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 Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, and Renee Gherity.

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Willa Carroll & Gary Stein
2019-09-09 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 Willa Carroll and Gary Stein.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
This program has moved to 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 Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, and Renee Gherity.

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Ellen Cole & Kateema Lee
2019-10-07 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 Ellen Cole and Kateema Lee.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
This program has moved to 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 Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, and Renee Gherity.

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Susana Case & Margo Stever
2019-11-04 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 Susana Case and Margo Stever.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
This program has moved to 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 Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, and Renee Gherity.

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Joanne Rocky Delaphlaine & Reuben Jackson
2019-12-02 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 Joanne Rocky Delaplaine and Reuben Jackson.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
This program has moved to 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 Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, and Renee Gherity.

Cafe Muse @ Writer's Center: Melanie Figg & Hailey Leithauser
2020-01-06 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 Melanie Figg and Hailey Leithauser.
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 @ Writer's Center: Jody Bolz & David Ebenbach
2020-02-03 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 Jody Bolz and David Ebenbach.
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 @ Writer's Center: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem & Eleanor Wilner
2020-03-02 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 Sham-e-Ali Nayeem and Eleanor Wilner.
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.

Virtual AWP Book Sale of Word Works books
2020-03-05 08:00 - 2020-03-12 17:00 (America/New_York)
Because of the CoronaVirus 19, Word Works is not attending the AWP Book Fair in San Antonio, Texas.
However we are, for one week only, giving you the opportunity to enjoy our deep discount that we offer every year at the Book Fair.
Visit our New Books section to see our titles and our special $100 deal that includes purchase of all ten books, free shipping and a poet hat like the one you see me wearing at the AWP conference.
So pleased to have you at our book fair corner!
https://www.wordworksbooks.org/staging/8085/shop/new-titles/

Cafe Muse Online: Lisa Hase-Jackson & Annie Kim
2020-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
The Word Works will feature readings by two Word Works poets Lisa Hase-Jackson and Annie Kim.
Michael Davis and his music will greet you in the virtual waiting room at 7 pm as you register or join the program. Feel free to chat as you wait. Readings begin at 7:30.
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, Renee Gherity, and Leah Johnson.
The Word Works is grateful to The Writer’s Center for holding our place in their calendar once the pandemic situation resolves.

Washington Prize Deadline Extended
2020-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Cafe Muse Online: Lisa Lewis & Brad Richard
2020-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Virtual on Crowdcast, United States
The Word Works features readings by the poets Lisa Lewis and Brad Richard.
Michael Davis and his music will greet you in the virtual waiting room at 7 pm as you register or join the program. Feel free to chat as you wait. Readings begin at 7:30.
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, Renee Gherity, and Leah Johnson.
The Word Works is grateful to The Writer’s Center for holding our place in their calendar once the pandemic situation resolves.

Poets vs the Pandemic: Nadia Colburn
2020-05-13 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Virtual on Crowdcast, United States
The Word Works and Henry Crawford feature a reading by Nadia Colburn
Nadia Colburn will be reading from The High Shelf, Wednesday, May 13, 2020 @ 7 pm, with special guests Rocky Delaplaine & Don Illich in short readings.
Feel free to chat as you wait.

Cafe Muse Online: Tommye Blount & Molly Spencer
2020-06-01 19:00 - 20:30 UTC
The Word Works features readings by the poets Tommye Blount and Molly Spencer.
Café Muse begins at 7 pm with classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings at 7:30.
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Susan Okie, Henry Crawford, Renee Gherity, and Leah Johnson.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Online—Barbara Crooker & Young Poets
2020-06-04 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to hear poetry by Barbara Crooker and Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Phoebe Price & Lauren Young. Special guests Miles David Moore will read Joaquin Miller’s poem “Columbus” and Hiram Larew, judge of the 2020 Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition will comment on his selections. Find the URL link below to join the Zoom session.

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 first program is co-hosted by Rosemary Winslow & Julien Berman, Student Director of the Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition.

Barbara Crooker is author of nine books and twelve chapbooks of poetry. Her latest book Some Glad Morning, Pitt Poetry Series was Longlisted for the Julie Suk Award from Jacar Press. Her previous collection, The Book of Kells, won 2019 Best Book of Poetry from Poetry by the Sea. Her poetry has been read on the BBC, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company), by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac, by US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith on The Slowdown podcast, and in Ted Kooser’s column, An American Life in Poetry
Our Jacklyn Potter Young Poets this year for the first time are from outside the Washington, DC area. Julien Berman, who ran the competition this year, won the JPYPC last year. He attends Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC.
Phoebe Price, winner of the Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition, is a high school junior at Sonoma Academy, Santa Rosa, California. She is a slam poetry competitor in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Editor-in-Chief of her school’s literary journal. Her poetry has appeared in Canvas Literary Journal and has received national awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest.
Lauren Young, winner of the Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition, is a senior at Trinity Catholic High School, Stamford, Connecticut. Her writing has been recognized by Scholastic Writing Awards, Connecticut Letters about Literature, and American High School Poets (Just Poetry!!!).

Joaquin Miller Poetry Online—Henry Crawford & JoAnne Growney
2020-06-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to hear poetry by Henry Crawford and JoAnne Growney. The URL link to join the Zoom session is below.

The Technical Host is Karren Alenier. 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 second program is co-hosted by X.

Henry Crawford is author of American Software, published May of 2017 by CW Books, and The Binary Planet, published by The Word Works in 2020. His work has appeared in several journals and online publications, including Boulevard, Copper Nickel, and Southern Humanities Review. He is the founder and producer of The Word Works Poets vs the Pandemic. He lives and writes in the Washington, DC area. More about Henry Crawford at http://henrycrawfordpoetry.com/.
JoAnne Growney is a poet and mathematician, a former professor, a Pennsylvanian who moved near Washington, DC in retirement. Her poems often are inspired by the farm where she grew up, by visual art, and mathematics. Growney publishes a blog, “Intersections – Poetry with Mathematics,” that combines these arts. Author of numerous journal articles and poem-publications, co-editor of a math-poetry anthology — Strange Attractors (AK Peters, 2008) — and several poetry collections, including Red Has No Reason (Plain View Press, 2010).

Joaquin Miller Poetry Online—Meg Eden & Venus Thrash
2020-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Join us on Zoom to hear poetry by Meg Eden and Venus Thrash. Find the URL link 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 third program is hosted by Kathi Morrison-Taylor.

Meg Eden is the author of five poetry chapbooks, the novel Post-High School Reality Quest (2017), and the poetry collection Drowning in the Floating World (2020). Her work is published or forthcoming in magazines including Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, Crab Orchard Review, RHINO, and CV2. She teaches creative writing at Anne Arundel Community College. Find her online at www.megedenbooks.com or on Twitter at @ConfusedNarwhal.
Venus Thrash is author of the poetry collection, The Fateful Apple (Hawkins Publishing, 2014), nominated for the 2015 PEN Open Book Award. She has poetry forthcoming in Embodied: An Intersectional Feminist Graphic Poetry Anthology, and the 100 Year House poetry anthology. She is a single parent raising a 12 year old.

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.

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.

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 @ 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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).

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

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)
