PR editors, Julie Wakeman-Linn, Jarvis Slacks, Zachary Benavidez, and John Wang, read for a lively audience on November 25th. The occasion was to honor MC's Safe Zone for LGBTQ students, staff and faculty, and also to honor the hard work…
David Goodrich is a retired climate scientist who likes to ride bikes. A couple of months after retirement in 2011, he rode from Delaware to Oregon. Since then, he’s ridden down the Appalachians and on the Way of St. James…
Associate Editor Karolina Gajdeczka attends a Writer’s Center program in Leesburg with speaker Leslie Pietrzyk. Being new to the Leesburg area, I was really excited to find out about the events in Leesburg that The Writer’s Center puts on every…
This week we're happy to introduce a new associate poetry editor, Julie Platt, who is Assistant Professor of English, Director of the Writing Center, and Director of Composition at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Her poetry chapbook, In the…
Michael LeBlanc, Mike Maggio, Sydney March, and Robert L. Giron will be reading at the TP/SS Associate Editors’ reading on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 2 to 3:30 PM in the Commons Building, Room 211, at the corner of Takoma Avenue and New York…
PR's home, Montgomery College, and the annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival have been linked for years. Each festival brings workshops by noted local writers--this year, James Grady, Alan Cheuse, Merrill Leffler and E. Ethelbert Miller led…
The project to record the history of D.C.'s poets and poetry, A Splendid Wake, now has a blog, A Splendid Wake Up, where news and updates of the committee's work will be posted. Poets Karren Alenier and Kim Roberts and…
Guest blogger Fred Foote invites local veterans to participate in the Warrior Poetry Project at Walter Reed Bethesda: Is Poetry for you? Come and find out. The Warrior Poetry Project at Walter Reed Bethesda presents a regular series of free…
We mentioned previously on the blog that our editor-in-chief Julie Wakeman-Linn did a reading at The Writer’s Center recently. Now, our blogger Nathan Blanchard revisits The Writer’s Center and attends Free State’s reading. By: Nathan Blanchard Sunday, July…
Last week, we blogged about going to and giving readings, and even asking questions during the Q&A. Now, volunteer Nathan addresses some grievances about Q&A etiquette... By: Nathan Blanchard The time has come for someone to address your behavior…