The flash non-fiction journal In Short, founded by friend of the Fox, George Mason’s own Steph Liberatore, recently launched their second issue for Winter 2025. This exciting issue contains compact and moving short CNF by the likes of Kyoko Mori, Andrew Bertaina, Ira Sukrungruang, Allison Bell Field, and more than a dozen others. These stories and meditations explore moments. How specific sewing patterns can evoke … Continue reading In Short Launches Issue #2
The next Fox City Lit reading is just around the corner. Join us to hear some great prose and poems from the local literati! When: Sunday 2 Feb 2025, Doors Open at 1:00pm. But we’ll arrive early for lunch, if you feel like coming early to just hang out. Where: Upstairs at Old Firestation #3, 3988 University Dr #2510, Fairfax, VA Who: Sadly, we’ve learned … Continue reading Will the Fox See Her Shadow?
The Inner Loop presents a reading celebrating American University’s writing faculty. It should be a great evening of local authors sharing their work. Register Here. Who: Andrew Bertaina Kyle Dargan Stephanie Grant David Keplinger Dolen Perkins-Valdez Patricia Park Rhonda Ziemlich When: Wednesday 5 February 2025, 7pm Where: Upstairs at Shaw’s Tavern, 520 Florida Ave NW, Washington, D.C. Continue reading AU Benefit Reading
Esther Productions, Inc. and The Black Student Fund are presenting a special reading at the Tenley-Friendship Library this month. Register here! Who: Authors Tricia Elam Walker & David Miller & Joy Jones When: 8 February 2025, 11am – 1pm Where: Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington D.C. Continue reading Midnight Rose Reading for Black History Month
Courtney Leblanc hosts a monthly generative poetry workshop, both in-person and online. And the exciting news: While the event usually involves a cover charge of $20 per month, The Poetry Coven now offers an annual membership option so you can save some o’ that dough! Click here for all the deets. Continue reading Poetry Coven in Alexandria
Lost City Books in Adams Morgan will host a specially themed reading featuring authors who have published translations of foreign-language works. Get tickets here! Who: Jacob Rogers, translator from the Galician of Manuel Rivas. Ena Selimović, translator from the Croatian of Maša Kolanovic. Soleil David, translator from the Filipino of Carlo Paulo Pacolor. Kurt Beals, translator from the German of Erich Maria Remarque. When: Tuesday … Continue reading Lost City Books Translation Salon
Kramers in Dupont hosted a reading on 18 October featuring local authors and authors in town for the Fall for the Book Festival, including Amy Stuber, Nicole Haroutunian, Shannon Robinson, Ananda Lima, Janelle Bassett, and Nick Rees Gardner reading from their story collections. Host Llalan Fowler introduces the readers: Nick Rees Gardner reads from Delinquents: Janelle Basset reads from Thanks for This Riot: Nicole Haroutunian … Continue reading Scenes from Kramers’ Celebration of Short Stories
Recent Fox City readers Carol Mitchell and Nick Gardner will be reading at the Inner Loop monthly reading tonight, October 22nd @ 7:30pm at Shaw’s Tavern. Other readers will include: Poets: Liza Achilles, Cynthia Atkins, Tracy Dimond Fiction Writers: Javed Jahangir, Sean Murphy, Ari Phillips, Besufekad Tadesse Come join if you get the chance! Continue reading Inner Loop October Reading
A meme was making the rounds a few months ago wherein this or that musician / music professor / suburban dad / Gen-Xer points out that Dua Lipa’s melodies directly copy the melodies of half a dozen rock songs from their (oof, now doing the math… our) high-school years. The complaints, sadly, have even moved beyond bored Redditors and convinced some songwriters to take the … Continue reading George Saunders on the Novel
Today’s Fall Festival in downtown Fairfax also kicks off the annual Fall for the Book Festival, which will host events all day at Old Town Hall. The line-up at Old Town Hall includes events for kids of all ages. Downstairs for the wee ones: 11:00 AM – Make Your Own Sweet Treats with author Pat Tanumihardja. NOON – The Science of Wind with author Debra … Continue reading Fall Festival & Fall for the Book
