May and June 2025
Literary Events in the Washington, D.C. Area
Please note: while most events are free, many require an RSVP and some do charge. See links for details. If you have an event to add, or a correction, email us at Washington.Unbound@gmail.com.
Ongoing
Busboys & Poets hosts open mics weekly at various locations. For information, visit their website: https://www.busboysandpoets.com/poetry
5/24 – 6/1
Folger Shakespeare Library
Multiple times
Mount Pleasant Neighborhood (Individual ticket $30. Ages 21 and up.)
DC, I Love You is an immersive experience that centers real love stories from the community, bringing them to life in the neighborhoods where they took place. We’re turning everyday Washington, DC, locations into a stage.
https://www.folger.edu/whats-on/dc-i-love-you-first-dates-mt-pleasant/
5/30
9:00 am - 1:30 pm ($150)
130 S. Royal Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
At The Write Time Retreat at Old Town Books get creative in our cozy bookstore setting with guided writing sessions and a craft book discussion over a locally catered lunch. Day long Intensive – $150 – includes guided writing and discussion, drinks, snacks, and catered lunch.
https://www.oldtownbooks.com/events/2547420250530
Busboys & Poets 450K
7:00 pm
450 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
Florida Water with aja monet. Join aja monet to celebrate this collection of poems that, like the cleansing waters of spiritual baths, rinse, reflect, and reveal the raw truths that lie within.
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-48945782/
Loyalty Bookstores (DC Pop Up)
7 pm
The DC Pop Up at Walter Reed, 1155 Dahlia St. NW, Washington, DC 20012
Tochi Onyebuchi (HARMATTAN SEASON) in conversation with Jason Reynolds. Award-winning author Tochi Onyebuchi’s new standalone novel is hard-boiled fantasy noir: Raymond Chandler meets P. Djèlí Clark in a postcolonial West Africa.
https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/harmattan
5/31
D.C. Public Library
10 am — 4 pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, DC 20001
Find Your Story Festival … Writing with Pride. A day-long series of readings, panels, and workshops showcasing LGBTQ+ authors. Featuring “A Gathering of Our Pride” Poetry Marathon (from 10am to Noon) with 14 D.C. area queer poets: Adrian Gaston Garcia (aka AGG), Regie Cabico, Ishanee Chanda, Sunu P. Chandy, Jona Colson, Natalie E. Illum, Hiram Larew, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, Saundra Rose Maley, Tanya Olson, Michelle Parkerson, Kim Roberts, Malik Thompson, and Dan Vera. Small press book fair takes place from Noon to 4pm. Also from noon to 4pm, there is an open mic hosted by Regie Cabico.
https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/13580914
Potter’s House
11 am - 12:30 pm
1658 Columbia Road Northwest Washington, DC, 20009
Join writer and teaching artist Kristen Zory King at The Potter's House for Write On! a dedicated time and space each month to sit in the company of other writers and, well, write. Writers will be given an optional creative prompt and a brief opportunity to share, if desired.
https://pottershousedc.org/events/2025/5/31/write-on
6/1
Scrawl Books
11 am – 6 pm
Lake Anne Plaza, Reston VA
Reston Pride.
https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/reston-pride-0
6/2
Lost City Books
7pm
2467 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
SUPER GAY POEMS: LGBTQIA+ POETRY AFTER STONEWALL Edited by Stephanie Burt. We will have poetry readings from Stephanie Burt and Dr. Tonee Mae Moll, followed by a conversation about the anthology, audience Q&A, wine, and signing.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1296313832569?aff=oddtdtcreator
6/3 - 6/6
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
641 D St. NW, Washington DC 20004
Pride Plays. Full festival featuring six full plays in development and community events. Pride Plays celebrates the rich tapestry of LGBTQIA+ experiences through the power of live theatre. Post-performance community gatherings include artist-audience talkbacks and/or facilitated discussions.
https://www.woollymammoth.net/pride-plays/
6/3
The Writer’s Center Virtual
5 – 7 pm
Online
FREE virtual paperback launch! We’re joined by nature writer Hannah Stowe to discuss her memoir, Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea, now available in paperback. Hannah is in conversation with Sonja Swift.
https://writer.org/event/hannah-stowe/
Apple Carnegie Library
6 – 7:30 pm
801 K St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Shout Mouse Press celebrates the publication of The Light Looks Like Me: Words on Love by Queer Youth, a multi-genre anthology exploring LGBTQ+ love. In partnership with Loyalty Bookstores, this event will feature readings from the book’s young authors, music by DJ Franky J, and a performance by award-winning poet Denice Frohman.
https://loyaltybookstores.com/likeme
Lost City Books
7pm
2467 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
MENDING BODIES. Reading, conversation, and signing with Hon Lai Chu, the author of Mending Bodies, and Jacqueline Leung, who translated the book from Chinese into English. In this dystopian novel about a failing city, a government program incentivizes couples to “conjoin”—surgically attach themselves to one another—promising a flourishing economy, ecological revitalization, and personal fulfillment.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1302247670839?aff=oddtdtcreator
Politics and Prose at Connecticut Ave
7 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Sally Quinn in conversation with Maureen Dowd about new novel, Silent Retreat. In this sophisticated, sexy, and soulful love story, novelist Sally Quinn explores the boundary between flesh and spirit, restraint and ecstasy, and asks what we’re willing to sacrifice in the name of passion.
https://politics-prose.com/sally-quinn
Politics and Prose at Union Market
7 pm
1324 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Yrsa Daley-Ward in conversation with Glory Edim about new novel, The Catch. Twin sisters Clara and Dempsey have always struggled to relate, their familial bond severed after their mother vanished into the Thames. In adulthood, they are content to be all but estranged, until Clara sees a woman who looks exactly like their mother on the streets of London.
https://politics-prose.com/yrsa-daley-ward
6/4
Arts Club of Washington
6:30 – 8:30 pm
2017 I Street NW, Washington DC.
Marfield Prize Winner’s Reading with Natalie Dykstra, author of Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner. Introduced by prize judge Kim Roberts, reading followed by an interview, Q&A, and reception and book signing.
https://artsclubofwashington.org/events/details/?event_id=6171589
Loyalty Bookstore at the DC Pop Up at Walter Reed
7 – 8 pm
1155 Dahlia St NW, Washington DC, DC 20012
Join debut author Be Steadwell and poet Malik Thompson to celebrate Chocolate Chip City! Singer-songwriter and filmmaker Be Steadwell's lyrical debut novel is Practical Magic meets Black Cake, a warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about three sisters, a vision of princes, true love, and revolution, and one very complicated year of self-realization, family dynamics, and learning to let go.
https://loyaltybookstores.com/chocolatecity
Little District Books
7 pm
737 8th St. SE, Washington, DC 2003
Join us for reading, conversation, and Q&A with Les K. Wright about Children of Lazarus: The Forgotten Generation of Long Term AIDS Survivors.
https://littledistrictbooks.com/products/author-talk-with-les-k-wright
6/5
Little District Books
7 pm
737 8th St. SE, Washington, DC 2003
Conversation and Q&A with Cara Gormally, author of Everything is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder. One queer person bravely and creatively uses therapy to navigate the healing from the trauma of a past sexual assault.
https://littledistrictbooks.com/products/conversation-and-q-a-with-cara-gormally
Prince George’s County Library and Mahogany Books
7 pm
6200 Oxon Hill Rd Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Damon Young in conversation with Panama Jackson & Clint Smith, about the anthology he edited, That's How They Get You. From the Thurber Prize-winning author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker comes a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
7 – 8 pm
901 G St NW, Washington, DC 20011
National Book Award winner Justin Torres in conversation with Lupita Aquino in celebration with World Pride! DC Public Library presents a special evening as Aquino and Torres explore his work and the world of queer Latinx voices.
https://loyaltybookstores.com/queerlatinx
6/6
Politics and Prose at Conn Ave
7 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Denise S. Robbins in conversation with Hannah Grieco and Marines Alvarez about her new novel The Unmapping. With themes of climate change, political unrest, and life in a state of emergency, The Unmapping is a timely and captivating debut.
https://politics-prose.com/denise-s-robbins
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
6:30 – 8:30 pm
2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Educator and author Dr. LaShaune Stitt presents Becoming a Disruptive Visionary: The Blueprint for Creating Authentic Learning Environments of Discovery and Liberation. A powerful blend of memoir, cultural reflection, and educational insight, centered on the lived experiences of Black and Brown students and communities.
https://www.sankofa.com/events/book-event-becoming-a-disruptive-visionary
Old Town Books
7 – 9 pm
130 S. Royal Street, Alexandria, VA
An evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance. Bookseller Nicole will be in conversation with Denali about their exciting new book & lessons we can all take away for our current moment.
https://www.oldtownbooks.com/events/2667920250606
6/7
Politics and Prose at Connecticut Ave
5 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Thomas E. Ricks speaks about We Can't Save You: A Tale of Politics, Murder, and Maine. When a group of young Native Americans launches a series of protests against climate change and its effects on the waters and woods of Maine, veteran FBI agent Ryan Tapia is assigned to monitor the movement.
https://politics-prose.com/thomas-e-ricks
The Writer’s Center
2 – 4 pm
4508 Walsh St., Bethesda MD 20815
Tribute to poet Elisavietta Ritchie. A gathering for writers, friends, and family members to share their memories of Elisavietta and favorite poems from her collected works. Open to the public.
https://writer.org/event/elisavietta-ritchie/
Inner Loop at Politics and Prose (Union Market)
6 pm
1324 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Inner Loop Panel: Tope Folarin engages with local authors Patricia Coral, Majda Gama, and Varun Gauri to discuss identity and belonging in literature.
https://politics-prose.com/inner-loop-panel2025
Little District Books
6:30 pm
737 8th St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
WorldPride Author Talk. Join queer authors Jackie Domenus (No Offense: A Memoir in Essays), Jean Grae (In My Remaining Years), and Miriam Zoila Pérez (Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters) as they read from their work.!
One More Page Books
11 am – 4 pm
2200 N. Westmoreland Street, Arlington, VA 22213
Shop in-store or online and 15 percent of your purchase will go to The Wanda Alston Foundation. The Wanda Alston Foundation is the only of its kind in Washington D.C. to provide pre-independent transitional living and support services to homeless or at-risk LGBTQ youth ages 18 - 24. They have been working tirelessly since 2008 and serve LGBTQ youth in all 8 wards!
https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/shop-cause-wanda-alston-foundation
6/8
People’s Book
10 am – 2 pm
7014-A Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, MD 20912
Local Author Bazaar. Join us as we celebrate the rich literary community in the DMV area!
https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/local-author-bazaar-2025/
Bards Alley and Caboose
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Caboose Tavern, 520 Mill St. NW, Vienna VA
Books 'n Brews: A Boozy Book Fair. Relive your Scholastic book fair childhood for an adult book fair, with newly released fiction and nonfiction, cozy summer reads, upcoming book club selections, and more curated titles courtesy of Bards Alley!
https://www.bardsalley.com/eventsba.html
6/10
Kramers
7 pm
1517 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC.
Reading from the new anthology, Capital Queer, from Washington Writers Publishing House, featuring Caroline Bock, Sunu P. Chandy, Jona Colson, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, Kim Roberts, and Pierre Ramon Thomas.
https://www.kramers.com/events/2637720250610
Politics and Prose at Connecticut Ave
7 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Jennifer Oko in conversation with Angie Kim about her novel Just Emilia. When Emilia Fletcher finds herself trapped inside a Washington, DC Metro elevator, getting out is the least of her problems.
https://politics-prose.com/jennifer-oko
Wonderland Books
7 p.m.
7920B Norfolk Ave., Bethesda MD 20814
Laura Beers: Orwell’s Ghosts. Laura Beers will talk about the Orwellian turn of contemporary politics, as well as Orwell's fraught relationship with feminism. Beers will be in conversation wtih Amanda Walker, a British journalist and creator of the documentary Trump: America Interrupted.
https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/events/46453
6/11
The Writer’s Center
5 – 6 pm
Online
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of writing! We’re joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen to discuss his new book, To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other. Viet is in conversation with Zach Powers, novelist and Artistic Director at The Writer’s Center.
http://writer.org/event/viet-thanh-nguyen/
The Writer’s Center
7 – 8 pm
Online
The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by Jade Song, winner of the McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize for their debut, Chlorine. Jade is in conversation with Amy Freeman, author and Development Director at The Writer’s Center.
https://writer.org/event/jade-song/
Busboys and Poets Takoma
7 pm
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
Grapevine Storytelling Series, a spoken word performance for adults and teens, celebrating the timeless art of the story, hosted by storytellers Renée Brachfeld and Tim Livengood. Featured tellers this month are the mighty Megan Wells and the awesome Mama Edie Armstrong! In person or on Zoom.
https://fsgw2.org/grapevine.html
6/12
Reston Readings Online
7 pm
Best Small Fictions Reading featuring Amber Sparks, Josh Jones, Christina Tudor, TJ Butler, Lauren Woods, Christi Donoso, Jeff Martin and surprise guests! Facebook page here.
https://www.restonsusedbookshop.com/events.html
Folger Shakespeare Library
4:30 pm
Great Hall, 201 East Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003
Featuring Maria Cannon, Amy Cooper, and L. Carrington OBrion. Learn about research happening at the Folger in real time! Each month, Folger Institute scholar and artist fellows will share their most exciting finds and thought-provoking challenges, followed by casual open conversation
https://www.folger.edu/whats-on/june-2025-folger-salon/
Lost City Books
7pm
2467 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Spain Arts & Culture + Lost City Books present a reading of Anoxia by Miguel Ángel Hernández, in conversation with Tope Folarin. Translated from Spanish by Adrian Nathan West, this mesmerizing psychological novel, a strange job leads a widowed photographer down a rabbit hole where the line between past and present, and the living and the dead blurs.
https://lostcitybookstore.com/new-events/2025/6/12/anoxia-by-miguel-ngel-hernndez
6/13 – 6/14
Lavender Con at Little District Books
Panels throughout both days. Lineup here.
737 8th St., S.E, Washington D.C. 20003
Lavender Con returns for Pride 2025. This 2-day event hosts 80+ authors from across the U.S. Lavender Con is great opportunity to connect with your favorite authors and discover new favorites from middle grade, young adult, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, literary fiction, and more. In addition to a variety of author panels and signing events each day, Little District Books will have an on-site bookshop for purchasing and pre-orders for upcoming new book releases and a queer makers market with queer artisans, bookish creators, and more. Tickets start at $40.
6/13
Bards Alley Bookshop
6 – 7 pm
110 Church Street Northwest Vienna, VA 22180
Author and researcher Eleanor Finley in conversation with David Heilbrun to discuss her newest release Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Rojava and Beyond. “This lively book provides a wonderfully accessible exposition of the foundational ideas of social ecology—and inspiring examples of its practice. A powerful call to action.” Debbie Bookchin.
Busboys and Poets 14 & V
6 pm
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Trans History: A Graphic Novel. A conversation with Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett, moderated by Dee Harris. Join us to explore an essential introduction to trans history, from ancient times to the present day, in full-color graphic nonfiction format
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-49434023/
6/14
Arts Club of Washington
6:30 – 8:30 pm
2017 I Street NW, Washington DC
Arts Club Annual Pride Poetry Reading. Reading by the 2025 Pride Poets-in-Residence at the Arts Club: Adrian Gaston Garcia (aka AGG), Natalie E. Illum, Dwayne Lawson-Brown, Saundra Rose Maley, and Chris Nealon. Hosted by Doritt Carroll. ,
https://artsclubofwashington.org/events/
Politics and Prose at Union Market
6 pm
1324 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Doug E. Jones in conversation with Joseph Williams about his novel, The Fantasies of Future Things. In this powerful debut reminiscent of Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight, two men in Atlanta reconcile their human dignity against the price of their professional ambitions working for a real estate development company displacing Black residents in preparation for the 1996 Olympics.
https://politics-prose.com/douglas-e-jones
Loyalty Bookstores VIRTUAL
2 – 3 pm
Neon Yang is in conversation with Loyalty's own Christine Bollow for Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame. With an armored, oath-bound hero reminiscent of The Mandalorian and the Asian-inspired epic fantasy of She Who Became the Sun, Neon Yang’s Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is a stunning queer novella about a dragon hunter finding home with a dragon queen.
6/16
Lost City Books
7 pm
2467 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
A reading with Irene Solà for the release of I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness, translated from Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem. An audacious and entrancing novel in which the lines between the dead and the living, past and present, story and history are blurred.
Politics and Prose at Connecticut Avenue
1 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
It’s Bloomsday again! Join us for our own mini-marathon reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the famous novel that rambles around Dublin. Marathon readings of this modernist masterpiece can go on for days, but P&P’s little version will last just over an hour.
https://politics-prose.com/bloomsday2025
Politics and Prose at Connecticut Avenue
7 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Rob Franklin in conversation with Ayesha Rascoe about Great Black Hope. A propulsive, glittering story about what it means to exist between worlds, to be upwardly mobile yet spiraling downward, and how to find a way back to hope.
https://politics-prose.com/rob-franklin
6/17
Inner Loop at Shaw’s Tavern
7 – 10 pm
520 Florida Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20001
June Reading featuring Kat Chow and nine other local writers, including Washington Unbound’s Gregory Luce! Our mission is to create an inclusive writing community in DC, so we encourage you to grab some food, a drink, and meet other literature lovers.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/june-reading-tickets-1233875477769?aff=oddtdtcreator
Busboys and Poets Shirlington
6 pm
4251 S. Campbell Ave, Arlington, Virginia, 22206
A Protest History of the United States. With Author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall in conversation with author Jesse J. Holland. Join us to explore 400 years of protest and resistance in US history–and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic world.
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-48387770/
6/18
Kramers
7:00 – 8:00 pm
1517 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC.
Author talk: It All Felt Impossible by Tom McAllister. In this meditative and lyrical collection, Tom McAllister challenges himself to write a short essay for every year he’s been alive. With each piece strictly limited to a maximum of 1,500 words, these 42 essays move fluidly through time, taking poetic leaps and ending up in places the reader does not expect.
https://www.kramers.com/events/2486920250618
DC West End Neighborhood Library and Loyalty Bookstores
7 – 8 pm
2301 L St NW, Washington, DC 20037
A conversation with writer and illustrator Mike Curato. In conversation with poet Regie Cabico, Mike will discuss his new graphic novel Gaysians, a gorgeous, heartwarming story following four gay Asians as they navigate love, identity, and friendship in Seattle during the early aughts.
https://loyaltybookstores.com/gaysians
Wonderland Books
7 p.m.
7920B Norfolk Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814
Sally Quinn: Silent Retreat. In this sexy literary romance, Quinn explores what we’re willing to sacrifice in the name of passion.
https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/events/46700
Potter’s House
6 – 7:30 pm
1658 Columbia Road Northwest Washington, DC, 20009
Join writer and teaching artist Kristen Zory King at The Potter's House for Write On! a dedicated time and space each month to sit in the company of other writers and, well, write.
https://pottershousedc.org/events/2025/6/18/write-on
6/19
Busboys and Poets 14th & V
6 pm
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Arrested Mobility. Join Author Charles T. Brown on Juneteenth to learn about this “powerful and unflinching exploration of the impact of mobility on communities of color in the United States.”
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-49619620/
Politics and Prose at Conn Ave
7 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Dawn Tripp in conversation with Maureen Dowd about Jackie. This vivid, exquisitely written novel is at once a captivating work of the imagination and a window into the world of a woman who led many lives: Jackie, Jacks, Jacqueline, Miss Bouvier, Mrs. Kennedy, Jackie O.
https://politics-prose.com/dawn-tripp
6/20
Politics and Prose at Union Market
7 pm
1324 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
S.A. Cosby for King of Ashes. When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family--and the family business--together.
https://politics-prose.com/cosby
6/21
The Writer’s Center
2 – 3 pm
4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, MD
Kim Roberts and Michael Gushue read from their new collaborative book of poems, Q&A for the End of the World.
https://writer.org/event/gushue-roberts/
One More Page Books
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
2200 N. Westmoreland Street, Arlington, VA 22213
Pages of Pride: A Celebration of Queer Literature & Community. Book drive, fundraiser, chocolate pop-up, prizes, and more! We'll be joined by the founders of the nonprofit Rainbows and Reflections, which works to get LGBTQIA+ books to young readers with limited access.
https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/pages-of-pride
Scrawl Books
6:30 pm
11911 Freedom Drive, Reston, VA 20190
Beka Wueste discusses her debut epistolary novel, The Unsent Letters Of Lucy Prior.
https://www.scrawlbooks.com/event/beka-wueste
6/22
National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum
4 – 6 pm
Performance Hall, 5th floor, 1250 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Artist in Conversation: Alison Saar. The National Museum of Women in the Arts is hosting a public conversation with acclaimed artist Alison Saar on the intersection of art, literature, social change and how image making can amplify storytelling. Saar collaborated with Arion Press, the last printer in the United States to make books entirely by hand, to create a new edition of Octavia Butler’s Kindred (1979). (Registration required. Gen admin $25)
6/24
Loyalty Bookstores at The DC Pop Up at Walter Reed
7 pm - 8:30 pm
1155 Dahlia St NW, Washington DC, DC 20012
Susie Dumond, DC Litizen and Loyalty Bookseller, in conversation with Thien-Kim Lam about Dumond’s latest romantic comedy Bed and Breakup.
https://loyaltybookstores.com/bedandbreakup
6/25
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library and Mahogany Books
7 – 9 pm
901 G Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers in conversation with Jamise Harper about Misbehaving at the Crossroads. Jeffers explores the emotional and historical tensions in Black women's public lives and her own private life.
One More Page Books
7 – 8 pm
2200 N. Westmoreland Street, Arlington, VA 22213
Be Gay, Solve Crime: A Queer Mystery Panel with Cheryl A. Head, Katharine Schellman, Stephen Spotswood, and Alex Travis. Local authors to discuss their mystery novels featuring queer characters who face murderers, misogynoir, the rise of McCarthyism, and more.
https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/event/be-gay-solve-crime-queer-mystery-panel
6/26
D.C. Public Libraries & Humanities DC
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, DC. First floor, New Books Stage.
Humanities DC Culture Series: “Vital Signs: DC and the Poetry of AIDS.” Panel discussion, with Christopher Prince on Essex Hemphill, Terence Winch on Tim Dlugos, and Dan Vera on Reinaldo Arenas. Co-hosted by Kim Roberts and Regie Cabico.
The Writer’s Center – Virtual
7 - 8 pm
Online
Craft Chat with Keetje Kuipers to discuss her new collection, Lonely Women Make Good Lovers. Keetje is in conversation with Emily Holland, poet and editor of Poet Lore.
https://writer.org/event/keetje-kuipers/
Busboys and Poets 14 & V
6 pm
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
No Way But Forward. Dr. Brian K. Barber is joining us alongside Josh Ruebner, Policy Director at the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, to share more about the lives of Palestinian families and discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-49223040/
Politics and Prose at Union Market
7 pm
1324 4th Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo for The Tiny Things Are Heavier. A captivating portrait that explores the hardships of migration, the subtleties of Nigeria's class system, and how far we'll go to protect those we love.
https://politics-prose.com/esther-okonkwo
Bards Alley
6 – 7 pm
110 Church Street Northwest Vienna, VA 22180
Former CIA intelligence officer Christina Hillsberg in conversation with Gina Warner about Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA, an exploration of the pioneering women who changed the world of espionage, from the 1960s to present-day.
6/28
Busboys and Poets 14th & V
7 pm
Join us for "Stories That Lift," a heartfelt event where individuals from diverse backgrounds come together to share personal narratives that traverse the spectrum of human emotion. From humorous escapades to
https://www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-evt-48892190/
6/29
Politics and Prose at Conn Ave
5 pm
5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
Leila Mottley in conversation with Renee Bracey Sherman about The Girls Who Grew Big. An astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.
https://politics-prose.com/leila-mottley
6/30
Washington Writers Publishing House
7 – 10 pm
Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple St. NW, DC
Washington Writers Publishing House June Salon. In honor of National Pride Month, WWPH hosts generative poetry workshops led by Kim Roberts and Tonee Mae Moll, followed by a reading by contributors to the new anthology, Capital Queer, and a reception. Hosted by Jona Colson.
https://withfriends.co/event/23175033/
Grace Episcopal Church Coffeehouse
7 pm
1041 Wisconsin Ave. NW, DC 20007
Washington Unbound editor Gregory Luce reads poetry, plus an open mic for reading and music. Refreshments will be available.
Suggested $5 donation.