1455 and The Potter’s House: Writing Race & Resistance
1455 is pleased and proud to partner with the historic Potter’s House, in D.C. (More about them and their mission, here.) For our first collaboration, and to celebrate Black History Month, the topic was “Writing Race and Resistance.” 1455 was honored...
1455 2nd Annual Summer Literary Festival: Call for Proposals
Seeking Proposal Submissions for Summer Literary Festival July 16 – July 18, 2020 in Winchester, VA 1455, a nonprofit organization seeking to advance the appreciation of and passion for the literary arts, seeks proposals for presentations, workshops, craft talks...
Spoken Word at the Hideaway Cafe: February’s Featured Writer
Spoken Word + Shofar FTW 1455’s monthly Spoken Word series at Winchester’s own Hideaway Cafe continued this month with another impressive variety of readers. This month the poets were out in full force, and it was wonderful to hear work from some younger...
Storytelling and the 1455 Story: An Introduction
Let me tell you a story. The discovery of the first cave drawings offers conclusive evidence of at least one thing: the power of narrative has been with us as long as we’ve been able to communicate. One might suggest these crude but sometimes beautiful images were the...
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