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Wine & Words: Featuring Sean Murphy
Escape to Northern Virginia’s wine country for a new event series presented by 1455 and Kalero Vineyard, showcasing local and international storytellers as they present their work and share insight into the creative process, inspiration, and the person behind the...
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH DANIELLE BADRA, AUTHOR OF ‘LIKE WE STILL SPEAK’
It's quite appropriate, as we celebrate National Poetry Month, that 1455 features Danielle Badra and her award-winning collection LIKE WE STILL SPEAK for the April installment of our Author Series. As always, this event was recorded and you can enjoy (and share!) the...
1455 PRESENTS MOVABLE TYPE ISSUE 10 READING: POWER
(Excerpt from Issue 10's Director's Cut): According to Plato, the measure of a man is what he does with power. George Orwell, who knew a thing or two about what drives human behavior—and with a couple more centuries of history than Plato was privy...
Seeking Proposal Submissions for 4th Annual Summer Festival
Annual Event Returns for the Fourth Year! 1455 Literary Arts, a nonprofit organization seeking to advance the appreciation of and passion for both creativity and community, seeks proposals for presentations, workshops, craft talks and creative readings for its 4th...
1455 & VA Festival of the Book: Writing In Your Life, Day by Day
It remains an honor for 1455 to partner with and support the Virginia Festival of the Book (which officially kicks off today: check out the complete schedule of events here). Here's the pre-event blurb: Ron Hogan (Our Endless and Proper Work) and Lisa Tener (The Joy...
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH KRIS O’SHEE, AUTHOR OF ‘OUR LAST BLUE MOON’
As I mentioned during last night's conversation with this month's featured author Kris O'Shee, I came to her memoir Our Last Blue Moon with my own backstory: I am a proud alum of George Mason University, and 1455 is delighted to partner with the Alan Cheuse...
The Blackened Blues LIVE: Poetry and Music with Sean Murphy and Quentin Walston
The Barns of Rose Hill partnered with 1455 Literary Arts for a special reading with Sean Murphy, who read from his new collection The Blackened Blues, accompanied by pianist Quentin Walston. The Blackened Blues, which Dr. Cornel West has called “a powerful and...
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH JENNA BLUM, AUTHOR OF ‘WOODROW ON THE BENCH’
Last night's continuation of 1455's Author Series was a profound pleasure on both professional and personal levels. I can accurately describe myself as both fan and friend of the extraordinary Jenna Blum, and during the two decades I've known her, I have been in awe...
1455 PRESENTS MOVABLE TYPE ISSUE 9 READING: CONNECTION
(Excerpt from Issue 9's Director's Cut) Why do we tell stories? To inform, to inspire, to connect. The miracle of art is the way it enables us to express things at once inextricable from ourselves and more encompassing than the sum of an individual existence. More, it...
Writing in Your Life: Day by Day
Ron Hogan (Our Endless and Proper Work) and Lisa Tener (The Joy of Writing Journal) join in conversation with Sean Murphy about the joys and values of a consistent practice of writing in your life. This discussion is for anyone looking to take up writing, or be more...
Blackened Blues: Poetry and Music with Sean Murphy and Quentin Walston
The Barns of Rose Hill is thrilled to partner with 1455 Literary Arts for a special reading with Sean Murphy, who will read from his new collection The Blackened Blues, accompanied by pianist Quentin Walston. The Blackened Blues, which Dr. Cornel West has called “a...
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH CHELSEA B. DESAUTELS, AUTHOR OF ‘A DANGEROUS PLACE’
1455 kicked off the 2022 Author Series in style, and it was our honor to feature Chelsea B. DesAutels, author of the stunning collection A Dangerous Place. No suspense necessary: I offer my highest praise for these poems, and recommend this collection with intense...
WordShedNYC Presents: The Blackened Blues
Huge gratitude to Leah Elimeliah, the mastermind of WordShedNYC, for curating this reading and Q&A, 1455's last official event of 2021! (Leah also participated in the 2021 Summer Fest and her poetry appears in the latest issue of 1455's Movable Type.) I enjoyed...
1455 AUTHOR SERIES: Courtney Maum
1455’s Author Series continues virtually with Courtney Maum, who will read from The Year of the Horses. At the age of thirty-seven, Courtney Maum finds herself in an indoor arena in Connecticut, moments away from stepping back into the saddle. For her, this is not...
1455 AUTHOR SERIES: Kris O’Shee
1455’s Author Series continues virtually with Kris O’Shee, who will read from Our Last Blue Moon. In Our Last Blue Moon, dancer Kris O’Shee, widow of Alan Cheuse, the novelist, beloved teacher, and literary commentator known as the “voice of books” on NPR’s All Things...
1455 AUTHOR SERIES: Lena Derhally
1455’s Author Series continues virtually with Lena Derhally, who will read from The Facebook Narcissist. A comprehensive guide for understanding how narcissism on social media impacts our mental health, how to protect ourselves and our children from those affects as...
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH CATHERINE PRENDERGAST, AUTHOR OF ‘THE GILDED EDGE’
In addition to being 1455's last Author Series event for 2021, this discussion is a culmination of sorts that fills me with both joy and pride. I first met Catherine at the Noepe Center at Martha’s Vineyard in 2016, when I was serving as writer in residence (shout out...
1455 AUTHOR SERIES: Jenna Blum
1455’s Author Series continues virtually with Jenna Blum, who will read from Woodrow on the Bench. Since she adopted him as a puppy fifteen years earlier, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. Known to many as “the George Clooney of dogs” for his good looks...
1455 Presents Movable Type Issue 8 Reading: Poetry & Flash
(Excerpt from Issue No. 8's Director's Cut) Even for an optimist—and to run a literary non-profit while also writing poetry one has to be an optimist—it’s difficult to deny that all is far from well within the world of publishing. To be certain, most industries...
1455 AUTHOR SERIES: Chelsea B. DesAutels
1455’s Author Series continues virtually with Chelsea B. DesAutels, who will read from A Dangerous Place. Early in her powerful, affecting debut, DesAutels writes: “I always mention gratitude because / people like that ending.” Unflinching in its candor, this is the...