by Admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Third Annual 1455 Teen Poetry Contest. The theme for this year’s contest is Finding Community During Crisis, and the guidelines requested the poems to reflect on or react to the contemporary sociopolitical and cultural...
by Admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Big thanks to our partners in crime at the awesome Alamo Drafthouse Winchester (and cohorts Andy Gyurisin and Brad Gullickson) for helping facilitate a wonderful and enlightening conversation with Charles Casillo, author of ELIZABETH AND MONTY. At 1455 we’re...
by Admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Award Recognizes Outstanding Narrative Skill, and Stories Relevant to Current Events at Multi-day Festival Featuring 200+ Authors, Poets, and Creatives Discussing the Art of Storytelling 1455 Literary Arts, an organization committed to advancing the art and...
by Admin | Jun 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was approached about this panel, I immediately agreed it should be part of our monthly Author Series for two reasons: one, I am familiar with these excellent writers, and am happy to showcase them; but I also think this topic WOMEN WRITING SPIRITUALITY is at...
by Admin | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Not Black enough because I am not man enough. Not man enough because I like men. This is one of many quotable passages from Brian Broome’s remarkable memoir PUNCH ME UP TO THE GODS, a book that’s been described as “at once playful, poignant, and...
by Admin | Apr 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the big gifts of this book is the way the reader learns so many things along with the narrative: we of course learn about Gina the writer and we increasingly learn about Gina the human being (which includes Gina the daughter, Gina the mother, Gina the wife,...