1455 PRESENTS: A READING & CONVERSATION WITH JEANNINE OUELLETTE, AUTHOR OF ‘THE PART THAT BURNS’
So, typically, the best compliment you can give a book is that you absorbed it in one insatiable, quick burst. This, however, was the opposite experience, but I mean it in every bit as complimentary a sense: I recognized, early on, that there was a level of intensity...
1455 PRESENTS: A READING & CONVERSATION WITH AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR S.A. COSBY
Of course we love all our authors and look forward to every event, but I can say I’ve been looking forward to this evening (which became two evenings!) since last summer. 1455 was honored to include S.A. Cosby in our 2nd annual Lit Fest (you can see him, and a...
THE 14:55 INTERVIEW: GMU Writing Program Edition
We are excited to bring the next installment of The 14:55 Interview, a new series that takes a short, but deep dive into the writing life. Get a glimpse into what makes your favorite creative types tick—from the writers who inspired them, to the weird habits that...
1455 Presents: “WRITTEN IN ARLINGTON,” A READING & DISCUSSION
On behalf of 1455, it’s my pleasure and honor to partner with The Anacostia Swim Club, presenting events in January, February, and March. Our first, a reading from and discussion about the wonderful anthology Written in Arlington, took place yesterday, and video...
1455’s Movable Type #3: The Political Imperative
During early autumn, 2020 (you know, five thousand years ago), while envisioning what I hoped the third issue of 1455’s MOVABLE TYPE might be, I resigned myself to the inevitability that, by the time of its publication, it would be dated. In fact, and against...
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