1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH SWETA VIKRAM, AUTHOR OF ‘A PIECE OF PEACE’
What a joy –equal parts enlightening and inspiring– to welcome best-selling author and all around literary and lifestyle icon Sweta Vikram to the 1455 Author Series. Of course, this was not her first rodeo, having been a featured speaker at our third...
Sean Murphy Reads from The Blackened Blues at Shenandoah University
1455 PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID M. DRUCKER, AUTHOR OF ‘IN TRUMP’S SHADOW’
It was a pleasure to speak again with David Drucker, who joined us in July for 1455’s 3rd annual Summer Fest for the discussion “The Art of Political Storytelling” (alongside Salena Zito). When David and I last spoke, he was frantically meeting...
1455 & The Potter’s House Present: A Poetry Reading Accompanied by Song
The Potter’s House 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 singer and actor Ayana (Reed) Ogunsunlade. The Blackened Blues, which Dr. Cornel West...
1455 & PBF PRESENT: A READING & CONVERSATION WITH L. Renée
Tuesday night featured the first of what I anticipate to be a vibrant, ongoing collaboration: it’s my pleasure and honor, as the Executive Director of 1455, to partner with the amazing Peter Bullough Foundation, located in Winchester VA, to present programming....
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