Join the Day Eight community for an afternoon of celebration as we launch our new book, A Future Sea – 2025 writing by Day Eight youth and faculty, Sunday, October 19, from 1:30–3:00 pm at the Shepherd Park Library, 7420 Georgia Avenue NW. This event will include reading by youth and adult contributors.
“A Future Sea shows us that youth voices can hold us up during turbulent times. The poets, both young and old, dream together eliciting wonder and hope.” – Regie Cabico, Writing Camp co-director and author of A Rabbit in Search
“Readers will enjoy this poetry for its humor and wisdom… A lovely and perspicacious collection.” – Gregory Luce, Mid-Atlantic Review editor, author of Smells Like Rain
Contributors to A Future Sea, edited by Robert Bettmann, include Micheal Alterowitz, Joshua Andrade, Beatrice Angehr-Sun, Lake Angehr-Sun, Evan Ansah, Liora Bettmann, Haakim Brown-Bey II, Regie Cabico, Nathaniel Claxton, Anna Rose Dedner, Brandon Douglas, Maevyn Farrell, Reagan Gregory, A’Ruah Gross, P’Tah Gross, Milagros Guzman, Lucas Halefom, Saron Halefom, Malachi Hall, Asha Hardnett, Yao Harrison-Konan, Ozichukwu Ihenache, Juliana Jefferson, Azel Lancaster, Tegan Langhorne, Doren Langhorne, Phylicia Lee, Gregory Luce, Betty Markus, Nina Melrose, JayDehn Moton, Kynay Magruder, Susan Meehan, Bloom Muwonge, Kayla Nelson, Miles Okonkwo, Promise Robinson, Carli Robinson, Makari Robinson, Madeline Romine, Marianne Sy-Pagan, Abdulay Sy-Pagan, Sofia Vasquez, Sofia Santiago van den Broeck, Hunter Wells, Summer Wells, and Bash Worsley. Cover art for the book is © Karey Kessler, used by permission.
A Future Sea includes 83 poems by youth participants alongside writing by faculty mentors from Day Eight’s poetry teams, women and girls writing program, and summer writing camp. Families, friends, and community members are encouraged to attend and celebrate the accomplishments of these young authors. Each contributor will receive a free copy of the book, available for pickup at the event, and copies of the book will also be available for sale. Please rsvp to Admin <at> DayEight.org.
A Future Sea was made possible by individual donors to Day Eight and grants from the Learn24, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, ANC 4a, and the Friends of the Shepherd Park Library.