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 […]
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Day Eight invites you to join us in celebrating publication of Malachi Byrd’s new book of poetry, Before We Gone, at a book launch reading Saturday, October 11, 2-3:30pm, at the Shepherd Park Library. The book launch reading for Before We Gone is co-hosted by Tony Keith, Christopher Jon Heuer, Nico Penaranda, Brandon Douglas and the […]
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Day Eight is pleased to announce that poet Monica Perez-Nelson has been awarded the 2025 Luce Prize. The Luce Prize recognizes an exceptional poet in their first four years of professional publication and is selected by an editor of Day Eight’s literary magazine, the Mid-Atlantic Review. Reflecting on her award, Perez-Nelson wrote, “I am blown […]