Rebecca Bishophall and Dwayne Lawson-Brown, poets and friends from the Washington, D.C. area, have collaborated on the forthcoming collection, Breaking the Blank, to be released November 1, 2022 by Day Eight. Breaking the Blank is a dialogue between poets—and a meditation on love, parenting, gentrification, money, and the literary life. In accessible free verse, haiku, […]
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The Day Eight board of directors is excited to be hosting the organization’s annual community celebration fundraiser Saturday October 1, 7pm, at the Wonderbread factory in DC’s Shaw neighborhood. (Image above of the space.) We hope you’ll join the board, supporters, authors, poets, program leaders and friends of the organization to celebrate all that we’ve […]
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Celebrate the voices of young poets and adult mentors curated by Day Eight, DC’s premiere literary organization providing innovative creative writing workshops for youth. This reading will celebrate the poets of Write Now: A Writing Circle for Women and Girls led by Kim B. Miller and R.E.I.L. as well as students from Kipp Public Charter School and poetry writing […]