Tuesday, May 24th
Amitav Ghosh reads from his new novel, The Hungry Tide , at Politics and Prose tonight at 7pm. (For more on Ghosh, his coverage on the Tsunami can be found here.)
Blog-favorite Richard McCann reads from Mother of Sorrows , at Lambda Rising, 1625 Connecticut Ave. tonight at 7pm.
Wednesday, May 25th
Luncheon and Poetry Reading featuring David McAleavey, Clarinda Harriss, Linda Joy Burke, and Robert L. Giron. The Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I St. NW, Foggy Bottom neighborhood, DC. (202) 331-7282. Advance reservations required! 12:30 to 2:30 pm. A tribute to Whitman's living legacy. Authors featured in The Whitman Issue of Beltway: A Poetry Quarterly read from Whitman and their own work. Hosted by Mark Ohnmacht. Sponsored by The Arts Club of Washington. $15 Admission cost includes lunch. For more festival information, visit the web site.
The "Translators without Borders" Third Annual Bilingual Poetry Reading The Martin Luther King Memorial Library 901 G St (right across the street from the Gallery Place Metro Stop); 6- 8 pm. Free. Translators to read: C.M. Mayo * Lily Liu * Paul Hopper * James Kennedy * Camilla Bozzoli *Ninie G Syarkikin * Blanka Novotna * Maria Eugenia Kiburz
Spanish * Czech * Indonesian * German * Portuguese * Italian * Chinese and more!
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