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Yasmine Maggio – When Family is Far, Food Offers a Sense of Belonging During Ramadan

Posted on May 11, 2021 by

Here’s an article from my daughter Yasmine Maggio that just came out toddy on Serious Eats.

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Dear Vaccine

Posted on April 2, 2021 by

Hello everyone: Just a short note. Naomi Shihab Nye  has started  a project called Dear Vaccine in which all are invited “to share their voices to promote COVID-19 vaccination through the imaginative language of poetry.”  According to the web site, … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Eighth Annual Poetry Month Celebration

Posted on April 1, 2021 by

Every year, for the past eight, it has been my pleasure and honor to host poets from the DC area, from around the country and, indeed, from around the world, during National Poetry Month. This year is no exception. We … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on The Insurrection and a Poem in the American Spirit: Staten Island Ferry

Posted on January 13, 2021 by

I’ve spent the last seven days trying to come to terms with the events that rocked our nation a week ago at the Capitol. events that have left me, like everyone, shocked, angry and fearful. What has happened to the … Continue reading →

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Art4US Update

Posted on January 2, 2021 by

Hello fellow writers: In an effort to make the submission process for Art4US more streamlined and easier for you, we have decided to ask for all submissions to be submitted via email. In addition, we have eliminated the submission fee. … Continue reading →

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Art4US deadline postponed for COUNTERCURRENT – ADVERSO FLUMINE

Posted on December 13, 2020 by

The deadline for COUNTERCURRENT – ADVERSO FLUMINE has been postpone to JANUARY 6 2021 We are delighted to officially announce that our show will be presented in person at GalleryB In Bethesda from February 1st to February 28th, 2021 COUNTERCURRENT … Continue reading →

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ART4US Call for Poetry, Fiction and Art

Posted on November 1, 2020 by

Attached is a call for poetry, fiction and art. This is a jjuried competition, and winners will be displayed as part of the Art4Us  online show scheduled for January 2021. Please see attached for more details.

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If You Go

Posted on August 22, 2020 by

If you go my eyes will swiftly shatter my tongue unoiled by your easy lips will rust tight my skin will dust the ground in a flurry of white lament my fingers lose their memory my body dangling from you … Continue reading →

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A Quote from Letters from Inside

Posted on August 20, 2020 by
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Hope – Bettina Brunner

Posted on August 4, 2020 by

Bio: Bettina Brunner is an abstract artist from Reston, Virginia who explores the ambivalence of our times in her work. Her day job is in international health, where part of her work is to increase the role of private health … Continue reading →

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