Readings by Award-Winning Writers

Nov 25, 2019

WHAT
Readings by the 2019 Washington Writers’ Publishing House award winners, poet Elizabeth Knapp and novelist Nathan Leslie.

WHEN
Dec. 4, 5 p.m.

WHERE
Hood College
Beneficial-Hodson Library Reading Porch
401 Rosemont Ave.
Frederick, MD 21701

DETAILS
Elizabeth Knapp, Ph.D., associate professor of English at Hood College, published her first book of poems, “The Spite House,” in 2011 (C&R Press), winning the 2010 De Novo Poetry Prize. Her second collection, “Requiem with an Amulet in Its Beak,” published in 2019 (Washington Writers’ Publishing House), won the 2019 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize. Her other honors include the 2018 Robert H. Winner Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, a 2017 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, and the 2015 Literal Latté Poetry Award. Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies.

Nathan Leslie, founder and host of the Reston Readings series and an educator at Northern Virginia Community College, has published 10 books of fiction, including “Three Men,” “Root and Shoot” and “Sibs and Drivers,” among others. He was also series editor for Best of the Web anthology 2008 and 2009 (Dzanc Books) and edited fiction for Pedestal Magazine for many years. His work has appeared in hundreds of literary magazines.

MORE INFO
Contact Aaron Angello
NIH Libman Professor of the Humanities
angello@hood.edu
301-696-3211

Hood College is an independent, liberal arts college, offering 28 bachelor’s degrees, four pre-professional programs, 19 master’s degrees programs, two doctorates and 10 post-baccalaureate certificates. Located in historic Frederick, near Washington, D.C., Baltimore and the I-270 technology corridor, Hood gives students access to countless internships and research opportunities.