Translation has the power to unmake us, only to bring us into new life —together. Join us for a conversation on literary translation and its many uses as an ethic and art practice.
Published in 1992, WAITING TO EXHALE showcases the power of sisterhood as four women navigate the trials of life. McMillan explores the midlife experience of “waiting” for life to begin, betrayals, and the private lives of Black women.
Join Elicia Epstein for a talk on how tarot helps us rewrite the vocabulary of power, and with it, to strengthen our muscles of radical, revolutionary, and abolitionist dreaming.
Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning?
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
An innovative work of realism and utopianism that analyzes the possible futures of the world-system and helps us imagine how we might transition beyond capitalism.
In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future.
Writers Danielle Ariano, Jeannie Vanasco, and Ashley Elizabeth have all written on the subject of mental health. Join us for a brief reading followed by a candid discussion led by the esteemed author, columnist, and University of Baltimore professor Marion Winik.
The need for spaces where we can gather in the poetic arts and experience each other’s talents, community energy, support, and dedication to transforming society cannot be overstated. Yet in recent years it has been difficult to sustain even the most known and cherished poetry venues. Thus, it is with joy and appreciation that, in the aforementioned togetherness, May 4, 2024 will be an opportunity to celebrate the longest-running spoken word open mic in Washington, DC and the second-longest active one in Baltimore!
(NOT) IN SERVICE is a chronicle of poetry written from 2017-2022, during a transitional period of Unique’s life in her late 20s-early 30s. Many of the poems were written while Unique was “in transit” on Baltimore’s public transportation, which she counted on for her entire life up until 2022 (when she officially became a motorist).
An exploration of how neoliberalism has combined brutal austerity—for some—alongside extravagant government spending and central bank monetary policy that has been mobilized to manage capitalism's crises.
A critical anthology exploring the debates, conundrums, and promising practices around abolition and social work in academia and within impacted communities.
Shining a light on the Black diaspora's contributions to the co-operative sector which is often missing discussion of the social and solidarity economy.
This brilliant, adult nonfiction debut from the acclaimed MG author and poet weaves two personal narratives of recovery and reclamation, spliced with a dazzle of pop-culture.
The definitive history of Seattle’s 1999 World Trade Organization protests, featuring over 100 original interviews and timed to the event’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
Prepare to embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment as we celebrate the launch of "Sexidents: Learning and Healing from Sexual Mishaps," the groundbreaking new book by author Bria Price.
Troubled Waters is an intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire.
A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of Gender Queer and I Was Their American Dream.
Threaded with historical documents, the natural world, and the work of writers like Adrienne Rich and Elizabeth Hardwick, Jennifer Kabat weaves a capacious memoir, where the past comes alive in the present in the Catskills.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.
A monthly social hour on the 2nd Wednesday of every month organized by the DC Area Transmasculine Society. You must be 17+. Friends and partners welcome.