Poetry Book Club @ Solid State Books on H St.
Join us every third Sunday of the month from 3-4 pm to read and write poetry with our resident poet, Mariam. Each workshop begins with a free write, leading to reading selections from the selection for that month, then writing your own poems, and ending with sharing out. *No need to read the book before hand, come with something to write with and an open mind!
Monthly meetings, usually on the third Sunday of the month at 3pm.
Led by Mariam
Dec. 20th - An Optimism, by Cameron Awkward Rich
Nov. 22nd - At the End of the World is a Pond, by Steven Doung
Oct. 18th - Something About Living, by Lina Khalaf Tuffaha
Sept. 20th - A Little Day Light Left, by Sarah Kay
August 16th - Life on Mars, by Tracy Smith
July 19th - This is Not a Small Voice, by Sonia Sanchez
June 21st - Super Gay Poems, by Stephanie Burt
May 17th - The Grace of Black Mothers, by Martheaus Perkins
April 19th - Poetry is Not a Luxury, by anonymous
March 15th - Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, by Alice Walker
Feb. 15th - Becoming Ghost, by Cathy Linh Che
Jan. 18th - Startlement, by Ada Limon
December 21st, 2025 - Sonnets for a Missing Key, by Percival Everett
November 16th, 2025 - Lighthead, by Terrance Hayes
October 19th, 2025 - Dark Testament, by Crystal Simone Smith
Sept. 21st, 2025 - Bringing the Shovel, Down by Ross Gay
August 17th , 2025 - You Are Here, by Ada Limon
July 20th, 2025 - A Fortune for Your Disaster, by Hanif Abdurraqib
June 8th, 2025 - Autobiography of Red, by Anne Carson
May 11th, 2025 - A Good Cry, by Nikki Giovanni
Here’s the reference for the choices moving back in time.
