New Documentary on Housing Inequality

Brian GIlmore and I are making our documentary, Law, Housing, and Social Justice, available to the public. Please share it! Brian and I would love to do a Q&A if you’re in the DMV and want to host a screening. Here’s the synopsis: This documentary follows Brian Gilmore, an experienced public interest attorney, as he […]

Bettina Judd’s Poetic Justice

She didn’t go looking for poetry. In fact, it was the other way around, Bettina Judd told a packed house Friday evening at the 14th and V streets Busboys and Poets. She was the Sept. 9 feature at the Nine on the Ninth monthly poetry event, the longest running series hosted exclusively by Hughes poet-in-residence […]

Kiana Murphy’s Quest to Change the World

Full disclosure: I’m the senior program director for the DC Creative Writing Workshop. We’re always bragging about our students. The article below features the story of one of our writing club members, Kiana Murphy, who’s got a bright future ahead of her. Given the educational hurdles in her neighborhood, Kiana Murphy’s had to overcome a […]