Past Events

Rose Solari at AWP: Booth 762 in the Bookfair at AWP 2022 in Philadelphia (live + virtual)

Rose will be at Booth 762 in the Bookfair at AWP 2022 in Philadelphia!

Come out and see the team, fraternize, enjoy some complementary complements.

Rose Solari to MC Event feat. Dave Housley, Saida Agostini, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, and others (live)

Just a short walk from the Philadelphia Convention Center during AWP, Saida Agostini and Dave Housley will be reading reading from their new ASP titles, let the dead in (poems) and The Other Ones (a novel).

Featuring ASP authors Elizabeth Hazen, Reuben Jackson, and Richard Peabody
And special guests Teri Ellen Cross Davis and Leslie Pietrzyk.

Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections Conference feat. Rose Solari (virtual)

Conversations and Connections is a one-day writer’s conference that brings together writers, editors, and publishers in a friendly, supportive environment. The conference is organized by Barrelhouse magazine, and has been held for the past 15 years in Washington DC, and the past 6 in Pittsburgh, with 2 virtual pandemic conferences and counting. All proceeds go to participating small presses and literary magazines, and to Barrelhouse.

Rose Solari will be participating in editor speed-dating

2022 Washington Writers Conference feat. Rose Solari (live)

The 2022 Washington Writers Conference is thrilled to welcome you back in person on May 13-14! In addition to our one-on-one agent-pitch sessions, we’ll have an exciting array of panels covering everything from the business of writing to specialized craft workshops.

Rose Solari: “The Great Unknown: Documenting the World through Poetry” (panel) (in-person)

Join Rose Solari at the Washington Writers Conference for her panel entitled The Great Unknown: Documenting the World through Poetry

“When you don’t know what to say anymore, try poetry.” Join renowned poets Teri Ellen Cross Davis, 2022 Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist State Awardee and author of Haint (Gival Press, 2016), winner of the 2017 Ohioana Book Award for Poetry, and poetry coordinator for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.; Rose Solari, author of three full-length collections of poetry (The Last Girl, Orpheus in the Park, and Difficult Weather) and recipient of the Academy of American Poets’ University Prize; Dr. Donald Cohen, author of the three-volume collection Memory Man One, Memory Man Two and Memory Man Three; and Emily Holland, noted poet and editor of Poet Lore and editor-in-chief of FOLIO, as they discuss poetry as a means of bearing witness to our world.

VENUE: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

ROOM: Glen Echo

Rose Solari: To Agent or Not to Agent? (panel) (in-person)

Join Rose Solari at the Washington Writers Conference for her panel entitled To Agent or Not to Agent?

VENUE: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

ROOM: Glen Echo

Elizabeth Hazen: Girls Like Us, Ft Rose Solari & Jessica Anya Blau (in-person)

From The Ivy:

The Ivy is thrilled to welcome poet Elizabeth Hazen for a reading from her latest collection, Girls Like Us! Liz will be joined by Rose Solari, the poet and publisher who published Girls Like Us, and Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane. This event will also be to celebrate the paperback release of Mary Jane, which came out on April 5th. This event will take place outdoors, in person on The Ivy’s back patio, and will be moderated by local author, Kathy Flann.