Past Events

Rose Solari Reading her Poetry in Alexandria, VA

Rose Solari will be bringing her poetry to the Martha Washington Community Library to read alongside some great DMV poets including, Anne Harding Woodworth,  Rocky Jones, and Anne Becker.

The event is titled: “Building to a Crescendo: A Poetry Reading”

The event will be hosted by Steve Allen May

“5 Great Poems” A Workshop by Rose Solari in Honor of National Poetry Month

In honor of National Poetry Month, Poet Rose Solari is teaching a one-session seminar, “Five Great Poems,” in which participants will read and discuss five poems by contemporary masters of the form: Tony Hoagland, Anne Sexton, Derek Walcott, Natasha Tretheway, and Stanley Plumly.

You can register here: https://www.politics-prose.com/class/five-great-contemporary-poems-1944

Rose Solari Presents the Wicked Woman Book Award to Linda Quinlan (Sept 12)

Rose Solari recently judged a contest for Baltimore publishing house, Brickhouse Books, entitled “The Wicked Woman Book Prize.” She will be presenting the award to Linda Quinlan at the Arts Club of Washington. Free but RSVP required

“Brickhouse Books is proud to present Linda Quinlan, whose manuscript Chelsea Creek won the Wicked Woman Book Prize. Linda will receive her prize and read from her work at a luncheon at the Arts Club of Washington on September 12, 2019. The event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required at www.artsclubofwashington.org/events.”

Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson Reading Poetry for DiVerse Gaithersburg (Oct 13th)

Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson will be reading their poetry alongside sculptor and poet, Jay Hall Carpenter as part of the DiVerse Gaithersburg poetry series. An open mic will follow the reading.

Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson Read at the American Poetry Museum (Dec 14)

Poet and novelist, Rose Solari, along with poet and jazz scholar, Reuben Jackson will be giving a reading at The American Poetry Museum in Washington, DC followed by a Question and Answer period.

Rose Solari reads her work as part of “Readings on the Pike” in Arlington, VA

Rose Solari will be reading with fellow poets Hildie Block, Hannah Grieco, Dave Housley, Brandon Johnson, Nathan Leslie, Ralvell Rogers II, and Alysia S

The reading will take place at Acme Pie Co.

Rose Solari at the 2020 Washington Writer’s Conference [CANCELED]

Cancellation Announcement: HERE

Rose Solari at the Gaithersburg Book Festival [Canceled]

Rose Solari will be reading from her poetry and fiction alonside ASP’s Elizabeth Hazen and Reuben Jackson at Gaithersburg’s annual book festival.

From GBF’s website

“Since its inception in 2010, the Festival has quickly become one of the nation’s top literary events, attracting hundreds of award-winning and best-selling authors, poets and songwriters from across the country to its beautiful park setting.

The event was conceived and introduced by Gaithersburg Mayor (then council member) Jud Ashman, with the support of the Mayor and City Council and the Cultural Arts Advisory Committee. The Festival is produced by a core committee comprised of city staff and a dedicated group of volunteers who donate their time and talent.

Funded in part by generous sponsors and supported by the City of Gaithersburg, the Festival offers programming for all ages, is free to attend and is open to everyone.”