We're delighted to share something different today on @washingtonunico.bsky.social! Gregory Luce @dctex.bsky.social reviewed 'Tawny Chatmon: Sanctuaries of Truth, Dissolution of Lies' at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. On view through 3/8 www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

New content today!

My latest review (and last of the year) for @washingtonunico.bsky.social. I highly recommend this debut novel!

Check out our exciting new content on @washunbound.bsky.social today!

So excited to share @washunbound.bsky.social's Winter 2025 Booklist! There are 34 books here, written by authors local to the D.C. area, or with strong local ties. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, anthologies. If you're looking for a gift or your next read, check this out!

I was lucky enough to see 'Rules for Living' at Round House Theatre in Bethesda and review the show for @washunbound.bsky.social. Check out my thoughts on this fascinating, genre-defying, hilarious and heartbreaking play! www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Washington Unbound is very excited today to present a weekend special: @norahvawter.bsky.social's brilliant review of a new holiday farce. www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

New poetry review today from @dctex.bsky.social on @washunbound.bsky.social!

New today on @washunbound.bsky.social!

New on Washington Unbound today. Check out my interview with Alexis Greene, historian and author of a new book on the history of @shakespeareindc.bsky.social!

New fiction review today on @washunbound.bsky.social!

We have a lovely, thoughtful new fiction review up today! If you like historical fiction, strong female characters, reading about unlikely friendships, or just want to read some solid literary criticism, check out contributor Katy Gathright's review of Margaret Hutton's debut novel IF YOU LEAVE.

The literary criticism coming out of DC lately is spectacular (as is the publishing scene it focuses on). Add @washunbound.bsky.social to your regular reading list! Today, Katy Gathright on @margarethutton.bsky.social’s debut novel, If You Leave: www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Great new interview today on @washunbound.bsky.social! Gregory Luce @dctex.bsky.social chatted with Kurdish-American poet Holly Mason Badra about 'Sleeping in the Courtyard,' a collection of poetry, fiction, memoir of 35 Kurdish women writers.

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/DbO4cejo

New today on Washington Unbound! Our fantastic editorial assistant Samantha Segal interviews local fiction writer Kristen Zory King!

Great new fiction review up on @washunbound.bsky.social today!

I love this review of Elizabeth Knapp's CAUSA SUI by the always insightful @dctex.bsky.social. New in @washunbound.bsky.social!

New today on Washington Unbound!

Great new interview on Washington Unbound today!

Today, Washington Unbound is excited to present a review of what @norahvawter.bsky.social calls ”a fascinating piece of theater because of the way it weaves together the old and the new.” Read her thoughts on Shakespeare Theatre’s “Merry Wives.” www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

My first theater review of the season is up on @washunbound.bsky.social! MERRY WIVES runs through 10/5 at DC's Shakespeare Theatre. This joyful adaptation by Jocelyn Bioh reimagines the classic story, features an all-Black cast & is set in modern Harlem. www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

It was such a joy to review @writesloud.bsky.social's debut FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT for @washunbound.bsky.social. Check out my take on this special book of stories!

New on Washington Unbound today!

A special, must-read review up on @washunbound.bsky.social today!

New on @washunbound.bsky.social today! Check out @dctex.bsky.social's lovely, thoughtful review of A BRIEF GAZELLE, the latest collection of poetry from Mike Maggio, long a fixture of the DMV writing scene.

My latest booklist is new on Washington Unbound today!

Today, we are delighted to present our interview with poet and Arlington County VA Literary Specialist Dan Brady. www.washington-unbound.com/interviews/d...

The conclusion of the piece of fiction I started sharing on Substack as a serialized story earlier this year 🙂 norahvawter.substack.com/p/buried-tre...

New content on Washington Unbound this week, expanding our coverage of the literary world to include programming & community outreach! @dctex.bsky.social interviewed Dan Brady, poet, Barrelhouse poetry editor & Literary Specialist for Arlington Co. www.washington-unbound.com/interviews/d...

Really excited to share our latest piece on @washunbound.bsky.social. Contributor @tomnavratil.bsky.social has written a stellar review of @elizabethbrucedc.bsky.social's short story collection 'Universally Adored & Other One Dollar Stories.' Check it out! www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Check out the latest book review on Washington Unbound, written expertly by contributor @tomnavratil.bsky.social!

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

This is a special day for @washunbound.bsky.social! Read @dctex.bsky.social's interview with the amazing, inspiring, and kind legend of the DC & NYC poetry scenes @regie.bsky.social! www.washington-unbound.com/interviews/d...

DC Pride Poem-a-Day presents "the river flows" by Adriana M. Martinez Figueroa today! "...after the expulsion and exile/after the violence/after the flood/didn't the river run from the mountain?" #pridepoems #dcpoetry #pridemonth www.pridepoems.com

Today, Washington Unbound is especially pleased to present our conversation with poet, activist, teacher, and literary entrepreneur, Regie Cabico. @wwph.bsky.social @norahvawter.bsky.social www.washington-unbound.com/interviews/d...

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And more poetry goodness with @sandrapoetry.bsky.social!

A free writing workshop with the latest poet reviewed in @washunbound.bsky.social by @dctex.bsky.social? Yes, it's @sandrapoetry.bsky.social! And you can join in person or online? Sunday 6/15, sign up on link below!

NEW REVIEW of DIORAMA at Washington Unbound! This is a really wonderful reading of the book that even I am learning from! And follow this publication—it’s great new guide to DC area arts! Some poems from the book are printed in full here so it’s worth clicking on the link in the comments. 💖

New on @washunbound.bsky.social today! Read @dctex.bsky.social's lovely, thoughtful review of @sandrapoetry.bsky.social's lovely, thoughtful third collection of poetry, 'Diorama' ... www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

This week we feature @dctex.bsky.social's review of "Diorama" by Sandra Marchetti. www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple. Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.

It was such a pleasure to see the new adaptation of 'Frankenstein' at the Shakespeare Theatre and review this tense, psychological and philosophical wonder of a show for @washunbound.bsky.social! Written and directed by Emily Burns, it runs through 6/29. www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Bonus content on @washunbound.bsky.social today, @norahvawter.bsky.social’s review of Frankenstein at Shakespeare Theatre. www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/... An ambiguous, thrilling adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel — Washington Unbound

Ooh. Love this, and now I need to read this book.