I just wanted to give credit to Gina Sangster, who published a letter to the editor in the Washington Post pushing back against the perceived meme that the DC poetry scene is limited to unartful poetry slams.

She named dropped some of my favorite poetry events – from readings at Busboys and Poets to the poetry series at the Folger Shakespeare Library, to the readings at the Library of Congress.

I recently noted my own mixed feelings towards slams, but in addition to featuring to thriving slam scene (which it shares with Baltimore), Washington, DC also features a (relatively) well supported scene for all kinds of poetry.