Sunday, October 16, 3:00 p.m.
Cathy Eisenhower, Taylor Johnson & Jee Leong Koh
@ DC Arts Center

Cathy Eisenhower's new book is distance decay, out from Ugly Duckling Presse. She is also the author of Language of the Dog-heads (Phylum 2001), clearing without reversal (Edge 2008), and would with and (Roof 2009). She is co-translating the selected poems of Argentine poet Diana Bellessi and co-curated the In Your Ear Reading Series for several years. Her work has recently appeared in The Recluse, Aufgabe, West Wind Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and Fence. She lives and works as a therapist in Washington, DC

Taylor Johnson is a poet from Washington, DC. They have received fellowships and scholarships from Cave Canem, Callaloo, Lambda Literary Foundation, VONA, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Recently, their work appears in the minnesota review and Callaloo.

Jee Leong Koh's most recent book of poems Steep Tea (Carcanet) was named a Best Book of 2015 by UK's Financial Times, and a Finalist by Lambda Literary. He is the author of three other books of poems and a book of zuihitsu. His work has been shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize and translated into Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and Latvian. Originally from Singapore, Jee lives in New York City, where he edits the arts magazine Singapore Poetry and runs the Singapore Literature Festival in NYC.

Location:

2438 18th Street in Adams Morgan
(south of Columbia Rd. on the west side of the street)
All readings are on third Sundays at 3 PM, Admission $5, FREE for DCAC members