ARCHIVES Individual Authors Winona Addision: Split This Rock Issue Karren Lalonde Alenier Alenier on Archibald MacLeish: Memorial Issue Karren L. Alenier: DC Places Issue Karren L. Alenier: Audio Issue Elizabeth Alexander: DC Places Issue Kwame Alexander Alexander on Langston Hughes: Memorial Issue Alexander's Introduction to Vol. 8, No. 2: The Science of Love Kwame Alexander: Tenth Anniversary Issue Abdul Ali: Evolving City Issue Abdul Ali M.C. Allan: Museum Issue Henry Allen Luis Alberto Ambroggio Luis Alberto Ambroggio: Wartime Issue Eric Antonio: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Francisco Aragón Francisco Aragón: Museum Issue Elizabeth Arnold Jennifer Atkinson Quique Aviles: Whitman Issue Dan Vera on Joseph Auslander: US Poets Laureate Issue Joseph Awad: Whitman Issue Joseph Awad: DC Places Issue Joseph Awad: Evolving City Issue Naomi Ayala Ayala on Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Memorial Issue Ayala's Intro to Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 2005) Naomi Ayala: DC Places Issue Naomi Ayala: Split This Rock Issue Naomi Ayala: Tenth Anniversary Issue Suzanna Banwell: Wartime Issue Olivia Barbee on Gwendolyn Bennett: Forebears Issue Holly Bass Holly Bass: Audio Issue Holly Bass: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue (introduction), Vol. 10:3, Summer 2009 Holly Bass: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue (poems) Sandra Beasley: First Books Anne Becker Anne Becker: Museum Issue Kimberly L. Becker: Evolving City Issue Mel Belin: Museum Issue Virginia Bell: Wartime Issue Olivia Barbee on Gwendolyn Bennett: Forebears Issue Rose Marie Berger: Wartime Issue Rose Marie Berger: Museum Issue David Bergman: Whitman Issue Rei Berroa Reginald Dwayne Betts: Wartime Issue M.A. Schaffner on Ambrose Bierce: Forebears Issue Elizabeth Bishop: DC Places Issue Star Black: DC Places Issue Toni Blackman: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Richard Blanco Linda Blaskey: Wartime Issue Dean Blehert Jody Bolz Jody Bolz: Wartime Issue Jody Bolz: Museum Issue Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz on Owen Dodson: Forebears Issue Dan Brady: Museum Issue David Bristol Grace Cavalieri on Joseph Brodsky: US Poets Laureate Issue Andrea Carter Brown's Intro to the DC Places Issue: Vol. 7, No. 3, Summer 2006 Brown on Mona Van Duyn: Profiles Issue Andrea Carter Brown: Tenth Anniversary Issue Derrick Weston Brown Derrick Weston Brown: DC Places Issue Fleda Brown: DC Places Issue Kyndall Brown: Wartime Issue E. Ethelbert Miller on Sterling A. Brown: Memorial Issue Sterling A. Brown: DC Places Issue Sarah Browning Sarah Browning: Whitman Issue Browning's Intro to The Wartime Issue: Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 2006 Sarah Browning: DC Places Issue Sarah Browning: Split This Rock Issue Sarah Browning: Museum Issue Sarah Browning: Tenth Anniversary Issue Japheth Brubaker: Evolving City Issue Linda Joy Burke: Whitman Issue Regie Cabico Cabico's Intro to the Split This Rock Issue: Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter 2008 Regie Cabico: Audio Issue Regie Cabico: Tenth Anniversary Issue Rick Cannon Rick Cannon: Evolving City Issue Nancy Naomi Carlson Kenneth Carroll Carroll's Tribute to Gaston Neal: Memorial Issue Kenneth Carroll: DC Places Issue Kenneth Carroll: Audio Issue Grace Cavalieri Cavalieri's Intro to Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 2004) Cavalieri on Roland Flint: Memorial Issue Grace Cavalieri: Whitman Issue Grace Cavalieri: Wartime Issue Grace Cavalieri on Louise Glück: Profiles Issue Grace Cavalieri: Evolving City Issue Grace Cavalieri: Split This Rock Issue Cavalieri on Ann Darr: Forebears Issue Grace Cavalieri on Joseph Brodsky: US Poets Laureate Issue Grace Cavalieri: Tenth Anniversary Issue Adam Chiles: Wartime Issue Maxine Clair Three DC Editors: Richard Peabody on William F. Claire: Profiles Issue William Claire: Evolving City Issue John Clarke John Clarke: Whitman Issue Michael Collier Jane Alberdeston Coralin Alberdeston Coralin on Reetika Vazirani: Profiles Issue Jane Alberdeston Coralin: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Richard McCann on Ed Cox: Memorial Issue E. Ethelbert Miller on Ed Cox: Profiles Issue Three DC Editors: Richard Peabody on Caresse Crosby: Profiles Issue Teri Ellen Cross Cross's Intro to The Evolving City Issue, Vol. 8, No. 4, Fall 2007 Teri Ellen Cross: Split This Rock Issue Teri Ellen Cross: Tenth Anniversary Issue Brian Gilmore on Waring Cuney: Memorial Issue Stephen Cushman: Museum Issue Ramola D Ramola D: Evolving City Issue Philip Dacey: DC Places Issue Myra Sklarew on Leon-Gontran Damas: Forebears Issue Kyle Dargan: Wartime Issue Kyle Dargan Kyle Dargan: Museum Issue Grace Cavalieri on Ann Darr: Forebears Issue Christina Daub Christina Daub: Whitman Issue Hayes Davis Heather Davis: Evolving City Issue Heather Davis: Split This Rock Issue Katie Davis: Intro to the Audio Issue, Vol. 9, No. 4, Fall 2008 Katie Davis: Tenth Anniversary Issue Mark Defoe: Whitman Issue Mark DeFoe: Evolving City Issue Joanne Rocky Delaplaine: Whitman Issue Joanne Rocky Delaplaine: Wartime Issue Peter Desmond: DC Places Issue Joel Dias-Porter (aka DJ Renegade) Joel Dias-Porter: Split This Rock Issue Joel Dias-Porter: Audio Issue Joel Dias-Porter: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Dan Vera on James Dickey: US Poets Laureate Issue Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz on Owen Dodson: Forebears Issue Jean Donnelly Twain Dooley: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Naomi Ayala on Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Memorial Issue Cornelius Eady Merrill Leffler on Gabrielle Edgcomb: Profiles Issue Greta Ehrig: Evolving City Issue Zein El-Amine: Wartime Issue Amani Elkasssabany: Museum Issue Michele Elliott Thomas Sayers Ellis: DC Places Issue Thomas Sayers Ellis: Audio Issue Thomas Sayers Ellis: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue John Elsberg Danielle Evennou on Kay Ryan: US Poets Laureate Issue Mark Fitzgerald: Evolving City Issue Jane Flanders Grace Cavalieri on Roland Flint: Memorial Issue Yael Flusberg: Wartime Issue Yael Flusberg: Split This Rock Issue Donna Foulke Brandel France de Bravo: First Books John Frazier Sunil Freeman Sunil Freeman: Wartime Issue Nan Fry: Whitman Issue Julia A. Galbus on Gloria Oden: Profiles Issue Martin Galvin: DC Places Issue Martin Galvin: Evolving City Issue Martin Galvin: Museum Issue Parris Garnier: Wartime Issue Parris Garnier: Museum Issue David Gewanter David Gewanter: Wartime Issue David Gewanter: Museum Issue Bernadette Geyer Simki Ghebremichael: DC Places Issue Brian Gilmore Gilmore's Introduction to Vol, 2, No. 4 (Fall 2001) Gilmore on Waring Cuney: Memorial Issue Brian Gilmore: DC Places Issue Brian Gilmore: Evolving City Issue Brian Gilmore: Split This Rock Issue Brian Gilmore: Audio Issue Brian Gilmore: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Brian Gilmore: Tenth Anniversary Issue Linda Girardi Robert L. Giron: Whitman Issue Robert L. Giron Grace Cavalieri on Louise Glück: Profiles Issue Barbara Goldberg: DC Places Issue Barbara Goldberg Ron Goudreau: Whitman Issue Fannie H. Gray: Evolving City Issue Patricia Gray: Whitman Issue Patricia Gray Patricia Gray: DC Places Issue Jack Greer Jennifer Gresham Rebecca Villarreal on Angelina Weld Grimké: Memorial Issue Michael Gushue Michael Gushue: DC Places Issue Michael Gushue: Audio Issue Michael's Addictions Michael Gushue on Anthony Hecht: US Poets Laureate Issue Daniel Gutstein Gutstein on Dudley Randall: Memorial Issue Gutstein on Rod Smith: Profiles Issue Daniel Gutstein: Evolving City Issue Piotr Gwiazda: Wartime Issue Andrew Haley: Museum Issue Monica Hand Monica Hand: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Jessica Haney: Evolving City Issue Merrill Leffler on O.B. Hardison, Jr.: Memorial Issue Suzan Shown Harjo Judith Harris Leah Harris: Wartime Issue Reginald Harris: Museum Issue Clarinda Harriss: Whitman Issue Yona Harvey Anthony Hecht Michael Gushue on Anthony Hecht: US Poets Laureate Issue Melanie Henderson: Wartime Issue Scott Hightower: DC Places Issue Ailish Hopper Kwame Alexander on Langston Hughes: Memorial Issue Tod Ibrahim Gladys Ilarregui Esther Iverem Esther Iverem: Wartime Issue Reuben Jackson Reuben Jackson: Wartime Issue Reuben Jackson: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Bernard Jankowski: DC Places Issue Bernie Jankowski: Audio Issue Peter Montgomery on Randall Jarrell: US Poets Laureate Issue Philip K. Jason Valerie Jean Jean on Georgia Douglas Johnson: Memorial Issue Rod Jellema Jellema on Ezra Pound: Memorial Issue Rod Jellema: DC Places Issue Rod Jellema: Audio Issue W. Luther Jett: Wartime Issue Brandon D. Johnson Brandon D. Johnson: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Valerie Jean on Georgia Douglas Johnson: Memorial Issue Jean Johnson Jean Johnson: Whitman Issue Fred Joiner: Wartime Issue Fred Joiner: DC Places Issue Fred Joiner Fred Joiner: Audio Issue A. Van Jordan: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Beth Joselow Carolyn Joyner: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Taquiena Boston and Vera J. Katz on Owen Dodson: Forebears Issue David Keplinger Chungmi Kim Alan King: Museum Issue Alan King on Charles Simic: US Poets Laureate Issue Peter Klappert Rosemary Klein: Whitman Issue Rosemary Klein: DC Places Issue Rosemary Klein: Museum Issue Ann B. Knox Ann B. Knox: Whitman Issue Kendra Kopelke: Museum Issue Christi Kramer: Wartime Issue Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda: Museum Issue Dan Vera on Maxine Kumin: US Poets Laureate Issue Gerry LaFemina: Whitman Issue Joe Lapp: Wartime Issue Joe Lapp: DC Places Issue Hiram Larew Mary Ann Larkin: DC Places Issue Mary Ann Larkin: Museum Issue Joyce Latham: Evolving City Issue Barbara Lefcowitz: Museum Issue Merrill Leffler Leffler's Introduction to Vol. 1, No. 4 (Fall 2000) Leffler on O.B. Hardison, Jr.: Memorial Issue Three DC Editors: Richard Peabody on Merrill Leffler: Profiles Issue Leffler on Gabrielle Edgcomb: Profiles Issue Merrill Leffler: Tenth Anniversary Issue Lyn Lifshin: DC Places Issue Toni Asante Lightfoot Toni Asante Lightfoot: Guest Editor, It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue, Vol. 10:3 (Summer 2009) Toni Asante Lightfoot: Tenth Anniversary Issue Reb Livingston Reb Livingston: Audio Issue Robert Lowell: DC Places Issue Dehejia Maat: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Karren L. Alenier on Archibald MacLeish: Memorial Issue Mike Maggio: Whitman Issue Mike Maggio: Wartime Issue Saundra Rose Maley Maley's Introduction to Vol. 6, No. 1, The Whitman Issue (Winter 2004) Saundra Rose Maley: Museum Issue Saundra Rose Maley: Tenth Anniversary Issue Grisella M. Martinez: Evolving City Issue Tonya Maria Matthews C.M. Mayo David McAleavey David McAleavey: Whitman Issue Greg McBride: DC Places Issue Greg McBride: Audio Issue Richard McCann McCann on Ed Cox: Memorial Issue Judith McCombs: Whitman Issue Judith McCombs: Wartime Issue Judith McCombs Mark McMorris Memorial Issue: Introduction and Table of Contents Ernesto Mercer: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue E. Ethelbert Miller Miller on Sterling Brown: Memorial Issue E. Ethelbert Miller: Wartime Issue E. Ethelbert Miller: DC Places Issue Miller on Ed Cox: Profiles Issue E. Ethelbert Miller: Evolving City Issue E. Ethelbert Miller: Split This Rock Issue Kathi Morrison-Taylor on Joaquin Miller: Forebears Issue Myra Sklarew on May Miller: Memorial Issue May Miller: DC Places Issue May Miller: Audio Issue Samuel Miranda Samuel Miranda: DC Places Issue Peter Montgomery on Randall Jarrell: US Poets Laureate Issue Miles David Moore Miles David Moore: Whitman Issue Miles David Moore: DC Places Issue Miles David Moore: Audio Issue Yvette Neisser: DC Places Issue Yvette Neisser Moreno: Audio Issue Lalita Noronha: Museum Issue Mark Opsasnick on Jim Morrison and Beat Coffee Houses: Forebears Issue Kathi Morrison-Taylor: DC Places Issue Morrison-Taylor on Joaquin Miller: Forebears Issue Kathi Morrison-Taylor: First Books Elisabeth Murawski John Murillo Erin Murphy: Whitman Issue Bonnie Naradzay: Whitman Issue Kenneth Carroll on Gaston Neal: Memorial Issue Gaston Neal: Audio Issue Deanna Nikaido Jean Nordhaus Jean Nordhaus on Mark Strand: US Poets Laureate Issue Maureen O'Dea Julia A. Galbus on Gloria Oden: Profiles Issue Mark Opsasnick on Jim Morrison and Beat Coffee Houses: Forebears Issue Joe Osterhaus Sibbie O'Sullivan Kathleen O'Toole: Whitman Issue Kathleen O'Toole: DC Places Issue Kathleen O'Toole: Evolving City Issue Jose Padua: Evolving City Issue Jose Padua Eric Pankey Carlos Parada: Wartime Issue Elisavietta Ritchie on Betty Parry: Memorial Issue Linda Pastan: Whitman Issue Linda Pastan Linda Pastan: Wartime Issue Linda Pastan: DC Places Issue Linda Pastan: Evolving City Issue Linda Pastan: Museum Issue Elisavietta Ritchie on John Pauker: Forebears Issue Marie Pavlicek-Wehrli: Wartime Issue Richard Peabody Richard Peabody: DC Places Issue Three DC Editors: Profiles of Caresse Crosby, William F. Clare, and Merrill Leffler, by Richard Peabody: Profiles Issue Richard Peabody: Audio Issue John Peacock: Evolving City Issue Lisa Pegram: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Patric Pepper: DC Places Issue Christabelle Peters Stanley Plumly Elizabeth Poliner Elizabeth Poliner: Whitman Issue Elizabeth Poliner: Evolving City Issue Ilona Popper Rod Jellema on Ezra Pound: Memorial Issue Daniel Pravda: Whitman Issue Princess of Controversy: Split This Rock Issue Daniel Gutstein on Dudley Randall: Memorial Issue Ann Rayburn: Museum Issue Katy Richey Katy Richey: Evolving City Issue Elisavietta Ritchie Ritchie on Betty Parry: Memorial Issue Ritchie on John Pauker: Forebears Issue Melanie Rivera Kim Roberts Kim Roberts's Intro to The Memorial Issue, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Fall 2003) Roberts on Walt Whitman: Memorial Issue Roberts and Dan Vera on DC Author's Houses: Forebears Issue Kim Roberts's Intro to The Forebears Issue, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Summer 2008) Ken Robidoux: Whitman Issue Joseph Ross: Evolving City Issue Gibbons Ruark: Whitman Issue William F. Rutkowski: Wartime Issue Ann Ryan: Wartime Issue Danielle Evennou on Kay Ryan: US Poets Laureate Issue Carly Sachs: DC Places Issue Carly Sachs: Evolving City Issue David Salner: Evolving City Issue Martha Sanchez-Lowery Robert Sargent Hastings Wyman on Robert Sargent: Profiles Issue M.A. Schaffner M.A. Schaffner: Whitman Issue M.A. Schaffner: Wartime Issue Schaffner on Ambrose Bierce: Forebears Issue M.A. Schaffner: Museum Issue Johnna Schmidt: Wartime Issue Gregg Shapiro: DC Places Issue Gregg Shapiro: First Books Richard Sharp: Whitman Issue Avideh Shashaani Kate Powell Shine: Evolving City Issue Evie Shockley: DC Places Issue Jane Shore Alan King on Charles Simic: US Poets Laureate Issue Myra Sklarew Sklarew on May Miller: Memorial Issue Myra Sklarew: Whitman Issue Sklarew on Leon-Gontran Damas: Forebears Issue Edna Small: Museum Issue Dean Smith: DC Places Issue Rod Smith Dan Gutstein on Rod Smith: Profiles Issue Cheryl Snell: Museum Issue Tanya Snyder: Evolving City Issue Tanya Snyder: Split This Rock Issue Alan Spears A.B. Spellman: First Books Elizabeth Spires: Whitman Issue Christy Zink on William Stafford: US Poet Laureates Issue Jennifer Steele: Wartime Issue Gary Stein Jeneva Stone: Wartime Issue Jean Nordhaus on Mark Strand: US Poets Laureate Issue Sharan Strange Marcela Sulak: Museum Issue Mark Tarallo: DC Places Issue Mark Tarallo: Audio Issue Henry Taylor Hilary Tham Hilary Tham: Whitman Issue Tham's Intro to Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 2002) Hilary Tham: DC Places Issue Hilary Tham: Audio Issue Hilary Tham: Tenth Anniversary Issue Maureen Thorson Thorson's Intro to The Museum Issue, Vol. 10:1 (Winter 2009) Maureen Thorson: Tenth Anniversary Issue Venus Thrash: Wartime Issue Venus Thrash Venus Thrash: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Susan Tichy: Split This Rock Issue Lori Tsang: Wartime Issue Melissa Tuckey: Wartime Issue Melissa Tuckey: Split This Rock Issue Melissa Tuckey: Museum Issue Bill Vander Clute: Wartime Issue Andrea Carter Brown on Mona Van Duyn: Profiles Issue Jane Alberdeston Coralin on Reetika Vazirani: Profiles Issue Dan Vera Dan Vera: Evolving City Issue Dan Vera: Split This Rock Issue Kim Roberts and Vera on DC Author's Houses: Forebears Issue Dan Vera's Intro to the US Poets Laureate Issue (Fall 2009) Dan Vera on Four Laureates: US Poets Laureate Issue Dan Vera: Tenth Anniversary Issue Ada Vilageliu-Diaz Rebecca Villarreal Villarreal on Angelina Weld Grimké: Memorial Issue Davi Walders: Whitman Issue Belle Waring Belle Waring: DC Places Issue Patrick Washington: It's Your Mug Anniversary Issue Josh Weiner: DC Places Issue Josh Weiner Joshua Weiner: Evolving City Issue The Whitman Issue: Introduction and Table of Contents Kim Roberts on Walt Whitman: Memorial Issue Reed Whittemore William Carlos Williams: DC Places Issue Dan Vera on William Carlos Williams: US Poets Laureate Issue Rhonda Williford Terence Winch Terence Winch: DC Places Issue Rosemary Winslow: Whitman Issue Rosemary Winslow Rosemary Winslow: Wartime Issue Rosemary Winslow: Evolving City Issue Rosemary Winslow: Split This Rock Issue Ellen Wise: Wartime Issue Kathi Wolfe Kathi Wolfe: Split This Rock Issue Marcella Wolfe: Wartime Issue Baron Wormser: DC Places Issue Ernie Wormwood: Wartime Issue Andrea Wyatt: DC Places Issue Hastings Wyman on Robert Sargent: Profiles Issue Brother Yao Margaret Yocom: Museum Issue Katherine E. Young: Evolving City Issue Katherine E. Young: Museum Issue Christy Zink on William Stafford: US Poet Laureates Issue   LINKS to other web sites featuring individual DC-Area Poets Poets at the Beltway Second Birthday reading: Jean Donnelly, Peter Klappert, Brother Yao, Terence Winch, Martha Sanchez-Lowery, Brian Gilmore, Christabelle Peters, David McAleavey, and Sharan Strange.       Special Issues Tenth Anniversary Issue: A Celebration of Guest Editors. New poems and reminiscences by the 15 writers who generously served as guest editors in the journal's first ten years (Winter 2010). US Poets Laureate Issue: featuring essays, interviews, and poems by select Laureates, guest edited by Dan Vera (Fall 2009). It's Your Mug 15th Anniversary Issue: Honoring the first spoken word venue in Washington, DC, this issue features 18 poets active in the series, guest edited by Toni Asante Lightfoot, with an introduction by Holly Bass, and photographs by Thomas Sayers Ellis (Summer 2009). First Books: Features five notable poets with recent first full-length books, edited by Kim Roberts (Spring 2009). Museum Issue: Poems about museums, historic sites, and their collections, by 33 poets, co-edited by Kim Roberts and Maureen Thorson (Winter 2009). Audio Issue: Twenty audio tracks of poems produced with music, or recordings of poets with distinctive, musical voices, co-edited by Kim Roberts and Katie Davis (Fall 2008). Forebears: Part III in the ongoing series on DC's literary history. Nine essays on individuals and locations important to their work, edited by Kim Roberts. (Summer 2008). Split this Rock: Featuring poems of provocation and witness by 17 poets, and presented in conjunction with the Split This Rock Poetry Festival, co-edited by Kim Roberts and Regie Cabico (Winter 2008). The Evolving City: An anthology of 36 poems on subjects of construction and demolition, gentrification and preservation, and all the other ways cities change over time, co-edited by Kim Roberts and Teri Ellen Cross (Fall 2007). The Science of Love: Five poets whose work explores "the multitude of ways that science can help us not only understand, but appreciate human compassion, bonding, intimacy, and relationships," edited by Kwame Alexander (Spring 2007). Profiles: Part II in the series on DC's literary history. Interviews and essays celebrating eight poets with strong connections to DC, both current and past, edited by Kim Roberts (Winter 2006) DC Places: An anthology of 52 poems celebrating specific sites in Washington DC, with an interactive map, co-edited by Kim Roberts and Andrea Carter Brown (Summer 2006) Wartime: An anthology of 46 poems written in response to the continuing War in Iraq, edited by Sarah Browning (Spring 2006) Expanding Latino Identity: Five emerging and established Latino poets and three visual artists, edited by Naomi Ayala (Spring 2005) The Bunny and The Crocodile: Five poets published by a notable local small press, in operation from 1979 to the present. Edited by Grace Cavalieri (Spring 2004) Whitman Issue: An anthology of 38 poems inspired by Walt Whitman, in honor of the sesquicentennial of Leaves of Grass, co-edited by Kim Roberts and Saundra Rose Maley (Winter 2004) Memory and Influence: Part I in the series on DC's literary history. Essays by current DC poets honoring the continuing legacy and influence of 16 DC poets who have passed away, edited by Kim Roberts (Fall 2003) Activist Poets: Five poets dedicated to organizing and enhancing the DC area's literary community, edited by Hilary Tham (Fall 2002) The "Woodshed": Four poets who share a "devotion to the solitude of the creative writing process," edited by Brian Gilmore (Fall 2001) The Distinguishing Voice: Five poets whose work shares "such a distinctive voice that we recognize a poem of theirs whether or not we have read it before," edited by Merrill Leffler (Fall 2000)