Words out Loud Spoken Word Series

Featured poets + open mic + literary trivia quiz.

Burgi Zenhaeusern is the author of the chapbook Behind Normalcy (CityLit Press, 2020), winner of the Harriss Poetry Prize, and she co-edited the translations of the bilingual poetry anthology Knocking on the Door of the White House (Zozobra Publishing, 2017, J. Ballesteros et al., editors). She reads for River Mouth Review and lives in Chevy Chase, MD. Find more at burgizenhaeusern.com.

Dale Brown is the author of five books including one of poetry titled I Know I Can Climb the Mountain, which sold out its first edition of 1,000 copies. She is the author of four other non-fiction books and many articles. She started her poetry career as a teenager, and has had over 200 poems published in literary magazines. She has read her poetry in The Folger Library, Martin Luther King Library, Georgetown Hospital and many other venues. She is excited to do her first featured reading in the decade of 2020 at Words Out Loud.