The Writer’s Center welcomes the Capitol Hill Poetry-Group for a reading from the new poetry anthology The Other Side of the Hill: 1975 – 2025. This launch will include readings from Patricia Gray, Jean Nordhaus, Rosemary Winslow, Greg McBride, Noel Salinger, and Anne Harding Woodworth.
Free and Open to the Public
About The Other Side of the Hill: 1975 – 2025
This anthology by members of the Capitol Hill Poetry Group celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding. Jean Nordhaus, who along with Shirley Cochrane founded the group on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. in 1975, is still a member. This group of both long-term and newer members, who are the authors included in this book, currently includes: Jean Nordhaus , Patricia Gray, Charise M.Hoge, Mary Ann Larkin, Greg McBride, Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely, Patric Pepper, Noel Salinger, Rosemary Winslow, and Anne Harding Woodworth. They still meet every two or three weeks to read and critique each other’s work. The poets who have passed through this workshop over 50 years have published scores of poetry books and chapbooks, a testimony to their dedication to the art of making excellent poems. They look forward to sharing their key craft techniques with you.
Jean Nordhaus is the author of The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn and 7 other volumes of poetry. She served for 8 years as review editor of Poet Lore.
Rosemary Winslow writes poetry in the spare time she has when not yogaing, hiking, swimming, kayaking, reading, and talking. Her poems have won numerous prizes and awards.
Greg McBride’s most recent book of poems is Guest of Time. He’s a lawyer, Vietnam veteran, and edits the Innisfree Poetry Journal.
Anne Harding Woodworth is the author of nine books of poetry and five chapbooks. Her book Trouble received the 2022 William Meredith Award for Poetry.
Patricia Gray formerly directed the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress. Her next writing workshop Zooms from TWC on May 31.
Noel Salinger is retired after a career in non-profit development at the ACLU, University of Chicago and Smithsonian. He studied poetry with Stephen Dunn and Philip Booth at Syracuse University.
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