Fall is officially here in the District, and The Inner Loop is back in full swing. In August we reunited at Colony Club after a summer hiatus with a wide range of readers from rookies to well-established writers. Nicole Tong's poetry was a standout from the evening, especially "Chinook Theory" -- a meditation on earth, sky, and life in between the two, with a heart-wrenching ending. Nicole's eye for the telling detail and her ear for lyricism makes her poetry a treat to exper