Past Readers
One of our goals at TIL is to build connections in our diverse literary community here in DC. Below you will find information on many of our readers from past events, including both seasoned writers and those just beginning to dip their pens. Read more about them, and reach out if you're intrigued!
Featured Reader Gallery
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Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Rachel Ament
Jon Anderson
Alex Aronovich
Jesse Atkin
Dorothy Bendel
Sam Jared Bonar
Lisa Boylan
Stephanie Buck
Ellen Prentiss Campbell
Dana Cann
Sean Carman
Jonathan Charlton
Alex Chavers
Ann C. Chen
Sooji Choi
Dr. Michael Chorost
Daniel Cotte
Kaleigh Dixson
Suzie Eckl
Eliza Falk
Vickie Fang
Sarah Fannon
Emily Flamm
Jenny Fried
Nancy Garruba
Varun Gauri
Kevin Gibson
Kevin Glynn
Andrew Gretes
Ah-reum Han
Michael Hahn
Rick Hodges
Nicole Idar
Jessica Jonas
Karen Keating
David Kim
Stephanie Kline
Alli Hartley-Kong
Len Kruger
Joey Kuhn
Julie Langsdorf
Corinne Lestch
Amy Lyons
M. Mack
Mike Madden
Zachary Martin
Joe McGinniss, Jr.
Max Meltzer
Lily Meyer
Jen Michalski
Kaitlin Moller
Crissman Nichols
Jae October
Jayne O'Dwyer
Rachel Pendergrass
Lee Penn
David Pfeferman
Kirsten Porter
Gloria Rose Potts
Nadia Prupis
Leila Rafei
Abu Rafique
Sheryl Rivett
Denise Robbins
Simon Rodberg
Teddy Rodger
Seth Rosenberg
Andrea Ruggirello
Zak Salih
DT Schatten
Mai Sennar
Manjot Singh
Alex Slotnick
Hillary Smith
JD Smith
Mahreen Sohail
Karen Sosnoski
Danielle Stonehirsch
Zach VandeZande
Cynthia Via
Jesse Wang
Lizzie White
Allison Wyss
Kiera Wolfe
Hananah Zaheer
Nadeem Zaman
Deborah Ager
Dan Arp
Brittany Baker
Wenbo Bai
Edward Belfar
Laura Boswell
Claudia Brown
Lindsay Brown
S.J. Buckley
Mathina Calliope
Timothy Cannon
K. Carey
Eliza Cava
Rhaina Cohen
Tyrese Coleman
Rachel Coonce
Lena Crown
Shabnam Curtis
Alicia Defonzo
Debra Diamond
Sadie Dingfelder
Cristi Donoso
Banna Rose Dunn
Jana Eisenstein
Ruth Everhart
Kristi Ferguson
Kelly Flanagan
Amy Freeman
Kaori Fujimoto
Maria Giura
Jennifer Golden
Hannah Grieco
Saba Hamedy
Carla Humud
Anna Kahoe
Tisha Kamlay
Whitney Kenerly
John Kropf
Rob Kunzig
Shanon Lee
Larry Lesser
Laurie Lesser
John Lingan
Joyce Lombardi
Jennifer Lubin
Julie Rackliffe Lucey
Amy Lynwander
Shilpi Malinowski
Ellen McBarnette
Brenna McCallick
Daniel McCarthy
Erin McCarthy
Katherine McCord
Anna McCormally
Kim McMurray
Emily Mullin
Alyssa Oursler
Alan Page
Nadia Pinder
Angela Pupino
Colin Raunig
Ashlen Renner
Jessie Rothwell
Shabnam Samuel
Alice Sandosharaj
Ted Scheinman
Garrett Schlichte
Claire Schneider
Kayla Michelle Smith
Maggie Nye Smith
Sarah Smith
Karen Strother
Crys Stuvland
Miriam J. Sutton
Baylee Teaster
Toni Tileva
Diana Tokaji
Sasha Tozzi
Andrew Tran
Lina Tran
Natalie Villacorta
Linda Voss
Brandy Walker
Kelly White
Erin Williams
Lisa Jordan Woodfield
Lauren Woods
Constance Young
Lesley Younge
Suzanne Zweizig
Beenish Ahmed
JP Allen
Jackie Anderson
Mary Ardery
Christina Beasley
Chris Biles
Bailey Blumenstock
Xxavier Boone
Alexander Booth
Benjamin Brezner
Edward Jesse Capobianco
Doritt Carroll
Shane Chergosky
Jona Colson
Cherryl T. Cooley
Serena Agusto-Cox
M'Shai Dash
Hayes Davis
Samantha de Trinidad
Mary Donovan
Rosie Prohías Driscoll
Kyle Dunn
J Indigo Eriksen
Nathan Erwin
Madebo Fatunde
Rita Feinstein
Sean Felix
LaCole Foots
Maria Fenton
Kelsey Frenkiel
Rachelle Giard
Natalie Giarratano
Ashley Harris
Anne Henochowicz
Steve Herring
Bennie Herron
Emily Holland
Kathryn Karoly
Mary Koles
Geoff Koury
Priya Krishnan
Laura Lannan
Karis Lee
Lekey Leidecker
Samantha Liming
Gregory Luce
Sam Mahone
Janice Majewski
Cynthia Manick
Daria-Ann Martineau
Laura McCarty
Caely McHale
Elijah Mendoza
Susan Mockler
Matthew Moniz
Stewart Moss
Patricia Davis-Muffett
Yvette Neisser
Quetta Nelson aka R.E.I.L
Thu Nguyen
Keith Parsons
Arianne Payne
Rick Pieto
Annie Przypyszny
Rosa Pyo
David Reese
Lora "Lo" Robinson
Ellen Roche
Monica Romo
Maggie Rosen
Rue
Jordi Rozenman
Carrie Teresa Sage
Noa Saunders
Virgil Saunders
Adrianna Smith
Jessica Smith
Beth Spesia
James Steck
KC Stover
FM Stringer
Terrence Sykes
Naomi Thiers
Anna Tipton
Caitlin Ubl
Lloyd Wallace
Connor Watkins
Alyson Gold Weinberg
Philip Wexler
Woody Woodger
Amy Woolard
Nikolas Wong
Matilda Young