Wednesdays On the Stoop, a series of free programming by Zoom every Wednesday from 4 pm - 5 pm. The sessions will range from sit-togethers to read a story or poem, writing quietly together, open mics, and more. The sessions are designed to be a constant structure--every Wednesday at 4 you can count on Blue Stoop to plug you into writing energy as well as being a chill and supportive space for those looking for community, prompts, or any engagement with writing craft in this tough time. Some of them are going to be run by Blue Stoop staff, and some by community partners or past teachers.

In uncertain times, we find each other through art.  Join Annie Liontas as participants view the work of Photo Requests from Solitary, a participatory project currently exhibited at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia which seeks to connect with men and women held in long-term solitary confinement in U.S. prisons.  We write together using a series of prompts, including poems by Bhanu Kapil.  We commune.  We share our work.  

Annie Liontas' debut novel, Let Me Explain You (Scribner), was featured in The New York Times Book Review as Editor's Choice and was selected by the ABA as an Indies Introduce Debut and Indies Next title.  She is the co-editor of the anthology A Manner of Being: Writers on their Mentors.  She served as Visiting Writer at UCDavis, University of Massachusetts, and Bryn Mawr College before joining George Washington University.  Annie’s work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Gay Magazine, BOMB, Guernica, and Ninth Letter, and she is a contributor to Tolstoy Together: Reading War & Peace with Yiyun Li. Her nonfiction was chosen by Roxane Gay as “Best of 2019.”