2010 Jack Straw Writers Program at the Central Library2010 Jack Straw Writers Program at the Central Library

Join the Washington Center for the Book and Jack Straw Productions for readings by literary artists who were selected for the program by curator Jared Leising. This event will feature readings by Roberto Ascalon, Brian Barr, Katherine Grace Bond, Bill Carty, Martha Clarkson, Amber Flame, Esther Altshul Helfgott, Marjorie Manwaring, Denise Calvetti Michaels, Tara Roth, Louise Spiegler, and Michael Dylan Welch. The purpose of the Jack Straw Writers Program is to introduce local writers to the medium of recorded audio, to encourage the creation of new literary work, and to provide new venues for the writer and their work. The program was created in 1997. Each year a single curator selects 12 writers/writing teams out of dozens of applicants based on artistic excellence, diversity of literary genres, and a cohesive grouping of writers. See www.Jackstraw.org for more information.