OutWrite 2019: 10 Must-Read Excerpts from DC’s LGBTQ Literary Festival
From poetry to prose, we've gathered ten unmissable excerpts from this year's OutWrite
Metro Weekly invited OutWrite 2019 participants to submit excerpts of their work for publication in the magazine’s second annual Literary Issue. We hope the assortment our panel of editors has selected exhibits the broad array of literary styles that will be on hand at this weekend’s event. So sit back, pour a nice cup of hot (or iced) tea, and enjoy a good LGBTQ read.
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“Deadeye: A Luce Hansen Thriller” by Meredith Doench
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“Disease” by Hans M. Hirschi
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“I’m Unarmed” byĀ Ruth Joffre
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“Jamaican Gay Activist Found Slain” by Venus Thrash
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Latinx LGBTQ Poetry by Jose Gutierrez
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“Nakba Day Dance” by Rashad Abdulhadi
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“Nirvana is Here” by Aaron Hamburger
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“Queer True Crime In Postwar America” by James Polchin
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“Rivers, Lament” by Marcos Martinez
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“The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion” by Margaret Killjoy
Find out more about OutWrite 2019, including workshops, events, and which authors will be appearing, here:Ā OutWrite 2019: DCās LGBTQ literary festival kicks off Aug. 2
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