New Literary Series Feat: Noteworthy Capitol Hill Writers

Monday, October 23 at 7pm Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE 202-549-4172 HillCenterDC.org

Hill Center is thrilled to launch a new literary series this fall in partnership with Hill Rag and East City Bookshop that will explore the practice of writing with some of Capitol Hill’s most noteworthy neighbors. Titled "A Writer's Craft," the series launches Monday, October 23 with acclaimed writer, former Marine and Capitol Hill resident, Elliot Ackerman in conversation with with Dr. Michelle LaFrance, Associate Professor, Rhetoric and Writing, George Mason University and a contributing writer at Hill Rag.

Elliot Ackerman is the author of the novels Halcyon, Red Dress in Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, and Green on Blue, and the memoirs The Fifth Act and Places and Names. His books have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He is both a former White House Fellow and Marine, and served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. He is currently a contributing writer at The Atlantic.

Michelle LaFrance (Ph.D., University of Washington, 2009) is a feminist critical ethnographer, who teaches courses on community writing, feminist methodologies, writing studies, and critical pedagogy.

Books will be available for sale by East City Bookshop. A book signing will follow the conversation.

Full details and registration can be found here: https://www.hillcenterdc.org/event/a-writers-craft-featuring-elliot-ackerman-a-literary-hill-salon-hosted-by-dr-michelle-lafrance/