GMU Alums Reading at Artomatic

On Wednesday, June 17—likely the very day you are reading this—at 8pm in downtown DC, the 10th anniversary Artomatic festival will feature three recent GMU MFA graduates, reading aloud. Linked to this clause is a write-up on the three, who are:

Nicole Foreman Tong, who wrote the poetry posted here;

Kevin Stoy, who has poetry here and here; and

Mike Scalise, who tells the truth in prose.

They will read from 8 to 9:30 pm at this physical location: the poetry room (9th floor) of 55 M Street, SE, Washington, DC, 20003 (directly above the Green Line Navy Yard Metro Stop, West Entrance).

Mike Scalise has anthology, will write

Cordozo Senior High School students in Frazier O’Leary’s AP literature class have finished what Mike Scalise started: The Way We See It: Complete Coverage of the Nation’s Capital from the Inside Out, an anthology of fiction, poems, essays, and journalism due out May 28th. Here’s a preview at the Capitol Letters Writing Center site. A link to Mike’s announcement here.

And another champagne bottle opener: Bucknell University has named him the Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing, which means—well, go read it. It’s more than very cool.

Congrats, Mike!