OutWrite 2023 Celebrates Modern LGBTQ Literature
metroweekly.comWhat’s on Emily Holland’s nightstand?“I always have a few books I’m working through,” says the chair of OutWrite, The DC Center’s literary festival, held annually in August.“I’ve been on a bit of a romance kick lately and am currently reading a queer romance called Love at First Set.
It’s a nice kind of bedtime read. I’m also reading a book of poetry called Toska by Alina Pleskova, a writer based in Philadelphia.
So I try to have at least one maybe larger book, and then one poetry book to keep me nourished.”Nourishment, of course, comes in many forms — but there is nothing quite as uniquely satisfying as literary nourishment.
Whether it be poetry or prose, pulp fiction or highbrow essay, thousand-page biography or slim, illustrated narrative, words power our lives, spark our imaginations, inflame our hearts, fire our passions, complete our souls.Meanwhile, the art of reading has become, in these days of future technologies, an act of absurd convenience.
