Reimagining America: Toward a Poetry of the Demos. A literary forum sponsored by Writers for Democratic Action

2.00 - 2.10
Welcome and introductions - Paul Jaskunas

2.10 - 3.10
Poetry and the democratic imagination: readings and reflections (featuring Gregory Luce, Ena Selimovic, Hayes Davis, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, and Roman Kostovski)

3.10 - 3.30
Discussion and questions

3.30 - 3.50
Break, refreshments, conversation

3.50 - 4.10
Osita Nwanevu on art and democracy

4.10 - 4.30
Dr. Jonathan Sinnreich on the example of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

4.30 - 4:45
Discussion and questions

4:45 - 5
Music by Dunia & Aram

About the organizers - The Maryland + DC Chapter for Writers for Democratic Action was established in May 2025. We are a group of literary artists and journalists working together in and around the nation's capital to resist the autocratic agenda of the second Trump presidency, and to support American democracy and freedom of expression.

Transportation and parking - The Writer's Center is walking distance from the Bethesda Metro stop on the Red Line. Free parking is available on Sunday in the public lot across Walsh Street from the center.