Phyllis Rosenzweig was a curator for many years at the Hirshhorn Museum. She co- published the poetry journal Primary Writing with Diane Ward from 1995 to 2008 and currently edits Primary Writing Books. Her work has appeared in several magazines. Her publications include the chapbooks: Seventeen Poems (O Press, 1975); Dogs (EdgeBooks, 1996); Reasonable Accommodation (Potes and Poets Press, 1997); and Girls (Primary Writing Books, 2011). She has lived in Washington, D.C. since 1973.
Diane Ward was born in Washington, DC and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. She attended the Corcoran College of Art in DC, and earned a PhD in Geography at UCLA. Her books of poetry include a collaboration with Tina Darragh and Jane Sprague in #8 of the Belladonna Elders series, No List (no list), Seeing Eye Books, Flim-Yoked Scrim, Factory School, and When You Awake from Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs. “InHouse,” appeared in Kindergarde, the First Avant Garde Anthology for Children and was included in the Black Mountain Anthology from Lorimer Press. Her poem, “Fade on Family,” was set to music by the Los Angeles composer Michael Webster, and performed as part of The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound series at the Schindler House in West Hollywood. She was a member of the Los Angeles-based Readers Chorus that performed at Disney Hall, and the Museum of Jurassic Technology, among other places. She has worked in urban agriculture for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, and in Oakland where she worked in collaboration with others to advance economic opportunities, address food scarcity, and build community.
Terence Winch’s latest book, That Ship Has Sailed, was published in 2023 as part of the Pitt Poetry Series (University of Pittsburgh Press). He is the author of eight earlier poetry collections. Winner of an American Book Award and a Columbia Book Award, he has also written a young adult novel called Seeing-Eye Boy and two story collections, Contenders and That Special Place. He is the recipient of an NEA Poetry Fellowship and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing, among other honors. Also a musician and songwriter, Terence Winch has played traditional Irish music all his life.
Location:
Bridge Street Books is located 5 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro, next to Four Seasons in Georgetown at the end of M street
open Monday - Saturday: 11:00am - 9pm
Sunday: 12pm - 6pm
(202) 965-5200
In business for over twenty years, Bridge Street is one of a rare breed these days--a successful independent bookseller. It has what is certainly the best poetry section in Washington, well-stocked in alternative poetry and poetics as well as mainstream. Bridge Street also has extremely good selections in Philosophy, Politics, Cultural Theory, Women's Studies, Film, Music, and other areas. They also have a plethora of quality sale books.
Manager (& well-known poet!) Rod Smith has been organizing readings in the Washington Area since 1988 and has brought Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, Lee Ann Brown, John Cage, Kevin Davies, Lyn Hejinian, Lisa Jarnot, Alice Notley, Tom Raworth, Lisa Robertson, Leslie Scalapino, Chris Stroffolino and many other important writers to DC.