

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Forget Why Poetry Series - Sylvia Jones & Sommer Browning
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Saturday January 24 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Sylvia Jones lives in Baltimore, MD, and teaches creative writing at George Washington University. She is poetry editor for Black Lawrence Press—and senior reader for the journal, Ploughshares. Her debut collection —Television Fathers (Meekling Press, 2024) was published last fall. It’s follow-up, Dope Callisthenics—is forthcoming from Relegation Books. Her writing appears in DIAGRAM, Smartish Pace, Shenandoah, R&amp;R Journal, Blackbird, the American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. She earned her M.F.A. from American University in Washington D.C.

Sommer Browning is a poet and writer, mostly. Her latest book is Good Actors (Birds, LLC; 2022). She’s the author of two other collections of poetry, Backup Singers and Either Way I’m Celebrating, as well as the artist book, The Circle Book (Cuneiform Press), the joke book, You’re On My Period (Counterpath), and others. Her poetry, art writing, and visual art have appeared in Hyperallergic, Bomb, Artforum, The American Poetry Review, The Comics Journal, and elsewhere. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/takoma-park/forget-why-poetry-series-sylvia-jones-and-sommer-browning/200029514059232
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, music, theatre, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Takoma Park
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 6950 Maple St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20012
- **lat**: 38.97417
- **long**: -77.01563
- **full address**: 6950 Maple St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20012, 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012-2014, United States, Takoma Park

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- **organizer**: Rhizome DC (https://allevents.in/org/rhizome-dc/25964001)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 6950 Maple St NW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20012, 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC 20012-2014, United States, Takoma Park
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Rhizome DC
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, music, theatre, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Forget Why Poetry Series - Sylvia Jones & Sommer Browning ?
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