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  • Writ Large

    Some prefer sci-fi, while others crave spice. Or, maybe it's nonfiction all the way. E-book or traditional, there are plenty of options, and that's what...

  • Creative Calculations

    The first lines of The City of Devi detail the character Sarita haggling over the price of a pomegranate. That might seem relatively insignificant, except...

  • Poet Rising

    ''It's odd that I am a poet,'' Niki Herd laughs, ''because I remember not caring for poetry very much in high school.'' Herd, who grew...

  • Novel Approach

    K. Murry Johnson secured a great quote from the noted African-American novelist James Earl Hardy for the book jacket of his self-published debut novel. ''An...

  • Schedule for Outwrite 2013

    FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Women Write Gay EroticaTC Blue, Ellis Carrington, Treva Hart, Marguerite Labbe6:30 p.m.The DC Center1318 U St. NW SATURDAY, AUG. 3 All Saturday...

  • Chad In Charge

    Chad Griffin doesn't seem very tired, but it's hard to imagine how he couldn't be. It's been a whirlwind of a year for the 40-year-old,...

  • Shock Treatment

    ''Our production lacks a certain amount of modesty,'' purrs Collin Ranney, costume designer for Studio Theatre's 2ndStage production of The Rocky Horror Show. ''There's a...

  • The fun. Activist

    ''It's all fun. and gay 'til someone loses their rights.'' The phrase comes from a T-shirt sold by the rock band fun. on its website...

  • Amusing Klymaxx

    Back in the mid-'90s Bette Midler took inspiration from Bernadette Cooper for her popular Diva Las Vegas revue. ''They love me, they hate me, but...

  • Call Girl

    Carly Rae Jepsen is responsible for the song of summer 2012. Maybe you remember it, the one with the unforgettable music video in which, as...

  • Scientific Songwriter

    ''A lot of the stuff that they're making fun of is actually things that I like about Portland,'' says Chris Pureka, referring to the IFC...

  • Summer Concert Highlights Around D.C., Maryland and Virginia

    JULY · Special Agent Galactica (7/12, 7/26, Black Fox Lounge) · Skylar Grey (7/14, U Hall) · Jill Scott (7/15, Wolf Trap) · Lee Dewyze...

  • The Top 5 Songs of Summer 2013

    Will it be Robin Thicke or Daft Punk? Selena Gomez or Miley Cyrus? Just as last year, there's no obvious winner at this point in...

  • Sen. Adam Ebbin

    It was roughly a decade ago when Adam Ebbin took his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, making history as an out legislator in...

  • Spc. Kushaba Moses Mworeko

    The first time Kushaba Moses Mworeko went to Texas, it changed his life. It was October 2009, and his first trip to the United States....