The Inner Loop's October Reading
About this Event
Whether you're a bookworm, an inspiring writer, or just enjoy listening to stories, The Inner Loop readings have something for everyone! Join us at Shaw's Tavern on October 20th at 7pm for The Inner Loop's October Reading featuring Jung Yun alongside nine other local readers in poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including our Author's Corner Spotlight, Lenna Jawdat! Our mission is to create an inclusive writing community in DC, so we encourage you to grab some food, a drink, and meet other literature lovers. We can't wait to see you there!
Learn more about our featured reader:
is the author of ALL THE WORLD CAN HOLD, O BEAUTIFUL, and SHELTER. Her novels have been long listed for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, selected as a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, and recognized as a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her short fiction, essays, and book reviews have appeared in Tin House, The Massachusetts Review, The Indiana Review, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of English at George Washington University and serves on the board of directors at the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
Learn more about our Author's Corner Spotlight:
Lenna Jawdat is a poet, writer, professor, and psychotherapist of Palestinian and Iraqi descent. Her writing, which explores trauma, identity and resilience, has appeared in journals such as Poet Lore, The Margins, Passenger’s Journal, Rogue Agent, among others, and in the 2025 Haymarket Anthology Heaven Looks Like Us. She was a 2021 Best of the Net nominee for her poem “Ode to the Psoas,” a 2022 Sundress Academy for the Arts summer resident, and has attended Tin House Workshop for poetry and creative nonfiction. She is also co-organizer of the poetry vigil series In Water and Light. Lenna received her MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts in May 2024. She lives in DC with her partner and two cats. is her dubet collection.
Reader Lineup:
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