MIDNIGHTROSE: A Reading Series of Poetry & Prose--Featuring Tracy Chiles McGhee & Bernardine Watson
Sat, Oct 18
|Tenley-Friendship Library
Esther Productions Inc. is back with literary magic! Join us for the second season of outstanding poetry and prose from some the Washington Metro Region's best writers. IT'S ALL FREE-- Starting October 18 and continuing Nov. 8, Dec. 13 and Jan. 10. REGISTER NOW!
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Tenley-Friendship Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA
Guests
About the event
THE LITERARY MAGIC CONTINUES!
Esther Productions Inc. opens its Second Season of MIDNIGHTROSE: A Reading Series of Poetry and Prose on October 18, 2025 from 1-3 pm featuring two outstanding prose writers: Tracy Chiles McGhee and Bernadine Watson.
Tracy Chiles McGhee is an award-winning author, cultural curator, and independent scholar. She is the author of the historical novel, Melting the Blues, winner of six awards including the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Honor Book for Fiction and the Independent Publisher Book Award Bronze Medal. McGhee is a 2025 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellow and a 2025 HumanitiesDC Community Culture & Heritage Grant Award Recipient. She was a 2024 HumanitiesDC Independent Practitioner Fellow and holds the distinction of being named the Inaugural HumanitiesDC Literature Fellow. McGhee is also the visionary behind Salon Redux: In the Spirit of Georgia Douglas Johnson, a DC citywide initiative that reimagines the historic S Street…