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Barrelhouse, the Washington, DC-based literary magazine, will present selected readings from its latest issue, which focuses on office life. While it might sound like a boring topic, in the hands of Barrelhouse’s authors, office life becomes, by turns, frightening, confusing, and oddly inspiring.

The reading will include work by the following writers.

Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is the author of five books of poetry including the recently released Everything is Everything. She is the founder of the three-time National Poetry Slam Championship venue, NYC-Urbana and recently authored Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam.

Kilean Kennedy grew up in Kentucky and now lives in Boston. His stories have appeared in such fine places as The Louisville Review, The Mississippi Review Online, Word Riot, Hobart (web), and The Wrong Tree Review. (Kilean’s story will be read by Barrelhouse editor Joe Killiany.)

Rebekah Sankey holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence college where she served as the director of the Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival.

Melissa Yancy’s fiction has appeared in One Story, At Length, Crab Creek Review, Two Letters, and other publications. She is a graduate of the Masters of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California, and currently resides in Los Angeles. (Melissa’s story will be read by actor Sam Falbo.)