Music has always reflected cultural, political, and social movements, but what about mental health? In recent years, many mainstream musicians have been working towards destigmatizing mental health by opening up about their own struggles – Adele, Billie Eilish, and more.
Read MoreBaltimore Sons, Dean Bartoli Smith's new collection of intense, raw poetry, shows a side of the city of Baltimore that many haven't seen up close.
Read MoreAt the center of Leslie Pietrzyk’s story collection Admit This to No One loom two giant figures: a charismatic, larger-than-life, fictional Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Washington, D.C. itself.
Read MoreCarole King’s 1971 Tapestry album cover is an iconic image, with King sitting by the window of her California home, her cat, light shining in, bare feet and unfussy hair, the look of a woman deeply comfortable with herself.
Read MoreWho is Hiram Larew? Ask a scientist and you’ll get one answer. Ask a poet, and you’ll get another. Ask those who are involved in the social justice movement, and you’ll get yet another.
Read MoreCheck out our holiday book recommendations—fiction, poetry, and nonfiction reviewed by DCTRENDING.
Read MoreContemporary American painter Sonya Sklaroff is best known for her New York City cityscapes. In March of 2020, when the pandemic lockdown hit, Sklaroff’s way of life as an artist changed drastically.
Read MoreA newly released middle-grade children’s illustrated book series written by Brandt Ricca and illustrated by Matt Miller transports readers from New Orleans to dream worlds.
Read MoreA teach-in aimed to help DC-based activists connect with the Palestinian struggle
Read MoreI think this has driven me to read even more and to enjoy poetry the most of all. I can still listen to poets read their words and feel tethered to the world in a way that makes me feel there is hope.
Read MoreThe City of Good Death opens with the discovery of a mysterious body by two boatmen on the Ganges river, in the holy Indian city of Kashi, where everyone knows three basic facts: dying in the holy city promises freedom from rebirth …
Read More“The closest and most intimate piece of me is my Muslim identity,” she said. “My written pieces open and knock on different doors in my mind and on different layers of the self.”
Read MoreDCTRENDING announces the COVID Poetry and Art Project, working in partnership with Mike Maggio to share pandemic-themed poetry and art by local writers and artists, as COVID-19 unites us in a time of collective trauma.
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