Lani Furbank: Summer 2025 Resident

Hear From the Residents August 18, 2025 Summer Writer-In-Residence Lani Furbank on Sitting in the Silence Lani Furbank is the fifth writer of the Summer 2025 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Our summer […]

Shannon Jeffries: Summer 2025 Resident

Hear From the Residents August 18, 2025 Summer Writer-In-Residence Shannon Jeffries on Being In the Room Shannon Jeffries is the fourth writer of the Summer 2025 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Our summer […]

Emily Haynes: Summer 2025 Resident

Hear From the Residents August 4, 2025 Summer Writer-In-Residence Emily Haynes on the Story of Landscape Emily Haynes is the third writer of the Summer 2025 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Our summer […]

Matti Ben-Lev: Summer 2025 Resident

Hear From the Residents July 26, 2025 Summer Writer-In-Residence Matti Ben-Lev on Structure Matti Ben-Lev is the second writer of the Summer 2025 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Our summer writers-in-residence focus their […]

Violeta Bermudez: Summer 2025 Resident

Hear From the Residents July 19, 2025 Summer Writer-In-Residence Violeta Bermudez on Echoes Violeta Bermudez is the first writer of the Summer 2025 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Our summer writers-in-residence focus their […]

Sean Felix: Summer 2024 Resident

Hear From the Residents August 22, 2024 Summer Writer-In-Residence Sean Felix: “To Be Free Like the Goldfinches: On the Enslaved Children at Woodlawn” Sean Felix is the fifth writer of the Summer 2024 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center […]

Bex Pachl: Summer 2024 Resident

Hear From the Residents August 14, 2024 Summer Writer-In-Residence Bex Pachl: “Bring forth all the facts: the legacy of George Washington at Woodlawn” Bex Pachl is the fourth writer of the Summer 2024 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center […]

Hannah Finnie: Summer 2024 Resident

Hear From the Residents August 1, 2024 Summer Writer-In-Residence Hannah Finnie: “On Workers’ Rights, Whose New Deal, and Progress” Hannah Finnie is the third writer of the Summer 2024 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and […]

Charlotte Van Schaack: Summer 2024 Resident

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Hear From the Residents July 22, 2024 Summer Writer-In-Residence Charlotte Van Schaack Charlotte Van Schaack is the second writer of the Summer 2024 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Our summer writers-in-residence focus their […]

Amanda Borquaye: Summer 2024 Resident

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Hear From the Residents July 14, 2024 Summer Writer-In-Residence Amanda Borquaye: “God Bless the Yankees!”- Ideology in a Changing Landscape Amanda Borquaye is the first writer of the Summer 2024 cohort to spend a week onsite participating in our local residency program at Northern Virginia’s Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House and Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food […]