Del Ray|Local Event
Del Ray Poetry Reading
Dear Poets and Poetry Lovers: Please join us on Friday, January 9 (7-9PM) for the next Del Ray Poetry Reading at St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave. Our featured reader is the noted poet, writer, educator, photographer, and artist Cathy Hailey. She will be followed by an open mic where everyone is invited to read their poems. Our theme this month is “Welcome!”
About Cathy Hailey
Cathy Hailey is a poet and educator, who recently taught in Johns Hopkins University’s online MA in Teaching Writing Program and previously taught English and Creative Writing and sponsored the Eddas Literary/Art Magazine in Prince William County. She served as Northern Region Vice President of The Poetry Society of Virginia (PSV) from 2020 to 2025, co-hosts Virginia Voices, and organizes In the Company of Laureates, a biennial gathering of poets laureates. She administers the Student Contest and Young Poets in the Community Program for PSV and the Jacklyn Potter Young Writers Competition for The Words Works. She will serve on the Alexandria, VA, Literary Task Force for the next two years. Cathy holds degrees from Duke University (A.B.) and George Mason University (M.A. English/Writing & Editing). She has been featured on Great Goodness, The Poet and the Poem, Sojourn with Words, and On the Margin. She has collaborated with visual artists on ekphrastic poetry projects. Her chapbook, I’d Rather Be a Hyacinth, was published by Finishing Line Press. Recent publications include FotoSpecchio, Little Free/Painted Pebble Lit Mag, First Frost, and Making the Unseen Seen anthology. Visit cathyhailey.com. Follow her on social media at @cathyhailey | @haileycp.