Rose Solari is a poet, writer and teacher. She is currently at work on a third full-length collection of poems; these are based in both contemporary and historical sources, and navigate various landscapes, including the American South West, central Ontario, Paris, London, and Oxford. Her current critical work is focused on a comparison of influences and perspectives of US and UK poets.
Hear Rose read a poem:
 Achilles on Shore
My Mother's Piano
CURRENT NEWS: (updated 12/9/08):
On Wednesday, December 10, Rose will be the guest blogger on The Writer's Center blog, First Person Plural. She writes about her experiences as a practicing poet attempting her first novel. Check out the blog for her post, and for many other lively accounts of the writing life by WC staff, members, and instructors.
On Thursday, February 19, at 7:00 p.m., Rose will read from her novel-in-progress at The Taverna, 305 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington DC. She will be reading with fiction writer Monica Jacobe; the evening also includes music from classical guitarist Charles Mokotaff. The event, part of the ongoing series Panpipes:Word Art at the Taverna, is free and open to the public.
Rose is taking leave from teaching this autumn to concentrate on writing and research. In the Writer’s Center Winter 2009 session, she will be teaching her popular two-week Poem a Day workshop, an advanced poetry workshop, and a readings course featuring recent collections by four contemporary poets: Crocodiles & Obelisks by Jamie McKendrick, A Table of Content by Dorothea Tanning, Fata Morgana by Reginald Shepherd, and Magnetic North by Linda Gregerson.
 An interview with Rose by Grace Cavalieri for Grace's long-running "The Poet and the Poem: Live from the Libarary of Congress" radio show has been posted on the library's website. Listen to it by visiting their site.
See the Schedule page for more news on Rose's 2009 readings and appearances.
At right, Rose being interviewed on BBC Radio, along with David Pike, British poet and editor of Pulsar poetry magazine.
Rose Solari is a poet, writer, and teacher. She is the author of two full-length collections of poems, Orpheus in the Park and Difficult Weather, as well as two chapbooks of poems, Selections from Myths & Elegies and The Stolen World. Rose authored and performed in the multi-media play Looking for Guenevere, an Arthurian retelling, and is currently at work on a historical novel.
Rose is a longtime faculty member of the Writer's Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, and recently joined the Board of Directors there. |
