Drop by during office hours with the 2025-2026 Hackerman Writer in Residence, poet Taylor Johnson. Are you interested in discussing a poem you're working on? Want a recommendation for some books of poetry to read? Advice on your poetry manuscript? Want to just talk about poetry in general? Come by during office hours and sign up for a time slot to get some thoughts on your work. 

Office hours operate on a "first come, first served" basis, with no appointments necessary. Questions? Email wir@prattlibrary.org.

Locations:

Wednesday, September 3, 3:00 pm–6:00 pm | Classroom 1802
Saturday, September 20, 10:00 am–1:00 pm | Classroom 1801
Wednesday, October 1,  3:00 pm–6:00 pm | Poe Room

Tuesday, October 21, 3:00 pm–6:00 pm | Classroom 1801---
Wednesday, November 5, 3:00 pm–6:00 pm | Classroom 1801

Saturday, November 15, 10:00 am–1:00 pm | Wickham Room

Wednesday, December 3, 3:00 pm–6:00 pm | Wickham Room

Saturday, December 6, 10:00 am–1:00 pm | Wickham Room

Taylor Johnson is from Washington, DC. He is the author of Inheritance (Alice James Books, 2020), winner of the 2021 Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and a 2024 Whiting Award. His work appears in Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, The Baffler, Scalawag, and elsewhere. Johnson is a Cave Canem graduate fellow and a recipient of the 2017 Larry Neal Writers’ Award from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the 2021 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging Writers from Lambda Literary. Taylor was the inaugural 2022 Poet-in-Residence at the Guggenheim Museum. He was the Poet Laureate of Takoma Park, Maryland, from 2022 to 2025. With his wife, Elizabeth Bryant, and the poet Simon Shieh, Taylor curates the Green Way Reading Series at People’s Book in Takoma Park. Photo of Taylor Johnson by S*an D. Henry-Smith.

Funding for the Pratt Hackerman Artist & Writer in Residence program has been provided through the generosity of The Hackerman Foundation.