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Lone Glen is hosting a reading with Dr. Andrew Zawacki, along with poets Mary-Kim Arnold and Douglas Piccinnini, on Zoom.  More info here. About the writers: Andrew Zawacki is the author of the poetry books Unsun : f/11 (Coach House), Videotape (Counterpath), Petals of Zero Petals of One (Talisman House), Anabranch (Wesleyan), and By Reason of Breakings (Georgia). His work has appeared in Poems for Political Disaster, Legitimate…
Creative Writing Program Ph.D. student Laura Theobald will celebrate the release of her latest collection of poetry, SALAD DAYS, at Buvez, October 22nd at 7 p.m.  SALAD DAYS is now available for preorder from Maudlin House. Reading along with Laura will be poet Daniel Bailey, whose book A BETTER WORD FOR THE WORLD was published by Apocalypse Party earlier this year. The reading will be followed by a performance by local band Outersea.…
This event celebrates a partnership between the museum and the department of English at UGA, centered on the exhibition “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers.” Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art, will present an overview of the show, followed by a roundtable conversation about Indigenous poetry and artmaking with LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature, and Christine Lasek-…
The Creative Writing program in the Department of English, in collaboration with the Georgia Museum of Art, is proud to participate in the “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers” exhibit. Six UGA graduate students, all poets and writers, recorded poems from the landmark Norton anthology, When The Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through, 2021, edited by United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, University of…
Writer Phillip Carroll Morgan (Choctaw/Chickasaw) will be the featured speaker for the 7th annual American Indian Returnings (AIR) lecture, which will be held a year from now in September 2022. The 2021 AIR lecture has been canceled. Each year on the Autumnal Equinox, the AIR series celebrates the return of Natives to the southeast through the work of artists, writers, and scholars. Southeastern American Indian communities were removed from…
On Wednesday, April 28, student poets will read their works in honor of National Poetry Month.  The event will take place at 4 p.m. on the Head Terrace behind the Miller Learning Center.  Attendees are encouraged to social distance and wear masks while attending outdoor events. This event is sponsored by Stillpoint Literary Magazine, the UGA Libraries, and the Georgia Review.  Free copies of Stillpoint Issue 51 (published April…
On Tuesday, April 27, student poets will read their works in honor of National Poetry Month.  The event will take place at 4 p.m. on the Main Library steps.  Attendees are encouraged to social distance and wear masks while they sit on the North Campus quad. This event is sponsored by Stillpoint Literary Magazine, the UGA Libraries, and the Georgia Review.  Free copies of Stillpoint Issue 51 (published April 2020) will be available…
You're invited to a brand-new Professional Development Speaker Series, hosted by the Creative Writing Grad Student Committee!! For the Zoom link to this free event, please contact Christine Wood Martinez: christina.woodmartinez@uga.edu For the past few months, the CWP Grad Student Committee has been brainstorming ways of creating more professional development resources and opportunities for English grad students. As a result, we've set up a…
The Folger Shakespeare Library, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland, will host Irish poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa to share her work and to be in conversation with Edison Chair in American Literature and Indigenous poet LeAnne Howe.  For more information and to purchase tickets, see here. Doireann Ní Ghríofa is a bilingual Irish writer whose writing explores birth, death, desire, and domesticity. She has published…
The Creative Writing Program is thrilled to present a reading by two current Ph.D. students and two alumni of the program.  Current students Nneoma Ike-Njoku and Sayantika Mandal joined the Ph.D. program in fall 2020 and alumni Claire Cronin and Jake Syersak graduated in 2019.  This event will take place over Zoom on March 25th at 7 p.m.  Click here to access the event. More about the readers: Nneoma Ike-Njoku is a doctoral…

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