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Professor Aruni Kashyap taking part in A Measure of Belonging with The Bitter Southerner
Avid Bookshop and The Bitter Southerner present writers Cinelle Barnes, Tiana Clark, and Aruni Kashyap in conversation with Bitter Southerner assistant editor Josina Guess for A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South. This is a virtual event taking place on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, from 7pm-8pm via Zoom. For more information and to purchase a ticket, see Avid's website.

ONLINE EVENT TONIGHT: LeAnne Howe, Joy Harjo, and Jennifer Elise Foerster
Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature LeAnne Howe, with United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and poet Jennifer Foerster, will participate in an author event When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, which they edited.  This event will take place on Zoom at 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CDT) and is sponsored by Magic City Books.  Register for…

Poetry and Photography by Andrew Zawacki at Lyndon House
Creative Writing Program faculty member Andrew Zawacki has paired twenty black and white, large format photographs with twenty short poems in his latest poetry volume, in an exhibit titled "Waterfall plot," a multimedia experience at the Lyndon House Arts Center. Visitors can experience an on-going poetry reading while viewing projected images of the accompanying photographs.  English Department Ph.D. student Paul…

TODAY: Dr. Magdalena Zurawski takes part in online show with 19 other poets
SHOW WILL REPLAY Friday, May 29th at 4 a.m. Dr. Magdalena Zurawski will take part, along with 19 other poets, in episode 6 of TRANSMISSIONS, an online platform which commissions artists to share their work within a classic DIY TV show format.  More information with a link to watch is available here.   Some of the other poets include Cathy Park Hong, who visited UGA for a reading in 2018, Eileen Myles, and Fred Moten. About the program…

"The Story of the Choctaw Gift" and post-show discussion
Eidson Chair in American Literature LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), along with Professor Christine Kinealy from Quinnipiac University and Dr Padraig Kirwan from University of Goldsmiths of London, have contributed to a documentary from the Famine Institute in Strokestown, Ireland. The 28-minute film is about the Choctaw donation for Irish Famine relief in 1847.  A discussion featuring Professor Howe and others will follow a screening…

ONLINE EVENT: American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk Featuring Writer Jennifer Elise Foerster
University of Georgia English Department Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature LeAnne Howe, with the Creative Writing Program, presents writer Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke (Creek) Nation) for her annual American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk.  This year's AIR Talk will take place on the Autumnal Equinox, Thursday, September 24th, at 4:30 p.m. on Zoom.  Foerster received her PhD in English and Literary Arts at…

ONLINE EVENT - Book Launch for Professor Aruni Kashyap
Professor Aruni Kashyap will celebrate the launch of his book, His Father's Disease and Other Stories, online.  The event will livestream on Twitter @Project_Polis. More about His Father's Disease and Other Stories: "With the very first story in this unusual and unapologetic collection, Aruni Kashyap sets the tone for an intimate exploration of a terrain that is both familiar and alien. In the spirit of modern post-colonial…

CANCELED: Stillpoint Volume 51 Launch Party
Stillpoint Literary Magazine, the University of Georgia undergraduate literary magazine, has had to cancel the launch party for volume 51 on Wednesday, April 29th, 6:30 p.m. at Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601). The Stillpoint staff hopes to reschedule this event for the fall 2020 semester.

Book Launch for Professors Aruni Kashyap and Andrew Zawacki
The Creative Writing Program is pleased to present a book launch for English Department/Creative Writing Faculty Aruni Kashyap and Andrew Zawacki.  This reading will take place on Wednesday, February 12th, 7 p.m. at Cine (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601) and is free and open to the public.  This event is sponsored by Avid Bookshop. Kashyap’s His Father’s Disease was published in 2019 by Context (an imprint…

Poet Jenny Xie to Read at UGA
Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English Jed Rasula is pleased to present a reading by poet Jenny Xie on Friday, Feb. 14th, 7 p.m. at Cine (234 W. Hancock St.).  This free event is open to the public.  Xie is the author of Eye Level (Graywolf Press, 2018), a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and the PEN Open Book Award, and the recipient of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets…
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