Poetry Atlanta Presents... January Gill O'Neil and James May, April 1
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James May's work has recently appeared in The New Republic, The New Ohio Review, and 32 Poems. He is the editor-in-chief of New South and soon to be married to the poet Chelsea Rathburn.
TANIA ROCHELLE & BLAKE LELAND
CALLANWOLDE FINE ARTS CENTER LIBRARY
Rochelle ("The World's Last Bone") and Leland (whose poetry has appeared in The New Yorker and many other publications) will read in the library. Tickets are $5 at the door, $3 for students/seniors/members. 980 Briarcliff Road.www.callanwolde.org.
BRUCE COVEY
Ready Set Readings at Whitespace is pleased to welcome Bruce Covey. A limited number of letterpress books created especially for this event will be given away at the reading. Bruce Covey's fourth and fifth books of poems, Glass Is Really a Liquid (No Tell Books) and Reveal (Black Radish) will both be out in 2010. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he teaches at Emory University, edits Coconut Poetry, and curates the What's New in Poetry reading series. This event is free and open to the public. Whitespace Gallery, 814 Edgewood Ave. (404) 688.1892, www.whitespace814.com.
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 5:00 PM
LINDA BIERDS READING & BOOK SIGNING
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART
Linda Bierds will read from her latest book Flight: New and Selected Poems. Book signing and reception will follow. Presented in conjunction with the exhibit Henri Matisse: A Celebration of French Poets & Poetry. Bierds has won the PEN West Poetry Award, the Poetry Society of America's Consuelo Ford Award, and four Pushcart Prizes. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Poetry, and The Hudson Review. Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, 4484 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta. The event is free and open to the public. www.museum.oglethorpe.edu
ROBIN KEMP & ANNE WEBSTER
CALLANWOLDE FINE ARTS CENTER LIBRARY
Kemp ("This Pagan Heaven") and Webster ("A History of Nursing") will read from their collections. Tickets are $5 at the door, $3 for students/seniors/members. 980 Briarcliff Road.www.callanwolde.org.
SABRINA ORAH MARK
WHITESPACE GALLERY, INMAN PARK
Ready Set Readings at Whitespace is pleased to welcome Sabrina Orah Mark. A limited number of letterpress books created especially for this event will be given away at the reading. Mark is the author of The Babies (2004) and Tsim Tsum (2009). She has received fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Glenn Schaeffer Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in many journals and in the anthologies, Legitimate Dangers, The Best American Poetry 2007, and My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales. She teaches at the University of Georgia. This event is free and open to the public. Whitespace Gallery, 814 Edgewood Ave. (404) 688.1892, www.whitespace814.com.
OPEN POETRY READING
CALLANWOLDE FINE ARTS CENTER LIBRARY
The first ten poets to call 404-872-5338 x228 may read from their work. Tickets are $5 at the door, $3 for students/seniors/members. 980 Briarcliff Road. www.callanwolde.org.
POETRY ON THE MOVE FT. JOANNA FUHRMAN, STACEY LYNN BROWN, JENNY SADRE-ORAFI
EMORY UNIVERSITY
The next reading sponsored by the Emory Poetry Council will feature three up-and-coming new poets at a location to be determined. Visit http://www.poetrycouncil.campuslifetech.org/ for more details about this reading and others.
Tania Rochelle is the author of the critically acclaimed collection Karaoke Funeral and the newly released The World’s Last Bone, both from Snake Nation Press. Rochelle is the poetry editor for Chattahoochee Review and her work has appeared in numerous journals around the country.
Travis Wayne Denton is the Associate Director of Poetry at Tech as well as a McEver Chair in Poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the founding editor of Terminus literary magazine and his poems have appeared in journals, magazines and publications around the country. The Burden of Speech (C&R Press) is his debut collection of poetry.
AdVERSE EFFECTS
THE MADAME CJ WALKER BEAUTY SHOPPE AND MUSEUM
AdVERSE Effects is an engaging and exciting 3-day poetry event held in Atlanta's historic Sweet Auburn District. AdVERSE Effects is comprised of a themed showcase, a very special feature set, and a book release. Join us! The full roster of artists, and more information on the event are available at www.revengeofthepinkpony.com
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