January Readings & Events

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 8:00 PM
WISHE YOU WERE HERE: AN EVENING OF POETRY FT. JON GOODE & THERESA DAVIS
7 STAGES
Award-winning poets and spoken word artists Goode and Davis share the stage for this special night of new work and old favorites. Tickets available at the door are $10-15. 1105 Euclid Ave. in Little Five Points.


TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 7:15 PM
POETRY ATLANTA PRESENTS... TARA BETTS, TANIA ROCHELLE & TRAVIS DENTON
DECATUR LIBRARY
Poetry Atlanta and Georgia Center for the Book team up for another in the ongoing series, Poetry Atlanta Presents... featuring acclaimed poets Betts, Rochelle and Denton. The reading is free and open to the public. 215 Sycamore St. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. For more about the reading, scroll down to the previous post.


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 8:00 PM NEW TIME & LOCATION!
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.


FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 10:00 AM
RITA DOVE
GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE, CLARKSTON CAMPUS
The former Poet Laureate of the United States and Virginia and an award-winning poet, makes a special visit to Georgia Perimeter College. The author of many notable volumes of poetry including American Smooth, a short story collection and a novel, Rita Dove will be interviewed by Valerie Jackson during a taping of the program "Between the Lines." The appearance is part of the Chattahoochee Review's 30th anniversary. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.


THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 8:00 PM
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.


SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 4:00 PM
ROBERT PINSKY
EMORY UNIVERSITY
Former US Poet Laureate will give a free reading at Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Road. The event is part of the part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Reading Series at Emory Libraries’ Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL). For more information, call (404) 727-6887.

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