February Readings & Events

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 7:00 PM
POETRY AT TECH FEATURING GINGER MURCHISON, BRUCE MCEVER & ROBERT PERRY IVEY
CLARY THEATRE, GEORGIA TECH CAMPUS
Thomas Lux introduces the three featured poets as part of the 8th annual McEver Poetry Reading. Free and open to the public. The Clary Theatre is located in the Bill Moore Student Success Center. Parking is available in the Burge Deck across North Avenue. www.poetry.gatech.edu.


TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7:30 PM
QUEER POETRY NIGHT FEATURING FRANKLIN ABBOTT, MEGAN VOLPERT, THERESA DAVIS & COLLIN KELLEY
OUTWRITE BOOKS
A special evening of poetry featuring four of Atlanta's well-known poets reading new and favorite work. Free and open to the public. 991 Piedmont Ave. www.outwritebooks.com


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 8:00 PM
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.


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 7:00 PM
SUN & MOON READING FEATURING DAVE DANIELS, PUMA NAVARRO & MICHELLE GRIMES SHAMASNEH
THE HOT SPOT, EAST ATLANTA
Host Laura Carter welcomes up-and-coming and well-known poets at this new series held at The Hot Spot, 749 Moreland Ave., Suite 101A (corner of Moreland and Ormewood).


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 3:00 PM
LOVE IS UNIVERSAL: A VALENTINE POETRY READING
BOUND TO BE READ BOOKS
The East Atlanta Village indie bookstore hosts an afternoon of poetry hosted by Franklin Abbott and featuring an all-star line up of local poets including Karen Head, Collin Kelley, Dustin Brookshire and more. The event will be streamed live over the Internet. More details soon. 481-B Flat Shoals Ave. www.boundtobereadbooks.com


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 7:00 PM
SLAMMIN' IN THE SUBURBS
RED DOOR PLAYHOUSE, ROSWELL
The City of Roswell and Georgia Poetry Society host the annual slam competition at Red Door Playhouse, 587 Atlanta St. in Roswell. Sign-up begins at 7 p.m. and the competition at 8 p.m. Prizes: $300 for first place, $200 for second and $100 for third. The event is free and open to the public. www.georgiapoetrysociety.org


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 8:00PM
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.


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 5:30PM
NEW SOUTH READING
KAVARNA, OAKHURST
New South contributors Chelsea Rathburn, Karen Lee Boren, and Laurie Capps read at Kavarna in Oakhurst. 707 East Lake Dr. www.review.gsu.edu.



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7:15 PM
POETRY ATLANTA PRESENTS... BLACK HISTORY MONTH READING
DECATUR LIBRARY
Poetry Atlanta and Georgia Center for the Book present a special evening of poetry and spoken word hosted by Theresa Davis and featuring fresh new voices from the local scene. Free and open to the public. 215 Sycamore St. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 8:00 PM
DENISE DUHAMEL
EMORY UNIVERSITY
Award-winning poet Denise Duhamel will read on campus in the multipurpose room at Few Hall. Parking is available in the Peavine Lot. To get to Few Hall, turn left out of Peavine and walk along Eagle Row, passing the Greek houses. Few Hall is the second dorm on your right at the end of the Greek houses.


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7:00 PM
LOVE OUT LOUD FOR HAITI
FIRST EXISTENTIALIST CONGREGATION
Join poets and musicians for an evening of celebration to help raise money for the earthquake victims in Haiti. Admission is $5. 470 Candler Park Dr.

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