FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 7:00PM
ART AMOK SLAM FINAL
URBAN GRIND COFFEE HOUSE
Find out who will win a spot on the Art Amok Slam Team at this summer's National Poetry Slam. Urban Grind is at 962 Marietta St. Admission is $6, but if you're selected as a judge, your admission is free.
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.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 8:00PM
BRUCE COVEY
BRUCE COVEY
WHITESPACE GALLERY, INMAN PARK
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.
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.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 7:00 PM
CD RELEASE PARTY FOR YOLO AKILI
BELLISSIMA ATLANTA
Spoken word artist and poet Yolo will hold a release party & reading for his new album "Purple Galaxy" at Bellissima, 560-B Amsterdam Ave. For more inof visit www.yoloakili.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 7:00PM
PRIVATE POETRY UNVEILED
CHOCOLATE PERKS, DULUTH
Community event in historic downtown Duluth featuring 10 poets reading followed by open mic. To be one of the 10, email heal2day@bellsouth.net or kathy@sojournwithmyself.com. Chocolate Perks is at 3160 Main St.
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
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 7:15PM
KEVING YOUNG & NATASHA TRETHEWAY
GEORGIA CENTER FOR THE BOOK
Acclaimed poets Young (who has a new collection, "The Art of Losing") and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tretheway ("Native Guard") share the stage for this special evening of poetry. Free. Georgia Center for the Book is located in the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 7:00 PM
SUN & MOON READING FEATURING COLLIN KELLEY, MIKE DOCKINS & AMY McDANIEL
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).
THURSDAY, MARCH 25
39th ANNUAL AGNES SCOTT WRITERS' FESTIVAL
AGNES SCOTT CAMPUS, DECATUR
An afternoon Q&A and series of readings by Sarah Scoles, Scott Russell Sanders and Paul Guest. For the full line-up of events, visit www.agnesscott.edu/events.
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