WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 8:00 PM
POETRY AT CALLANWOLDE
FEATURING FRANKLIN ABBOTT & EVE HOFFMANPoet, activist and founder of the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival Franklin Abbott will read work from his latest collection, Pink Zinnias, along with Eve Hoffman, whose debut chapbook, Red Clay, was just published by Finishing Line Press. Tickets are sold at the door. $5 General Admission, $3 Students/Seniors/Members. www.callanwolde.org
FEATURING FRANKLIN ABBOTT & EVE HOFFMANPoet, activist and founder of the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival Franklin Abbott will read work from his latest collection, Pink Zinnias, along with Eve Hoffman, whose debut chapbook, Red Clay, was just published by Finishing Line Press. Tickets are sold at the door. $5 General Admission, $3 Students/Seniors/Members. www.callanwolde.org
I SEE STRAIGHT PEOPLE
A BENEFIT FOR ATLANTA QUEER LITERARY FESTIVAL
I See Straight People will take place at the First Existentialist Congregation, 470 Candler Park Road overlooking Candler Park. Rupert Fike hosts for the second year in a row with poetry, music and spoken word to raise money for AQLF. Performers include Elise Witt and musical friends, Alice Lovelace, Stephen Wing, Bruce Covey, James May and Jon Goode. A $10 donation (tax deductible) is suggested to help continue the programming of AQLF. www.atlqueerlitfest.com.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 7:30 PM
AN EVENING OF POETRY AND JAZZ
CELEBRATING DR. HAKI MADHUBUTI & THIRD WORLD PRESS
The founder of the acclaimed African American press will be honored for 40 years of publishing some of poetry's most noted voices including Gwndolyn Brooks, Gloria Naylor, Pearl Cleage and Sonia Sanchez. The evening will feature poetry readings by Theresa Davis, Felton Eaddy, Alice Lovelace, Lita Hooper, Opal Moore, Michael Simanga and Dr. Madhubuti. There will also be jazz performances. Admission is $10 at the door. Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Road, Atlanta, GA 30331. www.fultonarts.org.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 8:00 PM
EMORY POETRY COUNCIL PRESENTS WHAT'S NEW IN POETRY
EMORY UNIVERSITY
The season kicks off with a reading by four fantastic poets: Jennifer L. Knox, Peter Davis, Shanna Compton & Sandra Simons. The reading will be held in the Few Hall multipurpose room on the Emory campus. Free! www.arts.emory.edu
EMORY POETRY COUNCIL PRESENTS WHAT'S NEW IN POETRY
EMORY UNIVERSITY
The season kicks off with a reading by four fantastic poets: Jennifer L. Knox, Peter Davis, Shanna Compton & Sandra Simons. The reading will be held in the Few Hall multipurpose room on the Emory campus. Free! www.arts.emory.edu
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 7:30 PM
POETRY NIGHT AT OUTWRITE BOOKS
A SPECIAL OPEN MIC
Franklin Abbott will host a special open mic at Outwrite Books, 995 Piedmont Ave. in Midtown. Bring a poem or two to read and find out more about the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival upcoming in October. www.outwritebooks.com or www.atlqueerlitfest.com.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 7:00 PM
NEW SOUTH PRESENTS RODNEY JONES
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Rodney Jones is the author of eight books of poetry: Salvation Blues: 100 Poems, 1985–2005 (2006), Kingdom of the Instant: Poems (2004), Elegy for the Southern Drawl (1999), Things That Happen Once (1996), Apocalyptic Narrative (1993), and Transparent Gestures (1989), all from Houghton Mifflin, as well as The Unborn (Atlantic Monthly, 1985) and The Story They Told Us of Light (Alabama, 1980). He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter IB Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, a Southeast Booksellers Association Award, a Harper Lee Award, and the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. Troy Moore Library, 9th Floor of the General Classroom Building at the corner of Peachtree Center Avenue and Decatur Street. Free!
NEW SOUTH PRESENTS RODNEY JONES
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Rodney Jones is the author of eight books of poetry: Salvation Blues: 100 Poems, 1985–2005 (2006), Kingdom of the Instant: Poems (2004), Elegy for the Southern Drawl (1999), Things That Happen Once (1996), Apocalyptic Narrative (1993), and Transparent Gestures (1989), all from Houghton Mifflin, as well as The Unborn (Atlantic Monthly, 1985) and The Story They Told Us of Light (Alabama, 1980). He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter IB Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, a Southeast Booksellers Association Award, a Harper Lee Award, and the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. Troy Moore Library, 9th Floor of the General Classroom Building at the corner of Peachtree Center Avenue and Decatur Street. Free!
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 7:15 PM
POETRY ATLANTA PRESENTS...
AN EVENING OF FINISHING LINE PRESS POETS
Poetry Atlanta and Georgia Center for the Book present an evening of local poets who have been published by the acclaimed Finishing Line Press. The free reading will begin at 7:15 p.m. in the lower level auditorium of the Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street. Books will be for sale. Poets scheduled to appear include JC Reilly - La Petite Mort; Robert Wood - Gorizia Notebook; Eve Hoffman - Red Clay; Ann Lynn - In the Butterfly House; Jenny Sadre-Orafai - Weed Over Flower; and host Collin Kelley - After the Poison. For more information, visit www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.
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