September Readings & Events

Tuesday, September 3, 7:00 p.m.
Avondale Estates Poetry Reading: Alice Lovelace
Savage Pizza
Avondale Estates’ monthly poetry reading will feature widely published and very popular award-winning performance poet Alice Lovelace at Avondale’s Savage Pizza (corner of Laredo and N. Clarendon) 115 Laredo. Local poets and poetry lovers can share a favorite poem or two during the open reading from 7 :15 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the featured poet begins reading at 8 p.m.

Sunday, September 8, 5:00 p.m.
Lake Claire Open Mic
An open mic will be sponsored by the Lake Claire Community Land Trust from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Land Trust stage at The Mark. Five minutes per person. Bring a folding chair or blanket. For more visit, www.lcclt.org.
 
Wednesday, September 11, 8:00 p.m.
Poetry at Callanwolde: Robert Lee Brewer and Tom Lombardo
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center 
Robert Lee Brewer, a native of Ohio, is a Senior Content Editor of the Writer’s Digest Writing Community and writes the "Poetic Asides" blog for Writer's Digest. He also curates an image-based poetry series for Virginia Quarterly Review. His poems may be found in dozens of online and print publications and in his poetry collection Solving The World's Problems. Tom Lombardo is the author of the poetry volume What Bends Us Blue (2013) and the forthcoming poetry chapbook The Name of This Game. He is the Poetry Series Editor for Press 53, based in Winston-Salem, and he has edited the anthology After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events as well as numerous poetry collections. $5 General Admission, $3 Students with ID, Seniors, and Members. For more information call 404-872-5338. www.callanwolde.org

Thursday, September 12, 8:00 p.m.
What's New In Poetry
Barnes & Noble at Emory University
Featured readings by Simone White, Elizabeth Clark Wessel, Jackie Clark, Maggie Ginestra and Alyse Knorr. For more information visit this link.  

Tuesday, September 23, 7:15 p.m.
Poetry Atlanta Presents... Michael Diebert, Kodac Harrison and Ed Plavic
Decatur Library Auditorium
Poetry Atlanta teams up with Georgia Center for the Book for this continuing series of poetry readings. This event will features local poets who all have new books: Michael Diebert, Kodac Harrison and Ed Plavic. The free evening is hosted by poet and novelist, Collin Kelley. Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.

Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. 
Poetry at Tech: Terrance Hayes and Afaa Michael Weaver
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, Georgia Tech 
The 2013-14 series begins with with readings by two noted, award-winning poets. Free and open to the public. 500 10th St. Plenty of free parking. poetry.gatech.edu.

Thursday, September 26, 8:00 p.m.
What's New In Poetry
Barnes & Noble at Emory University
Featured reading by Rae Armantrout. For more information visit this link.