Wednesday,
March 12, 7:30 p.m.
Over the
Rainbow Book List Celebration: Theresa Davis, Collin Kelley & Megan Volpert
Charis
Books & More
Charis Books & More
will celebrate the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow Book List
with three of the honored poets named to the 2014 list: Theresa Davis (After
This We Go Dark), Collin Kelley (Render) and Megan Volpert (editor
of this assignment is so gay: lgbtqi poets on the art of teaching). The
Atlanta-based writers, all published by award-winning Sibling Rivalry Press,
join 68 other authors from around the country whose fiction, non-fiction, drama
and poetry were chosen by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Round
Table of the American Library Association. The titles selected for the Over the
Rainbow Book List means the work will join the collections of hundreds of
public libraries across the nation. 1189 Euclid Ave. www.charisbooksandmore.com
Wednesday, March 12, 8:00 p.m.
Poetry at Callanwolde: Sara DeLuca & Lynn Farmer
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Sara DeLuca is
the author of the chapbooks Shearing Time and Songs
from an Inland Sea. Her poetry has been published in North
Coast Review, Wolf Head Quarterly, Alligator Juniper and elsewhere. Her
memoir Dancing the Cows Home: A Wisconsin Girlhood was adapted
for stage performance in the Upper Midwest. Lynn Farmer received a PhD in English literature from Emory
University and taught high school English in DeKalb County for 35 years. Her
chapbook The Rare, Persistent Light won the 2011 Charles
Dickson Award. Her work has appeared in Snake Nation Review, Midwest Poetry
Review, Catalyst and other publications. $5 General Admission, $3 Students with
ID, Seniors, and Members. For more information call 404-872-5338. www.callanwolde.org
Friday,
March 14, 7:30 p.m.
Poetry at
Tech: Klaus Martens & Micheal O'Siadhail
Robert C.
Williams Paper Museum
The Poetry at
Tech season continues with a special international reading by the German and
Irish poets, Klaus Martens and Micheal O'Siadhail. This is a free event and
open to the public, but RSVP IS REQUIRED. Please RSVP to
poetryattechRSVP@gmail.com. The reading will be held in the auditorium of the
Paper Museum, 500 10th Street. Plentiful, free parking. http://poetry.gatech.edu/events.html
Thursday, March 20, 6:00 p.m.
Sharon Olds
Schwartz Center, Emory University
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds reads as part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series. The event is free, but tickets are required (limit two). For information on obtaining tickets, visit this link.
Thursday, March 20, 6:00 p.m.
Sharon Olds
Schwartz Center, Emory University
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds reads as part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series. The event is free, but tickets are required (limit two). For information on obtaining tickets, visit this link.
Thursday,
March 27, 8:00 p.m.
What's
New In Poetry: Stephanie
Kartalopoulos, Nathan Hauke, Kirsten Jorgenson & Chris Tonelli
Barnes
& Noble Emory Bookstore
The poets will
read from their latest work. Free and open to the public. http://www.poetrycouncil.campuslifetech.org/the-whats-new-in-poetry-reading-series/2013-2014
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