creative writing Past Events

Naheed Phiroze Patel, a woman with tan skin and long, dark hair.

Reading and Craft Lecture by Naheed Phiroze Patel

Park Hall Room 265
New Student Readings

Creative Writing New Student Reading

Park Hall Room 265
Leah Nieboer leans against a metal fence

Leah Nieboer Book Launch and Poetry Reading- SOFT APOCALYPSE

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Allison Cobb

2023 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet

Allison Cobb, (Environmental Defense Fund)
Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Phillip Carroll Morgan (Choctaw/Chickasaw)

Writer Phillip Carroll Morgan to Read at the University of Georgia

Zell B. Miller Learning Center Room 0248, 48 Baxter St, Athens, GA 30602
Chadwick Allen

American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk 2022 Featuring Chadwick Allen

Special Collections Library Rm 271, 300 S. Hull Street, Athens, GA 30602
Maxime Berclaz, Ellen Boyette, Nneoma Ike-Njuko, D. T. Lumpkin, Sayantika Mandal, and Abhijit Sarmah

New Student Reading 2022!

Athica, 675 Pulaski St STE 1200, Athens, GA 30601
Maxime Berclaz and Johnny Damm

1 Student + 1 Alumnus: A Creative Writing Program Reading

ZOOM
Jennifer Elise Foerster

ONLINE EVENT: American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk Featuring Writer Jennifer Elise Foerster

Zoom
Spotlight on the Arts

Literary Arts at UGA: A 2019 Showcase

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Nikki Wallschlaeger

Poet Nikki Wallschlaeger to Read at UGA

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Sarah Deer

American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk Featuring Sarah Deer

M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at the Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
Park Hall

Creative Writing Program New Student Reading and Welcome Reception

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
M. NourbeSe Philip

Verse Magazine and the Creative Writing Program host writer M. NourbeSe Philip

M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at the Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
Roberto Tejada

Roberto Tejada: Kill Time Objective

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Hendershots Coffee

Test Drive: Staged Reading of new graduate plays at Hendershots

Hendershots Coffee (237 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Hendershots Coffee

Test Drive: Staged Reading of new graduate plays at Hendershots

Hendershots Coffee (237 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Spotlight on the Arts

Literary Arts at UGA: A Showcase

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Ira Sukrungruang

Author Ira Sukrungruang to Read at UGA

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Ronaldo Wilson

Poet Ronaldo Wilson to Read at UGA

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Chadwick Allen

American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk Featuring Chadwick Allen

M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at the Georgia Museum, 90 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
Cathy Park Hong

Poet Cathy Park Hong to read at UGA

Cathy Park Hong,
Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Howe, Kashyap, Zawacki, Zurawski

2018 Creative Writing Program Faculty Reading

Cine, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence

Bullets into Bells: A discussion and poetry reading responding to gun violence

Cine, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Will Alexander

Poet Will Alexander to read at UGA

Will Alexander,
Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Morgan Parker and Tommy Pico

Poets Morgan Parker and Tommy Pico to read at UGA

40 Watt Club, 285 W Washington St, Athens, GA 30601
Kristen Iskandrian and Mike McClelland

Spotlight on the Arts Reading with Kristen Iskandrian and Mike McClelland

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Daniel Heath Justice

American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk featuring Daniel Heath Justice

M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at the Georgia Museum, 90 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
Genevieve Arlie, Mike McClelland, Aviva Kasowski, Nathan Dixon, and Emma Perry

Creative Writing Program New Student Reading

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Rodney Morales

Rodney Morales Reading

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Kiese Laymon

Kiese Laymon Reading

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Christopher Salerno (left) and Daniel Schoonebeek (right)

Reading by poets Christopher Salerno, Georgia Poetry Prize winner, and Daniel Schoonebeek

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Judith Oritz Cofer

Judith Ortiz Cofer Memorial Service

UGA Chapel
Dean Rader

Poet Dean Rader

Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601)
Pamela Uschuk

Pamela Uschuk Reading

Zell B. Miller Learning Center, room 350
Stacy Szymaszek & Simone White

Poets Stacy Szymaszek and Simone White Read as part of the Fall Lit Ball

Graduate Athens Pavilion, 295 E Dougherty St, Athens, GA 30601
Masande Ntshanga and Gabrielle Hovendon

Masande Ntshanga Reads with Gabrielle Hovendon

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo for American Indian Returnings

Zell B. Miller Learning Center Room 214
2016 incoming Ph.D. class

New Student Reading 2016

CIné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601
Catherine Taylor

Catherine Taylor Reading

Zell B. Miller Learning Center
Lisa Robertson

Lisa Robertson Reading

Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601

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