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Catherine Taylor Reading
The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program is pleased to host writer Catherine Taylor for a reading on Thursday, March 24th at 7:00 p.m. at the Zell B. Miller Learning Center, room 214.  This event is free and open to the public. Taylor is a writer and editor who works in a wide range of nonfiction forms—from documentary and literary journalism to lyric essays, hybrid-genre writing, critical theory, and poetics. She is the author of…

English Major Job Bootcamp: Application Materials
During this second English Major Job Bootcamp session, we will cover best practices when putting together cover letters and résumés.  We will also talk a bit about how social media plays into your job search.  While this event is geared toward English majors, the skills discussed would be beneficial for everyone entering the job and/or internship market, and all are welcome!  This event is sponsored by the UGA Creative…

English Major Job Bootcamp: Job Ads
During this first English Major Job Bootcamp session, we will cover potential careers for English majors and tools for finding jobs, reading job ads, and researching companies.  While this event is geared toward English majors, the skills discussed would be beneficial for everyone entering the job and/or internship market, and all are welcome!  This event is sponsored by the UGA Creative Writing Program.

Judith Ortiz Cofer Memorial Service
Please join the University of Georgia community as we honor the life of Judith Ortiz Cofer, extraordinary writer, poet, teacher, colleague, and friend.A reception will follow at Demosthenian Hall.For more information, contact Lisa Bayer, University of Georgia Press, 217-369-3166 or lbayer (at) uga.edu.Sponsored by the University of Georgia Press, the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame / UGA Libraries, The Georgia Review, UGA Franklin College of Arts…

Campus Poetry Open Mic Sponsored by CWP
The Creative Writing Program will host an "Open Mic" in front of the main library from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Everyone and anyone is invited to share a poem during this event. Just walk on up to the mic and say your words. Let's flood the spring with poetry! The mic will be staffed by Creative Writing students.

Reading by poets Christopher Salerno, Georgia Poetry Prize winner, and Daniel Schoonebeek
The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program, with the University of Georgia Press, was pleased to present a reading by Christopher Salerno, winner of the 2016  Georgia Poetry Prize.  Salerno’s collection, Sun & Urn, features poetry that pushes beyond the tragedies of loss to the wilder realms of renewal and meaning.  Reading alongside Salero was poet Daniel Schoonebeek, whose collection of poems Trébuchet…

Rodney Morales Reading
The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program was pleased to present writer Rodney Morales for a reading at Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601).  Morales’ latest novel, For A Song, was published by the University of Hawai'i Press.  He is also the author of When the Shark Bites, a novel, and The Speed of Darkness, a short story collection.  This event was free and open to the public.…

Kiese Laymon Reading
The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program was pleased to present writer Kiese Laymon for a reading at Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601). This event was made possible with generous support from the UGA Parents & Families Leadership Council.  Laymon is the author of the novel, Long Division, and a collection of essays, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America.   …

Poet Dean Rader
LeAnne Howe, Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature at the University of Georgia, in conjunction with the Creative Writing Program, was thrilled to present a reading by writer and poet Dean Rader. Rader has published widely in the fields of poetry, American Indian studies, and popular culture, and his newest collection of poems, Self-Portrait as Wikipedia Entry, was forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. This event…
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