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University of Georgia English Department Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature LeAnne Howe, with the Creative Writing Program, presents writer Jennifer Elise Foerster (Mvskoke (Creek) Nation) for her annual American Indian Returnings (AIR) Talk.  This year's AIR Talk will take place on the Autumnal Equinox, Thursday, September 24th, at 4:30 p.m. on Zoom.  Foerster received her PhD in English and Literary Arts at…
Professor Aruni Kashyap will celebrate the launch of his book, His Father's Disease and Other Stories, online.  The event will livestream on Twitter @Project_Polis. More about His Father's Disease and Other Stories: "With the very first story in this unusual and unapologetic collection, Aruni Kashyap sets the tone for an intimate exploration of a terrain that is both familiar and alien. In the spirit of modern post-colonial…
Stillpoint Literary Magazine, the University of Georgia undergraduate literary magazine, has had to cancel the launch party for volume 51 on Wednesday, April 29th, 6:30 p.m. at Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601). The Stillpoint staff hopes to reschedule this event for the fall 2020 semester.
The Creative Writing Program is pleased to present a book launch for English Department/Creative Writing Faculty Aruni Kashyap and Andrew Zawacki.  This reading will take place on Wednesday, February 12th, 7 p.m. at Cine (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601) and is free and open to the public.  This event is sponsored by Avid Bookshop. Kashyap’s His Father’s Disease was published in 2019 by Context (an imprint…
Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English Jed Rasula is pleased to present a reading by poet Jenny Xie on Friday, Feb. 14th, 7 p.m. at Cine (234 W. Hancock St.).  This free event is open to the public.  Xie is the author of Eye Level (Graywolf Press, 2018), a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry and the PEN Open Book Award, and the recipient of the Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets…
Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English Jed Rasula is pleased to present a reading by poet Julie Carr on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, 7 p.m. at Cine (234 W. Hancock St.).  This free event is open to the public. Carr is the author of seven books of poetry and two works of prose, with forthcoming works in both genres. She has also published work in several literary magazines.  Honors and awards include The Sawtooth Poetry Award, A…
University of Georgia Press and Avid Bookshop present A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia featuring authors Holly Haworth, Sandra Meek, Janisse Ray, and William Wright. This event will take place on Friday, November 15, 2019, from 6:30-7:30pm at the Prince Avenue location and is free and open to the public. More info here.
The Creative Writing Program, The Georgia Review, and Stillpoint Literary Magazine are pleased to present Literary Arts at UGA: A 2019 Showcase. This event will take place during UGA’S Spotlight on the Arts.  The showcase will feature readings by The Georgia Review editors, University of Georgia faculty, Creative Writing Program graduate students, and English Department undergraduate students affiliated with Stillpoint Literary Magazine.…
The Creative Writing Program faculty will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 20th at 10 a.m. in Park Hall 319.
The Creative Writing Program is pleased to present a reading by writer V. V. Ganeshananthan on Thursday, February 27, 7 p.m. at Ciné (234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601).  This event is free and open to the public. Ganeshananthan, a fiction writer and journalist, is the author of Love Marriage (Random House, 2008). The novel, which is set in Sri Lanka and some of its diaspora communities, was longlisted for the Orange Prize and named one…