Blakely Program


The Poet Translator: "At last the language becomes really foreign"
Supported by the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts In celebration of UGA's Spotlight on the Arts, the English Department and the Creative Writing Program are pleased to present an afternoon of discussions and readings by three visiting poets, who are also deeply engaged in the practice of literary translation. View Photo Gallery SCHEDULE 1PM Panel Discussion at Park Hall Library, Room 261Dr. Andrew Zawacki will moderate a panel that…

Diann Blakely Visiting Poet: Ana Božičević
The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program presents a reading and book signing with Ana Božičević, the program’s 2024 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet. This free event is open to the public. Books will be available for purchase. Ana Božičević is a poet and writer. She grew up in Zadar, Croatia before coming to the States.Her new book is New Life (Wave Books, 2023). She is also the author of Povratak lišća /Return of the Leaves, Selected Poems…

Diann Blakely Visiting Poet: Aditi Machado
The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program presents a reading and book signing with Aditi Machado, the program’s 2024 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet. This free event is open to the public. Books will be available for purchase, and light refreshments will be served.  Aditi Machado is a poet, translator, and essayist. Her second book of poems Emporium (Nightboat, 2020) received the James Laughlin Award. Her other works include the poetry…

Diann Blakely Visiting Poet: Elizabeth Willis
The Creative Writing Program welcomes Elizabeth Willis, the first visiting poet in the 2024 Blakely Program, with gratitude to the Diann Blakely Visiting Poet Fund. Currently serving as Professor of Poetry at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Elizabeth Willis’s most recent book is Alive: New and Selected Poems (New York Review Books, 2015), which was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Her other books of poetry include…

2023 Diann Blakely Visiting Poet
The Creative Writing Program is pleased present a reading by the inaugural Diann Blakely Visiting Poet Allison Cobb on Thursday, January 26th at 7 p.m.  The event will take place at Ciné, 234 W Hancock Ave, Athens, GA 30601.  The winner of the inaugural Diann Blakely National Poetry Competition will also be announced at the event. Cobb is the author of four books: Plastic: an Autobiography (winner of the Oregon Book Award); Green-Wood…
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