Poetry! Athens, GA

When: Wednesday, March 2nd, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Flicker Theatre and Bar

Featured poets include:

Devon Brown

Jeff Fallif

J. Patrick Fadely

O. Bradley Bassler
O.B. Bassler studied literature and philosophy in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and took a second degree in Mathematics from Wesleyan University. He currently teaches in the Philosophy Department at the University of Georgia. He has recently completed a volume of poetry, The Plaster Years, and is at work on a second volume, In The House Of Black Spaniards.

WHEN: Sunday, February 27 at 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Athens-Clarke County Public Library Auditorium

Marjorie Agosin, internationally known for her work in human rights, poetry and memoir, will read from her new collection called "Poems to Josefina," a tribute to the life and times of her grandmother. Agosin also will read selections from "Cartographies," a book about travel real and imaginary published by the University of Georgia Press. Agosin has been on the faculty of Wellesley College since 1982, teaching courses in Spanish language and Latin American literature. She has
received numerous awards for human rights accomplishments and literary awards
given to Latino writers. She has written over 20 books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays.

•Sunday, February 27: Marjorie Agosin 3pm at Athens-Clarke County Public Library

•Wednesday, March 23: Rae Armantrout (Lanier Series)

•Wednesday, March 23: Creative Writing Program Vox Reading Series 7:30pm at Flicker

•Monday, April 4: Jerome Rothenberg 4pm, Park Hall Room 265(Lanier Series)

•Tuesday, April 5: Alice Notley 4pm, Park Hall Room 265(Lanier Series)

•Thursday, April 7: Robert Dana (GA Poetry Circuit)

•Thursday, April 14: Simon Armitage 4pm, Park Hall Room 265 (CWP/Lanier Series)

•Wednesday, April 20: Oni Buchanan & John Woodward (VOX)

Dates TBA:
•Lisa Jarnot (Lanier Seies--Second week in April, date/time/location to come)

•Ben Friedlander (Lanier Series)

Coming to you live from the heart of cold and flu season, your friendly representatives from the Creative Writing Program remind you to take your monthly dose of vitamin VOX. Please join us for an evening of poetry, fiction, lemon bars and literary shenanigans.

When: Wednesday, February 16th, 7:30 PM

Where: The Flicker Theatre & Bar (263 W. Washington St.,
next to the 40-Watt Club)

Who: Jenn Blair, Jessica Bozek, and Kristen Iskandrian

What: Poetry and Fiction

What else? Homemade baked goods in exchange for your (voluntary) participation in our post-Valentine’s Day group therapy free-writing session, a.k.a. “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” Trust us – you’ll feel better for it.

- Dorine Preston

Poet Bin Ramke will visit the University of Georgia campus and read from his work. Ramke has published eight books of poetry, most recently Matter (University of Iowa Press, 2004). His first book won the 1978 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. Ramke teaches at the University of Denver and at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is editor of Denver Quarterly and also edits the poetry series for the University of Georgia Press. His essays have appeared in the Denver Quarterly, Ohio Review, American Notes & Letters and Boston Review. Room 265 of Park Hall.

Musical Performance & Book Signing. Barnes & Noble is pleased to bring lit-rock to Athens! Join us as New York band One Ring Zero performs an acoustic set featuring the lyrics from some of America's most prominent authors. The songs represent a collaborative effort between the band and an incredible line-up of authors that resulted in a CD and book, collectively titled 'As Smart As We Are: the Author Project' and includes prose by winners of the Booker Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. The band will perform songs tonight that were written by the likes of Dave Eggers, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Limony Snicket and Neil Gaiman. The performance is all on acoustic and percussion instruments. The book includes all the lyrics to the eighteen-song CD, commentary by all of the authors, and short essays by musicians such as Vernon Reid and David Byrne. "Kind of a cabaret They Might be Giants," says Neil Gaiman.