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Creative Writing Program Faculty Meeting
The creative writing faculty will be meeting to discuss program matters.

A Reading by Mona Susan Power
The Creative Writing Program, CWP, and the Institute of Native American Studies, INAS are co-sponsoring a reading for Dakota author Mona Susan Power.  She will be reading from her new novel, A Council of Dolls. Books signing to follow.  The event is free and open to the public.     Power is the author of four books of fiction: The Grass Dancer (awarded the PEN/Hemingway prize), …

Creative Writing New Student Reading
The Creative Writing Program is delighted to present our first event of the 2023 – 24 academic year, The New Student Reading!  We will celebrate the work of three Ph.D. students: O-Jeemiah Agbaakin, Colin Bishoff, and Erik B. Brown. This event is free and open for the public.   About the Readers:   O-Jeremiah Agbaakin is the author of The Sign of the Ram (APBF/Akashic Books, 2023), selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris…

The Sea Elephants: A Reading & Conversation with Visiting Author Shastri Akella
The Creative Writing Program welcomes writer Shastri Akella for a night of reading and conversations.   Shastri Akella's debut novel "The Sea Elephants" has been published by Flatiron Books (USA, Canada) and Penguin (India). He was a writing resident at the Fine Arts Works Center (2021) and the Oak Springs Garden Foundation (2023). He's winner of 2022 FracturedLit Flash Fiction Contest and the 2023 Best Microfiction Contest. His writing has…

Reading and Craft Lecture by Naheed Phiroze Patel
Reading and Craft Lecture by Naheed Phiroze Patel | View on YouTube The Creative Writing Program at UGA and the Willson Center are delighted to host Willson Center Short Term Visiting Fellow Naheed Phiroze Patel.  Naheed Phiroze Patel is a graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Her writing has appeared in the New England Review, The Guardian, Lit Hub, Poets & Writers, Chicago Review of Books,…

Creative Writing Program Faculty Meeting

Visiting Author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
The English Department is thrilled to welcome Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi for a night of reading and audience interaction at the University of Georgia. The event will begin at 5pm and be hosted in the Miller Learning Center, Room 0248. This event is free and open to the public.  Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is the author of Kintu, Let's Tell This Story Properly, and The Girl is a Body of Water. She is a recipient of…

Creative Writing Program Town Hall Meeting

Leah Nieboer Book Launch and Poetry Reading- SOFT APOCALYPSE
The Creative Writing Program at the University of Georgia and the UGA Press are proud to host Leah Nieboer to launch her new book Soft Apocalypse. Along with the Creative Writing Program and the UGA Press, Avid Bookshop will also be on site to sell copies of Soft Apocalypse. The author will read from her book at the event, hosted at Ciné on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are…

Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer: Bhakti Shringarpure's "Publishing at a Crossroads: Notes on the "D" word"
View on YouTube   Abstract: We live in an unprecedented time for publishing with everyone reading more than ever whether it's physical books or on phones and computers. The coming of the Internet, the leaps in the ebooks and audiobooks industry along with the sheer amount of online content available has invigorated the worlds of reading, writing, editing and publishing. Book prizes and book festivals have also grown exponentially. Yet…
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