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Outdoor Launch for Stillpoint Issue 52!
Stillpoint Literary Magazine, University of Georgia's undergraduate-run literary magazine, will host a reading celebrating the launch of Stillpoint Issue 52 (which was printed during the Spring 2021 semester). The event will take place in front of the Main Library on Tuesday, December 7th (the last day of Fall classes) from 2-3pm. Free copies of Issue 51 and Issue 52 will be available. There will also be packaged snacks and drinks provided to…

Watch party and panel discussion for Professor LeAnne Howe's PBS documentary
Public Media for Central Pennsylvania (WPSU) and Pennsylvania State University are sponsoring a screening and panel discussion for Searching for Sequoyah, a documentary co-written and co-produced by Edison Chair in American Literature LeAnne Howe.  The screening will take place at 6 p.m. on the virtual theatre platform OVEE.  Viewers will need to make a free account before the screening.  You will also need to register for…

Professor LeAnne Howe moderates panel on Climate Change and Indigenous Arts
Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature and Director of the Institute of Native American Studies will moderate a panel on climate change and environmental justice, in the particular context of Indigenous coastal communities in Canada and the United States Southeast. For more information and to register, see here.

Creative Writing Program will offer workshops for children during Family Day
As part of Spotlight on the Arts, the University of Georgia will hold it's annual family day on Saturday, November 13th on the Performing and Visual Arts Complex from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The 10th Spotlight on the Arts Festival Family Day will include dance, music, art-making activities, exhibitions, demonstrations and more. Three Creative Writing Ph.D. students, Nathan Dixon, Nathan Gehoski, and Ben Rutherfurd, will also offer writing and…

Dr. Andrew Zawacki will read as part of Lone Glen's CROSSROADS event
Lone Glen is hosting a reading with Dr. Andrew Zawacki, along with poets Mary-Kim Arnold and Douglas Piccinnini, on Zoom.  More info here. About the writers: Andrew Zawacki is the author of the poetry books Unsun : f/11 (Coach House), Videotape (Counterpath), Petals of Zero Petals of One (Talisman House), Anabranch (Wesleyan), and By Reason of Breakings (Georgia). His work has appeared in Poems for Political Disaster, Legitimate…

Book launch for Ph.D. student Laura Theobald's latest poetry collection
Creative Writing Program Ph.D. student Laura Theobald will celebrate the release of her latest collection of poetry, SALAD DAYS, at Buvez, October 22nd at 7 p.m.  SALAD DAYS is now available for preorder from Maudlin House. Reading along with Laura will be poet Daniel Bailey, whose book A BETTER WORD FOR THE WORLD was published by Apocalypse Party earlier this year. The reading will be followed by a performance by local band Outersea.…

Prints and Poetry: Native American Art and Literature at the Georgia Museum of Art
This event celebrates a partnership between the museum and the department of English at UGA, centered on the exhibition “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers.” Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art, will present an overview of the show, followed by a roundtable conversation about Indigenous poetry and artmaking with LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature, and Christine Lasek-…

Creative Writing and Georgia Museum of Art Native Nations Exhibit
The Creative Writing program in the Department of English, in collaboration with the Georgia Museum of Art, is proud to participate in the “Collective Impressions: Modern Native American Printmakers” exhibit. Six UGA graduate students, all poets and writers, recorded poems from the landmark Norton anthology, When The Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs Came Through, 2021, edited by United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, University of…

CANCELED: 7th annual AIR lecture to host writer Phillip Carroll Morgan
Writer Phillip Carroll Morgan (Choctaw/Chickasaw) will be the featured speaker for the 7th annual American Indian Returnings (AIR) lecture, which will be held a year from now in September 2022. The 2021 AIR lecture has been canceled. Each year on the Autumnal Equinox, the AIR series celebrates the return of Natives to the southeast through the work of artists, writers, and scholars. Southeastern American Indian communities were removed from…

Second of two in-person student poetry readings featuring Stillpoint contributors for National Poetry Month
On Wednesday, April 28, student poets will read their works in honor of National Poetry Month.  The event will take place at 4 p.m. on the Head Terrace behind the Miller Learning Center.  Attendees are encouraged to social distance and wear masks while attending outdoor events. This event is sponsored by Stillpoint Literary Magazine, the UGA Libraries, and the Georgia Review.  Free copies of Stillpoint Issue 51 (published April…
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