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University of Georgia Eidson Chair in American Literature LeAnne Howe and Padraig Kirwan, the authors of “Famine Pots,” will be discussing their book about Choctaw, the Irish, and their history of humanitarian aid as part of Milton Reads, the town-wide reading program. The bond and history between these two nations is captured in their book Famine Pots: The Choctaw-Irish Gift Exchange, 1847-Present, and on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m., Howe…
The University of Arizona Poetry Center, part of the College of Humanities, is launching a new, virtual Institute for Inquiry and Poetics. The inaugural convening, offered in partnership with the Hurand Connection Fund, will feature University of Georgia Eidson Chair in American Literature LeAnne Howe, U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, and  poet Jennifer Foerster, editors of W.W. Norton’s new literary anthology, When the Light of the…
Avid Bookshop and The Bitter Southerner present writers Cinelle Barnes, Tiana Clark, and Aruni Kashyap in conversation with Bitter Southerner assistant editor Josina Guess for A Measure of Belonging: Twenty-One Writers of Color on the New American South. This is a virtual event taking place on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, from 7pm-8pm via Zoom. For more information and to purchase a ticket, see Avid's website.
Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature LeAnne Howe, with United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and poet Jennifer Foerster, will participate in an author event When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry, which they edited.  This event will take place on Zoom at 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CDT) and is sponsored by Magic City Books.  Register for…
Creative Writing Program faculty member Andrew Zawacki has paired twenty black and white, large format photographs with twenty short poems in his latest poetry volume, in an exhibit titled "Waterfall plot," a multimedia experience at the Lyndon House Arts Center. Visitors can experience an on-going poetry reading while viewing projected images of the accompanying photographs.  English Department Ph.D. student Paul…
SHOW WILL REPLAY Friday, May 29th at 4 a.m. Dr. Magdalena Zurawski will take part, along with 19 other poets, in episode 6 of TRANSMISSIONS, an online platform which commissions artists to share their work within a classic DIY TV show format.  More information with a link to watch is available here.   Some of the other poets include Cathy Park Hong, who visited UGA for a reading in 2018, Eileen Myles, and Fred Moten. About the program…
Eidson Chair in American Literature LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), along with Professor Christine Kinealy from Quinnipiac University and Dr Padraig Kirwan from University of Goldsmiths of London, have contributed to a documentary from the Famine Institute in Strokestown, Ireland. The 28-minute film is about the Choctaw donation for Irish Famine relief in 1847.  A discussion featuring Professor Howe and others will follow a screening…
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.

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