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Poetry Atlanta was created in 1985 to help promote Atlanta's poetry and spoken word community. The nonprofit organization spawned the award-winning Atlanta Review and Poetry Atlanta Press, which has published such noted poets as Memye Curtis Tucker, Anthony Grooms and the Java Monkey Speaks Anthology series, which has won a Pushcart Prize for Patricia Smith and honors for its editors, Kodac Harrison and Collin Kelley. Poetry Atlanta also hosts the annual Voices Carry reading and supports the Poetry Atlanta Slam Team, which has competed in the National Poetry Slam for the last two years, coming in ninth in 2006. For more information, visit the website at www.poetryatlanta.com .

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July Special Events & Readings

SATURDAY, JULY 18, 8:00 PMCOLLIN KELLEY, LAKARA FOSTER & YOLO AKILIUNITED 4 SAFETY TASK FORCE BENEFITAward-winning poets Collin Kelley, Lakara Foster and Yolo Akili perform at this fundraising event, ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:09:00 GMT

Order "Trouble & Hope" DVD Now!

Poetry Atlanta Presents... Trouble and Hope, a DVD anthology of poets in performance and conversation. This film has been more than two years in the making and features some of Atlanta's finest poets ...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:06:00 GMT

"Trouble and Hope" Premiere June 18 & June 21

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 7:15 PMPOETRY ATLANTA PRESENTS...TROUBLE AND HOPE, A DVD ANTHOLOGYDECATUR LIBRARYPoetry Atlanta Presents a screening of Trouble and Hope, a DVD anthology of poets in performance and...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:03:00 GMT

June Readings & Special Events

TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 7:30 PMRANDY'S PRUNTY'S "A FEVER IS A WARNING"PUSHPUSH THEATER, DECATURRandy Prunty will debut his epic poem, "A Fever is a Warning," projected to run about 80 minutes. This is a hist...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:51:00 GMT

The Path Worn in the Grass, May 30

On Saturday, May 30, many Atlanta poets taking part in a marathon reading of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself. The event,The Path Worn in the Grass, will be held at Composition Gallery to celebrate Uncle...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 18:25:00 GMT

Kodac Harrison & Philip Lee Williams, 4/14

TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 7:15 PMKODAC HARRISON & PHILIP LEE WILLIAMSGEORGIA CENTER FOR THE BOOK, DECATURHarrison and Williams will read from their work in this special National Poetry Month reading sponsore...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:45:00 GMT

April Events Calendar

FRIDAY, APRIL 3, NOON***LOUISE RUNYON***SEVERAL DANCERS CORE, DECATURPoet and dancer Louise Runyon will preview work from her new collection, The Clearing, at Several Dancers Core Studios, 139 Trinity...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:48:00 GMT

Events Update!

FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 10:00 AM PERFORMANCE CHANGE***SABRINA ORAH MARK***AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATURThe annual Writer's Festival at Agnes Scott College will feature noted poet Mark (filling in for alumna...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:02:00 GMT

Wordsmiths Books Has Closed

We are sad to report that Wordsmiths Books in Decatur has closed. The indie bookstore had been home to Poetry Atlanta's quarterly reading series, Poetry Atlanta Presents..., for two years. We are curr...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:35:00 GMT

March Events

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 7:30 PM***BRIGITTE BYRD, KAREN HEAD & MEGAN VOLPERTCHARIS BOOKS, LITTLE FIVE POINTSJoin these three poets as they read from new work. Books will be available for sale and to be sign...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:29:00 GMT