Visiting Writers 2012-2013
Available at the Milledgeville Campus
Each year, the Creative Writing Program at Georgia College hosts the Visiting Writers Series, in which distinguished authors give public readings and work with students. Previous visitors have included Alice Friman, ZZ Packer, Robert Olen Butler, Janet Burroway and many others.
Thursday, 7:30, Sept 6, Library Museum Education Room
Georgia Author of the Year Poet Alice Friman
Thursday, 7:30, Sept 27, Library Museum Education Room
New Faculty Writer Peter Selgin and Georgia Poet Laureate
Wed, 7:30, Oct 24, A&S Auditorium Yale Younger Poet Prize winner Richard Siken
Friday, 12:00, Nov 16, Library Museum Education Room
Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award Presentation of the $1,000 Award and GC Student Readings
Wed, 7:30, Feb 6, A&S Auditorium
National Book Award Winner Jaimy Gordon, author of the novel Lord
of Misrule
Thurs-Sat, March 14-16: Arts & Letters Prizes Festival
Thursday, 7:30 pm, A&S Auditorium
Susan Atefat Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Sonja Livingston
Friday, 12:30 pm, Maxwell Student Union Dunahoo Lounge
Rumi Poetry Prize Winner Kirun Kapur
Friday, 8:00 pm, Max Noah Recital Hall
One Act play by Drama Prize winner James Armstrong
Saturday, 12 noon, Andalusia Farm
Fiction Prize winner Dana Fitz Gale (see also Writers @ Work)
Saturday, 8:00 pm, Max Noah Recital Hall
One Act play by Drama Prize winner James Armstrong
Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 pm, Library Museum Education Room
Terry Blackhawk, poet, community arts activist
For more information, contact the MFA program at mfa@gcsu.edu, or 478-445-3509
