Visiting Writers
Monday, 7:00 p.m., January 14, Library Museum Education Room
The First Martha Daniel Newell Endowed Visiting Scholar, Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell
This event will feature images from Dr. O'Connell-Rodwell's research on elephants, a public reception, and gallery talk, to welcome GC's first Martha Daniel Newell Visiting Scholar.
Through the spring semester, Dr. O'Connell-Rodwell will meet and work with students, faculty, and the community. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, and on behalf of Martha Daniel Newell by the Georgia College Foundation. Free and open to the public.
Wed, 7:30 p.m., Feb 6, Arts & Sciences Auditorium
National Book Award Winner Jaimy Gordon
Winner of the National Book Award (for her novel Lord of Misrule), Gordon will read from her work and answer questions from the audience. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric. Free and open to the public.
Thurs-Sat, March 14-16: Arts & Letters Prizes Festival
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., A&S Auditorium
Susan Aftefat Creative Nonfiction Prize winner Sonja Livingston
A reading and $1,000 Arts & Letters Prize presentation. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric. Free and open to the public.
Friday, 12:30 p.m., Friday, 12:30, Maxwell Student Union Dunahoo lounge
Rumi Poetry Prize Winner Kirun Kapur. A reading and $1,000 Arts & Letters Prize presentation. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric. Free and open to the public.
Friday, 8:00 p.m., Max Noah Recital Hall
One Act play by Drama Prize winner James Armstrong
One-Act play production and $1,000 Arts & Letters Prize presentation. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric and the Department of Theatre. A nominal admission fee will be charged.
Saturday, noon, Andalusia Farm
Fiction Prize winner Dana Fitz Gale. A reading and $1,000 Arts & Letters Prize presentation. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric and the Andalusia Farm Foundation. Free and open to the public.
Saturday, 8:00 p.m., Max Noah Recital Hall
One Act play by Drama Prize winner James Armstrong
One-Act play production and $1,000 Arts & Letters Prize presentation. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric and the Department of Theatre. A nominal admission fee will be charged.
Tuesday, April 9, Library Museum Education Room
Terry Blackhawk, poet, community arts activist
Terry Blackhawk's most recent collection is The Light Between, "a graceful articulation of the persistence of language to give back to us a knowing reflection of ourselves." —Natasha Trethewey, Poet Laureate, State of Mississippi. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program/Department of English and Rhetoric.
For more information, contact the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing office at 478-445-3509 or email mfa@gcsu.edu.
