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LITERARY MAP |
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Available from
Georgia Council of Teachers of English
5135 Darantry Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338. |
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POETRY-FRIENDLY BOOKSTORES |
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A Capella Books
208 Haralson Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA
(404) 681-5128
A Novel Experience
426 Thomaston Street
Zebulon, GA
(770) 567-1103
Emory University Bookstore
1390 Oxford Road
Atlanta, GA
(404) 727-6222
Horton's Books & Gifts
410 Adamson Square
Carrollton, GA
(770) 832-8021
Humpus Bumpus Books
703 Atlanta Road
Cumming, GA
(770) 781-9705
Little Shop of Stories
133 E. Court Square #A
Decatur, GA
(404) 373-6300
Outwrite Bookstore
991 Piedmont Rd.
Atlanta, GA
(404) 607-0082
Tall Tales Bookshop
2105 Lavista Road Northeast #108
Atlanta, GA
(404) 636-2498
Yawn's Books & More
210 East Main Street
Canton, GA
(678) 880-1922
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Poet Laureate |
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Judson Mitcham
An award-winning poet and novelist, Judson Mitcham was named poet laureate of Georgia in 2012 by Governor Nathan Deal. His writings, which examine basic human themes within the specific landscape of Georgia, are both poignant and powerful. Although much of Mitcham's educational background is centered in psychology, Mitcham has taught workshops in poetry and fiction at Mercer University, and has also served as adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of Georgia and at Emory University, where he has directed the Summer Writers' Institute.
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Featured Poets |
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Conrad Aiken
Born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1889, Conrad Aiken was Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1950-52. His poetry reflects an intense interest in psychoanalysis and the development of identity. |
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James Dickey
Though famous for his best-selling novel, Deliverance, James Dickey is an acclaimed poet and the author of nearly thirty collections of poetry. Born in a suburb of Atlanta in 1923, he earned attention for his poems and stories of the South. |
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Barbara Ras
Born in 1949, Barbara Ras was chosen by C. K. Williams to receive the 1997 Walt Whitman Award for her first book, Bite Every Sorrow, which subsequently won the Georgia Author of the Year Award for poetry. She lives with her husband and daughter in Athens, Georgia. |
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Alfred Corn
Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, in 1943 and raised in Valdosta, Alfred Corn has published widely and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and The Nation. |
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Wyatt Prunty
Born in 1947, Wyatt Prunty was raised in Athens, Georgia. He is often associated with the New Formalism movement which seeks to revive traditional forms of verse. |
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Other Georgia Poets
Edgar Bowers
Kathryn Stripling Byer
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Cola Franzen
Sidney Lanier
Clarence Major
Charlie Smith
Jean Toomer
Alice Walker
Byron Herbert Reece
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Literary organizations & centers |
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Georgia Center for the Book
A statewide program which celebrates books, reading, literacy, book arts, publishing and Georgia's literary tradition, Georgia Center for the Book sponsors "All Georgia Reading the Same Book", the Georgia Top 25 Reading List (featuring some poets), and various festivals throughout the state.
Georgia Council for the Arts
This state arts agency created the "Georgia poetry circuit," which sends poets on a reading tour to a consortium of Georgia colleges and universities.
Georgia Writers Association
Provides workshops, conferences, seminars, retreats, contests, the formation of Pods, (satellite groups) and other forms of support groups, an online writers' college, and the bimonthly Georgia Writers News/Mag.
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Literary journals & small presses |
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Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture
Literary journal that sponsors prizes, a spring literary festival, and a week of intensive workshops each May.
Atlanta Review
All-poetry journal that presents themed issues and international writing, as well as regional writers.
The Chattahoochee Review
The literary quarterly of Georgia Perimeter College.
Five Points
Published three times a year by Georgia State University's Department of English and Creative Writing Program, Five Points features poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews.
Georgia Review
Quarterly that publishes poetry, essays, fiction, and reviews.
Snake Nation Press
Publishes Snake Nation Review as well as books of poetry and fiction, runs Snake Nation Zine Distro, workshops and open mic nights in Valdosta. |
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Poetic History |
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Sidney Lanier Cottage
Macon, GA
Though home to Lanier only in his childhood, the pastoral setting was significant enough in his imagination to influence many of his most celebrated poems.
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The Graves of Poets
Conrad Aiken's bench-shaped grave at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, became famous after it was mentioned in John Berendt's 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
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National Poetry Month Proclamation
In April of 2008, the Board of Commissioners of Columbia County issued a proclamation in recognition and support of National Poetry Month. | |
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Poems about Georgia |
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Nocturne: Georgia Coast
by Daniel Whitehead Hicky
The shrimping boats are late today...
My Sister's Funeral
by Gerald Stern
Since there was no mother for the peach tree we did it / all alone...
miss rosie
by Lucille Clifton
when I watch you...
Portrait in Georgia
by Jean Toomer
Hair—braided chestnut...
An Unemployed Machinist
by John Giorno
An unemployed...
Go Down, Death
by James Weldon Johnson
Weep not, weep not...
Stonemason
by James O'Hern
My stonemason John says... |
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Readings series, conferences, & literary festivals |
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Agnes Scott College Writers Festival
This two-day festival in March is the longest continuously running literary festival in Georgia.
Southeastern Writers Association Annual Writers Conference
A week-long conference held on St. Simons Island offers intensive study, manuscript critiques, evening speakers, and an opportunity to experience camaraderie with fellow writers.
Savannah Book Festival
An annual worl literary event bringing dozens of popular and critically acclaimed authors and thousands of readers together in historic Savannah, Georgia. Free and open to the public, the festival takes place in Telfair Square and the stately buildings around it. The Festival features seven venues, each featuring six consecutive author presentations on one day.
Georgia Literary Festival
This "moveable feast" of the state’s literary heritage began in 1998, and brings together novelists, poets, historians, screenwriters, publishers, and more for one day of lectures, readings, and book exposition. |
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Writing Programs & Colonies |
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Georgia College & State University
GC&SU's MFA program offers workshops in poetry, fiction, scriptwriting, and creative nonfiction. The English Department also sponsors several reading series and workshops.
Georgia State University
Offers MFA degrees in poetry or fiction and the Ph.D. with concentrations in literary studies, rhetoric and composition, and creative writing.
University of Georgia
The UGA Creative Writing Program offers both a Ph.D with a creative emphasis and an MFA. The UGA faculty is a virtual cross section of poetics in America today: Andrew Zawacki, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Program Director Ed Pavlic, as well as adjunct faculty Judson Mitcham and Jed Rasula. The CWP at UGA boasts a number of phenomenal poets as students, as well, including
Danielle Pafunda, Sabrina Orah Mark, and Lara Glenum.
Emory University
The undergraduate Creative Writing Program at Emory was founded in 1991. In this program, students may pursue their personal interests and investigate specific genres, including poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, playwriting and screenwriting. Faculty includes poets Natasha Trethewey and Kevin Young. |
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