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Guardians of Our Past
“We’re not bending poetry to fit theater,” says Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth. “We’re bending theater to fit poetry.”
Read More(Video) Atlanta teens slammin' with NBAF poets
For the past two weeks, the NBAF’s Brave New Voices Institute has sharpened the creative writing and spoken-word skills of 20 metro Atlanta teenagers.
Read MoreMusic, spoken word rule NBAF in August
The second in a series of four Spotlight Series concerts curated by music legend Wynton Marsalis will pair Marsalis’ jazz mentor Jimmy Heath and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt in an Aug. 23 concert.
Read MoreSNAPSHOT | Jonida Beqo, aka Gypsee Yo
In brief: Jonida, 32, performing under the stage name Gypsee Yo, premieres Harabel, her original one-woman show Jan. 11-12 at Theatrical Outfit. It’s a series of poetic snapshots that follow one …
Read MoreEmory professor named U.S. poet laureate
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Emory University professor Natasha Trethewey has been named the 2012-13 U.S. poet laureate by the Library of Congress.
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