Alpharetta Campus
The Chattahoochee Review & the Honors College at Perimeter College present THE VISITING POETS SERIES
Poetry readings on 4 Perimeter College campuses tomorrow and Thursday!
Don’t forget – Perimeter College and The Georgia Poetry Circuit will host poetry readings by Kim Addonizio tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5 and Thursday, April 6, 2017. All readings are free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing on each campus.
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Alpharetta Campus
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Clarkston Campus
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Dunwoody Campus
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Newton Campus
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Additional information about the poet, including samples of her work, can be found on the handout provided for the event.
Poetry reading by Kim Addonizio on April 5 & 6
Perimeter College and The Georgia Poetry Circuit will host poetry readings by Kim Addonizio on Wednesday, April 5 and 6, 2017. All readings are free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing on each campus.
Alpharetta Campus
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Clarkston Campus
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Dunwoody Campus
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Newton Campus
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According to the handout provided for the event: “Kim Addonizio earning both her BA and MA from San Francisco State University, and she has spent much of her adult life in the Bay Area.” Currently Addonizio “lives and teaches workshops in Oakland, California”.
She has received fellowships from both the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts as well as earned a Pushcart Prize and John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award for her work. Her poetry “is known for its gritty, street-wise narrators, details about urban life, and wicked wit.” Samples of Addonizio’s poetry can be found on the handout linked above.