An intimate reading

Thanks to all who came to Chad Davidson's reading. Chad is so talented at making his audience feel like a part of the reading rather than "an audience". I thoroughly enjoyed it. For those of you who missed it we hope to see you at The Savannah book Festival and specifically at Dr. Nagueyalti Warren's reading, which we are sponsoring. There are many other great poets reading and you can get all the details at http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/

Here are some pics from Davidson's reading, enjoy!

Mark our next reader on your new 2010 calendar! Chad Davidson will be reading at the Telfair Academy (121 Barnard Street) for us on January 19, 2010.
Chad Davidson is the author of The Last Predicta (2008) and Consolation Miracle (2003), winner of the Crab Orchard Prize in Poetry. Otherbooks include: Hockey Haiku: the Essential Collection, Space (chapbook), and Tourist Guide to the Forgotten City (chapbook). His poems have also appeared in several anthologies, including: From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great (with audio CD); Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes; Under the Rock Umbrella: Contemporary American Poets from 1951-1977; and In a Fine Frenzy Rolling. He has work currently appearing in AGNI, Double Take, Hotel Amerika, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The Writer’s Chronicle. His new poetry textbook, Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches was published in 2009. He teaches at the University of West Georgia.

Member’s only reception with Chad at 6:30pm. Public reading begins at 7pm. Admission is $10.00 – all proceeds help the Poetry Society continue to serve you and the greater community of Savannah.

This poetry reading series is supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program in conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the arts..

PSGA Christmas party

You are invited to our Christmas party!

It will be held on December 11th at 7pm at the Gordonston cottage. A secluded cottage on a wooded acreage with a roaring fire in the fireplace! Bring up to three of your own poems, or your favorites of others, to share with everyone! Refreshments and snacks will be provided but if you have a dish you'd like to share please feel free. So mark it on your calendar for an evening of good friends, good food and great poems.

The Gordonston cottage is located at the intersection of Edgewood Rd and Pierpont Ave just off Henry and Skidaway. Please email us with any questions - poetryknows@gmail.com and bring a friend!

Osing Reading

Great thanks to all who attended Gordon Osing's reading. It was a wonderful evening and the poetry took us from our seats to far off places including India and China! The Society will not be hosting a reader for December because we will be hosting our annual Christmas party where we invite members to read their own work or some of their favorites. Details to come, but save the date of December 11th for that event. Our great gratitude once more for all your support and we look forward to seeing you in December.

Reminder

Just a reminder to come to Gordon Osing's reading this Tuesday the 17th at the Telfair Academy. 6:30pm if you are a PSGA member and 7pm if you're not. We hope to see you there and hope you will spread the word and invite someone new!
cheers
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November's Poet

Gordon Osing will be reading his poetry for us on November 17th. Gordon grew up in central Illinois and Western Missouri. He taught elementary school in suburban St. Louis and Indepencence, Missouri and High Schools in Chicago and Missouri for ten years before heading back to campus at the University of Arkansas, for an MFA in Poetry in 1973. Inspired by writers such as David Wagoner, Karl Shapiro, Nancy Willard, Gwendolyn Brooks, Howard Nemerov and Richard Wilbur, he discovered that poetry could be a way to keep private matters by making them inot poetic artifacts. A very successful poet both in publications and awards we hope you will join us for an evening of inspiring entertainment. Members only reception with Gordon at 6:30pm and the reading, open to members and non- members begins at 7pm. Admission is $10.00 and readings are held at the Telfair Academy at 121 Barnard St. Savannah GA. please contact us with any questions at poetryknows@gmail.com.


This poetry reading series is supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program in conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the arts.


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October Reading

We hope to see all of you at our reading on October 20th at the Telfair Academy.

Angela Ball (10/20/09) - Ball’s thought-provoking poetry has brought her personal satisfaction as well as numerous awards and recognition by other poets. Ball was born on July 6, 1952, in Athens, Ohio, and went on to college to get her B. A. from Ohio University, her M. F. A. from The University of Iowa, and her Ph.D. from the University of Denver. Ball has published several works of poetry, including Recombinant Lives (1987), Vixie (1988), Kneeling Between Parked Cars (1990), Quartet (1995), and Possession (1995). Her poems have appeared in Grand Street, Partisan Review Poetry, the Mississippi Review, Mademoiselle, Kenyon Review and others. She is presently working on a long poem collage called The Museum of the Revolution. Reading begins at 7pm, any questions: poetryknows@gmail.com

This poetry reading series is supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program in conjunction with the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and administered by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs. GCA is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the arts.