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Columns::March 3, 2003
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State's poets, novelists, writers gather here for Literary Festival
By Beth Roberts
beth@uga.edu
Many of the state’s best poets, novelists and non-fiction writers will gather in Athens this week for a literary festival and
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Freeman Owle
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symposium honoring the late Stanley W. Lindberg, longtime editor of The Georgia Review, UGA’s literary quarterly.
The Athens Literary Festival: Roots in Georgia II will be held in downtown Athens and on campus March 6-9. Focusing on Georgia’s literary history and heritage, it will feature lectures, readings, panel discussions, receptions and a ticketed gospel lunch hosted by food writer John T. Edge.
In 1985, Lindberg organized the first Roots in Georgia Symposium as a University of Georgia Bicentennial event. Roots in Georgia II will feature many of the writers who participated in the 1985 symposium, as well as introducing new Georgia voices.
The list of authors participating in Roots II reads like a Who’s Who in Georgia books: Tina McElroy Ansa, Coleman Barks, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Alfred Corn, Rosemary Daniell, Janice Daugharty, Bruce Feiler, William Greenway, Mary Hood, Terry Kay, Judson Mitcham, Marion Montgomery, Jim Peterson, Wyatt Prunty,
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Bettie Sellers
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Janisse Ray, Ferrol Sams, Bettie Sellers, Bailey White and Philip Lee Williams.
Artistic and scholarly presentations by Native American writers whose roots are in Georgia will be a highlight of the festival. Participants will include Betty Louise Bell, Diane Glancy, Charles Hudson and Theda Perdue, as well as storytellers Freeman Owle and Jacque Garneau.
“Before, during, and after Removal, the native tribes of Georgia have remained an imaginative presence in Georgia literature,” says David Payne, director of UGA’s Writing Center and one of the festival organizers.
In addition to readings and panels, there will be an open-air book fair during the day on March 8, an open-mike night featuring students from UGA’s Creative Writing Department and a poetry slam.
On March 6, Roots II will feature the inaugural Lindberg Lecture, given by poet and essayist Edward Hirsch. He will deal with the state of the art of writing.
WUGA-FM 91.7/97.9 is producing a public reading and performance that will also be broadcast live from 8 to 9:30 p.m. March 7 in Masters Hall of the Georgia Center. The performance features novelist Tina McElroy Ansa, poet Coleman Barks, Native American storyteller Freeman Owle, and essayist and novelist Bailey White. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m. and all audience members should be seated by 7:45.
On March 8, the third Lindberg Award for Outstanding Contributions to Georgia Letters will be presented to Bettie Sellers, former poet laureate of the state of Georgia. The event will be held at the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens. Tickets are $40 and may be purchased on the festival Web site.
A complete schedule of events is available on the festival Web site (www.athensliteraryfestival.org) and major events are listed on the UGAGuide of this issue of Columns.
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