Georgia Connection: Decatur Bio: Lynn Farmer, a native of Knoxville, TN, has lived most of her life in Decatur, GA. A career high school English teacher, she received her Ph.D. in English literature from Emory University, writing on T. S. Eliot. Distinguished among her many awards are the Byron Herbert […]
Poets
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Georgia Connection: Athens Bio: Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, author of Imperfect Tense (poems), four education books, and numerous articles and essays, is the recipient of awards from Fulbright, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Beckman Award for Professors Who Inspire. She is professor of language and literacy education at the University […]
Georgia Connection: Calhoun Bio: Dustin Brookshire is the curator of the Wild & Precious Life Series and editor of Limp Wrist. He is a co-editor of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2023), and the author of three chapbooks—the most recent being Never Picked First For Playtime. Poem in […]
Georgia Connection: Smyrna Bio: Komal Mathew is a Gujarati-American writer from the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. She is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology and Sarah Lawrence College. Her poetry collection, For Daughters Who Walk Out Like Sons, won the Zone 3 Press First Book Award for Poetry. Her […]
Georgia Connection: Thomasville Bio: Elizabeth Cranford Garcia’s work has or will soon appear in journals such as Tar River Poetry Review, CALYX, Dialogist, SoFloPoJo, Mom Egg Review, Psaltery & Lyre, and SWWIM, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her chapbook, Stunt Double, was […]
Georgia Connection: Atlanta Bio: Originally from Pennsylvania, Beth Gylys is an award-winning poet and poetry professor at Georgia State University where she has worked for over twenty years. Her fourth collection of poetry, Body Braille, was published in 2020 by Iris Press, and she recently co-authored a collection, The Conversation […]
Georgia Connection: Decatur Bio: Jenny Sadre-Orafai is the author of Paper Cotton Leather and Malak and the co-author of Book of Levitations. Her fourth poetry collection, Dear Outsiders, is forthcoming from the University of Akron Press. She teaches at Kennesaw State University and she is a co-founding editor of Josephine […]
Georgia Connection: Atlanta Bio: Travis Denton lives in Atlanta where he is the Associate Director of Poetry @ TECH at Georgia Tech, and has served as McEver Chair in Poetry. He is also founding editor of the literary arts publication Terminus Magazine. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, magazines […]
Georgia Connection: Milledgeville Bio: Alice Friman is the author of seven poetry collections, including Blood Weather, The View from Saturn, and Vinculum, which won the 2012 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry. Born in New York City, she now lives in Milledgeville, Georgia. Poem in the Parks: “Baring the Inevitable” Discover More: […]
Georgia Connection: Macon Bio: Gordon Johnston is author of the poetry collections Where Here Is Hard to Say (forthcoming, Mercer University Press) and Scaring the Bears (Mercer University Press, 2021) and of the poetry chapbooks Durable Goods (Finishing Line, 2021) and Gravity’s Light Grip (Perkolator Press, 2007), and is co-author, with Matthew Jennings, of Ocmulgee National […]