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Georgia College & State University’s Creative Writing Program will host former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Monday, March 4, for a reading and Q&A. Collins served back-to-back terms as poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. Collins will take part in a Q&A session from 4 to 4:45 p.m. in Arts & Sciences 140. He will also give a reading of his poetry from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the A&S auditorium, followed by a book signing. Called “the most popular poet in America” by New York Times editor...

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Georgia College & State University's Creative Writing Program and Department of English welcome the 2024 Dr. and Mrs. Barry Darugar Distinguished Visiting lecturer and Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins to campus on March 4, 2024. Q&A: 4-4:45 p.m., College of Arts & Sciences building, room 140 Reading and book signing: 7:30-8:30 p.m., College of Arts & Sciences Auditorium Billy Collins is the author of 12 collections of poetry including The Rain in Portugal, Aimless Love, Horoscopes...

Georgia College & State University's Visiting Writers Series Book Launch for former GCSU Creative Writing Poet-in-Residence Alice Friman, along with readings by MFA Students Daniel Johnston and Christian Gurrola. Feb. 12, 2024 6:30-7:30 p.m. Museum Education Room Alice Friman's new collection On the Overnight Train New and Selected poems will be available for purchase and signing. Alice Friman’s eighth collection of poems, On the Overnight Train: New and Selected from LSU Press. Her...

Are you an undergraduate student enrolled in the arts, humanities, social sciences and physical sciences? Do you like to write? Then, apply your imagination and writing skills by entering the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award contest. Finalists will receive a cash award. Enter in these categories: • poetry – may submit up to three poems, maximum five pages • drama - one-act play, one submission, maximum 20 pages • short story – typed and double-spaced, one submission, maximum 20...