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For Immediate Release
(March 13, 2009) The Poetry Society of Georgia 2008-2009 reading series continues with Melanie Almeder on March 19, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Almeder's extensive work has been recognized with numerous awards including the Emily Dickinson Award, The Comstock Review and the Patricia Painton Memorial Fellowship. Almeder has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times. Her On Dream Street was in the final 25 books to be considered for the Walt Whitman Award. Her widely published range of poems have been featured in numerous journals including The Georgian Review, Poetry, Five Points, Seneca Review and American Literary Review.
Almeder was raised in Atlanta, GA and southern Maine. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Virginia, an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Massachusetts and a Ph.D. in contemporary fiction from the University of Florida.
Southern Poetry Review, Armstrong Atlantic State University's Department of Language, Literature, and Philosophy and the Grassroots Arts Program sponsor this series. The Grassroots Arts Program is supported in part by 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.
For more information, contact Tony Morris at 912.344.3123.
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Poetry Society of Georgia to Host Melanie Almeder
(March 13, 2009) The Poetry Society of Georgia 2008-2009 reading series continues with Melanie Almeder on March 19, 2009 at 7:30 p.m., at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Almeder's extensive work has been recognized with numerous awards including the Emily Dickinson Award, The Comstock Review and the Patricia Painton Memorial Fellowship. Almeder has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize three times. Her On Dream Street was in the final 25 books to be considered for the Walt Whitman Award. Her widely published range of poems have been featured in numerous journals including The Georgian Review, Poetry, Five Points, Seneca Review and American Literary Review.
Almeder was raised in Atlanta, GA and southern Maine. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Virginia, an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Massachusetts and a Ph.D. in contemporary fiction from the University of Florida.
Southern Poetry Review, Armstrong Atlantic State University's Department of Language, Literature, and Philosophy and the Grassroots Arts Program sponsor this series. The Grassroots Arts Program is supported in part by 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.
For more information, contact Tony Morris at 912.344.3123.