January 24, 2019
Pictured: Poet Adrian Matejka will read from his works at 7 p.m. on Feb. 4 in the History Room in Tift Hall on the ABAC campus.
TIFTON—World-renowned poet and author Adrian Matejka will represent the Georgia Poetry Circuit on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. when he reads from his works in the History Room in Tift Hall at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. This event is open to the public at no charge.
Born in Nuremberg, Germany and raised in Indianapolis, Ind., Matejka has grown to be a celebrated world-wide writer. Some of his works include “The Devil’s Garden” in 2003, which won the New York/New England Award. It was followed by “Mixology,” a winner of the 2008 National Poetry Seriesand“The Big Smoke,” the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner and a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in poetry.
Matejka’s honors include the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award, the Julia Peterkin Award, a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from the Bellagio Center, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and a Simon Fellowship from United States Artists. He currently teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington and is the Poet Laureate of Indiana.
Founded at Mercer University in 1985, the Georgia Poetry Circuit is a consortium of 10 Georgia colleges and universities working together to bring three poets of national and international reputation annually to all members’ campuses, providing an important access to the literary arts for Georgia residents across the state. During Matejka’s time on the ABAC campus, creative writing students will also be able to participate in a workshop, talk, or extended question and answer session.
For more information on this event, interested persons can contact Dr. Jeff Newberry, Professor of English and Poet in Residence at ABAC, at jnewberry@abac.edu or (229) 391-4972.
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