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Voices Carry Poetry Reading Coming to Decatur Library

Poetry Atlanta and the Georgia Center for the Book are hosting the 9th annual Voices Carry reading on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 
3 p.m. in the Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St.

Poet and novelist Collin Kelley will host. The event is free and open to the public and books will be available for sale.

The featured poets are:

  • Cecilia Woloch: is the author of the poetry collections Sacrifice, Tsigan: The Gypsy Poem, Late and Carpathia. A recipient of an NEA Fellowship, Woloch teaches at the University of Southern California as well as hosting workshops around the world, including the annual Paris Poetry Workshop.
  • Jessie Carty: is the author of the poetry collections An Amateur Marriage, Paper House, Fat Girl and the newly-published Morph from Sibling Rivalry Press. She is the founding editor of Referential Magazine.
  • Helen Losse: is poetry editor emeritus of Dead Mule School of Southern Literature and the author of the poetry collections Mansion of Memory, Seriously Dangerous, Better With Friends and Gathering the Broken Pieces.
  • Erica Wright: is the author of Instructions for Killing the Jackal and the chapbook Silt. Her debut crime novel, The Red Chameleon, will be published next year by Pegasus Books. She is the poetry editor at Guernica Magazine.


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