Reading Local: Atlanta

Poetry Atlanta Presents…
with Theresa Davis
Tuesday, February 23
7:15 P.M.
Decatur Library Auditorium

The Georgia Center for the Book once again joins Poetry Atlanta for a special Black History Month program featuring the work of several noted poets from throughout metro Atlanta. Award-winning poet and poetry slam champion Theresa Davis hosts this program, which features some of Atlanta’s up-and-coming spoken word poets and local celebrities. Among them will be Darnell Fine and the members of the Java Monkey and Art Smok Slam Teams. It will be a lively evening!

As longtime Atlanta area residents know, Java Monkey coffee house hosts Poetry Atlanta’s readings every Sunday night. Now, Blue Elephant Book Shop is exploring hosting a regular event for emerging authors, from the ultra successful to the self- and not-quite-yet-published. This will be a chance for authors to read from their work, and perhaps sign copies. The gang at Blue Elephant isn’t quite sure how this will work—they may ask a local pub or coffee shop to host the event once or twice a month. If you have any ideas, or if you’d like to participate, stop by the shop and let them know. This is the kind of local literary community-building activity that Read Local was born to support.