09/09/2024
Friends of Hellenic Studies:
We are pleased to announce an exciting upcoming event, “Poetries of Diaspora,” that will take place on September 26-27, 2024, in the Lobby of the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University [80 Forsyth Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30303].
Parking will be available at the next door parking deck [123 Fairlie Street, NW]. We have arranged to have $6.00 validation stickers available for our attendees. Please make sure that you bring the ticket you receive when entering the deck with you to the Rialto venue for validation. You will pay the $6.00 fee on your way out of the deck (payment by credit card only).
For parking information and directions see: https://rialto.gsu.edu/visit/
The Center for Hellenic Studies at GSU exists, in large measure, due to the generosity of a thriving Greek diaspora here in Atlanta. In celebration of that fact, we have invited a group of talented poets to reflect upon the complex experiences of dispersion, dislocation, re-location and renewal from a variety of perspectives, including the African American experience, the Mexican American experience, the Vietnamese American experience, and the experience of a Greek living in the United Kingdom.
Our guests include:
Eloisa Amezcua (Randolph College), author of From the Inside Quietly (Sundress, 2018) and Fighting is Like a Wife (Coffee House Press, 2022);
Opal Moore (Spelman College, emerita), author of Lot’s Daughters (Third World Press, 2004);
Diana Khoi Nguyen (University of Pittsburgh), author of Ghost Of (Omnidawn, 2018) and Root Fractures (Scribner, 2024); and
Niki Orfanou (London, UK, originally from Athens, Greece), author of Le petit Ivan (Le lièvre de Mars, 2018) and Forget Yet Again (Inner Spectator, 2021)
The schedule of events will include the following:
Thursday, September 26, 2024
5:15-6:30pm: Opening Reception
6:30-8:30pm: Introduction, and Poetry Reading by our four guests
Friday, September 27, 2024
2:30-4:30pm: Poetry Reading-and-Response by our four guests
4:30-6:00pm: Discussion/Q & A with the public
6:30-8:30pm: Closing Reception
