Zurawski divides her time between writing and convincing UGA undergrads to fall in love with long-dead German philosophers. A professor of English and creative writing at the University of Georgia, she moved to Athens two years ago.

Zurawski is also the author of The Bruise, an intense and vibrant novel that won the Lambda Award for debut lesbian fiction. This week, we have two poems by Magdalena Zurawski from her new book Companion Animal. Beginning this week, this new column, Poetlandia, will bring you a few poems, a super short story or a little bit of a novel from local writers, both well known and just beginning. This week's star is Magdalena Zurawski! From Flagpole:Īthens is known as a music town, but situated as we are right on top of rich Georgia clay, there must be writers everywhere. This program will be recorded.Flagpole launches a new column this week called 'Poetlandia,' which will show love to all literary genres and forms on the scene in Athens, Georgia. If space is available, you’ll receive an email link to the Zoom meeting on Friday, May 15. To register for the program, please email us. Maggie Zurawski is an award-winning poet, author of the novel, The Bruise, and associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of Georgia where she directs the creative writing program. She’ll read selections from her latest collection, (Distressed Properties). Zippers and Jeans tells the story of a man who upon having his heart broken finds that he can commune with inanimate objects. He’s written two poetry collections and will read from Zippers and Jeans. The title is from a song by the Memphis musician Harlan T.

Peter Moore is a literary critic, poet, and editor he lives in Indiana and teaches at Purdue University. And what's better than that when you're stuck at home?' “And then there's the reader or the listener who often completes the job by lifting what's been taken into a place that may not have been intended, but is no less real or wondrous.

Trying to stay out of the way of messing it up is what I feel I'm mostly doing,” Taylor said. “Writing poetry is challenging and may not be as dependable a way to find connection or comfort! It's easy to forget that the poem is really in charge. Cornell is an American artist knows as the creator of surrealist shadow boxes featuring found objects. Ken Taylor is a Chicago resident, publisher of selva oscura press, and co-founder and contributing editor of Lute & Drum, an online journal of poetry and poetics. He’ll read selections from self-portrait as joseph cornell.

The Bruise by Magdalena Zurawski