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August 29, 2012

We'll Be There, Will You? Decatur Book Festival, August 31-Sept 2

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The Best American Poetry 2012 will be making its debut appearance this Saturday, September 1, at the AJC Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the country.

First stop:  the Keynote Address by US Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway, August 31, 8 PM at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory University.

On Saturday, September 1, from 11:15 am-12:00 pm the Best American Poetry 2012 Series Editor David Lehman, BAP 2011 Guest Editor Kevin Young, and BAP 2012 Guest Editor Mark Doty with celebrate the anthology and share their work along with poems from the current volume.  Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage.  A book signing will follow the presentation.

There's a lot going on in Decatur this weekend!  Find out all about it here.

-- sdh

Posted by on August 29, 2012 at 10:37 AM in Announcements, Feature, Poetry Readings, sdh |

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