QUARTERLY MEETING JULY 19, 2008
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QUARTERLY MEETING JULY 19, 2008
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Many thanks to our GPS member Dr. Robert Simon, a
faculty member at KSU, for handling the meeting arrangements on campus
and to the Department of Foreign Languages and the College of Humanities
and Social Sciences for their support. If you wish to ride with another
member or if you want to offer your services to provide a ride to
someone in your area, contact our transportation coordinator, Dr.
Tonette Long, at skylark39@windstream.net
or 706-864-6801.
Other program highlights include the always-popular member readings, a reading by Robert Simon from his new book of poetry, a workshop by Jill Jennings, and the unveiling of the 2008 The Reach of Song by Dr. Robert Lynn. Dr. Robert Simon is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Kennesaw State University. He attended Boston University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts and his Master of Arts degrees in Hispanic Language and Literatures in 2000. He earned his Ph.D. in Literature in May, 2006 from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught both Spanish and Portuguese language, and has investigated the presence of Surrealism, Mysticism and postmodernism in Contemporary Peninsular Literatures. His poetry includes the book New Poems from the Airplane and Graveyard (Finishing Line Press, 2007) and other poems published in several journals across the nation, including The Reach of Song, The American Poetry Journal and The New York Quarterly. He explains his poetry as "an exploration of the intimate connection between love, death and the languages that harness and define me as both a poet and a scholar."
Jill Jennings has won top awards from the Georgia Poetry Society, Atlanta Writers Club, and other groups. A retired journalist, she served as editor of West Michigan Magazine, regular columnist and reviewer for The Athens Observer newspaper, and Public Relations Director for two PBS affiliates. After a long and varied career in public relations and fund-raising for non-profits, she decided to return to her first love: foreign language. For 18 years she has taught Latin and English in the public schools, where she also developed writing workshops for the English portion of the SAT exam. Since retiring in 2004, she has devoted herself full-time to writing and teaching writing workshops. She writes primarily in English and French. An avid traveler and linguist, Jill lives in Woodstock, Georgia with her husband, Paul Cheng. Her first full-length volume of poetry, The Poetry Alarm Clock, will be out August 1, 2008. In addition to these fine speakers, as this meeting is the annual business meeting, we will receive the report of the nominating committee for officers and directors for the 2009 calendar year as well as open the floor for nominations. Please see the lunch choices and ordering slip below and send in your order by July 11 (postmarked).* Directions (see enclosed map): Kennesaw State University is located in Cobb County, 20 minutes north of Atlanta on I-75 one exit north of Town Center Mall. Take the Chastain Road Exit number 271 and turn west across the interstate. Take the third street to your right, Kennesaw State University Drive, at the ball fields. Continue straight for about one tenth of a mile and park in the Welcome Center lot on the left. Our meeting will be in the nearby Student Center (building 5 on the map). Follow the GPS signs.If you have questions or concerns, you can best reach me through email: clelareed@gmail.com.I hope to see you at Kennesaw!!
Clela Reed Vice President/Program Chairman, Georgia Poetry Society
* For lunch we have boxed lunch choices, all the same price--$10.00. Please make your choice and mail in the slip below with the number requested for each choice and a check made out to Georgia Poetry Society and marked for "Meal".Club--Boxed Lunch Sliced turkey, crisp bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Served on seven grain bread or a crusted baguette. Fruit and Pasta Salad, cookies , bag of chips, and bottled water or soda The Italiano-- Boxed lunch Grilled boneless breast of chicken with fontina cheese and roasted red pepper mayonnaise on a focaccia roll. Fruit and Pasta Salad, cookies , bag of chips, and bottled water or soda Vegetarian Wrap -- Boxed lunch Grilled vegetables, lettuce, tomato, herbed mayonnaise rolled in a spinach tortilla. Fruit and Pasta Salad, cookies , bag of chips, and bottled water or soda Cut off this portion and send in with check. GPS July Meeting Lunch Order $10.00 each Name:________________________________________ Number: ____Club ____Italiano ____Vegetarian Amount enclosed:_____________ Mail checks to: T. Hensel Send by July 11th postmark PO Box 999 Alpharetta, GA 30009
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