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(PRWEB) February 11, 2005 -- Georgia Writers Association presents Red Hen Press Managing Editor/Author Kate Gales Workshop for Writers at 10:15 AM (advance registration suggested) and Robert Lamb, author of Atlanta Blues at 2:30 PM at the Dunwoody Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, on February 12.
In celebration of Red Hen Press's 10th Anniversary, Kate Gale, currently living in Los Angeles, is conducting workshops around the country. Her five collections of poetry are: "Blue Air," "Where Crows and Men Collide," "Selling the Hammock," "Fishers of Men," and her most recent "Mating Season," released this Fall by Tupelo Press. Her novel is "Lake of Fire." She also has a bilingual childrens book, "African Sleeping Beauty." Three anthologies she coedited, "Anyone is Possible," "Blue Cathedral" and "Fake City Syndrome," have been widely adopted for classroom use. Her poems and short stories can be found in Arshile, Portland Review, Quarterly West and The Connecticut Review. Her current project is "Rio de Sangre," the libretto for an opera by Don Davis.
Robert Lamb is a former journalist at The Atlanta Constitution. He works at the University of South Carolina where he teaches writing courses in the English Department and in the journalism school. His first novel, "Striking Out," a coming of age story set in Augusta, was nominated for the PEN/Hemingway Award. Lambs latest novel, "Atlanta Blues," was launched at the Georgia Center for the Book this past September 13. He will talk on "The Cartesian School of Authorship: I Write, Therefore Im Crazy."
Open to all interested persons, workshop fee is $10 to members, $20 to nonmembers. Meeting is free to first time attendees; membership required for subsequent meetings.
For additional information contact Geri Taran: 678-407-0703 or via email:info@georgiawriters.org.
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