I definitely can’t remember all the readings I went to in ’15, so if I went to your reading and you’re not on this list please don’t be offended. These ones jump out in my brain and were all total feelings-church magic. Full disclosure, I organized or co-organized several of these readings; what can I say, I have good taste. In no particular order:
1. Reginald McKnight at Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA
2. Dorothy Allison in ATL
3. Natalie Eilbert, Magdalena Zurawski, and Adam Gardner at Avid Bookshop
4. Jericho Brown in at The Globe in Athens, GA
5. Naomi Jackson at Avid Bookshop
6. Mongrel Poetics panel at &Now feat. Lucas de Lima, Lara Glenum, Eunsong Kim, Jennifer Tamayo, and Bhanu Kapil
7. Post-&Now Salon at Sam Cohen’s house feat. Kenji Liu, Vickie Vertiz, Leon Baham, Sam Cohen, Megan Milks, Nikki Darling, Sofia Samatar, Raquel Gutiérrez, Becca Klaver, and Janice Lee
8. Cloudfangs Out (&Now offsite) feat. Lucas de Lima, Douglas Kearney, Ronaldo V. Wilson, Kate Durbin, Lara Glenum, & Aaron Kunin
9. LeAnne Howe, Sade Murphy, and Sara Renee Marshall at Avid Bookshop
10. Ginger Ko & Lindsay Tigue at UGA’s Spotlight on the Arts