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UGA to kick off Spotlight on the Arts celebration with poetry festival

Large tree in front of UGA Chapel. The UGA Poetry Festival's opening keynote event on Nov. 4 will feature Edward Hirsch and Robin Coste Lewis at the UGA Chapel. The event is part of the university's Fall 2025 Signature Lecture Series.
Dorothy Kozlowski
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UGA
The UGA Poetry Festival's opening keynote event on Nov. 4 will feature Edward Hirsch and Robin Coste Lewis at the UGA Chapel. The event is part of the university's Fall 2025 Signature Lecture Series.

The University of Georgia will begin their month-long arts celebration with a two-day poetry festival. Five American poets will read to the public.

The Spotlight on the Arts is UGA’s annual event that focuses on celebrating literary, visual, and performing arts throughout the entire month of November. The celebration will kick off with an opening keynote event next Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m.

Edward Hirsch, a MacArthur Fellow, and Robin Coste Lewis, a National Book Award winner, will be doing feature readings and answering questions at the UGA Chapel.

The second public event will feature poets Michael Collier, Vievee Francis and Garrett Hongo at the Georgia Museum of Art on November 5 at 5:30 p.m. The event will also consist of feature readings, Q&A, and book signings.

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