Poetry Atlanta, the Georgia Center for the Book, and RoughDraft Atlanta host the launch of Collin Kelley’s latest poetry collection, Wonder & Wreckage: New & Selected Poems, 1993 - 2023. He'll be in conversation with Karen Head. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.

UPDATED 4/30: This event will take place on the FOURTH FLOOR of Decatur Library. Please enter through the main level, head to the elevators, and follow directions to the Fourth Floor, which will be unlocked at 6:30. There is a two-level free parking deck behind the library, as well as other parking options throughout Decatur.

About Collin:

Collin Kelley is an award-winning poet, novelist, and editor from Atlanta, GA. His latest book is Wonder & Wreckage: New & Selected Poems, 1993-2023, a career-spanning collection published by Poetry Atlanta Press.

About the Moderator:

Dr. Karen Head is the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and a Professor of English and World Languages, Editor of the Atlanta Review, Adjunct Professor at Georgia Tech, and a Visiting Scholar and Artist at Technische-Universität-Dortmund. Head is extremely active in community service—serving as the Chair of the Oglethorpe University Museum Board, as a member of the Georgia State University Perimeter College Advisory Board, Secretary of the Poetry Atlanta Board, and as a board member for the Ozark Actors Theater. A widely published poet, she served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Fulton County, Georgia (2020-2022). She also serves as the Waffle House Poet Laureate, a title that reflects her outreach program to use the arts to encourage students in rural high schools to consider paths toward college, a distinction that has received extensive media coverage. She is a native of Georgia, and looks forward to continuing to serve the people in her home state.