Six Press authors will help the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
celebrate its move from the University
of Georgia’s Main Library into the newly
built Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries on the UGA campus.
Hall of Fame inductees Coleman Barks, David Bottoms, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Terry Kay, and Phillip Lee Williams, in a discussion moderated by Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg, will kick off the celebration to be held Thursday, September
27, at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The Hargrett is now
housed in the state-of-the-art Russell Library at 300 S. Hull Street, Athens, GA.
The Georgia Hall of Fame was established in 2000 with the
mission of recognizing Georgia
writers, their depiction of the state, and their contribution to its culture.
The schedule for the festivities is:
Writers’ Salon and Literary Discussion
10:00 a.m. in Room
285
Ruppersburg will lead a discussion with the above-mentioned
Press authors and fellow GWHF inductee Melissa Fay Green, about the history and
current state of letters in Georgia.
Exhibition Opening and Tour
11:15 a.m. in the
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Galleries
A short video about the hall of fame will be shown and
librarians will lead a tour of the collections.
Parking is available in the Tate Center Parking Deck,
located at 705 S. Lumpkin Street.
Shuttles will be provided between the parking deck and the Library.
