Visiting Hours at the Color Line

The words we use to describe a phenomenon often obscure a meaning opposite from the words themselves. The concept, or reality, of a color line in society is no different - what sounds like a stark demarcation has increasingly become an irregular, uneven blur of factors surrounding contemporary ideas of race or color.

Visiting Hours at the Color Line, a new book of poetry by professor of English and creative writing Ed Pavlić is a collection that attempts to further unpack this neat logism into the messy, complicated reflection of society that it represents.  Pavlić will read from the book on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Cine in downtown Athens:

The new volume, Visiting Hours at the Color Line, was published in July by Milkweed Editions after Pavlić was selected as a winner in the 2012 National Poetry Series. The series ensures the publication of five books of poetry per year through participating publishers, with each book selected by a distinguished poet. Pavlić’s book was selected by Dan Beachy-Quick, author of Mulberry and A Whaler’s Dictionary.

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The reading is sponsored by the Willson Center, the Department of English, and the Creative Writing Program. It is free and open to the public, and will be held in the CinéLab. Refreshments will be served.

Pavlić's readings are a treat in and among themselves, but his perceptive take on the so-called divisions in our society and the language we use to describe them are important and not too be missed.

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